Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-03


BOWLING CONTESTS-OTHER
SPORTING MATTERS.
ICY" Swain, the elongated crack-a-
jack twirier with Glasscock's aggrega-
ton OF Fort Wayne ball tossers, has the
sulks. "Cy' pitched for audiences of
Senators, Representatives, and Foreign
Ministers at the National capitol, and
naturally feels somewhat reluctant to
stand for a ecall down" by manager
who has seen his best days in the bust
ness.
The long drawn out Cyrus got all
that was a-comin' to him" when ne
struck Wheeling. He was up against
it good and hard. 1t was humiliation
enough to lose two games to Wheeling,
but roast from pebble Jack" was
the last straw. In the car returning
from the game, Swain remarked that
he had missed his vocation. He was
not cut out for a ball player, as he was
a haT1 loser. ICY" was high-priced
luxury on the Fort Wayne team, ana
as he really did give miserable exhi-
bition of poor headwork, Glasscock
might have been pardoned for register
ing a mild kick for his moneys worth.
At aag gate, when the club left "CyN
remained in Wheeling. The com
bined eloquence and persuasiyeness OF
the Fort Wayne players could not In
duce him to accompany them.
The last game of the series was
"beauty bright" 1t was one OF the
snappiest and fastest exhibitions ever
seen on the Wheeling grounds. To
withhold none of the credit due Swain
it may be said that he is very eff
fective pitcher. But there is another
department of the game in which he
is sadly deficient. He can curve and
cross-fire and change pace in a. way TO
fool most batsmen, but when it comes
to working the gray matter OF his
brain on fielding plays Cyrus falls
short.
Contrasted with SWANS absolutely
stupid work the brilliant playing OF
nEtrange stood out in bold relief. He
was the star of the game-at the bat,
on the bases, in the field. Out of five
times up he drove out four safe hits,
one a double, and one bunt which he
beat to first He is rapidly securing
reputation, by the way, as the most
successful bunt hitter in the league.
Every time he reached first he made
a clean steal of second, and when he
made his double he stole third just
to keep in practice. He had but two
fielding chances, but one Of them was
"a very difficult one, a fly from SWANS
bat in the last inning, which he got I'M
der after a hard run.
Uncle Jake Wells shot the sphere
over the plate like bullets from the
muzzles of a Calling gun, and his ex-
asperating GOODNESS at critical times
prevented Fort Wayne from scoring.
Lyons drove in two runs with timely
singles.
Wheeling opened up in the third in
ming, Cote got a life On Belden's FUN
BILE and advanced a base on wild
pitch Wells walked. Dobbs hit one in
front of the plate, which Swain got.
ICY" was apparently groggy. He
looked at all the base runners to de-
termine where to throw, and wound up
by holding the ball and allowing all
to be safe. Lyons forced Cote out at
the plate on an infield hit. Billy Niles
whistled soft lullaby while ICY" was
which forced Wells across the plate.
The visitors tied in their half Miller
hit safely, went to second on Letch-
ers single, to third on Babb's out at
first and home on passed ball.
1t was nip and tuck, with tight
places for both pitchers until the
seventh, when the home club again
took the lead. Two men were out when
Wells singled. Dobbs' base On balls
advanced him to second, and he tailed
on Lyons timely drive to left field.
In the eighth the visitors again tied
the score. Letcher beat bunt to first.
Glasscock hit to Nicholson, but the
play took him off the bag, and he field
ed it to second. Both runners were
safe. Babb attempted to sacrifice, but
Wells threw to Niles, and retired