The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-22

kNEb way hNf
r,.diy's games-Ncw Castle a.,
wheeling: Mansfield ut Youngstown;
s1rlaratld At Fort Wayne; Dayton at
Toledo.
The wheellngs opened a two weeks
engagement on the Island grounds
Win a defeat at the hands OF the New
castles yesterday afternoon. 1t was
,n,,her case OF weak hitting by the
Yansrs. while tho local pitcher was a
mark. The score was so one-slded
mat the game became embarrassing
uetl Taylor scored the run that pre-
vented a shut-out.
wheeling. like some other Inter
state teams. seems unable to do busi-
Nos, effectively with the young West
virsiuian. Mr. Hickman. who Is GER
,aIsly deyela ,ins into one OF the best
pf,,hers ia the country. II he isn't
srapped up by some big league club
son &, win be surprising, Yesterday
be allowed Wheeling only hve scat
;erei hits and pitched the stendiest
ean- seen here this season Not a
htss on balls, Wild pitch or baisman
ht by pitched ball was
rharred against him G1ryey, on the
other hand. was unsteady. and his de-
l.yrry. especially Ia the first three In
rlurs OF the game seemed 20 be
reaches and cream Tor the visitors.Nho
racked out singles and doubles With
lat stint. and then 10 cap the climax
pitcher Hickman came up and knocked
rA4 sphere over the left field fence Tor
a clean h0mer-and with man on the
bases, toe.
VITA both feet In their half OF the hrst
inning Before this however, In
Whrslings half. Mattress made two
errors giving lie 10 two Nailers on the
t4sr- but O'Brien's terrific liner tn
Hickman was captured In beautiful
style ana 4 double play was The result
u Iaakrd like a HIT sure. but the
quaker stood UP TO Il and made
BEAUTIFUL stop and catch. For the Nls-
tisrs Fleming was an out to O'Brlen
hut Miller singled and Russell cracked
ag, A liner Tor two bases Then Ross
gH free transportation and Mattress
made q single Rinehart sent n bound
Il. 10 Coyl. who assisted 20 Taylor FOR
MATTRESSES ont AZ second. but the short
stop made a mess o. the expected dou-
b!e and then Yates two-bnESer
brought in two more runs making FOUR
lot the inning.
Wheeling went out In order IT. the
src1ud while New Castle garnered two.
With Hickman an cut, Fleming ana
Miller singled and Russell hit for his
second two-base HIT The next two men
r-rs outs In the third the visitors
brought down another bunch OF two.
nine6art hit for two bases, but on
Tufe's lnfield hit 10 Garvey. he was
caught by Taylor from Lyons, on
D0noyan's single. Tate was caught AZ
;H.r,i on a fine assls: from Netters In
center II looked a. though the locals
g1s fielding would keep the visitors
from scoring. but Hickman did the I'M
t.Hr.s;cd by hitting for q homer. scor-
INK himself and Donovan.
After all the damage had been done,
Carey settled down ard pitched et-
Ssr.ive ball. but as Wheeling couldn't
a. business with Hickman nothing was
gained from the local point OF view IN
the sixth. Wheeling scored her only
run and the prospect for more seenied
gn1d-but that was all. on Ross er-
nor. Taylor was safe and the risky
shart-stop differed second OF Donovan
N, made a pretty throw but a second
100 slow Lyons and loft sent up In
field fys, but on O'Brien's base HIT
Taylor scored BY hairs breadth. Vet
tars hit FOR two bases, but the runs
didn't come In. for McGinnis sent
sly scraper to Russell that was easy.
The fielding feature OF the afternoon
came I'm the seventh. Russell was the
first visitor at the bat and sent hot
one down toward second that had all
the ear-marks OF base hit, but Tay-
!1r barely got a; the bail with one out
stretched hand and followed Il up with
q snap throw 10 first that retired the
runner The crowd went wild over this
phenomenal play. Then Ross was an
1It. but Mattress and Rinehart made
doubles and another earned run came