Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-27
STANDING OF CLUBS.

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Twice on the recent western trip OF
the Wheeling club, President HoWell
soliloquizing in the privacy OF his bou-
doir-the magnates are always as
signed to bouGoirs at the hoeels-Was
rudely interrupted by the faint rap
ping Of timid bell boys, who modestly
Impaired the information that there's
a gentleman to see you, sir. In each
instance the President condescended to
grant an audience to the stranger, and
in each instance there was ushered in
to his august presence a long, lean,
lanky individual, who volunteered the
information that he was Hezeklah VIII
kins of West Virginia, and that they
''call me Hez."
President Howell looked up in pat
ronizing way from the depths of his
leather-cushioned chair, into the ca
daverous face Of the visitor. "Well,
sir!" he ventllred to say, in tones dep
and cultural, betraying the fact that
he had troubles of his own, and also
serving as a warming that he did not
want to be bothered by those of others.
sYou-ens amt winnin' many games
said Hez, "an' the folks in Hedgeyllle
lowed as how, hein' as | was beatln'
everything out our way, that you
might want to hire me-"
Howell was tired of experiments, but
he allowed the fellow to drop easily,
and regarded the incident as closed.
Yesterday, however, Hez showed up at
the ball park, very much crestfallen,
but determined to-resort to new tactics.
'Ismme wear suit and knock a
few out fer tn boys was his modest
request, and it was granted. He was
provided with an old uniform, but it
looked like another case of disappoint-
ment when it came to providing him
with stockings. Hez helped out of the
dilemma by rcr.tIg UP the bottoms OF
his jeans, and displaying the loudest
sample of hosiery seen in Wheeling in
many a day. They were red, but there
is red and red This tint would have
Hez hit out few for the boys, but did
not display any remarkable hitting
powers.
The members of the team think hit
ting 'em out or putting 'em over is not
the peculiar forte OF Hezekiah, but they
regard him as about the warmest pro-
position the club has ever bumped up
against They think he is a mascot,
and they have prevailed upon him to
go over this afternoon in all the glory
of his carmine socks, and hit out few
more.
Whether it was Hezekiah, or the
change in management, or simply
brace up all around and a pull all to-
gether, the fact remains that the team
gave an exhibition of championship
ball yesterday. Such playing would
win three out of four games, and
would soon push the team up the lad
der There were NO misplays, nothing
that bore the slightest resemblance to
an error, on the part of the local team.
Their fielding was gilt-edged, and they
hit the ball when hits counted, and
showed up we'll in all the scientific
points of the game
Uncle jake Wells was on the rubber
for the Stogies, and he mixed 'em up
like the ingredients of a Manhattan
cocktail His change of pace proved
very effective but his judgment was
faulty when he sent the sphere in
squarely over the plate for first base
man Turner, who sent it twice spin
ming high over the right lid fence for
four baggers. Fortunately for Wheel
ing, there We're no men on bases when
Turner made the drives.
There were but two innings in the
game, in which Wheeling did not hit
safely. In the third, with two men on
hAles, Cote sent out timely drive to
Center field fence, which scored two.
and he crossed the plate on a single
by Wells. Wheeling clinched the vic
tory ina the seventh, on a base on balls.
two errors by Knau, and a single -,
Strang, netting two runs.
Myers hit the bali like a fiend, but