Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-05


between the New York and Wheeling
Elks came off on the diamond at the
Island park yesterday afternoon, and
when the last man had been put out
the Wheeling aggregation were flushed
with a Justly earned victory over the
proud fasteners who came to Wheel
ing with the expectation of meeting
small fry.
This was the second defeat
that the boys from the En-
pire State have met with
away from the confines of home. AL
though they showed plainly that they
did not like to lose and occasionally
contended with the umpire for points,
yet they accepted their defeat at the
hands Of the Wheeling boys gracefully
and acknowledged that they were
somewhat outclassed by the ball toss
ers from the beautiful Ohio valley,
which has a national reputation Tor
the number of great ball players 1t
has produced. In addition TO demon
strating that it is not altogether in
a name, and that New York. did
not necessarily mean success, the con-
test yesterday showed that Wheeling
ball team could put up about as good
a game with home material as that
which has previously been brought
here from hundreds of miles in the
formation of teams in the Interstate
league that have been represented
from this place.
The New Workers had advertised
several ball players of former ma
tional reputation as members of the
club, including J. M. Ward, formerly
captain of the New York team, Sam
Crane and others, who, in days gone
past, shone brightly on the diamond
and received the plaudits of enthusiast
tic fans. Ward did not play yester-
day, having returned home from Pitts
burg. Crane was the principal figure
in the opposing team and made
number of good plays.
A short parade was made through a
portion of the city previous to the
game, the players being driven in car
riages, which were headed by the
Opera House band A fair sized crowd
was at the ball park, but the number
was considerably less than was expect
ed.
The game was called at about S:40
and was finished in less than two
hours. 1t was several times inter-
rupted by rain, and at one time the
wind blew clouds of dust and threat
ened a hurricane. People in the grand
stand became alarmed. Some portions
of the game were fairly interesting,
particularly in the seventh inning,
when the Wheeling club tied the score,
and in the next, when it assumed the
lead. In plays, both bad and good,
the Wheeling players far outshone
their opponents. Burley, the Mounds
vile wonder in days gone by; Nc
Keown, the millionaire; Will White,
Jack Wright, and Chambers, Of Elm
Grove, distinguished themselves,
while Jack Sheppard and Mike Warner
did not show up in their usual form.
The features of the game were sew
eral splendid running catches by
Wright, who took everything that came
into his garden, the infield work Of
Burley, White and McKeown, and the
unique attempt of Mike Warner to stop
a hot grounder by trying to step on
the ball
The home club also excelled the Wis
itors in batting, Burnley having three
Dagger to his credit and McKeown and
Wright two baggers. There were
numerous singles. Each side had
about the same number Of hits, ag-
gregating fifteen each. Welcher
pitched the first two innings for the
visitors, but was succeeded by Nc
Cutcheon, who was hit freely by the
home club. Sheppard pitched q couple
of innings for Wheeling, but permitted
White to take his place, who had bet
ter speed and who succeeded well in
getting the ball over the plate. VIM.
Trainer, of Steubenville, officiated as
umpire. There was a difference in the
various scores kept of the game, as
the official scorer had become mixed in
his calculations and quit keeping tally.
The true score was as follows, show
ing that the Wheeling club had won
by II to 9:
Wheeling =. ...042 101 1 PIP
New York ....4 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 O. 8
The teams lined up as follows:
Wheeling-White, S. s. & D.; Nc
Keown, ID; Hanlon, C. f.; Sheppard,
p. & S. s.; Warner, %. & T. f.; Cham
bers, c.; Burley, 3D.; Wright, l. f.;
Kunis, r. T. & 2b.
New York-Armstrong h.; Crane,
Oh: Campbell, 3D.; McCutcheon, S. S.
& D.; Hart, c. f.; Bigelow, !. f.; Don, !
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