The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-18

Special Dispatch to tho Intelligence.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. May II
Forty-nine brave souls flirtcd with
pneumonia tor one hour and SO min
utes this afternoon az Island park
while the Black SoN were winning
their second straight victory OF the
Wheeling series by the top heavy
score OF IL To ..
II the mercury keeps on sinking as
fast as the StOgies, something which
l. hardly probable. Bill EsSick will
have 20 buy fur OverCOdts for his ath-
lctes. Bilis boys Just missed freezing
TO death yesterday. but as luck would
have H. Manager Smith started Wet
gel against the SoX and that terrible
calamity was forestalled for the day.
NetZel had nothing but the assign
ment when he started 10 patch. His
mates had started out promisingly by
giving him a two-run lead to work on.
but the SoN started after the south
paw. in their half Of the first inning
as though they intended 10 make a
run for every spectator in the park
When the frst inning had been nm
iShed. the SON had amasSed four runs.
Just enough 10 win. but the cold wealth
or bothered Duncan. Ellington and
others Of Essicks tribe 50 much that
they Just kept on hitting EN- for the
JOY there was in running. DOnnellN
received the crooked arm 10 relieve
Mr.. WetZel IN the fourth. after the SoN
had pushed their NTH over. The SON
were crowded to capacity when Don
nelly came on. BY convincing the
- that all pitching looked alike to
them. the SoN kept right after Don
molly. taking three singles and a triple
OF the giant Stogie hurler In this same
inning. Five hits polled by the home
crowd in this round were good for
five runs when Scibold kicked In with
an error which made Ellington base
runner
After a bad first inning. Grover Cos
horn settled down and held the Stogies
safe. Only five hits were taken on
Grover. through the initial session and
the second. third. fourth and nifty were
~watle,S chapters for smiths line II
wasn't altogether Growers fault that
the Stogics scored any more after the
first round
Alcock's error on Kings hopper in
the seventh paved the way for the
.hird Wheeling tally. Schools double
enabling the Stogle Ou'neld 90 score.
Leading he assault on the TWO Stogie
pitchers Was Pat Duncan, whose TWO
doubles and triple in four times at
bat sent five SoN runs over Pat
scored twice himself There was moth
ing tluky about any Of Duncan three
mighty ~WdfS. Galatians home run
over the short left field fence. which
came after Two We're ont In tho frsr
inning. gave The StOgi,s the first run
of the day. Lear followed with a
single In The second when Deyormrr
let one OF Goshorn's pitches get
through him Then Sheeren singled.
putting Lear on third and tho Stosie
first ~acker rode home on the front
end of Il double steal. Sheeren takin.
second. The Wheeling PLAYERS be-
haV"d very we'll after tho first inning.
eOing down IN order m the second.
third and fourth Two bases on balls
tho fFfh hr "a
in the sixth was the best they could
30 with Go~horn's hurting Outside OF
tho seventh. where the third Stogic
marker was recorded. The visitors
didn't give Goshorn any cause for
worry
Callahan cot his third hit in tho
eighth. a sin-lc. and Blackwell pollcd