The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-22
SMITHS BOYS OUTH|T KOEHLER
TRIBE; ERROR smoked" US OUT
DOUGLASS THREE BASE THROW
GIVES VISITORS THREE RUNS
AND THE GAME.
Seibold's Fielding Is Feature Of Con
test-He Also Drives In the Only
Wheeling Run with Triple.

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The score was FIVE 10 one. yes sir
Iut those cheeky South Bend scrap
pers had the nerve 10 get the hve.
Now. in getting these i've runs they
were assisted BY one Harry Douglass.
who let them get three hits filling the
bases. and then he proceeded TO throw
ihe ball away. This all happened in
he fourth inning and before the smoke
had finally cleared away they had man
aged to squeeze another runnc across.
Then with none out Lefty EcCles
was called To III mound. He retired
The Blenders without any further trou-
bic in the fourth. but the fifth saw a
base on balls. a sacrifice hit and a
double send another owe
= Now in telling about this same game.
the fact that S-hortstcpper Seibold was
The whole show could not be over
looked. The little short fielder for the
smokes was all over the OF. He had
six put-Outs and five assists. He ac-
cepted every one of these without a
fooZle and AZ least three were sensa-
tlonal catches OF line drives. In addi-
tton to playing some OF the field ne
came through with two hits. one of
which was a triple that scored the only
Wheeling run
Started in the Fourth.
The weather conditions were splen.
did n Manager Smith pinned his
faith on Douglass a. the twirlcr. The
lankey hurlcr started in 10 show the
20 'AlAf NldA Il kNNNt fkh ANlhfh AAhfs
but he waivcred in the fourth and
they jumped on him numerically.
Douglass has been of duty for several
DAYS owing To an injury 10 his arm
and YESTERDAY wa his FIRST try at a regu.
lar game. ECCleS was called 20 the
rescue Of his brother IN distress and
retired The next three batters in easy
fashion.
E:ccles is a southpaw and seemingly
had a lot of stuff" He had The slug.
Ging BenderS eating out of his hand
until ne wa- relieved TO make room for
a pinch hitter and was replaced by
ponley. In the NTH. however. tho Wis.
ltor~ managed 90 get ono run Oft
Ecclc~. Donncllv. who was hrsf up
drew "a base on balls lie was ~acri
MED To second N scored ON e double
to right by B-lil ponley. who tool
the mound after Ecclp- had retired
10 allow Netz'l 10 pinch hit for him
did not allow . hit during tha eighth
and ninth innings. The \ smoke s.
seemed 10 have little trouble in get
ing ON the ba~" paths. but somehow
lhcy Just couldn't seem 10 get home
The visitors piled up three large juicy
error but these were the kline that
could not be- taken advantage of as ar
bul on" Of them We're charged up for
muffcd fouls
Stoaies on Bases.
% StOglc~ filled Tho bases on i've
occasions with only unr man out Tn,
FIRST time % looked certain that the,
N'ull come INIOuEN WIN az least unI
run. hut fast double plays cut then
down on the paths. \ single. % h4-,
on balls. a teldcr'- choice aud another
tcratCh single nlIod tho bases viii
inly one OUT In th- third. but The b..N
tallahan could do was "a short ny Q,
renter and Lear hit q high ny 10 m,
hT~t bt-pmun.
In Tho sixth things luuk-i fine f1'
a run, when Cleveland led of with
baS" on balls and Callahan drove .
~inEic 60 left Lear then forced Cal
lahau A. % ShseTeu famed an.
King forced Lear at second. The onI1
me- krf registered for the smoke.
came Iu The seventh Blackwell 1aI
OF with q single g.. left field ScihoI
irled 70 upset th" enter neld feuC.
and almost succeeded The smash wa
Gout for three sacks and Nauag.
kpnhler decided that Or was time som,
fhlnE Was done. Mccall was d.rrIlE,.
N Kelly came to tho mound Tn.
wheeling hoy- got t him of him DO
tht eighth and one in tho ninth br
failed tp gef p man 10 third base
Tho fourth inning was tho brsakin.
uotnf for Iou0lt-- iu fO that tim.
he had not allowed 20 hif. bur Doun,II.