Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-23
MANSFIELD s: WHEELING 4.
DAYTON II: SPRINGFIELD 2.
SPRINGFIELD 4; DAYTON /.
NEW CASTLE &; YOUNGSTOWN 5.

It was a team of cripples that under
took to take fall out of the pennant
aspirants yesterday, and they all but
turned the trick. No band of soldier
patriots ever put up a gamer fight un-
der more diseouraging conditions.
Whistler had the Charley horse and
warmed the bench. Niles is still under
d doctors care, and although it was
Poole's turn in the box, he was needed
! on third One of Strang'ss legs was
longer than it really ought to be, and
he skated after the long flies in left
garden with about the speed of hobby
horse. All the other players who were
not suffering from Indigestion had
strabismus or some other optical affec-
ton which made the ball look like a
pea as it came over the plate.
There is glory in defeat under such
depressing circumstances. Cote held
down first, but his deafness was direct
ly responsible for ludicrous play
which enabled base runner to adj
vance to second. jake Wells pitched
Sunday and yesterday he lacked steam.
Mansfield ran right against his easy
ones and drove them into safe terri
tory.
One of the features of the game was
the weakened exhibition of Umpire
Burnett Burnett lacks the stamina to
make a success of the job. He won't
do. 1t did not take the visitors long
to discover his weakness. When they
kicked he argued. One or two fines,
judiciously administered, would have
saved him much humiliation. Burnett
is a gentleman. If he erred, his mis-
takes were. of the head, and not the
heart. He gave every decision in ac-
cordance with his best judgment. But
he gave Mansfield the inch, and they
took the proverbial mile. Every one of
them put him on the pan and roasted
him to the Queens taste.
Burnett finally tired of it all, and
taking off his mask, walked over to
the players bench, and announced that
he wonld not finish the game Lyle
demonstrated. Burnett sulked. The
crowd urged him toy fine the visitors.
The umpire finally decided to finish
the game. The spectacle of an umpire
throwing up his hands, when he is
given autccratic powers by all the
rules governing the game, is something
unusual. 1t proves Mr.. Burnett unfit.
Mansfield won by punching safe
ones in the fourth and eighth innings.
In the fourth Flournoy led off with a
drive to left, which Strang's lameness
permitted him to stretch into a triple
Law was hit by Wells and stole second.
Law also tried to reach the plate, but
Lytle's throw was true, and he was out.
Lyons tumble gave keenan, life, and
Lowney's base ON balls filled the bags.
Wente's long fly to Lyle scored Ward,
and Twins single sent keenan, across
the plate. In the eighth five singles in
succession gave Mansfield two runs
and the game.
Wheeling did not score until the
seventh, when Leahy drove out a triple
and scored ON Donahues single. With
second and third bags occupied, Lyons
retired the side on short left field fly.
In the next inning Cote singled, and
Lytle's safe one to center advanced
both runners two bases. Strang flew
out and Cote scored. Lyle started to
steal home with the tieing score, and
had the base, but Leahy hit foul, and
Pop" went back to third Then Irwin
took an excursion to the clouds. He
hit Leahy with the ball, and gave Don
ahue, Wells and Dobbs bases on balls,
forcing two runs over the plate, and
gave Wheeling lead Score:
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