The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-21
WEIseERsEK An HOME.
An Account of His Recent Trip to Provi,
aence-Why He Did Not Row-He Will
HOW Kennedy July 3I-various Aquatic

Row Kennedy July 3l-VariousA quahe
Matters.
George W. weisgerber, wheeling's
champion, who has been at Proyiden ce,
R. l., for some weeks past, arrived IN this
CITY last Saturday, and last night an INTEL
LIGEScRR,man found him at Dan Cochran'sl
on Market street, with Charley Miller,
Ed, Dick and several other friends OF his
George is very taciturn under ordinary
circumstances, and 1t takes @ newspaper
man Of uutring endurance and extraordl:.
nary patience TO get an interview out OF
him at any time, and last night this pecu-
liar quality, (taciturnity we mean had been
aggravated by the insinuations OF several
newspapers to the effect that he
had been the Courtney OF Wheeling,
that he had sawed his boat, and other
equally as absurd charges. All these
things we say had soured George little,
and he told US so in his peculiar but very
expressive way. 81 have done some little
10 give Wheeling S little notoriety in
aquatic circles in the country, and now
because | was so unfortunate as to lose my
boat, and at q time so late as to preclude
the possibility OF procuring another one
for the regatta, am assaulted by some OF
these scifrilous papers and disappointed
gamblers with all the charges they can
think OF. Iwouldn't row race In this
town for anything. tore my boat, y CON.
tinued he, Fairly and squarely, and had
no recourse. It takes from six weeks to
two months to get one from the Walters.
Charley Miller offered Hanlan his own
price for boat, but he refused point
blank" eyes, that's 80" chimed in Mill.
er, ~ offered him two one hundred dol
ar bills, or whatever he might ask, but he
refused, and we tried every way We could
to get boat, but 1t was no CO."
Chow did it come that Hanlan was beat
en- in that contest George? We asked oil
Weisgerber.
"oRl be was not well. He came to
Providence completely played out. He
was always complaining Of that stitch
in his side, even before his race
with Courtney, at Washington, D. O,
and he suffered very much at
Providence. He is mighty good man
and can beat anything that rowed that
day. tell you they were all nice fellows,
and we had plenty Of fun together. l was
with Hanlan great dealt we practiced
lUketueE, huu uLuu 1cei L1eah toWato
him for not letting me have his boat. l
wouldn't have let any one else have mine
under similar circumstances"
"Well, George, now you are back again,
have you anything arranged for the
season? Is there anything in the report
that you contemplate rowing Kennedy
here?" No, sir, row no man here, but |
have made race with Kennedy for $500
q side. II he comes West am to allow
him $500 for expenses, and II can arrange
1t Twill row him in Pittsburgh, and II not
shall go to Silver Lake. The race will
take place July 3lst. I cannot tell yet
where 1t will be. will know, however,
in few days, when will inform you OF
the location"
Weisgerber is in good condition, but
very much out Of humor with the Register
meteor who denominated him "Wheal..
!ng's Courtney" This was entirely gratu-
itous on the part OF the "leading daily
paper in the state," as It Is notorious
fact that no man enjoys 80 good reputa-
ton as Weisgerber, nor Is any one In the
aquatic world 80 free from suspicion OF
tTlCkery as he, and had he had q boat
when that race came of, he would Ger.
tainly have rowed.
In listening to the remarks OF Weisger-
Der in regard TO the want OF support &C.
corded TO boatmen by the Wheeling peo-
Pile we were forced to acknowledge that
they were Just and true. There is no city
In the Union that has as many and as
good oarsmen as Wheeling, and yet
there Is no encouragement for them
here. None OF our leading men take
an interest In encouraging these men. No
boat houses, except one, are built on the
river, and no money Is spent in this direc.
ion except by the young men who work
q the mills and who are lily able to do SO.
Whatever OF distinction our boatmen have
has been attained by the
Utmost individual efforts OF the
,oatmen themselves, and not through
my encouragement given by those
Who are amply able and should take
pride in developing the splendid mate.
ial we have. With Weisgerber, Felsing,
}lator, Braceland, Manton, Houke, Knoke
md others as nucleus, we could soon
AVE small army OF oarsmen from which
o pick one man or q dozen, II necessary,
or any emergency. And whenever we
an stir up enough local pride to secure
quarters, boats and backing for these men,
hen We can have races here OF national
haracter, and not have our men to 20
acking of to other places, without facili.
les to carrv out what they intend, and b
'hich, II backed, would be carried out.
ubscribe money, have regattas and races,
nd 1t would not be long until the eastern
tiles would be offering greater induce.
tents than they now do for oarsmen TO
ome to them.
Weisgerber speaks well OF Charley Mil.
n, OF Bridgeport, who has been very
Ind 10 him, and who has done every.
la. In, hin r,ntrnr IN haln him nnk In hln