Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-14
SPRING SPORTS.
Matters Personal and General on Sea.
sGnable Pleasure.

The base ball fever is raging uncommon
" high this season. The thirst for players
is so great that in Philadelphia they are
ransacking hospitals in order TO make up
mines. One set of cripples is called the
Smokey Base Ball Club, in honor of the
famous hero of the drama Under the
Gaslight" Like him, the players com.
prising this club have but one arm
apiece The nine cho"en to antagoni1e
the Snorkeys are called the choppers,
from the fact that they are one-legged
men, or at least supposed to be. Accord
ing to accounts, the "Hoppers' have YER
liable curiosity in George Dowd, who is to
play first base, and of whom it is said that
"his left leg is gone above the knee" 1t
will be worth more than the price OF adj
mission to see George hobbe around on his
two feet and two knees, when the motive
power above the knee Of one OF them is al.
together gone. lie is the only one Of the
nine thus afflicted. All the Others are
either minus foot and ankle or have lost
q leg below the knee.
Abuse Of Umpircs.
So long as the press of the base ball cities
encourage the abuse of umpires by the
crowd OF spectators as they do by their
partiZan comments on the umpire's deci-
sions and their abuse of the new umpires,
there can hardly be any improvement over
the old order OF things, which the League
and American Associations have strven to
do away with. Criticism on errors in in
terpreting rules is one thing, but abusive
comments on errors Of judgment by the
umpire is another matter. Unluckily it
happens that too many reporters are mere
bomeclub partizans, and hence the Injus-
tice too frequently INDUCED in.
The Douglas Club OF Pittsburgh claim TO
a
like TO hear from all the leading colored
clubs. Address D. W. Downing l37 Wash.
ington street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Manager Mutrie, OF the Metropolitans,
recently received handsome gold badge
from Manager Wright, Of the Providence
Club, the result Of a friendly wager made
last season. The badge consists Of two
crossed bats. with a ball in the centre, from
which hangs a medal appropriately in.
scribed.
Harry Wright says that the pitching d.
Coleman against the Providence team was
tirst.class. Henderson, however, was badly
punished by the Greys. Harry has worked
up his team capitally, as their victories
over New York show. Good management
in handling even new material wins sue
cess where tirst.Class players in incom
petent bands meets with failure.
General.
Efforts are being made TO have st. Julien
and Trinket trot for a special purse at De-
troit, Mich, on June %.
Mrs. Mary Jones left Paw Paw, Mich, on
May ., to walk to San Francisco, Cal. She
will lecture en- route. Her skirts are very
short, and she is armed with a hickory
cane.
The Atlantic Yacht Club feet will as.
semble off the club house. foot OF Fifty
fifth street, Brooklyn, at 10 o'clock A. ",
Wednesday, May 80, for the customary De-
coration Days excursion.
The Colender cushion -carrom tourna.
ment, at Tammany Hall, this week is the
reignlng topic in billiard circles. This
style OF game, as has already been demon.
srated. is leveler OF skill, and there will
contestants may carry away the honors,
and this uncertainty will add interest to
the tOurnsment.
The Harvard Glass race was rowed on
Thursday afternoon over the Charles River
Straight-away Course-a mile and seven
tighths-from Brooklyn Bridge TO the
Union boat house. The crews took their
positions frem the river wall in this order
So s., "a, Sc. The first crew-'63-had
the advantage OF still wster, and won in
ll:il; - second, '85 third and SO fourth.
Cineinnati's Streak.
CoLuMBrs, O., May 13.-Cincinnati, Z;
Columbus, 0.
Perfection.
Louisville, KY, May l3.-Eclipse, 3;
ST. Louis, 4. The game was played with.
out all error.