Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-17
WHEELING 4; TOLEDO /.
YOUNGSTOWN Z. DAYTON 8.
MANSFIELD 5; GRAND RAPIDS a


Dayton .......... ....,..... 10 .2S6
Christening is like vaccination. 1t
don't always take. The Toledo team
has been called Mud Hens. Yesterday
they were outplayed in the rain and
mud by Wheeling. They don't find
them anywhere, however. fonder of
rain than Umpire Colgan. In the early
part of the game the rooters greeted his
decisions with the usual: Say, trim
your lamps" "Aw-wha-smatter-w with
you" and the like The clouds hung
low in the skies, and there was an
occasional peal of thunder, while the
forked lightning which now and then
Illuminated the horizon warned the
bleacherites of the impending storm.
Finally the rain came. 1t was in the
fifth inning, and Wheeling made run.
Toledo had not yet scored, but Colgan
was going to give the visitors all the
chance in the world to win.
Colgan was deaf to the entreaties of
Capt. Lyle, and blind to the protests
of the "rooters." The rain continued;
the game ditto. 1t was not until the
spectators in the grand stand joined in
chorus as one man, and insisted that
Colgan "call the game" that he would
listen to reason. 1t was after Wheel
ing had been retired in the eighth
inning. The crowd left, under the i'm
preston that the game was over, but
within the time fixed by the National
League rules the skies cleared and play
was resumed.
The game was a pitchers battle, in
which Poole had very decided advant-
age. He is as cool as hundred pounds
of ice in zero weather. His support
was gilt-edged, and he had confidence
to peddle.
Poole pulled out of an exceedingly
tight place in the last half of the fifth
inning, when it looked like the game
would be stopped by rain. Wheeling
had scored once. Toledo needed one
to tie and two to win. Gilks was first
up. He hit slow one down to Babb,
and it went through his legs, giving
Bobby a life. Smith hit safely to
Pop Lytles garden, advancing Gilks
to third. Smith stole second. Two
now settled down to work McDon-
ough faced him, and popped UP an
easy fly to Kihm. Arthur sent a sky
scraper straight up in the air. and it
fell into Hunts basket. Gates give
Little Billee an easy chance to retire
him on throw to first. and the agony
was over
The visitors were shut out without
ha
run was made in the seventh. Gill1s
led of with two-bagger to the center
field fence. Smith hit a foul fly be-
hind third base, which Babb caught
and Juggled, but held the ball. McDon-
ough flew to Taylor. Arthur sent
safe one to right field, upon which
Gilks scored. Lyle fielded the ball to
kim. Arthur had started toward sec
ond, and was doubled up between the
bases.
The home players could do nothing
with Gates speed during the early part
OF the game. Very few balls went out
of the infeld. In the fifth. with one
man out, Babb drew a base on balls.
and made a daring steal of second
KIhm hit to Griffin, who threw to Nc
Donough to cut off Babb at third but
McDonough fumbled the ball and both
were safe. Hunt, who is rapidIy es-
tabnshing a reputation as a timely
hitter, sent safe one to left field. upon
which Babb> scored. Hunt and Poole
were doubled up on the latter's hit to
he infield.
IN the seventh, Durett led off with
clean single over second. and TAYLOR
beat a bunt hit to first. Babb sacri-
decd Kihm's single brought Durett
in.
When play was resumed after the
rain storm, Babb was first retired
hlhm raped out a two-tSgger. his
third hit in the game, and Hunt follow
ed up with timely triple. Hunt
scored on Poole's long fly to the out
field
1t was we'll played game on both
sides, but the most brilliant work was
done by Wheelings infield. Old Re-
liable Billy Niles had but one chance.
out he accepted it, clean and quick.
Taylor went after everything. and
played without an error but the star
performance was given by Babb. He
was usually to be found somewhere in
}he lmmediae vicinity of the ball. He
invaded the territory of Durett and
Niles, and he pulled down everything
he went after
Score:
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