Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-25

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Toledo 81 -
Dayton .. y - 80
Youngstown - - -
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The Register devil" was instructed
yesterday afternoon to get out the
smiling countenance which erstwhile
adorned the head of this column, and
to brush off the dust which has aecu-
mulated in the past ten days; for after
coming close in FIVE games with the
Yanegans, it was thought that Youngs-
town would prove an easy mark.
The labors of the devil" counted for
naught.
Perhaps some sweet day, in the dim
and hazy future. Register readers may
be permitted to gaze into the face of
the prince Of rooters-perhaps. 1t may
not be this week, or next, but visiting
ball players may some day succumb
10 the hot sun. or may not withstand
the temptations of local beer stores.
In either event Wheeling will have a
chance of winning another victory.
II was a crippled team which went
out to do battle with the self-styled
Giants. but strangely enough the Grip
pied spots showed the greatest
strength. Billy" Campbell. for ex-
ample, held down first in place of
Pop O'Brien, who was at the club
house nursing shooting pains in his
bread basket. Billy was the whole
show His work was the one redeem
ing feature Of the game, from a Wheel
ing standpoint. Five times he faced
the opposing twirlers, and five times
he landed the sphere on safe ground.
Sammy Vetters also handled a nasty
stick. and three times landed on second
base while S1s fielders were chasing
the leather Lyons fielded with a horse
shoe around his neck, and also pound
ed out three safe hits. He was doing
his prettest. because President Ander-
son. of Youngstown, came down to
negotiate for his purchase. 1t is to
be hoped that Manager Coyle will not
part with Denny" as he is the Gus
todiaR Of the ginger bottle. and a ball
player with B. P. in capitals.
The same was as undressing as a
pigeon race.
Much was expected of Hallowell and
he was found wanting. The elongated
Quaker was afflicted with stabismus,
and could not locate the plate When
a twirler is compelled to concentrate
all his energies in putting the sphere
over the plate. the situation is not
productive Of good results. Hallowell
was as wild as the product of Borneo
whom Barnum used 10 feature. He
was lavish in his distribution of passes,
and eleven men walked to the initial
bag. Some of them did the walking
act when the bases were full.
With all Hallowell's wildness and
uncertainty. Wheeling would have
made majority of the total number
of runs if the felders had performed
their respective parts in the little
drama which degenerated into q farce.
Little Binee Taylor. who is usually
so reliable that he can be tied to when
everybody else goes wrong, made some
costly blunderS in short field. He
started the ball a-rolling in the wrong
direction in the fourth. and again in
the sixth, and in the. seventh five
runs were made after he should have
retired the side
Oh. it was awful. but Little Billee
won't do il again.
The error column does not show all
the misplays. either. Two pop-up flys
were allowed to drop back of short.
McGiuniss. Vetters and Taylor Joined
hands and played the juvenile game of
king William was King James son,
while the ball dropped in the circle.
To use a very homely expression-the
subject would seem to justify the use
Of something homely-the game was
superlatively rotten.
Youngstown tried two ex-National
leaguers. and both proved easy marks.
Kimbau was simply mince pie, and
each batter appropriated a large hunk
Of the pastry. When Youngstown dis
covered that he wouldn't do. Jordan
was tried. Wheeling had just found
the solution of his curves when the
same was over. Hallowen settled
down in the eighth too.
Now. it was dead hard luck that it
was not a twelve inning game, because
then
But it wasn't, and this will tell the
story:
WHEELING. A. r. II. p. 4. E..
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