The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-27

Months ana HlOHIlo rs"
,.,,cI tho rumor that John b. Day
.nJ,bc directors OF the New York base
%,,I club had agreed to disasee. Men
Who orc or rather claim to be, on tho
~insilc," asserted that the moneyed
,ocn Of the club had decided to retire
NJ, poy to the private life, and elect
/ Walter Spaldins president Of the
club. rEiT
OF course tho story was promptly &c.
Mod "Brcr" Spalding gravcly affirmed
that he admired and respected Day.
Tho Inst named gentleman returned tho
compliment, and tho soft spoken direc-
,ors devoted their time and olo1uencc
IN persuading the suspicious newspa-
rrr men that peace and harmony pro.
vailed. ,,od
and main denied. The local magnates
insisted that there was really nothing
IN the rlmor, and majority OF the
critics believed them. :.
Now as matter OF fact, tlloro is
trouble, and serious trouble at that, in
Tho club, Here is the truth in y nut
,Icn Several OF tho directors do not
gnproyc Of President Days methods,
md arc clamOring for change. Day
would have been frozen out" long be.
iore this had it not been for Sodcn, OF
Boston, and Reach, OF Philadelphia.
These two gentlemen are friendly to
Day and opposed to any change in tho
management. As long as they retain
,hcir financial interest in tho club MIR.
Doy will be the official head OF the con-
Germ. Ii BY any chance Sodcn and
beach should retire Mr.. Day would be
thrown down" with startling sudden
ness.
These arc solemn days for Center
FieiJcr Tom Brown. lie wants to 20 TO
Inc Philadelphia club, but the powers
that are have assigned him to Louis
vile, and refuse to rcconsidc. his case.
Brown swcars that he will never, never
play with the "Colonels," but ball
;os:crs resolutions count for nothing in
these degenerate days. and it's dollars
to dimes that Tom will report to
Manager Jack" Chapman i'll the glad
some spring time.
"Sir Timothy" Kcefo is wintering in
one OF the suburbs OF Boston. He is
living quietly and doing his level best
to get into condition. Ina letter to 4
writer, Tim says: II think I will sur.
prise my enemies. My arm is good and
strong and I'm in good fix physically"
Frank De lass Robinson, the pink
checked president OF the Cleveland
club, has met Chicago newspaper
man. Here is the result:
"The story that Cleveland is after:
King Kelly is false" he said. 'We
have a strong team without him. Leon
Viau will 20 into the box for us again.
Gruber is about the only man who
played with us last year who has not
been signed. The Cleveland club is in
favor OF Isl games. We must start our
season early. Peace cost us about
100000, and We must hustle to make it
up. The season will be long, but we can
play ior several weeks in the South, and
The games North will be played until
the usual time.
"The divided championship season
will certainly be adopted, and l think it
will help to round out public interest in
the sport. think the coming season
Will be the most prosperous in tho his
tory OF the game. The league is now in
apositlon TO offer to minor leagues alb
solutc protection-somcthing it has
been unable to do, except in theory, for
some time. do not care to say much
shout Cleveland, but you can rest as
surcd that the Forest City will be repre-
Sented by crackajack team, and we
ought totinish well up toward the head"
ltappears rs ifthere is Assassination in
base ball that George Williams, OF Chi
tcaso cannot shake off. Alter the ceie-
GEated American Association throw
down" his fever for the national game
cooled oil, but he is now involved with
the Louisville club. To what extent it
Is impossible to state, but those who
are acquainted with his pressing moth
DDS declare that he would not be salts
ned to play second fiddle, no matter
how speedy the company might be, and
II would not be surprising ii he were
swinging the whole club before the
Season is fairly under way.
Since Pteilcr arrived in Louisville
Williams says there has been more
nasc ball talk than during the decade
previously. Husbands arc getting
score sheets mixed up with their salary
envelopes, wives are seasoning victuals
WIN base ball sauce and the children
@tg iamlliarizlns themselves with the
rules OF percentage by figuring tho bat
HhS and fielding averages. Groat base
1aI! town Is LOUISVILLE!
Samson" the strong man who Great
81 quite turorc by his exhibitions at
.ne Aquarium, London. left England on
cue steamer Majestic very suddenly last
$;'uFday. A Mrs. Bernstein, who iell
IN love with Samson" charges him
WIN stealing diamonds worth $500, and
Rcd flight. ~ ''' Au'
,ra lea Pritchard, the English middle.
weight champion, has got himself in
m lai; not water. Pritchard filled him.
fSt' up with red eye'' in London last
~ ,' r| and started to do up everybody
, ~ tsarh. lie brutally assaulted a bar.
M ,uiiueE' and on Saturday was sent to
I Fi,SoH Tor one month at hard labor.
io ns ~ comparatively light sentence
pri. sHch an ohense in England, but
t1 ,se"afd may now be able to work of
81 oG' n.y. SGHperlluous flesh at the expense