The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12


New Castle and Toledo,
To.day's games - Youngstown at
wheeling; Dayton NJ Fort Wayne:
Springfield at Toledo; New Castle AZ
Mansfield.
Though The wheciings ana YounSs-
towns did not succeed In playing more
,b,n two full innings yesterday after
noon during which Wheeling had made
r,,e rms while the visitors had none.
vet wheeling gets victory through the
grace OF Umpire Ellcry,
The threatened weather had kept the
crowd down to about 800. Two innings
had been played, and the youngstown
team was taking the field for the first
half OF the third. when the rain began I"
come down lightly. The visitors were 70
r,rln the rear that the word was passed
around to play for the rain that could be
son approaching. First. RIckert had
trouble with his glove and delayed play
about three minutes. Then the visitors
began to pass the bail around the dla-
mend almlessly. plainly with the object
Q. delaying the game. Finally Pitcher
p,osIe made one OF the widest throws
toward first ever seen here The BAH
wen, behind the bleachers and another
minute or two way lost. Umpire Ellery
bad warned the Giants to cease these
t,,a.ory tactics. and at last lost patience
aad, advancing from the home plate to
the middle OF the diamond, snRouneed:
Game. Wheeling wins. . to o.
Then Captain Manager steheiole anu
his players crowded around the 0lneIH
ana made an angry protest, Scheipis ~
naT,icuIar conducting himself IKE
INV but the official was firm and de-
clinsd 10 call back his decision.
The Ynungstowns lost the game oy
their understandable tncticS, Tor u
would have been Impossible TO cothpIeE
I'VE innings before the rain came ooWh
50 heavily that the diamond became
sea o. mud and water.
The game. 50 far rs II progressed was
entirely too one-sided to be interesting.
Garvey and Jordan entered the box aA
o55osinC twlrlers. and the honors were
sssIIy Vtith the rcd-headed PittsburEher
In ,he ,WO innings seven OF the Giants
f,ssI him and nos hit was made. Jor-
d.n an the other hand. was the victim IN
~ fneSt batting exhibition OF the sea-
IN and yng replaced by Brodie In the
second inning. who was also warmly re-
For the Hheellngs, Curtis was the first
man up and was an out from Berry 10
Royce. Then came hit after hit. and run
followed run greatly to the edihcadon OF
The fans and TO the dismny Of the knock
ers. Who have said Wheeling couldn't MT
a hay-stnck. McGinniss. Taylor ana
O'Brien made singles. Lyons hit for Two
bass, WhsIey for one. C0yle wound up
the seance By lining one over the LETT
nsId fence for clean homer Messeit
and GArYey followed. and were ootH.
In the second inning the Nallers mace
three runs on BrOdie'H pitching. Curtis
Emf n base on balls but McGinniss was
ar out. On TayIOr's infield hit. Curtis
was an out, and the prospect Tor runs
was slim. On HoiHmcister'B error. how.
ever. O'Brien reached first and LyonT
three baEEer cleared the bases On Ber-
rvs mispIay, whaiey reached hrTt and
LYONS scored the third nun OF the Inning
Coyle made his second hit, but Mes5etts
ny 70 Steen retired the side.
For Youngstown, IN the first inning
Cooper was an out from Carney to
o'RrIen. Royce got life on Taylor'E err
ror, HoImefsser sent a ny 10 CurtiS that
VAS accepted and Steen went 20 the ini-
tlal bag on four wide ones. Much de-
pended on Rickert, but he was unequal
to the emergency, being an out from
whaley to O'Brien. In the second inning
The visitors went out In one-tWo-three
order.