The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-08

Mhy j0, when three straight lost To
hi'na put that team In tho load,
which rlGce 1t occupied at tho cud OF
W. season. On Mny 81 Dolehanty
played his last game with Wheeling nj
kalhmazoo. having boen sold To phlla.
dclDhia Tor 81, 800. Aftor that Wheeling
started down tho tobogpan slide, reach.
lhg GAINESVILLE In a terribly fractured
condition, ,Thon tho crnuk4 began to
Kick. On, tho tickle public. "Bnt yco.
tcrday tho word Of Guar might have
Stood against the world; now none 30
poor TO TO him rovorcnce." Tho old,
OH story; nothing siccccia like success,
anu oil how sricvous arc tho tanut, OF
those who wcro once our w%orshlpers,
"Honeral Disgust" was In command Of
the "ians' ut home, anu how ho did
prance around In thoSs days of deem
despair. One OF tho sorrowtul at Inn,
time wrote II requiem with n pom Of
anguish Dipped In ink OF gall:
Oh. Tor tho hIttess that used to hit,
,,hiu Inc NligStn that used 10 slug
"lel, They took np tho bat with confidence.
Ana SMASHED tho bail on the rnul:
rW 'ne hohlc run ihat. wrung with anguish
~ lus hearts Of Inc, visiting team.
lnelHcsJ base runner and slider s-
VINO Tau like MI ulglnu OF steam,
But Wheeling was destined to DO able
10 presett some very interesting argn.
meats, despite her departure crJwHcd
win pay and returning wreathed with
INC mourniul ruo. Tho tealn ended H.,
trip abroad ut Cauton, June Is, whsrcthe
boosted pnccinakers Of tho early spring
were the victims Of n Canton poet In tho
following style:
The clubs that win In the spring. ira Ia,
very seldom stay al hrst place.
Tvs ms Mnssss' that drop to the end OF the
That come 10 tho front with asw.h and a swing
That win both the pcnnan, and face.
Anu mats what | mGan when | say or I sing,
ou' o9thsr tle clubs that win lu tho spring ira.
This was piling pelion upon Os.a, but
Buck took things 10 an even tenn.
pered way aud proceeded to shake the
boys up On juno - the team had
pulled up to second place, aud was ho,
on The trail for first, which she again
attained later IN tho season. Ihe team
while playing at homo had won sixteen
straight games, finally falling down to
sandusky IN q twelve inning contest, a
record which doubt has been equalled
In any league, Again we come TO mn.
other glorious Fourth OF July In tho
history OF the Wheeling team and
with our active friends the Kickapoos.
OF GAINESVILLE, as our luscious mutton.
Wheeling had 6eeu strengthened by
signing "Parson" Nicholson foe second
basenan. and recalling from his seclu.
sion III the Maine pine barren, old 70.
liable "sam" kimber, who pitched
Wheeling TO so many victories the sea.
ION before. knuuss, Weddings lef,
handed wonder, pitched in the morning
game, resulting Is to | in favor of the
Nall City boys. In the afternoon
GAINESVILLE presented her prize beauty
and star twirler AID. Gumbert, the famous
league twirler o! to-day. can we'll 70.
member Gumber,, his co~nsciousncss
n his confidence, as'he stepped into
the box adorned with a jaunty pink gar
tor and ravishing bow on his Ief, leg.
stalking to his place in all his pride, with
iord!y mein. as much as to saw "watch
mo murder Wheeling" His fall wa.
infinitely worse than Lord Wolseley's,
and his raulting ambition more than
Ger leaped Itself, and, oh. what a ,um.
bic. my countrymen. The score? Oh,
yes. 10 TO 0. There was mourning that
night in the lodges OF the "Kickapoos"
on the banks OF the lair Muskingum. for
no scalp locks adorned the braves on
their return home-not n single hair.
Up to this time Wheeling was the on.v
team that had not suffered a
shut-out Wheeling had again mount
ed her Pegasus and ~serenely sailed in
the realms Of honor in first
place, but she dropped into hard
lines again on July Il, losing to Lima,
s to Ia game that she ought not 10
have lost. This was tho last time she
ever held first position. Regrets wore
idle, however; it was not TO be, and in
coming in an easy second under the
wire she fulfilled the only destiny that
was left to her. Coming back home in
fifth place. walking into first aud hold
ing 1t for the third time wa as great an
achievement as could have reasonably
been expected after the sale OF Dele.
hanty. But, perhaps, it would have
been the same. for "Parson" Nicholson,
than whom a better player mover
walked the diamond. met all the exact.
ing demands OF tho cranks on sccond
base, and was rightly dubbed the cold
S%toncwall."
canno, close without a Just tribute
to Mr. Buckenborger. the able manager.
He was conscientious IN all his work,
and gentlemaniy in every transaction.
He gave Wheeling the BEST team it eyer
had, and which graduated three good
league men-Fi,cher knauss, OF Cleve-
land. D~elehnnty, Of Philadelphia. and
Brodie, OF Baltimore. And o that he
is interested in us again as the owner
OF Wheeling's franchise in the Inter.
state league. It is to be hoped that the
lovers OF the greatest game on earth
will show their appreciation OF his work
by supporting the present team that
will represent this city the coming sea.
son. Tears and sobs for tho old, smiles
and cheers for the new. J. i. d.
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