The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-28

The truGinWaTdnalso oil tho withdrawal
ofO.l CITY and Franklin from tho Iron
and oil league, action that has placed
that organization in u very shaky con-
5iuOn, has aE last come out 1t seems
that the franklin centennial ceIebra'
t,nis to occur this week, and OIL CITY
and Franklin management asked Prosi'
dent Power, Of the league, to hAyo the
,cbsdule, which calls Tor Titusylle aud
Fnaklin to play at the latter place,
changed so that Oil City and franklin
would be- the coRtesIiuG teams, On
Powers refusal to accsde to this propo'
s,iou, Oil City withdrew and FrRukIin
followed suit, and will play the games
9. they desired, Such conduct, to say
the least, is unSporlsmanlike and dis
honorable, and calls down on the man
aremens Of the two teams the Seyetest
condemnation oil all lRir'minded per-
sons
gloomy as possible. President Power,
in,tead OF getting out and doinEa little
bu,,ling, sits in his Pittsburgh Office
and wants tho four clubs LETT to cou'
tiuue. New Castle aud Wheeling have
decided no. to consent to roorgauiza.
ton that compsIs Wheeling TO nay out
A so guarantee on the homo grounds
and receive but SIS abroad, II the
league is reorgSuised Wheeling will get
A, much abroad as she pays TO visiting
teams. Ii tia league ia not reorganlzed
hy the end OF the present week 1t will
10 a corpse beyond resurrection.
"What then?" IS the natural inquiry
OF the Wheeling fan. So far rs Wheel.
ing is concerned It will not mean that
the local team will disband earlier than
the middle OF September After tile
games with Fitusyiln to-day and TO-
morrow, there will bs two games on
Saturday with the leaders, tho Narrcns.
Al the request Of q number OF oul.ot.
town admirers Of the WhGelinSs, partic.
ularly OF the enthusia't1 OF Barnesyllle
and other Belmont county towns, one
Q! the saturday games will DO played in
the morning. Immediately after the
luhaio Bill parade, aud the other will
be called q. 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
lust after the "WIld West performance
By this arrangement the thousands who
will be IN Wheeling to see the latter at.
traction vii, have tie opportunity to
see tho best bl,e ball team that ever
so'c lhe v hceins uniform.
IN; this is not all. Next week Is State
Far week. TReu the town will be filled
with visitors from all paris oi West Nir.
g.nia and tho tri.stato radius. Provid.
ias that the effort to rourganizo the Iron
and Oil league fails, tho Warren and
Wheeling managers nave catered into
an agreement to play series OF seven
game. 10 decide tho second series cham.
pionsaip Of tho league. Four Of thCso
games aye 10 be played on ,hO Wheeling
grounds and three ut WGrFcn. socro.
iary Blrrows is trying TO gain tho con.
sent OF tho Warron pcople 10 his propo.
s..on that the entifa seven games be
PLAYED on the Wheeling diamond. His
argamen, is that Wheeling viii natur.
aIls turn ouI bettos crowds tnan War
Zen.
Alter tue series with Warren, proyid.
in. Wheeling IA the winner Il Is the in
iaaIt5n OF the WheeIiugS to play au.
otter 'crlea Of games, this time with
tue FraukIlns, who arc tho first series
champions OF the league. Tho result OF
that series wouli determine the 1895
Championship Si the league. and nino
fans out OF ten believe that the local
tgam WIN win both chnmplonshins.