Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-27
STEUBENNILLE.
Some Talk About nnse DalI and The
(Nn:nniOnship-Lo News.

Some TALK AbGut hnSe HAL ana me
championships News.
SpcciH phpr,m hr Gir sunday Register,
STEUBENVILLE, o., June 26.-BaSc ball
has now taken possession OF Stcubcnyille.
In 1858 the MearS' club held the amateur
champiOnthip OF Ohio, and ever since the
average Stcubcnvillian, when talking ball,
always referred to the old McuS nine with
pride Between that time and this season
quite Il number Of clubs have hcen organ
ized there, hut none Of them cvCr managed
to distinguish themselves, and ball was
regarded more in the nature of amusement
than anything else. But last spring n
number Of young men concluded they
would get up Il club and p2mc i, after
itcubcnyglc They leased the Sixth
aEcnuc grounds, put Il fence around ii and
erected gramdStamd and other necessary
fixtures. They promised great things for
the club, and received liberal subscriptions
from citizens. The first two or three
games they played they were badly beaten,
and it was common thing to hear the ex-
preston that they were ma good But
aitcrward changes were made i'll the nine,
aud the sccand game played with the
REGULARS, Of Wheeling, resulted in
a victory. After this they success
sivcly defeated the Regulars in two more
games, the Standards Of Wheeling, the
Globca Of Bcllairc, the East Liyerpnuis and
several other clubs OF minor importance.
This put their star in the ascendant, and
they concluded 10 branch out and arranged
a series Of two games with tho XancSvilles,
,,.l, h..lI h,. al Al
Ohio The first game, which resulted in 4
victory for them, was the hest gamo ever
played in this city, the score being four for
StcubenyiIc 10 three for GAINESVILLE, ten
innings being necessary To decide. In this
game Damn, the pitcher for the Stcubcn-
villeS, was Struck on the hand with ball
while at the bat and severely injured. low
ever, in the game on Thursday ne under
took to pitch, but his injury disabled him
ami the Iqpcsyilcs made four runs in the
lirSE and socGnd innings, hrrah, their old
pitcher, w;ls placed in the box at
the commencement Of the third
inning, and did such good work that the
XameSvillc nine only made three runs in
the other eight innings. The Stcubcnvilcs
battcd the GAINESVILLE pitcher easily and in
the nine innings made eleven rum. which
gave them the game by score Of | to !.
These two victories gives the home club
the amateur championship Of Ohio. the
first time il has been held here since 1863.
Enthusiasm is therefore at its height in
lhis city, and Stcubenville can hereafter De
counted on n Il base ball center. The boys
arr li0nizcd wherever they 20.
The Republican Congressional Commit
tee for this district met at Bcllaire last
"Wednesday for the purpose of selecting
place for holding the convention and set
ting the date therefor After a number
of ballots John A. Mansfield, Of
this city, told thc Guernsey county
Committeeman that if place was not So
lCCted on the next ballot he would vote
for Bellaire. This scared theIn, because
they saw it waUld hc haOnl for Col. Poor
man and against Col. Taylor, and they
voted with the jefferson county Commit
tcemen fur Steuhenyille, and the COnveH-
ton will accordingly be held in this city
on the 9Th Of next August. The primary
elections will be held all over the district
on July 3lst. As the matter now stands
Col. POOrman and Col. TSyioF ar4 the
prominent CANDIDATES with Coulter and
Lindiff QttEis city, and Bingham and Hol-
of Harrison, rs possibilities.
Col. TaYi0r's friends now claim he will
have ~ votes on the first ballot. within 3
of enough to nominate. The vote as they
claim is rs follows: Belmont 6, JelIersun
-, Guernsey 81, and Noble 81. tNl.
POOrman's friends Ciaim % from belmont
ard Ia n4a Jefferson on tho lirSt ballot.
Where the other II votes of jefferson will
go no one seems to know.
Arrangements for the X. OF l.. picnic at
Browns Island on the ID of July are nE1-
crossing. The C.. W. Batcheler will make
a morning triR . Meilsburg and bring mp
all ~ i,o desire To attend frOp that place,
Brilliant and Mingo. She will also return
in the evening. The divisions new uni
forms have arrived and it will give 4 nah.
lie drill on South Third street square ON the
evening of July3, The Ioronfo hand will
DO rTt=,cRt at The drill and give concert.
Following are the clubs and the dates Of
the games Yet 10 be played by the Sten-
benvilles IN this city: June 80, Athletics
Of Sewickly, Pa; July 3, Clippers of stcu-
July ), two games, go a. m.
md $50 p. m, Climax Of Pittsburg; July
!, BarnesviIleS; July 10, Athie,iesof Pitts
bury, The dub VIII then leave On tour.