Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-25
SQUIBS.
Matters Of Interest To the Sporting Men
of WheeIinG and Vicinity.

August Hanke has virtually retired from
the aquatic field.
The Big Five Club is not as big as the
Big Four by a large majority.
Clator and Briceland are rafting the
Spruces at q lively rate just now.
VIM. Felsing has abandoned the spruces
since his terrific scoop by Ritz last fall.
OHaulon us no chump. He knew
what be was about when he refused to row
Briceland.
LayherCer, the victor of last Saturday,
was badly laid out by Louis Felsing sever
al years ago.
Ritz and Weisgerber are rowing in their
new two cared gig" with reference TO a
double Scull fly with some TURNER'S
Evan Davis and Weeden will be in this
city on Saturday, and will give a sparring
match in the Academy of Music Saturday
night.
"Swope' KnOke says he is after an oars
man named Pretty, in PittSburg. Well, it
takes 4 pretty good osrsman to down
"Swope.'
The Schultze Boat Club seems to be dor
mant Just now. 1t is like the man it i
called for. however, "thunder when
aroused"
1t is said that Weisgerber was barred
from a contest with Clator in the race tha'
was made the other night. Fatty says
he will gct Clator yet, all the same.
The Lcasure Boat Club, the Normal
SCHOOL, of great oarsmen, nave a whole
regiment of incipient Hanlans coming on
who will aStonish the community at large
one of these days.
John Il. Barrett, Windy" Lists protege,
is as ausual laying back for something to
turn up" Barrett is very fast sometimes,
but he is like Mr.. Charles Courtney in an
emergency, 'he amt fast enough
Mr.. Frank A. Grieyy, OF Cincinnati, has
| two very fine animals on the fair grounds,
one being the celebrated black mare Hoosier
Girl, and the other a sorrel stallion, Sun
shine. Both of these animals are very fast.
Jim Manton, the pluckiest light weight
OarSman in Wheeling, has permanently
! retired from the water. He is working at
a furnace in the Belmont mill, where, he
says there is more money and more salts.
faction.
Bellaire has not yet displayed any of that
talent that might at least compete with
Wheeling" Nor does Bellaire possess any
thing local that can row with-well, the
fact is, Bellaire has nothing that can row
at all.
Lou. Felsing is getting wealthy by hard
work in the Top mill. Lou. is too good an
Oarsman TO be thuS lost to the world, but
he says he don't like to do all the work,
and let a parcel of do nothings'' get all
the money. and on this subject Louis head
is round.
A horse race was arranged last night be-
tween HooSier Girl, OF Cincinnati, and
| N~eshannock, of this city, to take place next
Saturday on the Island grounds. The race
is for 500 aside, best three in five. Hoosier
Girl will be remembered as Sweetzer Girl,
which made so fine an impression on the
sporting people at the State Fair last fall.
The wrestling match for $50 8 side, catch
as catch can, English rules, between Otto
Stump and Theodore Tokus, took place
yesterday evening at the old Fair grounds,
Wheeling Island, and was easily won by
Stump in three straight throws. Robt.
NJ. Nichols, Henry Robrechr and Al.
Mayer, acted as judges. About two hun
dred and fifty persons witnessed the exhi-
bition and considerable none changed
hands. Stump will soon issue a chal-
lenge to wrestle for 800 n side and the
light weight championship of West Vir-
ginia.