Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27
A REVIEW OF SPORTS.
JepwOrth Writes Of Prize Fighting,
Base Ball, and Bowling.
The Corbett Fitzsimmons Fiasco.
The Championship Ball Games
Last Week - Information and
Gossip Concerning the Bowling
TOurnament-Other Matters.

There are a number Of sportsmen in
wheeling who are now saying "I-told-
you-so' with reference to the battle be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons. for the
reports of the anxiety OF the two pugs TO
ger az each other were taken bv MANY
win a. grain Of salt, and subsequent events
proved the wisdom of their foresight The
two big fellows may have been Tiilino IN
meet IN the ring to settle the question of
superiority, but they were never anxious
All tlls talk about settling matters in pri-
VGJe is silly. Buster and wind is a part
OF tne STOCK IN trade of the professional
pugihst. and IL does not require any great
amount or courage to call a man a coward
wnen there is not any likelihood that he
VIII resent 1T. COrbett and FitzsimmOns
VIII continue TO abuse each other as long
as the newspapers will print their re-
marks, Tor this is excellent Advertising
matter, and 1t comes very cheap. Both
are IN the theatrical business, and both
viii continue to draw big crowds for the
dear public wOrshlps celebrities, whether
they be statesmen or DULLES. The fight is
on, but Il was big thing for the princi-
pals, and the Standing room only" sign
viii De very much i'm evidence in Ameri-
can theatres this winter.
Every lover of prize lighting will con-
trast the methods of Corbett and FitZsim-
mons, with those of John l.. Sullivan, who
was the greatest boxer who ever held the
championship, and was every inch an
American. He was always ready TO de-
ienQ his title against the world, and no
man has ever accused him of cOwardice.
After all that has been said Of him in crit
icism-and he was after all his own worst
enemy-the fact remains that he was as
good in moral sense as the average pu-
gilst. and had a good heart. Prize fight
ing has received a death blow in the eff
forts 10 pull off the big mill in Texas, and
10 is matter which every true sportsman
Will regret. that Sullivan ever lost the
championship.
Bellaire base ball fans" are raising
howl about the players secured by Wheel
ing In the recent championship series.
They point TO the fact that all the Bellaire
players are Ohio men. while Wheeling has
been strengthened with players from
Pittsburg and other points. II might be
Well for them 10 remember that the
Wheeling challenge expressly stipulated
that the teams were 70 be composed OF
players from the two cities. When Capt.
White accepted ne gave the names of his
players. including Mercer and Carey IN
The list When Wheeling complained he
proudly asserted that he had team or
world heaters. and granted Glasscock the
privilege of selecting his material from
any corner in the United states. BeilalIe
has won the championship but Wheel
ing is still the home Of the best players,
and would win out in "a series Of games
PLAYED between teams composed eNclu-
sively of players IN the two cities.
The brilliant work Of Padden, of Mar
tins Ferry. was a feature OF the Cham-
pionship" series. II is understood that ne
has received during the past Week NeI!
fatterirg offer from Philadelphia Tor next
season Padden will certainly be in faSt
company next season, and he Will hold ms
own with the crack second basemen OF
the National League. He takes TO pan
playing as naturally as a duck 20 water.
The Musee bowling league took a step IN
the right direction in abOliShing the rune
provfdiug for three balls TO each frame.
The prediction was made that TINS would
not seriously affect the score of any play
ar. and the result of the games during tne
first week of the tournament proves IIls
10 be true Al any rate IT. IS certain Ina ma
the construction Of the SIDE boards VIII
a. least offset any loss which might re-
suit from the amendment OF th's Lule,
Drrinr the week several strings OF more
rban q61 have been made, and IN tact, me
indiyfdual work will show an Improvement
A., coroDarlson with that Of last season
10th LEAGUES are now fairly under way
ord -bere is as much interest in TINS pop
MAR and healthful sport as ever before
T- Is limited that there may. be a race
+~,oL m, the upper end of the Island next
(-ear This project has been agtated LOT
sCT,e time but 10 is not at all likely, as
many persons suppose, that lhe pIOpo;SgV
Golfers track will be apahdoHeu, ol 10, ,aS
cole T-Uman and those who are assoclayeu
~-itb him will construct the Island course
1 Ill aims TO get most Of his patronage
$50, pi+tsbIlrg. and this could not be done
70 ~ track was located in this CITY,
II lle ''0' JEPWORTH.