The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-13

Sports
REVENGE IS SWEET,

Yesterday afternoon the WhceilnEs
.,.,o,tsI tho team OF Pittsburgh prn-
,,.,Ionnl ball tosscrs. commanded by
mo well.known one-Ormed pitcher
sc,rcc England. Not only were the
,J,,,ors defeated; they were white
washed and only succeeded in making
,wo htty OF "Red" GarVey, and both
we're scratches. IL Garvey's work OF
yesterday is line on what may be eX..
nected OF him throughout the season, II
Il assured that he will be one OK the
finest In the business.
The WhcellnEs went Into the game
,t.,eTmined TO wipe out the disgrace OF
Saturdays ten inning defeat, and they
,nrceeded In doing II most admirably
The work OF the Nailers. both IN the IN
Add and ou(held, was very fine, OF the
,hreS errors. one, that OF Taylor. was on
a most difficult chance and itsWhs not
SnrprlSInE that his recovery VISA tncom-
ple.e and the throw to first was low:
The work OF Taylor was the feature OF
the game. ranking with the phenomenal
work Of GRrVcy IN the box,
Both Mechanics and Curtis asd clenh
work In the outfield and glance ~ the
score shoNvin9 four put-outs for Me
Namaru. tells the story OF the 5000
'slnEs he accomplished In right garden.
NrSteen put up an excellent game az
g-lt base Messitt's work cehlnd thv
nI,ie Justified all the good words thAt
have been spoken for him.
For the visitors, Inc feature was the
double catch OF "A is IN short centre
acid by Hart aud NeHglc, and the re-
urn OF the. ball to iirst. making Il uou-
ble play, 'rhis occurred Ia the SeVentn
inning. Garvcy had struck out p1'
Cur,is had cracked out nice clean s'a-
S,irhf Then came the most peculiar
Nav eyer seen on the Island grounds
Mechanics batted out a fly 60 short cen-
.sr mat yeamed to deep for Hart aud
100 shor, Tor Yeagle. the centre fielder,
:, fncy II had the ear-nRrkS Of base
Nj, Hart made great sprint for the
Mil btu was short about half foot.
The Shading struck his outstretchcd
hand and bounded out. 1t went up ~
The air and wonderful to relate, settled
h Yeagle's hand and was an out Cur,
Ms on FIRST. saw Hart miss the ny ana
Al once sprinted for second. When yea
g,e threw 10 first for the double, Curtis
was very surprised young man, as
NAY be easily imagined.
The game started on in rather ar IN
promising way, from the" wheeling
mint Of view. DOneghY drew free trans
yoriatlon and Carney failed 10 handle
Hacger,y's HrOunder. Another base on
Nails fiftei the bases Then Hart sent
no, liner TO short. which Taylor caught
IN beautiful style and ran to second. n,
firing RuEEerty. Then he shN the pan
over 10 McSteen, but just 4 second 100
la.e iOr what would have been great
.rIple play. As II was. Taylor had
1. L.. NVnnEat9faH The
inning was ended by McMlilen oelnS
rs,ired from Rress 60 McSteen. Il was q
narrow escape. But Tor TREotrs lucky
double the visitors would surely nave
scored one or more runs,
m ,he wheeling half OF the same in
ming Curtis led on with bounder 10
NtcSIlllen which that plGGu. handled
clean, but made an awful Wild throw
70 Haggerty Before the ball had peeh
returned 10 the diamond. Curtis was
peTrhsd On third. McGlnniss was an
out, but on Taylor's inheid MI. curtis
was caught and retired on the lines De.
tween third and home. Messit enaeu
the inning by striking out.
The several innings that followed I'M
III the sixth, brought none OF the play
.rs near a score In the sixth, however,
thu Sailsrs made their killing and won
ne game ON BrodIe's error. Curtis
vent to second and = moment later ad-
yanced to third on n passed bail by
Mitchell whercup1n the hleacncr,
trake ont with tina; old cry. The best
catcher On earth" But that didn't both
m Notwithstanding faxes that fresh
v0uaS mar. McGInniss hit Tor clean
single. scoring Curtis with the first run
N yhe game amidst much enthusiasm.
Taylor was an out 20 M3Millrn, but
Messitt and Lyons upheld tAs
reputation Of the New England
league, bv makinE singles apiecs
Kr.ss was the second out. adj
vgnclaE Lyons 70 second, Johnson yum
hled NcStcens grounder, and BY OAR
Ing base running, both Mcssltt aud
LYONS came across the pan, bringing
he runs up 10 the four mark. Nc
Namara ended the inning by tanning
out
As stated above, the two hts made on
Garyey were scratches The nrst was
made in the sixth by Br0die. and Inv
second occurred In the following inning
and was made by Yeaglc. who hit 70
TAYLOR at deep short field. II was q
bsrd chance, but Taylor made the stop
all riEht, bu; could not recover in time
for an accurate throw. When the ball
reached Mcsteen the runner was at the
base
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