The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-11
THE NATIONAL GAVE.
Newsy Notes About the Tri-state League.
General Ball News.

Newsy Notes About tic Trt-Stnte League.
General Ball News.
The Mansfield team has been greatly
strengthened by signing Petite Sommers,
Of Columbus, us pitcher.
Strothers, of the Sandusky team, who
was suspended last year for rowdyism, is
looming up again as disturber.
All the Association umpires have been
ordered to move to q position behind
the pitcher when men are on bases.
William Gaurie, the new pitcher sign
ed by Canton, halls from Philadelphia.
He is "a years old and has played ANA
teur ball for six years past.
The Philadelphia patrons kick because
two-for-tlve cigars are not sold at ther
ball park. Wheeling stogies would set
'em wild-PitLSburgh Leader.
While the home team is away the
grounds will receive attention, particu-
larly the out-field, which is lumpy.
Some needed improvements will also be
made to the press box.
The Wheeling team is scheduled TO
play twenty-seven games before it re-
turns home-three with each club in the
League. 1t is expected that they will
capture ut least fifteen OF them.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette has
as an editorial paragraph the following:
"Wanted-Bad, by the Pittsburgh Base
Ball Club, about nine men who can bat
with sawlogs and see ballwhen it is in
motion"
The people OF Lima are going to make
the opening Of their grounds to-day
something Of holiday event. There
will be brass band concert and a mill
tary exhibition drill before the game
with GAINESVILLE is called.
Sandy McDermott' has too large y
mouth for his own good. He likes to be
interviewed on the Tri-State League race
too often. The clubs he belittles look
upon him with suspicion, and justly SO.
Buy him paddock or plaster and he'd
be all right.-CiRcinnati TimeS-Stdr.
"I'll soak you" and ''You play like
an ice-wagon," were some OF the digni-
fed remarks made by Umpire Bates to
the players in the Mansfield games.
There is a general kick on him, and prob.
ably the sooner he is released the better
for the League. Wheeling does not want
him here.
To-day the Southern clubs in the Tri-
State League commence their visit to
the clubs in the North. The first series
has closed with the clubs standing in
the following order with the averages
given: Wheeling, SIS; Columbus, .625;
Canton, .Gl5; GAINESVILLE, .5G3; Lima,
800; Kalamazoo, .4G7; Mansfield and
Toledo, .4G2; Sandusky, .2T2; Jackson,
.2l4.
While the attendance at the games
played here was not up to what was ex-
pectcd, owing principally to the unsea-
sonable weather, it was still large enough
to pay all expenses and leave some
money in the treasury. When the team
returns home crowned with hard-fought
victories the weather will be warmer
and the crowds larger.
Meyer Robinson, OF Minneapolis, has
been released to sign with Kalamazoo.
He played with the Zuloos and his re-
cord with them was second ut second
base and fifth in batting in the league,
with n batting average OF 800; fielding
record .00l. He outranked Delahanty,
Wheeling's second baseman, both in
fielding and batting. He is very time
ly hitter, being especially effective when
there are men on bases.
President McDermith has made the
following assignment OF umpires for the
first week of the second series: Mr..
Bates ut Jackson, Mr.. Stellberger ut
Kalamazoo, Mr.. Sullivan ut Lima, Mr..
McDermott at Toledo, Mr.. Young at
Sandusky. The GAINESVILLE Tmes-Ie-
cOrier says OF Mr.. Young that che is the
best posted umpire that ever ofEiciated
on the home grounds, and is conscien-
tious in all his decisions. He is not
swayed n particle by the crowd and is |
impartial to the contending clubs. II
his work at other points will compare
with his work here he will never be
accused Of being home umpire"
The opening of the ball season at Jack |
son to-day will probably eclipse any
thing that has ever been known in the |
history OF the Tri.State League. Column
bus will be the visiting club. The
Central and Lake Shore roads
have arranged to run excursion trains for |
the event. Nearly all the stores have
agreed to close from to 0 o'clock and
petition is being circulated for the shops
and factories to do tho same, in order
that everybody may see the game. The
Columbus boys will make money there.
When the Jaxs arrived home last even.
ing they were received with band Of
music and escorted through the streets.