The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-31
LOCAL BASE BALL ITEMS.


Come Opinions Of the Ohio LOAgu0-HOmG
Players.
The following clippings arc from the
last issue OF the Sporting Life, the first
being from Columbus correspondent
who sums up the Ohio League thus:
Wheeling hiss undoubtedly captured the
cream of last years Ohio League players
Everyone admits thst, and II the League
az whole is not strengthened over last
years players, Wheeling could safely gs!
ready the pole for the pennRnt Of 1883
But let the West Virginia people hold
there. Don't dig the pole hole at once,
for there Ia q likelihood that the Ohio
League will coRtBin stronger players than
those Of 1887. Next to Wheeling in get.
ting this Leagues players Of last year
comes Sandusky, and the same rule re-
gardin2 her strength holds good as with
Wheeling. Canton has nearly her same
tesm-not quite as strong, for the new men
will not prove the equals OF Sanders and
Brodie, whom she lost. Mansfield will be
lust about strong enough to battle for the
tail end. Who her competitor will be !
do not risk saying. Zlnesvillo, with the
men she has, will mako fair showing II
she is in the League at all. Bat here
comes the perplexing problem. Where
will Columbus, Lima and ka!amaSoo
atand2 So many new faces in thesO teams
calls for this query. We know here but
little OF any OF the players in these teams,
and that little is only through records.
This may be good way Of judging play
er's ability and it may not. All depends
on who kept the records and whether the
men are record pisyers.
Columbus hos gone 10 other leagues for
most OF her players, hoping TO excel any.
thing the Ohio League has had. Perhaps
this has been the idea Of Kslamsz1o and
Lima. The result cannot DO even pre-
diCted until q few conteetS have taken
place. Until then l count those three
clubs unknown quantities. OF the other
Eve clubs 1t seems to me that they stand
in about the following ordsr-Wheellng,
Canton, Sandusky, zAResyille and Mans-
field.
Mansfield will have q hrst-cIGgs team
with which to begin the season. Manager
o'Brien has aligned the following men j;
Catchers, Nick Ivory, John Fitzsimmona;
pitchers, w. Dale, Jr,, and John Darreh
irst base, Scott Freer; second, John
Nightingale; third, James Green; right
field, Jacob Bsrsch; other felders, A. j.
Randall and William Kelley. Manager
O'Brien iS pushing other negotiations.
Back OF the team 10 s., 800 subscribed by
the best citizsns Of the city. The com.
pRny Of last year came out with $500 In
cumbrancs on it's property. The new
company has purchased the property at
$500 and everything is in excellent shape
for next season. At a meeting Of the one
hundred and fifty holders Of stock in the
Mansfield Athletic Base Ball Company
held last Friday night, the following direC-
tors were elected: W. 81. Taylor, Jerry
Burns, @. q. Voesele, NJ. D. Ward and ].
N. Hosdeld.
Evansville has asked for thirty days
more time to post the guarantee. The re-
quest will be refused, and Lima will per.
hsps have to stvs up the title of "Bsby"
to Toledo.
Glasacock, Barley, MofIet and Miller
went into practice at gymnasium in
Wheeling last Tuesday, They will keep
in daily practice from now on until the
seaaon opens.