Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-04

base ball aggregation from the cap
itol ambled, into town, and were
quickly on the ball grounds. They
came with the intention of taking
three straight games from the To-
cal team. They imagined that they
could do the track here as easily as
they did on their own grounds.
They went to work, hammer and
tongs, and all through the game
were full of fire and ginger. They
did everything to win out.
But Outcalt and his team had
not forgotten the three days spent
down the State, and were equally
as determined that the experience
the Charleston lads had gotten
here a few weeks ago would be re-
peated.
The result was an interesting
game fought hard on both sides.
The down state boys are hard
losers, great kickers, noisy play.
ers. They can not see how 1t Is
possible for them to lose, and es-
pecially In Sistersville. AS usual,
lobe came In for lot of condem-
nation by the losers, but as one of
their best players remarked during
the game, with one or two untm-
portant exceptions they "got all
that was coming to them"
The attendance was not nearly
what 1t should have been. There
seems to be mistaken impression
prevalent In the city that the asso
citation Is making loads Of money
and Is away ahead on the season.
Such report Is ERRONEOUS. 1t costs
something over six hundred dol.
lars mouth to run this club. The
corporation Is behind and always
has been. It simply means that
those who persist in seeing the
games for nothing and those who
owe for their stock must come In,
or the game will be stopped.
The men at the head Of the associ-,
alton went down in their own pock-
cts last year to save the sport. We
can't expect then to do so again.
This Is what they will be compelled
to do to agreater extent than before,
unless the people come to the res
cue. Tie Review hopes that to-
morrow there will be a fringe Of hu.
manity clear around the ball park
and such a crowd of base ball fans
as never attended a game In the
city. We want base ball. We have
it. We can keep 1t. But we must
be around the ticket wagon In
greater numbers to doso.
The game was Int ,sely interest.
Ing up to the sixth inning.
Charleston started off with two un-
earned runs In the first, and 1t
looked little as If orr boys would
put up the sort of game they did
while away. In the second we got
one, and a little more ginger.
Good playing on both sides made
a row of goose eggs from that to
the sixth when beautiful three
Dagger from the end of Bero's bat
sent In two. Bero followed across
the plate, and we had all the spice
desirs d and the game won. In the
eighth it was rubbed In little six
runs were added which with one
In the ninth made eleven. a happy
crowd and delighted players In our
corner.
Sweeney pitched an elegant game.
Six strike outs and but one base On
balls, with a two base hit, with a
run and elegant fielding OF his po-
sition, make enough glory for even
the genial Hibernian from Nc.
Donald.
With the exception OF three er-
rors near the first of the game, Sal
adine was at the top of the scale.
He hit for three safe ones. got one
run, four put outs and three assists,
and after he had settled down,
playd like veteran.
The runs were made as follows:
In the first inning, after we had