Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-07
Wheeling S-Co1umbus 8.
Toledo 5-DaytOn z.
New Castle 6-Y0ungstown 2.
Fort Wayne S--Mansdeld a
STANDING OF CLUBS.


A new and interesting product of
the base ball situation here is the
Silent Rooter.
He was very much in evidence yes
terday.
The essential qualifications for the
Noisy Rooter are lungs and loyalty.
The Silent Rooter must forget that
he possesses vocal organs, must be
more or less proficient in the sign
language, and intelligent enough to
know what day falls between Sat
urday and Monday.
If the umpire puts the home club
on the pan, the Silent Rooter must
look dog in the face. If the score
is tied and local player cracks out
a homer, he must squelch the tempta-
ton to shout, and content himself
with tearing his handkerchief into
strips or beating the life out of his
neighbor with his fist.
1t Is the Silent Rooter who makes
parlor base ball possible.
The game between Wheeling and
Columbus yesterday afternoon was
sport of the nature which might be
dished up in polite society. There
was no disorder, nothing of bois-
ferrous nature. A person half block
distant from the ball park would
have no auricular evidence that three
thousand base ball enthusiasts were
witnessing very exciting game. 1t
was a well-dressed, well-behaved
crowd, including about hundred
ladies. The grand stand and bleach
ers were packed, and there was a
fringe of humanity along the right
field foul line.
When the game started, Constable
Henry Stoehr served warrants upon
the players, and took their recogni-
Zance for appearance next week. 1t was
the same charge upon which the ar
rests were made ON the first Sunday
1t is the understood purpose of the
management to test the legality of
this proceeding, upon the ground set
forth in the circulars distributed Sat-
urday, namely, that the game was
played for charity.
The game was exciting enough, and
it was only the Columbus rooters who
broke the silence which covered the
park like a pail. Some Sunday excur-
sionists from Ohio towns were dis
posed to show their loyalty to the
Capital city team, and had to be re-
minded occasionally that noisy root
ing was not in accordance with con-
vention at Sunday games.
The Senators made a bad start.
Mahatfy had poor control, hitting one
batsman and sending three Nailers to
the first sack on wide ones. Wilson
and Cronin contributed three errors,
and Congalton, Rothermel and Pc
quincy drove out safe ones, the net
result of all this mix-up being five
notches on the score stick.
With such a start, and Skopec on
the rubber, the crowd thought it was
all off. Columbus not only succeeded
in giving the home club a scare, but
by excellent uphill work almost
pulled a victory out of the fire.
The visitors landed on Skopec for
keeps in the fourth, two singles, a
double, and three passes resulting IN
four runs and tieing the score
Pequinney and Boyd walked in the
sixth, and Skopec made neat sacri-
fee. Meaney hit hot one in the in
quincy scoring. The visitors tied in
their half. Francis hit safe one,
Wilson ditto and Francis was retired
while trying to score on McCann's
hit to Skopec. McAllister singled, and
Wilson scored. Three hits were made
in this inning, and but one run.
The Nailers won the game in the
seventh, through timely stick work Of
Pequinney. With one out Turner hit
safely, but was forced out at second
by Congalton. Rpthermel drove a
single to right field, and Congalton
went around to third. No attempt
was made to retire Bobby when he
went down to the second sack. Then
PeQuinney sent a long single over sec
ond bag, and both base runners came
in.
The situation looked serious for
Wheeling in the ninth but cool head
work prevented Columbus from scor-
ing. Mccain led off with a single,
and PeQuinney's tumble Of McAllis-
ter's infield hit put two Senators on
the bags with none out. O'Connor
and Cronin t1ew out to Meaney, and
Wilson was kept pinned to second.
Beville retired the side on a line drive
to Rothmel. Score:
WHEELING. A. r. 1B. p. A. E.
M0anpy IF n