The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-02

Tho oldest inhabltant, who usually IL
RbIo TO bob up at tho front with n story
OF "yS oldcn time that eclipses any.
thing that Is OF modern origin, is com.
pletely dumbfounded by tho weather
which has been experienced In this sec.
ton tho latter part OF May, and Is FREQ
to ackn owleigc that tho record inithat
respect has boon laid on tho shClt.
The weather was peculiarly untortu.
natc on account OF tho many athletic
events that we're scheduled 10 tako
place this week. High water and rain
got away with tho Ltnsly boys field day
until last Tuesday afternoon whcnlthe
exercises took place between iShowers,
ind had hardly been completed when
1t commenced to pour down, knocking
tho lining out Of all prospects for the
IETELLlGGSCEE road race on. Decoration
Day. Again. the rain continuing, tho
races for tho benefit OF tho City Hospital
were knocked out, and SEIZED uled for
to-day, and now another postponemont,
an Indefinite one, Ia announced. The
road race OF the OF the Pittsburgh Press
was slated TO be contested this after
noon, but a special dispatch received
yesterday announces q p~ostponement
until next Saturday. Lastly, there
seeins 10 be no prospect OF the weather
clearing in timo for the 1STELLIGESCRR
race on Tuesday, so that 1t 10 now more
than probable that another postpone
mont, to Friday OF next week, may be
necessary. II this is considered ncCe.-
sary the announcement will DO pub
lished in Mondays paper.
The peculiar part OF this bad spoil OF
weather is tho fact that it is almost
local, tho only other city affected being
Pittsburgh. 10 tho north, east, west
and south tho athletic events scheduled
for Decoration Day wcro pulled oil"
without interference on the part OF the
elements.
Whether tho road race take, place
Tuesday or Friday, it is suro to be one
OF the hottest contested athletic events
that have ever been seen. Tho work OF
the handicapping committee, consider
ing everything, is thought 10 be first
class, and to ~foretell tho name oithe win
ner is like picking needleSina hay stack.
The truth is, every man entered has q
chance, accidents barred, to como In
ahead at the finish, and wcll.informed
people arc predicting that the winner
will not have much oil Il lead when no
crosses the tape. The race will be n
'scrap" from start TO finish.
The cycling track racing season open.
cd up on Decoration Fay at Waltham,
nea. Boston, and at Worcester. Sunger,
Tyler, Bald aud Taylor we're at Walt
ham, while John :. Johnson, the fast
Minneapolis man, and Titus were at
Worcester. Wally Sanger showed him.
SELF far the superior OF tho other cracks.
breaking the mile competition record
held by George Taylor, and placing it at
2:l&. Taylor's performance was 2:21. 1t
is early to predict upon whom the great
Zimmerman's mantle will fall. but from
Sauger's beginning this season no seems
the most likely asplrant, with johnson,
Taylor, Bald, Dirnberger and others
punched a little in the rear. Harry
Tyler appeared at the Waltham races,
but was clearly out OF form.
In the base ball arena. the Pittsburgh
club opened up the week by ~displacinc
tho Cleveland Spiders, and it looked as
though the Pirates would hold on to
first place, but the game lost to Wash.
ington yesterday by Pittsburgh put her
in second place, and Cleveland by wal
Looping the champion Boatons goes back
to first position in the race. Only n
single point separates the two toams. It
is possible that before tho end OF the
eastern series n OF the eastern teams
will go 10 tho front.
Triangle Winnings.