Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-16

Quite q Number OF Amateur Games
PLAYED Yesterday.


well-known gentleman Of this city,
and one well posted In base ball mat
tiers, in conversation with a REGISTER
reporter yesterday. spoke OF how the
base ball craze had possession OF so
many, even at the beginning OF the
season. Said he, sit has been a won
der of mine why there is not good en-
closed base ball grounds in the city. 1t
is strange one OF the park associations
does not make arrangements fora good
ball park within their limits. l know
something OF base ball, and | can say
that il one OF the parks had tirst-claSs
ground it would be a drawing and pay
ing card. There are hundreds OF men
in the city who would enjoy seeing a
good game of ball more than admiring
the most beautiful adornments Of ATTY
park, but if both were com bined IL could
not help but pay"
Wheeling has larger number OF new
base ball teams this season than ever
before. They are crack teams and
really some Of them are clever ones.
But it is the intention to organize q
new club, and the purpose OF the play
ers Is to show the other teams OF the
city and locality how to play ball. Such
men as Prichard. Leech, Baker and
others are TO form its nucleus. For.
the purpose Of organization Of this
club, all the last years players OF the
famous "Red Cross" team and PaddeD.
of Martins Ferry, are called to meet
at Alert Hail. on South Jacob street,
tomorrow evening at o'clock.
Mr.. Albert Meyer, OF the. Atlantics,
has signed with the lrwins, but the At
lantics have signed one OF the strongest
pitchers in Wheeling, and are in the
best of trim, AMI will play any club in
the city. All games accepted. Call on
Henry T. Meyer, manager, 81 Twenty
eighth street, or answer through this
paper.
There was an interesting game OF ball
YESTERDAY afternoon on the Riverside
grounds, and about 500 people saw the
contest. The game was between the
Bellaire Globes and the Mozart team OF
the South Side. The score was is to IA
Ia favor of the Bellaire team.
The Atlantic Base Ball Club is one OF
the strongest clubs in Wheeling. and
would like TO play the Martins Ferry
team next Sunday afternoon, at 2
o'clock sharp, at Martins Ferry. II
accepted, answer through the REGIS
TER.
The bows want IL said that the Gun1-
ling Stars are named after the old time
clothing firm. They would like to play
the Reymann Jrs. game next Satur-
dav, the winners TO take ball and bats.
Answer through the REGISTER.
Yesterday was the best day for base
ball during the season. In the after
noon crowds lined all the grounds and
it is said that at the Tunnel Green and
Riverside grounds alone, over 1000 per-
sons were spectators.
The La Belle Stars defeated the Hof-
reuters Yesterday afternoon on the RiV-
erside grounds, the score being % to s..
Batteries-For the Stars, Colmar and
Batch, and for the Hofreuters, Hahne
and Pebble.
Last Saturday afternoon there was a
game OF ball on the East End brick
ward grounds. The contest lay between
the A. C. Morrisons ana the East End
Stars. Score, IS to II in favor OF the
Morrisons.
The Atlantic ball club would like to
hear from the Mayflowers for a game
next Sunday a week. II accepted an
swer through this paper.
On the Fulton grounds yesterday az
ternoou, the Caldwell Run Stars de-
feated the China Company Stars by a
score of "a to IL.
The Simon Baer's Sons club defeated
the Alex Frew's, yesterday, by score
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