Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
STANDING OF CLUBS.


Mansfield ....-.-.... q - 80
Fort Wayne .....+...-.... % - 20
Youngstown ..-.. y 81 10Y
Grand Rapids ............ % o. % 20
Wheeling .....-..- .'..... "a - %
Dayton -.-... .....-.,-.... % o. ~
The conspicuous feature of the base
ball exhibition at the Island Park yes
terday was Eddie Poole. Poole IS
man of many accomplishments He is
pitcher par excellence, a fast infielder,
crack outtielder, and heavy hitter-in
a word. he is ball player from the
uppermost end of the hirsute appen-
dage to his scalp to the bottom OF his
pedal extremities. He is cool as the
Klondike, calculates like an expert
mathematician, hits like demon, ana
sprints like a professional runner. He
is a base ball gem Of the first water
without a single flaw. When the rest
of the team are up in the ar, Eddle S
hob nails are buried in the sand.
When defeat looks certain, his never
say-die" spirit inspires the boys for a
final effort Manager Howell has never
PAID I'LL d CouC ou Sole'iJ VIZ N -
not fairly earned.
Eddie won his own game yesterday,
under circumstances which would have
disheartened most pitchers. lie went
in to win, and kept plugging away
after the persistent fashion SO pecuilar-
~ and refreshingly his own, until there
was a majority on the Wheeling sue
in the run column when the contest
ie.l, lo ON
necessary for Poole to shine with par
ticular brilliancy, and he was star Oh
the first magnitude. He got the yell
lowest kind of support, and OF course
the visitors made some runs he
couldn't make them all fan the DreezeS
But there was another way to win
with the bat-and Poole awaited him
self of it.
When loose fielding put New Castle
in the lead by one run, Poole sWlped
out beautiful triple, and scored on
Dobbs' fly out to right. More runs
were needed in the sixth, when Welis
led off with a double. Poole then sent
the ball spinning out along the right
field foul line, where the weeds were
high, and the sphere was lost, en-
sabling him to stretch double INTO
home run. His hitting brought IN
three runs and. N the game.
The situation Nvas ticklish in the
ninth, when theSyisitors almost tied
the score. Weidensaul opened up WITH
a hit to Taylor, which was a good safe
place, as Billy has not made clean
Apick-up for several days. Weidensaul
got a life, but was pinned to hrst on
adeau's fiy-out to Strang. Then MIL
II sent a speedy one to ceeter held
for three bags, scoring himself while
/ barclay was being retired at nrst.
One run to tie. Cargo started after It
with a single to right field. 1t remain
ed with Wadsworth to turn the trick,
but Poole steadied himself and maze
the visiting twirler fan.
Bobby" Dobbs distinguished him
self in the second by long running
catch almost on the centre held renee
Tavlor was away off, and even old re-
liable pop played a stupid game.
His poor Judgment allowed two or
three balls to fall safe in right garden,
and he foolishly allowed himself to be
caught at third in the first inning
when Wheeling started out to make a
hundred.
In the first game STREET pitched his
arm off in an effort to shut Wheeling
out, but he was all in when the sew
enth inning came. Then Wheeling
Strengthened out some of his curves,
but the batting rally came too late in
the game and fell short of the volume
NECESSARY to turn defeat into victory.
kXo runs were made in this inning
two more were added in the ninth.
Lyons timely two-bagger brought in
two of the four. and in the seventh it
looked rather bad for the visitors, but |
steady team work pulled New Castle |
over the rough places
The visitors started to pound Parvin |
from the first dash out of the box |
The old man was not in his usual form. |
He was wild as a March hare, and APP
peared to lack confidence in his work !
Parvin also subjected himself to criti-
eism, as he has heretofore, by his in
disposition, amounting almost to a re-
fusal to field his position. The visitors |
had men on bases in nearly every in
ming, and the loose playing of the |
team enabled them to get around to the |
home plate.
!. Wheeling will not play tomorrow. |
On July Fourth there will be morning
and afternoon games with Mansfield |
Mansfield has probably the strongest
hitting team in the league, and your
Uncle Jake Wells is fixin' to take one
81 the games, while Rocle will prob
kably try for the other.
Score, first game:
WHEELING. A. r. H. o. A. E.
Dobbs, CT ............ 1 3 0 /