Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-15
Wheeling 4-Youngstown o.
Columbus 10--New Castle 4.
Dayton 6-MansfieId 4.
FIT. WAYNE S-TOledo
STANDING OF CLUBS.

Little Johnny Skopec. of Hungaria,
later of the East Side, Chicago, where
they don't pitch or twirl, but simply
"trow EN- over" was on the rubber
for the Nailers, and he made the
Giants look like pigmies.
Johnny was about the warmest base
ballistic proposition in the Chicago
circles in which he moved, and when
ever there was a sporting function
on the town lots, and he was to do
ode trowin'" the odds were several
to one on Johnny's team. They got
to naming clubs for him. There was
the Skopecs, and the Skopec second
team, and the Skopec, Jrs., and they
were crack-a-jacks in their respective
classes Johnny's star was in the as
cendancy last fall, and when his fame
travelled Wheelingward and Pop"
Lytle got to dickering for his SER
vices, they offered to run him for al
derman in Chicago. Lyle found it
necessary to bid against an alder
manic salary, but he landed Johnny
and he is going to do his share to
establish Wheeling's title to the In
terstate pennant for 1900.
Johnny was cooler than an Island
girls snuD. He practiced his favor
&c game of Mixemup, and held the
winning hand. Out of pure largeness
of heart he allowed batsmen to get
on the bases in nearly every inning,
to give the game the semblance of a
contest Several times base runners
got to the third sack, and it was then
that Johnny showed the fibre he is
made of. He took upon his shoulders
the task of revenge for that heart
breaking finish on Sunday, and he
delivered the goods to the entire sat
isfaction of the small crowd of loyal
patrons who were present.
Nine large goose eggs represents the
Youngstown score by innings, and a
healthy-looking cipher their total.
Grove. who has moro length,
breadth and thickness than last year,
twirling for the visitors, too, and the
Nailers did not find 1t an easy task to
put runners across the plate. In the
first Inning they had the sacks all
occupied, and Tom Turner disap-
pOlAlcu llC CFONu, Jul I6ucCnlSu u1Iu-
self later. In the next inning there
were Nailers on each of the three
corners again, but timely hit was
not forthcoming.
Wheeling did not connect safely
again until the sixth, when they
punched a few good ones and won out
without much trouble. Taylor got
one to his liking, and drove it out
to center, and Lyons did likewise
Both would ordinarily have been good
for two bases, but Connors had placed
himself in the way and cut them down
to singles. 1t was now up to Tom
Turner, and he proved himself equal
to the emergency. He first drove out
a foul all covered with whiskers, then
nibbled again, and finally got one of
his favorite high ones. 1t struck the
right field fence, cleared the bases
and Turner rested on second Con-
gallon got a life on a scratch infield
hit, Turner going to third. Pequin-
ney hit to Shay, who succeeded in
pinning Turner to third, but his throw
to first took Shires Off the bag and
Pequinney was safe. Turner took a
long lead off third, and Hess threw
to nail him. The ball got through
Shay, and Tom came in with the third
run. Congalton scored from third on
Skopec'S fly out to Wright. Score: