Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-25
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4 Battling Rally Gave Tie Senator's .
Victory in the Last Inning.

4 Batting Rally Gave tie Senators .
Victory in the Last Inning.
TWO BAD BOUNDS WERE RE-
SPoNsIBLE FOR THE WINNING
RUNS FOR WASHINGTON.
WHEELING PLAYED AN EXCEL
LENT GAME THROUGHOUT.
RESULTS YESTERDAY IN THE
INTERSTATE AND NATIONAL
LEAGUES = OTHER SPORTING
MATTERS.
II Dick Padden and his aggregation
Of National Leaguers anticipated an
easy victory over Wheeling yesterday,
they were sorely disappointed. The
Senators won, but it was only after a
very stubborn argument, and through
q combination of luck in the last inn
ing. 1t was a well played game
throughout. The popularity of Padden
was very much in evidence. Martins
Ferry turned out en- masse to see him,
and he was given very hearty recep-
ton. The bleachers were crowded, and
the grand stand comfortably filled. 1t
was the bigges. crowd of the season and
there were many Washington rooters
from the over-the-river town.
The visitors gave very scientific ex-
hibition Of ball playing. They fairly
took away the breath of the local play
crs by their persistent bunting, but
after few innings they were not SO
successful in beating infield hits out.
Poole nailed several of them. and a
better fielding pitcher than Parvin
might have cut off several others. There
are seven left-handers on the team,
giving them a big advantage in bunt-
ing.
Although Parvin was hit freely, the
Senator'S were fairly outbatted by
Wheeling. Mercer, Mcfarland and
Dineen each pitched three innings of
the game, and they all looked alike to
Lyons and Parvin. Denney managed
to crack out safe one every time he
came to bat, and Bones" gave a re-
markable performance with his little
willow. All the local players hit the
win. and kicked stubbornly against one
or two decisions by the umpire
Wheeling had the game well in hand
until the ninth, and the crowd was very
Epacn disappointed over the unexpected
Satting rally which turned defeat into
victory in that inning. Dobbs got life
cn an error in the first went to third
on single by Lyons, and scored on
Poole's long fly In the third, singles by
Parvin and Donahue, and double by
Lyons, added two more runs In the
Fourth Mcfarland was touched up for
three clean singles, with net result OF
two more runs.
In the eighth Strang led off with
beautiful bunt just in front of the plate,
but he touched the ball with his knee,
a81- was called out. Leahy drove out
double, and scored on Cote's single
Parvin was retired at first, but Cote
advanced a base on the play. Dobbs
walked. Lyons made another timely
single which brought in Cote In the
ninth Donahue led off with a double,
advanced base while Lyle was being
retired at first, and scored on Strang's
fly to left field.
With the score to against them,
the Senators made two ins the third.
Two more were added in the fifth on
two singles and a double. In the
eighth, O'Brien got life on Pooles
error, and completed the circuit on safe
hits by Dineen and Roach. Needing
three to tic and four to win, the Wis
itors went to bat in the last inning, and
succeeded in getting the winning run
across the plate with but one man out.
Luck was very prominent factor in
the result, two bad bounds giving bases
when under ordinary circumstances the
ball would have been fielded clean. and
but one run would have been scored.
McGann led off with a long fly which
Lytle gathered in. Freeman drove a
long fly to left which Strang would
have taken but for his lameness, AS
1t was, it went out to the fence, and
Freeman took three bases. Then Stat
ford sent single which scored Free
man. Barry hit to Poole, and the ball
touched his finger tips and bounded
out back of third. Both men came in
on single by O'Brien, which also
bounded badly. The score was now
tied, and OBrien was on second Pad
den was next at bat He picked out a
nice one which he sent to left field, and
the winning run crossed the plate.
Score:
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