Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-01
WHEELING 5; FORT WAYNE 2.
MANSFIELD a; TOLEDO o.
DAYTON 9; YOUNGSTOWN 1.
NEW CASTLE 8; SPRINGFIELD 2.
The Shorty's were at it yesterday.

The Shorty's were at it yesterday.
Bones" Parvin, who acknowledges
to six feet three, was on the slab for
Wheeling, and ICY" Swain, who close
ly resembles an oil derrick in length,
and pipe stem in breadth and thick
ness, was slated for thettwirling de-
partment for Fort Wayne.
ICY" occupies the unique position Of
being little too fast for the Interstate,
and a bit too slow for the National.
The farm is the middle ground, and
'"Cy' has s,ben farmed to Jack Glass
cock. When a player advances as far as
"Cy'' has in the base ball world, it is
gall and wormwood to suffer defeat at
the hands of a rank tail-ender. "Cy''
was up against it yesterday, like fell
low who has 5taked all that's between
him and the poor house, on dead sure
thing that's left at theFpost.
Coy" wasn't tickled to death when
the returns were all in. His still
small voice piped forth a doleful cry
away above the heads of the crowd
that waited for the car after the game.
He was engaged in conversation with
a lady FRIEND and he5was Inundated,
he was angry heswas& resentful.
81 kin beat this team three out of
five," he was saying. I'll bet 5000 on
it. Why, they ain tt got nuthin' on me-
I Talk about horse-shoes' the ex-
preston on his face said plainly that
he thought it was unnecessary to talk
, about horse-shoes.
Jack Glasscock was disappointed,
too. When he landed "Cy' he expect
ed to use him as a flag pole, from
which to fly the Interstate pennant
Bones" Parvin really had the ad-
vantage in the argument in the box
He was steadier than Swain, but the
victory may be attributed directly to
the quality of support which he re-
ceived 1t was gilt-edged at times. In
the fourth inning, for instance, when
two hands were down, 1ytle got life
on Lyons error, and Belden drove out
a art-breaker, which neither Dobbs
nor O'Hara could get under. O'Hara
gathered it up against the center field
fence, and made a magnificent throw
to the plate, which cut off Lyle. There
was another sensational play in the
sixth, in which Bobby Dobbs was the
hero. Letcher and Glasscock had sing
led, and occupied the first two bags.
Babb banged the ball out to the center
field fence, and Dobbs got it after a
brilliant run which brought down the
bleachers. 1t cut off at least two
runs.
The game was won by Wheeling at
the first dash out of the box. The In
diana players arrived late, and suffered
from the fatigue of travel when they
reached the grounds. They were very
unsteady, and piled up five rank errors
in the first. Singles by Strang and
O'Hara helped the good cause along
and resulted in a total of three runs
for the home team. The victory was
assured in the fifth and sixth.
Fort Wayne drew goose-eggs until
the seventh. In that inning Bones"
fought shy of Belden, and allowed him
to walk to the initial bag. Then Ber
gen drove out double, and matters
began to assume a scary appearance.
Swain hit to short and Bergen jumped
over the ball, causing Zeigler to tumble
it. Swain4was safe and Belden tailed,
with none+out. Floyd hit to Lyons,
who threw'to Zeigler retiring Swain at
second, andE Zeigler got the ball to My
ers in timeyto complete quick double.
Bergen scored on the play, but Miller
was an easy>out on fly to Myers.
Harvey Pastorius will probably pitch
for Wheelinggthis afternoon. 1t is la
dies day, andfa big crowd is expected.