Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-01

Totals :. ..3S 4 924 1
Washington :. ...3 0 3 0 0 1 0 is
Pittsburg :. -. % 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 D-
Earned runs, Washington 5, Pitts
burg 1; two-base hit. Gettman; three
base hit. Brodie; home run, Davis;
first base on balls, by Rughey 1;
struck out, by Mercer Z, by Hughey 1;
left on bases, Washington 4. Pittsburg
6; sacrifice hits, Reilly, Mercer; time,
1:55; umpire, Kelly.
New York, August I.-The Reds
fell down before the Giants in two
games this afternoon They got four
runs in the first inning of the first
game and one more in the fourth.
They held their advantage over the
New Yorks until the fifth when two
hits and two errors netted the Giants
three runs, tieing the score. Joyce's
men got another run in the sixth and
with lead of one run the game pro-.
crossed. In the ninth Ritchey made
a hit and Miller put the ball out near
the field bleachers where Herman muff-
ed it, Ritchey going to third. Beckley
flied out to center and Ritchey scored
In the New Yorks' half of the ninth
Van Haltren singled, McCreery sacri-
feed him to second, Herman flied oss
and Van Haltren was on third. Davis
then sent a good single to left and Van
Haltren came in with the winning run.
Rhines pitched winning ball while
Rusle was easy. The second game was
a walk-over, for the Giants hit Brett
enstein almost at will and the Cincin-
natis scould do nothing with Meekin.
Attendance 11,000. Scores: First
game:
New York % 0 1 1 10 0 II 1914
Cincinnati 4 0 0 1Ov 0 Ills
Rusie and Warner, Rhines and
Vaughn; earned runs. New York /,
Cincinnati 1; time 215; umpires, Ems
lie and Carpenter.
Second game:
New York =. o / J. ) 3-.013 0
cincinnati @ 0 1 % 0 o.; 60
Meekin and Warner, Ereitenstein
ard Pietz; earned runs. New York 2.
time, 1:45; :lmpires, Emslie ard Car
pentcr.
Boston, August 31.-After two extra
and exciting innings, the game was
called on account of darkness. The
magnificent catching of Kittredge and
the batting of Stahl and Dahlen were
the features of the game. Score:
Boston 10 0 0 8 0 121O-S14A
Chicago 20 O2O2 1O-S11e
klobedanz and Bergen. Briggs and
Alttredge; earned runs, Boston /. Chi
cago 6; time, 2o5; attendance 5000.
umpire, Lynch.
Pnlladelphia, Pa, August 31-Tn a
pltchers battle to-day Taylor got a lit
tle the better Of the argument and
Phlladelphla won out from Louisville
IN the last inning on Cross three bag
ger ana McFarland's single. Attend
ance, 1,912. Score:
Louisville 10 $1,000 21O-4 60
Philadelphia 0 3 900 0O11-5 "a
Batteries, Hill and Wilson: TAYLOR
and Mcfarland. Earned runs. Louis-
vile, 2; Philadelphia, .. Time. 2:.1O
Umpire, Mcdonald.
Baltimore, August 31.-The Cham
plons easily defeated the Browns to-day
m one-sided game of little interest
In the first three innings only nine
men faced Donohue. but in the next
three the st. Louis pitcher was touched
up for fourteen hits. netting the Orioles
II runs and giving them the game
lhe bunting and base running of the
nome team were the features. At
tendance, 1860. Score:
Baltimore 20 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 *-1217 q
st. Louis Il 0 o 1912 0-5 ga
Batteries. Hoffer and Robinson: Do
nohue and Douglas. Earned runs
Baltimore. 4: st. Louis, l. Time. 1:4O
Umpire, O'Day.
Brooklyn, N. Y, August 81. - The
Brooklyns won we'll played game
from the Clevelands this afternoon.
Dunn kept the Indians hits well scat
tered, while Wilson was hit hard in
the first, sixth and eighth innings.
Score:
RHE
Brooklyn 200 o1so3 .-s121
Cleveland ..0110O 011o-4 90
Batteries, Dunn and Grim; Wilson
and thinner. Earned runs, BROOKLYN.
1; Cleveland. 2. Time 1:5o. Attend
ance, 1891. Umpire, Hurst
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
1t was game which should have
gone to Wheeling, but the errors lost
it. The fact was apparent, however.
that the boys were trying to play ball.
and the crowd made the proper allow
ances. 1t was simply an off day for
the team.
Garvey will be on the rubber for the
home team to-day, and he will be op-
posed by Little Boy Blue" RED"
has been recuperating in Pittsburg, and
will be in good form.
The local management has about
concluded arrangements with James ].
Corhett, the ex-champion pugilist. to
play first base for Wheeling in the
game with Mansfield on the home
grounds on September 10.
Manager Tolrevson is trying to in
duce Kerns the crack Rellaire fwirlo,