The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-31

oAbh DALI mATTkk5s-49ol ullQWllR
paragraph clipped from the National
Base Bali Chronicle, Of August III,
throws more light upon the match DO.
tween the 'HaymAkerS' and Red,
stockIngS,' last Thursday: 81
The Hon. John MorrIssey got bit 10
betting on the last Atlantic THSymaker'
match. BE lost $4,000, 81 900 for each
Of the nine and the scorer. Speaking
Of the affair he says: 7 bet this for
the honor Of Troy, where I lived long
and found much kindness, and whose
people ! love. have SO, 900 yet left to
invest In the 'HaymakerB,' and anoth.
or SlO. 600 after that Is gone. And f1rs
ther-1 Intend my sou shall play on
that nine.
EFonths RrGIkt0rt. Kentucky, YtomGn.
The game Of base ball at Cincinnati,
on ThursdRy, between the Red Stock.
ingS' and 'HRymakers, busted In o
row at the sixth Inning. Az the end OF
the NTH the score stood II toll, A
decision Of the umpire gave dissRtIsiac-
ton to the New YorEers, whose Cap.
tain called them of, and the game
ended. We regard this as well, We
are Inclined 10 think that the country
has had about enough OF base ball.
From heHlthiul amusement, as It was
at frst,i Il Is fast degeuerating Into, II Il
has not already become, a prolific
source Of vicious dissipation. Its ten.
dency now Is demoralIzIng, and our
aaVlce 10 our young men 10, 10 let It
slide. Ere long II will become regular
business OF the sports, and will be lit.
tle, II any, more respectable than the
prize ring. 'A
We are quite sure that, 90 far, the
young gentlemen composing our clubs
have not fallen into the dlsreputable
habit Of the professionals, but have In.
dulged In the game simply for amuse-
ment. Yet, VIC would ask them Berl-
ously II 1t has not proven an expensive
pastime, and II they, In retrospeotInE,
can realize that the enjoyment has ar.
lorded adequate compensation for the
lime, labor and money expsndedH
Az showing the DRIFT the game is TAX.
Ing, We copy the following from the
New York Day Book, aud commend It
TO the consideration Of our young gen
tlemen: .....a ....
"TAxINd THE ATHLBTS.-Amoug the
modern humbugs, is found, what city
contemporary calls the national game Of
base ball, purporting 10 be gotten up to
develop the physique Of the rising gen
Grafton, but really, In the main, waste
OF time, an agency Of dissipation, and
a gambling Institution, In which thou.
sands Of dollars per year are lost and
won. SWeat>cloth roughs, gambling.
house bankers, thimbls.rig speculators,
bach up these Clubs with money, and
hhfe In their pay certain skilled play
eys, who. some OF them, draw fifteen
hundred dollars per year, and are thus
United for any responsible GlerkshIp,
aud barred from reaching respectable
commercial or social position, SO long
aS known TO be the tools OF black legs,
who buy their skill, pit them against
other artists In The same line, and bet
their money on the result. .I..r....
we consider any young man who
belongs to what 10 called a professional
club and nine-tenths OF them are
such, 10 be dlsgraoed, and undeservinR
the confidence OF his employer, II he
holds positlon OF financial responRi.
bllity, he should at once be discharged,
We can hardly conceive OF more con.
temptlble position than membership In
a club OF base ball players, at the beck
and call Of sporting men, who bring
them into the ring, game cock fashion,
and pit them against each other, FOR
money, the sporting man winning dol
lars, and throwing dimes into the
pockets Of his tools, whom he uses
TO bleed his Victims. It seems the offl.
GERS OF the revenue have smelled out
the character OF tho Great National
Came and are now about to put the
screws Of taxation 10 the professional
gamblers. It Is we'll. II honest indus.
Try 10 10 be taxed, let not these lnstitu-
tlons. which are wicked waste OF time
misspent, In betting and speculatipg on
the chanceP, escGpe.'
While the foregoing arraIgnment Of
the National Game" By our New York
contemporary may be applicable In that
latitude, we utterly deny Its applI-
cation to those who engage In the game
10 this region.-ED. INTELLIoENcRR !