Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-03
A REVIEW OF SPORTS.
Jepwortb's Usual Budget Of Gossip
About Athletic Events.

JoOA OCMpotJ ---IlclIOpOllJdu LII
tertainment---TrOubleS of the Base
Ball PeOple---The Week in Bowling
Circles---0ther Matters of Interest
The wordy cyclone out in Arkansaw
has occupied the attention of the sport
ing world during the past week, al
most 20 the exclusion Of everything else.
The date for the battle between Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons has passed, and
the TWO pugs are still industriously
masticating the clcth, while the pub
lie is rapidly becoming Disguised with
the entire farce. Well informed sports
men nave all along leld 20 the opinion
/ ,h2J the two blOW-hards were not as
anxious as J1ey pretended 70 be, to settle
I the question OF superiority according to
Marquis of QUeeusbury rules. and the
eyeL-s of The week have served to con-
/ firm this view OF the matter. The two
I men make propositions and counter
propositions, and Singularly enough
/ ,hey TAIL 20 come to al agreement, while
+ it IS significant I2cr ,hat they no
/ longer talk Of settling their differences
/ ia priya,e, IOr -lo Story OF Juy Jnlng.
/ Brady announces that jim viii not
fight for nothing, and he fixes the low
+ es- stake for watch his por,ege viii
/ battle at o sum which he thinks F'iJz-
/ simmons cannot raise. Meanwhile the
two pugs are calling each Other cow
/ ards and buffers and the suspicion in
/ the minds of the public that they are
both telling the truth is rapidly be-
/ coming conviction.
The death of poor Jack Dempsey last
/ week removes from the prize ring one
/ OF the most popular of the actual fight
/ ers who have sustained the reputation
/ of America I'm this form Of sport. He
won his laurels fairly and was always
I ready to- defend his title to the champi-
. 0ushiD lie was not an adept in fight
/ ing with his mouth, but no true sports
/ man viii think the less OF him for that
The Metropolitan Athletic Club Of
/ fers @ strong card TO lovers Of boxing
. In The twenty round cOIteS, between
I Mike Farragher and Paddy smith
watch is scheduled for Monday night
T No contest 40 the Fulton club house has
been tainted with the suspicion Of
I crookeduess. and those who attend are
assured that the man who gets the de
/ cisiOn of The referee viii win upon his
meits. Farragher has bes,ed Parry
and Gallagher here. and he has made a
number Of strong friends by his abil-
fv and his grit. Smith Is not so well
known. but he will have to be very
clever 10 put The Youngstown boy out
f. il is possible that Peter Maher will
witness the contest from Smiths cor
ner.
After the trouble in securing base
. ball grounds I'm The spring il was
/ Thought that the hackers of the Wheel
. ing club had secured a permanent loca-
/ lion for several years at least but the
I refusal Of the owner Of the Island park
/ to extend the lease for another year ha5
/ reopened the old question, and the base
/ BAN people viii again have to hunt a
/ location fer the park That Wheeling
I VIII have a professional team next year.
/ IS almost absolutely certain. as the eX-
/ prrfe7co Of the past season has proved
! that f. is q GOOD base ball town. There
/ have been several suggestions rs to thu
T location for the park. and the best is
/ un1ur-oI1v he State Fair Grounds
| The objection is urged that il is not
/ easily accessible which is true. The
/ street railway company is reported to
T have given q promise that the extension
/ would De made if The BAH grounds We're
/ located there. The old park was a
/ source OF considerable revenue TO the
/ company. and on the whole 1t is very
. likely hat the company could be induc-
"a 10 build the track.
Another objection 70 the Fair Grounds
/ Iasryelr was the fact that -there IS so
I much fence .lat q considerable expense
would be eutailed I'm the employment
OF wa-cbmen A very simple means Of
/ meeting his objection might be sug-
gestsd. AS IL would be impracticable
/ TO enclose the bell grounds proper and
/ HE management would probably not
/ c1neer. 10 the erection of a board
fence. why not enclose the park with
r9rabIe fence of canvass, similar to
that used by the Buffalo Bill show?
Mr.. Henry Schmulbach is building a
stable with the lumber from the grand
stand and fences at the ball park, and
viii bring his string of fast steppers to
this city next summer. IL is also ru~
mored that Wheeling lovers OF horse
flesh are behind q movement TO con-
sruct a race track on the upper end OF
the island
The two bowling tournaments arc
now fairly under way and there is an
/ Increasing interest in the sport. The
/ Nusee League is made up of four strong
teams and four weak ones. and the
weakest appears to be the Press club,
which started off last week with three
strings under ZOO. The Press Club, by
the way. is q MISSIONER. and 1t might
DO w7U enough to change the title, eS-
paciallv as no team by that name has
aver landed i'm @ race much higher than
The tail end. The race for the cham
Dfcuship promises to be very interest
inc between the Nameless Brownies.
Raabouts and Richards with a strong
probability that some Of the other
teams will develop more strength as
tle season advances. In the South Side
Teogue the Mail Pouch team is in first
place with q good lead, the Harvest
Home second. The latter team lost ona
came to the Qrients by a miseraDle
score. Fctte's DOS was the high indi-
vf4ual string of the week In both lea
49, JEPWORTH.
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