The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-30
To-DAY's GAMES.
New castle at Wheeling.
Columbus at youngstown.
Dayton at Fort Wayne.
Mansfield Mt Toledo.

For the first time in Wheel
ing game OF professional base
hail on Sunday has been play
Cd For several weeks It has been
understood that the management of the
wheeling Interstate club would make
the attempt, but It was generally sup
r5sad the Sunday games would be
rIaved across the river or out the pike.
On saturday, however, the manage
mert announced that it would endeavor
10 play the Sunday games at the Is
land grounds, and success crowned the
efforts OF Messrs. Lyle and Haley.
The game was witnessed by about
100 people. For an hour before the
hour for starting the contest, the street
cars bound for the park were packed
and damned with fans. The crowd
would probably have numbered 1000 or
Eo55 had the rumor not been in general
circulation that the authorities would
prevent the playing of the game.
When the players went on the field
for practice at $3.50. Constable stoehr
rushed upon the diamond and was bus
fly Engaged for ten minutes in serving
upon each of the eighteen players war
rants sworn out in Squire Rogers
court, charging the ball tossers with
pursuing their avoca:ion on the Sab
bath. The management Of the club rec
ognized this action, and promptly gave
bond for the appearance Of the players
before the justice to-day,
The players resumed their places on
the field and practice proceeded. and at
o'clock the game was called by UNI
plre Colgan. Two innings had passed,
when there was stir at the park en-
trance. and a second later Chief Of Po-
lice Clemans entered at the head of
fifteen or twenty cops" The chief and
his men walked past the bleachers to
the club house. with the intention Of
serving warrants issued from Squire
Graers court, but when informed that
the players were already under arrest
and released on bond, the chief. acting
on the advice Of Squire Greer, decided
that he had no authority to make a
second arrest on the same charge. Each
Of the players had been given a certI-
fcate to the effect that he had been re-
llsed on giving bond, and these were
shown to the chief, who thereupon re-
tired, with his bluecoats at his heels.
The game then proceeded, and 1t was
a beauty bright. Although there were
moments when the crowd would have
dearly loved to break out in glad song,
especially when Turner made his ho-
mer In the tenth. still the audience pre-
served order and quiet to a remarkable
degree, and half square away nobody
would have known that an exciting ball
game was in progress in the immediate
vicinity
The pitching was by skopec and
Gregory, and the Chicago City Lacquer
gave the Western Association man
cards and spades and then beat him out
in hollow style. Only four hits, one Of
these on the scratch order, were made
by the champions. Gregory, on the
other hand. was touched up for twelve
safe ones. The New Castle man was
given gllt-edgcd support, but during the
earlier innings the wheeilngs' fielding
was Tar below par, and n more season
ed twlrlpr than young Slsopec would
have been excused II he had made a
balloon ascension-not so with John
ny" be pitched better ball as the game
progressed, and after the fourth in
Ming not the semblance OF a safe drive
was made on his deceptive and speedy
delivery.
The first run was scored by the
wheeIiurs in the second inning, when
Turner hit FOR three-bagscr along the
right field foul line, and conEalton hit
Tor n single.
New Castle went into the lead in the
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