Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-18

Gets Home Again-Immsnss Attendance at tn'
Games and Money in the kagnatss' Poei
Down in Louisville the people are
very proud and love that which, is good'
pure and powerful. This truth applies
to baseball as well as to whisky. Tnere
is nothing that can be said dlsparaging-
" of their whisky. 1t is the most In
spring brand in the world, but that
OF her ~article-their baseball TEAMS
bad enough to cause an excessive use
OF the better article iI an effort TO lor-
get the ~disgraceiul advertising which
the Colonies have been giving the me-
tropolis OF Kentucky through the east.
Manager Barnie hasn't enough hair
on his head to make one good-slzed eye
brow. and therefore there is no danger
that he will become gray over the de-
feats OF his team, but his sensitive soul
must suffer some Of the agonies which
In the good old days OF our youth we
were taught would be the eternal re-
ward after death Of all bad boys who
went fishing on Sunday. On the 29th
of June the Louisville team is scheduled
TO return home. There are White Caps
in Kentucky who have punished less
offensive people than are found in the
Louisville base ball team, and this
seeus to be one of those occasions when
that dear old song which says, "There
ia no place like Monochrome, sweet,
sweet homel" does not come in.
-. 9 Ill, hn fha ~rapnnNiOn NJ the
LouisvilleS in the way OF attendance
when they 60 back to their city on the
Ohio is hard to tell. The patronage be-
fore they left on their eastern trip was
so discouragingly small on several occa-
sions that the games were postponed
upon the excuse of wet grounds" Ii
the crowds should stay away, the rams
| fer of the team to Indianapolis will no
doubt be made.
The deplorable condition OF the Lou
| isyille club l believe means the dlsrup-
ton of the 12-club league at the close
of this season and a return to the S-clty
circuit of the old National league. The
very fact that Mr.. Vonderhorst, OF Bal
timore. recently took the trouble to
DENY that such an event was among the
| probable happenings in base ball Is
proof that there Is a basis for discussion
on the point at least.
The attendance in the east has been
| extremely satisfactory so far. In May
there was q total Of %, 1874 spectators at
the Polo ground games in New York or
| nearly as many as attended during the
entire season last year. This Is q PROOF
of the rehabilitation Of base ball strong
er than could be given in a column OF
other arguments. During the month OF
| Nav Brooklyn has turned out 67,122
spectators to base bail games at East
ern Park, Boston has counted up 81, 223
Philadelphia 63, 535, Baltimore 44,55S
and Washington 56,S7F. This makes \
grand total Of 30S;324 people for the six
eastern League cities during one month
OF the championship season and repre-
sents cash receipts OF fully Sl5O,OOO.
| That sum will just about pay the salar-
les Of the six eastern teams for the en-
tire season. Therefore IL begins to look
as If 1893 would partly repay the mag
mates for their losses during the disas-
trous seasons Of 1S90-1-2.
7 Uncle Arson has lately been lifting
his head again. There was a time sew
eral weeks ago when the old man SEEM
ed crushed under the iron heel OF an In
lucky and cruel fate. His colts were
daily stampeded wherever they went.
Adrian seemed to be In about the same
unfortunate and embarrassing position
as the farmer who yoked himself up
with a young steer In order to break
the latter in at blowing. But the steer
ran away and of course the farmer ran.
teo. though against his will. Away
went the misyoked couple through the
village streets, the steer believing, and
the farmer yelling: Here we go, gol-
darn our ornery soulsl Head us oil
Head us Off
"Anse" is not yet quite in a position
/ TO talk in his natural, voluble, impera-
tive way, but after winning two sue
cessive games lately he sans us that
old familiar song-he and his colts
would surely win the championship.
He feels pretty good at least over the
fact that while the sair has to close on
Sunday his club can open its park.
Thus it lie not exactly an i'll wind that
blows the gates at Jackson park shut
and blows the Chicago clubs gates
open.
This reminds me that the base ball
| players in the National league the pres
emit year ore a lucky lot. They will not
| only 90 to the Worlds fair, but will
have all their expenses paid and draw
q salary OF from IS to $40 a day besides.
Every one OF the II other clubs will be
the Chicagos' guests once or twice dur
ing the summer for periods OF three
DAYS each. They will all ride into Chi
cago in Pullman palace cars, will stop
at the fremont House, and 1t will not
cost them a cent. Their clubs pay the
bills.
Harry Stovey, who was released by
the Baltimores and signed by the
Brooklyns, is playing good ball for the
latter team. Several years ago the
Brookly club magnates offered $4,000
for his release alone and didn't get II.
Stovey and Bierbauer were the direct
| cause Of the war between the League
and American association In 1S9l-a
war that cost baseball hackers 500, 600
and retarded the revival Of Interest In
the game at least one whole year. Now
neither Of the two Is worth more than a
warm personal discussion.
The baseball outlook all through the
East is most encouraging. President
| Powers, Of the Eastern League, reports
every club making money and every bill
and salary paid 70 the first OF June.
Prospects are so rosy financially that
| the league voluntarily raised Mr.. Pow
ers' salary. In New England their
league is prospecting in spite OF a wet
weather handicap early In the season.