The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-27
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ro.DAY's GAMES.
e MassillonS at Wheeling.

ys,,crday's game between Wheeling
mi MassIllon was a combination OF,
sDi, bad and indifferent playing on
Nth sides, wheeling's fielding errors
Wing Of n ranker callpre than Chose Of
y. visitors, most OF which were made
=. MHlcult chances. McCombs made his
S.sut at third for the Nailers, and is
.S,,ged With three lcvelyimisrlays. the
,.mI, OF . throwing arm that must have
Id an overdose OF energy Injected into
~ t5r "BI!ly" threw to first as though
vas located about six feet above Its
r,l loca.Ion. Eggort, too, had an on
Iy, missing two comparatively easy
chances. And then there wns Prltch-
All. he mufIcd the easiest OF chances on
a hated ball, and but for, sharp wnrk
sIiowIng his mlsplay. AIassllon would
have won out in that inning, the
twelfth. \. 1s i.s;;5
than balanced by brilliant field work,
sard and timely batting and the really
phthamrndl pitching OF Morris, In. whom
he club has certainlyisecured a Jewel If
,ss first magnitude, Although the game
was thirteen innings and the visiting
rlyrrs were at bat nifty times only i've
Id hits were made, or a batting aver
are OF only 400. On the other hand, the
Nallers found Heyman an easy PROPOSE
lin, slxtecn safe drives being made, OF
x.lth Prltchnrd got four. 1t was really.
surprising that the visitors were able To
azure at the end OF the ninth on even
ttrrns with the locals, but the trouble
Tas that every error made by Wheeling
was costly, not one Of. the Massillons'
five runs being earned. ~ 30
The game began In most encourag-
Ing manner ftbm ,ghe Wheeling point of
view. Wilson led off with nice single
10 center and Pritchard made as, pretty
a bunt hit as has been Seen here for
l,aE time Wilson, by clever sprinting,
vent 10 ,hIytt on the hit. Eggert got In
line with team work by sacrificing and
ssndlsg Wilson In wlthsthe fist run Of
the game Then Russell lined the pig
skin out for 4 single, scoring Pritchard.
McCom5's Inneld hit forced Russell out
a; second. Billy stole second In good
style ard scored on Mlnton's clean hit.
Koran retired the side. :
I In the second, Massillon got In the
push with two runs. Dial sent n grass
cutter 10 McCcmps, which he picked UP
all right but the throw was a mile above
Russall's head, and when 1t was folded
back, Dial was perched on third. Nor
RS put on steam and struck out the next
two batsnen, but Corriven singled,
bringing In tie run. Heyman got a, sin
gle. sending Corriven to third, and Nc
Combs misplay on Bullock's bounder let
In cjrriven with the. second run.
Wheeling got another in the fourth.
D!erIff HI. for two bases; 1t would have
been a homer IN the old grounds. Nor
RS sacrifice advanced Breniff to third
and he scored on Pr!chard's single. The
fifth run for Wheeling was made. in the
FOR base, sole second and-went to
third on Morris sinsle; then a mlsplay
LEI In the run
Tae se,rc was, tied unexpectedly
By Mas3t!l6n in the sixth inning. Stark
;ed with a stril;e-out,3 but Markell went
10 second on Egger;'s misplay Dial
followed with a single. The hopes of the
fans were heightened when Daily made
IN OUT, but Watts made an accidental
bur: tina; was good, aad the bases were
flltil. Norris became unsteady at this
Point and gave CQrriven four wide ones,
forcing In a run by Markell. Heyman
b.; 10 Eggert who furrbled and two
more runs came In. Bullock ended the
Inning with an out
No more runs were made until the
thirteenth inning. Both pitchers settled
down and hits were few and far be-
tween. 1t looked as though the Nailers
would score in the ,eignth, but they miss
ed by hairs breadth. Breniff got a
life on Diars error, going to second on
the throw. Morris singled and Breniff
attempted to score, but was cut off at
The plate by a. throw from Bullock The
rert two batsmen were outs.
At no time after the ninth were the
visitors near the point OF scoring. but In
The thirteenth the Nailers put on steam
and won, out. Pitchard led off with
single and was advanced q base on Eg-
cerrs clever sacrifice, whence, he scored
on Russell's hard single. to right center
The throw to catch PrItchard was good
hut trife too late. Score:
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