The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-03
To-DAY's GAMES.
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season was won by the stogles yester-
day afternoon. thus making 1t two out
OF three from the crack Fort Wayne
team. Wells and Swain were stacked
up against each other in the center OF
the diamond, and wheelIng's blonde
twlrIer easily had the better OF the ar
gument, only six safe drives, all sim
giles, being made of his delivery. Both
teams put up great fielding game.
Niles being the only misplay on the
Wheeling side.
Fort Wayne should have been shut
out. OF their two runs, one came In
on Niles wide throw to Cote at the
plate, and the other was scored on u
passed ball by Cote.
The feature of tho game was the
work OF Strang at the bat and on the
bases. In five times at bat he connect
ed with Herr Swain for f9uB- clean
drives. one two-bagger. But i was
on the baEss he especially distinguish
cd himself, four stolen basesggoing to
his credit, and one of these was.a dar-
ing steal Of third that gave GlaSscock,
Babb & Co. the henrtache. The specta-
tors went wild over the young mans
great base stealing and hard hitting.
It was remarkable fact that With his
four hits and four pliers strang didn't
score q run, the batsmen who followed
being unable to connect with Swain.
Denny Lyons two hits were large-
ly instrumental in bringing the victory
to the stogies. In the seventh his time
~ single, with two out, scored the run
that sent the locals into the lead, and
again in the ninth his second safe hit
sent Dobbs in with the third Wheel
Ing run, which again sent them to the
front.
The stogies were unable to do bust
ness on several occasions when hit
mennt runs. In the third inning un
error, a Wild pitch, two bases on balls
and a hit resulted in but one run. But
the worst Of this hard luck came In the
eighth, when the bases were filled with
two-bagger and two hit batsmen, and
the side was retired without run.
The first runs OF the game, one for
each team, came in the third inning.
On Belden's error Cote was safe, and u
wild pitch sent him to second, Wells
worked base on four Wild ones, and
Dobbs' bunt single filed the bases.
Swain got the ball all right and could
have retired Cote at third or Dobbs at
first, but his wheels got to working and
he stood looking first to third and then
TO first, unable to decide what to do
with the ball, and ended up by doing
nothlng-result, bases flled.- Lyons
bounder to Babb was returned to Ber-
gen in time to retire Cote and still the
bases we're filled and one Out. Niles
worked a base on balls and thus forced
in Wells with the first run of the game.
Then a double play retired the side.
For the Fort waynes, in the third,
Miller singled, went up a notch on Let
cher's safe hit, got to third on Babb's
infield hit. and scored on a pasted ball
by Cote.
Wheeling went into the lead in the
seventh, scoring run after two hands
were down. Wells sent n slow one to
Belden, who handled the ball cleaniy
but Uncle Jake" sprlnted and easily
beat the bah to first. Dobbs' base on
balls advanced Wells to second, and
Lyons timely single scored him. With
Dobbs on third and Lyons on second,
Niles sent pop-up fly to Belden.
Fort Wayne tied the score in the
eighth, but there was no kick coming,
and the crowd looked at 1t as having
been inflicted with minimum amount
OF what might have been. Letcher
started the fun with a safe hit past
Zeigler, went up on Glasscocks lnneli
hit, on which an attempt to retire Let
cher at second failed, and was retired
at third on Babb's inncld hit. Wells
making the assist to Niles. The bases
were filled when Wells gave Lytle four
wide ones, and as only one was out TIE
crowd feared the game was about to be
won out by Glasscock's men. Belden's
fast one to Niles was handled Clearly
but "Bnly's" throw to Cote to retire
Giasseock was wide and the score was
tied. Relman connected for a liner at
Wells who threw to Cote. retiring
Babb. and Cotc's throw 10 Nicholson
was there just In time TO catch Rel
man. thus completing n fast double
play. retiring the side and greatly re-
lIevinR the fans.
Wheeling won out In the ninth. on
Belden's error Dobbs was safe, and
Bobby" celebrated his arrival by
promptly stealing second but only Gf-
ter half the Fort Wayne team had par
tlcipatcd in n vain effort to retire him.
Lyons agaln gave nm exhibition Of time
~ hitting. his single scoring Dobbs. on
tho throw in Lyons advanced 10 second,
Niles was the first out, fly 10 Lyle,
and Nicholson was the second The
hail was hit to swnim. who didn't hur-
ny matters In throwing to first, and the
result was that Lyons had ensy shedding
To third Then It developed that big
Cy" thought there were three outs, and
the laugh was on him, strnng the
next bntEmnn, made his fourth base
hit. scoring Lyons. Then strang got In
the game up to his neck By stealing hts
fourth base Of the game. OHan re-
tired the side with ny 10 Miller.
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