Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-29
WHEELING 6; COLUMBUS A.
DAYTON IL; MANSFIELD 9.
YOUNGSTOWN 4; FORT WAYNE 2.
NEW CASTLE A : TOLEDO l.
STANDING OF CLUBS,

Columbus ............ ~ o. $50
aParson' Nicholson's face was again
.wreathed in smiles last night, and the
I-told-you-so expression which it wore
WAS worth going hundred miles to
see," as the circus posters say. Half
q dozen irrepressible base ball cranks
/ lounged about the Parsons favorite
seat in the Bellaire city park, impati-
/, emily awaiting the great chunks of wis
dom which would certainly fall from
This lips, when they drew the old man
cut on the national game. The Parson
was late. When he came he dropped
rinto his accustomed seat, removed his
Epectacles, and after carefully wiping
them with bandanna 'kerchief which
had seen better days, returned them
/ to their well worn case.
Pears like its a-goin' to rain," sug
( mighty bothersome all day, and l herd
! the rain crows a-hollerin on the Is
EJand. Like as not the farmers has
Ssbeen a prayin' fer it, an it want do
| the river no harm nuther-"
!; The Parson might have gone on in
definitely a la prophet Hicks, but one
of the cranks adroitly turned the con-
versation to base ball, and succeeded in
getting this expression out of the ven
cradle old man:
II reckon you-ens all thought the
Parson was conyersin' through his sky
piece when he told you he could make
a winner out O. the Wheelings, didn't
you? Well, jist you keep your lamps
trimmed and train 'em on the team,
an see if I don't turn the trick. l
could see in a jiffy that all that was
needed was a brace, and they've taken
the treatment, an A'gosh they're goin'
t. keep up the pace they've struck till
it lands 'em in the first division of
clubs. Stick pin in what the Par
sons a-tellin' you, SO you-ens kin all
refer to it,
Yea, verify cSme in chorus from
9Trrressfpfvs
fI've got nothing further to say,
brPthers," and the Parson ambled off
to his home. in conformity with his
doctrine that ''early to bed and early
to rise" makes man healthy, wealthy,
and good ball player.
The Parson was not happier than
were all of the regulars who saw yes
terday's game. 1t was a splendid ex-
hibition of hard hitting and clean field
ing. Wheeling played an errorless
game behind "big fellow Parvin.
Niles distinguished himself by a SEN
Sational catch of a foul fly in the third
inning, and in the seventh Cote took
long chances on accident, and gathered
in foul fly from Bradley's bat. right
up against the stand. Both plays were
applauded. The fielding on both sides
was clean and quick, and cut OF severar
runs. There were five double PLAYS in
the game. O'Hara distinguished him
self by catching fly from Lowery's
bat in the sixth and fielding the ball
to Niles in time to retire Bailey at
third.
Wheelmg's first runs were made in
the econd inning, on singles by
lara, Cote and Dobbs, and a passed
ball. Two more were added in the
fourth on singles by OHara, Ziegler.
Parvin and Niles. and an error bv
Beville. The last set of twos fell in
the sixth. Cote and Dobbs drove out
nice singles, and Lyons double, upon
which he was retired while trying to
stretch it into three-bagger.
Parvin was hit safely in every inn
ing after the first, but ne kept the good
ones scattered. Two singles gave CO.
lumbus run in the third, and a double
and two singles Melted only one more
in the sixth. In the seventh base on
! balls, followed by a long single. AL
lowed Harper to score, and in the
eighth a triple by Doom and a single
by Bailey earned another run. In the
ninth inning Parvin struck out three
men, pinning Harper to first, which
bag had been reached on a scratch in
field hit.
The crowd was small. The quality
of playing deserved ten times the at
tendance. This afternoon there will