Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-06
SPORTING REVIEW.
THE SITUATION IN THE BASE BALL
ARENA.
Wheelings Club Starts off Well-The War Between
the Players and the Sullivan
and COrbett VIII Eighteen
eral Sporting News.

The exhibition games in which the
new Wheeling club has taken part are
by no means diScouraging to that or
ganization. The men were absolutely
without practice or knowledge of each
other when theywent against the strong
Columbus club, and yet they made a
pretty good showing. The scores show
that the club is remarkably strong at
the bat, point in which all of Wheel
ing'S clubs have been weak in the past.
| In Morrison, the club has certainly one
good pitcher. and at least three of the
new men have done good work in the
box. Glenalvin has covered second
well, and i'm all the other positions the
work has been well up to the Tri-State
League standard.
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The most sensational and at the same
time the most braZcn attempt by Ma
tional League magnate to Scduce play
or from his allegiance was the effort of
j. Palmer O'Neill, of PittSburg, TO bride
big Jake Beckley a second time. After
Beckley had once been deluded into
jumping his Brotherhood contract. and
had manfully returned TO the players,
making restitution of every cent given
him, and while ali the League organs
We're denonncing him, O'Neill delibcr-
ately attempted TO buy Beckley with Il
bride nearly twice as great as he origin
ally offered.
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In making the offer O'Neill was UNI
consciously performing Bcckley and the
Players League a great service. When
the tiSrt baSemau refused the bride he
did q great deal to raise him in public
respect; and the offer of it showed how
far the old League would go in its de-
Spicablc ctfertS to obtain an unfair adj
vantage of its competitors.
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EAST Day at Boston gave a large
sized pointer rs to the popularity of the
old league and the Players League in
that city Twcnty-four thousand peo-
pie scrambled over each other in haste
to see the Boston and Brooklyn Players
clubs open the season. while the Boston |
League club played an exhibition game |
on the same day To only 1000 people. |
1t may be that the League magnatcS |
will find that they were not altogether |
wise in forcing a conflict of dates on |
their opponents.
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Manager .Jeems' Mutrie has chal- /
lenged the New York Players club to |
en- exhibition game, i'm order to contest /
their comparative merits. There is not |
much doubt that the challenge will be |
accepted. and if SO the public can expect |
"a battle for blood. 1t is altogether /
probable that series of subj games /
will be inauguratcd in each city, and /
they will attract great attention.
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1t looks certain that Corbctt. the Cal |
iforniau. and John l.. Sullivan will be |
matched i'm a four-round glove contest. /
Possibly Sullivan has taken "a large con- |
tract when he agrees to knock out Cor |
bett i'm four rounds. The yomgSter has
marvellous science and QuickneSS, and
10 will not be matter of surprise if he
stays the time.
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Many good Judges look ON Corbctt as
the coming heavyweight champion.
Beyond doubt. ne is far superior to any
of the heavy-weightS i'm science. He Is
said TO be the Jack Dempsey of his class,
and with the training and development
which will come in year or 50, he will
bee a very dangerous man.
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Members of the SportSmen'S ASSocia-
ton of Cheat Mountain are already
looking after their trouting tackle, and
will be ready to make a pilgrimage to
their great game preserve in West Nir-
ginia. The Cheat river. which winds
through the entire length of the pre-
serve. aboundS i'm mountain brook trout,
and it is the finest stream in the coun-
try for fly casting. Several parties will
take up quarters at the club house dur
ing the season.