Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-21


Wheeling gave such a wretched ex-
hibition of ball playing as yesterday,
and IT, is a safe guess that il will not
be duplicated this season. Such
fumbling and muffing and booting and
ludicrous attempts TO stop the ball.
have not been seen for many a day.
The crowd was large-a veritable holt
day attendance-and the Players, un-
accustomed TO such numbers of spec
tators, were evidently attacked with
stage fright.
Wheeling is badly crippled, and it
was her crippled condition that was
directly responsible for the loss of at
least one OF the games. iHanniyan is
a valuable man in the outfied, and a
handy sticker, but he has not yet ac-
quired the knaek of scooping UP in
field hits. He fell down on many
chances that would have been easy for
enother player, and he was subjected
TO a great deal Of criticism which
was undsserved, considering the fact
that he was playing out OF his regular
position. Kane filed the gap at the
third bag very nicely, and Miles made
a good showing in his first game, at
second. He had several errors, but
was probably a tribe nervous. lie is
quick, especially in double plays, but
has yet to demonstrate his ability at
the bat.
1t was an off day for Wheeling all
around, and it is a truly lamentable
fact that such a poor showing should
be made in the presence of the banner
crowd of the season. There were not
less than two thousand spectators
present, and hundreds of them left
during the second game. 1T might
be well for the mana cement TO reflect
that the patrons are standing by the
CLUB Loyalty, and they therefore de-
serve the very best article of base ball
that money can procure. Thoney will
be back in the game Monday and with
Kane at short and Hannivan in the
outfeld, the club should, and doubt
less will make much more creditable
showing next week.
The First Game.
Kenna pitched the first game. and
with anything like fair support he
would have won it. 1t was the sixth
game he has pitched for the Stogies,
and 1t is his first defeat. He probably
lost heart In the latter part OF the
game, failing which he will forget
about after he has been duly seasoned,
and has received the drubbing which
is the portion of the best man in the
business at times.
The .irst run scored by each team
was upon an error. Dayton punched
two safe ones in the seventh, and took
the lead. In the eighth, Wheeler led
off with double, and a sacrifice hit
by Miller advanced him TO third
Myers hit to Kane, who could have
retired Wheeler five feet from the
plate, but ne fumbled, and both run
ners were safe. Gochenauer singled
and both he and Myers scored on
Grosart's long triple.
wheeling put up a game fight for
the first game with the score five to
one in favor of the visitors. In the
eighth inning, with two men out,
Knoll worked Cogswell for a pass,
Hannivan singled, and the visitors
started throwing the ball about the
field, with the result that both rum
ners scored. The last run was made
in the ninth by Herbert. 1t was one of
mis- lucky drives to deep left, the ball
being lost, enabling him to complete
the circuit Of the bags.
in the eighth inning, Kenna wanted
new ball, which was thrown out to
him, but Dayton kicked so strehuously
that he was compelled TO use ball
which had been in play. He knew a
trick to secure the white sphere, how
ever throwing the first ball over the
grand stand. Gochenauer did some
senseless protesting, and was ordered
out OF the game. The score