The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-30
BUCKENBERGER RESIGNS
Because tho Ball Team Gets II ScoldIng
Yesterdays and saturdays Games.

Yesterdays and saturdays Games.
The board OF directors OF the Wheel
ing Ball Association received on Satur-
day by telegraph from Lima, the resig-
nation of Manager A. G. Buckenberger
1t is understood that it will be accepted
and that Sam Kimber, one Of the teams
pitchers and base ball player Of long
experience and ability, will be put in
charge OF the team. Such a course,
while it will probably not meet with
Buckenberger's approval, will, it is be
lieved, be quite generally acceptable to
the public, which for some time past
has been getting the idea into its head
that Buckenberger's management was
notIthe best.
This idea was pretty freely expressed
after the two games with Lima, the last
two played here before the team left on
its present trip, which were both lost by
the home team by reason OF the rankest
kind of playing-work that any other
manager in the country would have in
flicted fines for. Yet no fines were as
sessed by BuCkenberger, or ut least ii
they were, they were not reported. As
one OF the directors expressed it, 1.-THE
work done by some OF the men in those
two games should have put Sl25 into our
treasury"
Itseems that Buckenberger resents the
action OF the Directors in sending him a
letter after his team had presented two
games to Kalamazoo and one to the Jax
team, raking him and the team for its
miserable work. The fact that publica-
ton was made OF the contents OF this
letter in advance OF his receipt OF it, alsS
hurt his feeling and made him send in
his resignation, which, us before stated.
will, it Is understood, be accepted.
1t is the understanding that Bucken-
berger furnished both papers with their
reports OF Saturdays game ut Lima,
which was won by Wheeling. 1t is
known for a certainty that he furnished
one OF these reports, and read carefully
they are really funny. The following
extracts from the lamenting reports are
among the best: wheeling probably
would not have won to-day's game had
Manager Buckenberger not received the
letter sent by the directors" Here is n
pointer for the directors: one letter per
day will do the business and win the
pennant, Itappears that when letter
from the directors is received apprising
the team that the direCtorsare not blind
nor silly, there is bracing up and games
are won.
Here is another good thing from Bucks
pen. 1.-THE boys feel sore over their
treatment, but intend to go in to win
the pennant. They have played poor
ball at times, but it was not because they
wanted to. II they win the pennant it
won't be through the encouragement re.
oeived from the INTELLIGENcER and
some of the directors" The encourage
ment found in the fact that nearly every
member OF the team receives higher
salary than is paid to any man in any
other team in the League ought to be
sufficient to make them play good ball,
keep straight and thus hang on to agood
thing. The INTELLIGRNCER has all along
said what il has in this matter on behalf
OF an enthusiastic hazo ball public,
which has felt that its conf
denoe in the team has been abused, and
that this abuse has been winked at by
the manager.
In both Of the reports published in
the Sunday papers, there is a fearful
protestation against the insinuation that
the team is drinking. 1t is generally
believed that the team did some lively
drinking on the first trip, and the exhi-
billions that Flanagan and Otterson gave
the nighttheygot home from the tripare
still Remembered When they were fined
the proper thing was done. 1t the same
time the team was informed by Buck
that hereafter going into q saloon and
being out after hours would both be
fineable oHenses. Yet both were done,