The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-18

The base ball outlook is getting de-
.ydcd,y brighter. The movement now
on foot looking to the organization OF
tho wheeling club In the Ohio league
nv local people is being taken hold OF
IN the proper spirit ana It ran now be
,o,a with n considerable degree Of cer-
taInty that in the event OF the league
Sclns a so, Wheeling will he on deck
iD GOOD shape. A meeting OF gentlemen
interested will probably be held in Jew
DAYS TO make arrangements for starting
thS hall rolling, and see that Wheeling
is represented ut the approaching meet-
ing Of the Ohio leaSie.
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Il. ID. j.
NcKeown and Dave Currnn. OF WASH
inrton, Pa. were In the city. AIR. Mc-
Keown is the oil niagnate who is to back
the effort to have professional base
taIl In Washington the coming season,
and Mr.. Currnn will be the manager
and captain, playing at short field, The
gentlemen are disappointed at tht fall
urr TO organize the Central league but,
after comparing notes with Wheeling
people, they determined TO secure RdH
mission TO the proposed Ohio league,
which Is far and away better league
will do all possible 10 have Washington
admitted, and there is no doubt that
with the showing tho Washington peo-
pie car; make they viii have no trouble
in getting IN out OF the wet. They
have already leased the Washington
county fair grounds and expended over
$500 In getting II in shape to play ball
on, This, probably "a more than any
other Ohio league city has done, with
the possible exception OF Toledo.
Billy White, OF BellaIre. was u? town,
for the first time In several weeks yes
terdsy afternoon and unbosomed HIM
self to the Intelllgencor AS 10 his plans
rs manager OF the Dallas team OF tho
Texas league. He IS confident the Texas
organization Will be winner this sea-
son. The season Is the longest ever
tried down there, starting April and
running to the clcse OF September-siS
months.
White says he has Just signed Kallt.
hon, the young KentuckiHn who did
such good work for Wheeling last sea.
son. He will put kal behind the bat in
most OF the games. his other catcher
being Billy Earle, tho old Cincinnati
back-stop who trotted around the globe
with the SpaldIng tourists several win
ters ago.
with the exception OF third base. his
team is practically complete now, as
follows: Catchcrs, Earle and RAlkhof;
pitchers, Kane, AfinnShAn. Wiley. Web
be- md j.tcus: first base. Harry Pitt
chartl: second. VIII White; third. Re-
gan. Shaub or 0'Hngan; short, Rastinn.
the old Philadelphia and Chicago play
or; lelderS. Ashenbeck. Fabian and
Chapman.
White thinks the new Ohio league
will be go and stay the season,
Brouthcrs and Thompson playing on
the PhlilIes next season recalls the time
when the two were the mamstny OF the
old Detroit bnll club. remarks n con-
temporary. As n matter Of tuct every
man on the Detroit team Of 1851 was
n mNinstay. With the exception Of the
pitchers. there was not q weak hitter OF
tho team. Brouthers and Thompson
did great stick work, but they received
able assistance from Rove, Hnplon.
White. Richardson. Dunlap, Bennett
and CAMEL. They were not with the
exception % Dunlap and Hanlon, brill
liant fielders. but II one OF them made n
hit the others felt called upon to follow
the leader. and the result was discour-
aging TO the pitchers, The Detroits
had hut one really fast bpse runner,
Hanlon, but in Bennett they had n
thrower who kept the opposing runners
pinned to the bases Bennett was
great factor in the success OF that team,
which had no really great pitchers.