Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-22

tesy, saying nothing Of hospitality. The
sandusky base ball people could not have
treated any get of men with less consider
elton or kindness. All the time the dele
oates were at the hotel not a man called
upon them and not the slightest attention
was shown them, which was far below
what feelings of common civility would
have suggested. 1t was the general and
outspoken opinion of every delegate pres
emit that they were treated in a selfish and
inbospitable msnner-in glariDg contrast
with the hospitable manner in which they
were received and entertained in Colum
bus.
And Wheeling! Because her delegates
stood up for her rights Sandusky and other
small towns not able to support their W
clubs attempted to defeat her in every
proposition and move she made. When
ever a Wheeling man stuck mp his head
| these small clubs were raised to give him a
| Whack.
The clubs that stood by Wheeling in her
attempt to defeat the percentage plan were
| ZanCsville, Columbus and Toledo, and the
compromise regarding the first 5000 tick
cts was adopted by a vote of 8 to 10. This
saves Wheeling a clear $500, which Is bet
ter than nothing at all.
Mr.. L. A. Moore, OF ZInesyille, offered a
resolution that 5000 be given to the pen
nant winner and 500 to the club ending
second. When a vote was taken Wheeling
and Zlnes,ille were the only two who IA
vored the giving of such prizes. Mr.. Moore
then very pertinently remarked: i
thought there were . number of sure pen
nant winners in the Tri-State League and
that they all had representatives present,
but this vote doesn't seem to indicate that
there are more than two"
In reference to the schedule, the com
mittee in charge of that was made up from
Columbus, ~Sandusky and Wheeling.
Manager Buckenbsrger made ups schedule
that he considered would be fair to all,
which was signed By Manager Curry,
| Columbus representative, and ECKER,
who acted in the same. capacity for Can
ton. The schedule was defeated by a vote
of six to four, the four being Canton,
Wheeling. Toledo and GAINESVILLE. Mr..
| Curry voted against it because the games
run into October, and he did not want to
assume the responsibility OF holding his
men over. The Saudusky Register takes
occasion to make some false statements re.
plrding the schedule, saying that it pro-
| Vided for thirty straight games on the
Wheeling grounds to give Wheeling a big
lead. that the northern clubs were kept
south too long, and several other such alb
surd remarks, which a glance over the
schedule shows to be untrue. The whole
secret Of S~andusky's objection IL, that she
wanted to play ir Wheeling July 4, and the
schedule had Toledo booked here for that
date. Mansfield aud Lima kicked because
they were booked for the Fourth and
Decoration Day together, and both wanted
to get in come Of the larger cities on that
day, 10 pull up their pile. The great
trouble was, that there was not half a
dozen delegates present who could or would
undertake the arrangement OF a schedule,
as the lob wa too much for them, and
Manager Buckenberger's schedule was The
only one presented.
Ifsome of the delegates present had been
able TO thoroughly understand 1t they
would not have voted against its adoption,
but they we're ridiculously suspicious Of
everything Wheeling proposed, add their
only thought seemed TO be to down 1t,
The reports sent out to other papers were
also garhled, and placed Wheeling in as
bad a light as possible. BIT now that it
is all over Wheeling is satisfied and will
devote her attention to playing ball.