Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-26
A REVIEW OF SPORTS.
JepwOrth Furnishes His Weekly
Budget Of Information and GOSSIP
Pertaining to Athletics The Wheel
ing Team and the 1nterstate-The
Outlook for the National League.
Bowling Tournament Drawing to
a Close-Boxing, Shooting and
Other Matters.

season, and VINO are confidently expect
ed to land the Interstate pennant for
this city, have been loosening up their
joints in practice work atToronto dur
ing the past week II is the general
and unanimous verdict of all the COM
petent judges who have watched their
work, that in the score or more OF play
ers, is sufficient material for the organ
ization of the strongest team which has
ever represented this city on the dia-
mond. Captain Darra.n himself is in
poorer form than any Of his men. The
wedding out process has already COM
menced, and before the opening game
next Saturday the regular team Will
have been chosen. If the work during
the past week will influence the man
agement in making its selections, the
team will probably be made up as fol-
lows: .MoHoverter, first; Darrah, cap
tain and second; Whaley, short; Al
Wagner, third; Gallagher, left; Rickert,
center; Mertch, right. This will make
PROFESSIONALLY the strongest and EAST
est fielding team in the Interstate. The
batting abilities Of the fielders have not
yet been determined, but the manage
ment is confident that the team will
not be second to any in this respect.
Violet may play fielding position in
place of one OF the men named, but lie
will be tried in backstop work first.
Shaw willcatch regularly, and incident
ally knock the cover off the sphere oc-
casionally. Either Lavelle or Boland,
or both, may be retained behind the
bat In the twirling department, the
most important in the club, Wheeling
will be especially strong. Barrett, Nc
tain to be retained. Baker and John
son are showing up well in practice, and
Daniels and a brother of folly" Kane
will be given trial. Freck is fast
fielder, can play any position, and Will
be kept as utility man until there is an
opening for him. ThisIs not given as
an official programme, but the team
will in ali probability be made up as
named above. 1t is customary to claim
everything in sight at the opening of
the season, but aside from this fact,
Wheeling has team which should win
the Interstate pennant hands down.
Conducting minor base ball leagues
is worth all the money it pays. Doubt
less genial Charley Power, who will
preside over the destinies OF the Inter
state, is beginning to realize this fact.
His troubles have only commenced.
Mr.. Gunnels, Of Toledo, and Mr. Myers,
Of Fort Wayne, are already manifest
ing disposition to kick. They will
not stop the exercise of their pedal eX-
tremities until something drops on
them with dull thud, and it is almost
time for the thud. The trouble all
dates back to the Toledo meeting, when
the Wheeling representative acted as
spokesman for the eastern clubs. and
ouUwitted the western managers. Then
there was born in the breasts of the
western magnates mighty soreness
and enmity, which is directed prirci-
pally toward Wheeling. This city Jared
well in the arrangement of the sched-
ule, and Toledo and Fort Wayne have
sent up wild shrieks of dissatisfaction
Toledo wants to hog it" on the play
ers also, claiming Youngstown frs
OdsemaL. jackson, inspired probably
by the two klckers, puts in a claim for
a Wheeling player. But the most
babyish Cry emanating from Toledo ap-
peared simultaneously in the papers in
that city. President Power is accused
of having a financial interest in the To-
cal club. 1t is not difficult to find re-
son for Mr.. GuBnels' display of temper
Torreyson's players are a cheap lot
and Gunnels has pierced the future fdI
enough to see the Toledo aggrege-
ton occupying a tail end position in
the pennant race.
The Ohio and New York Legislatures,
both OF which are now in session, have
passed laws of interest to owners and
riders Of wheels, and if West Virginia
had Division of the l.. A. W., il is like
ly that a similar measure would be en-
acted in this State. The Law provides,
in effect, that railroad companies mus;
carry bicycles as personal baggage the
same as trunks. This is a measure for
which the League has been contendiua
for some time, and it is likely that oth-
er States will follow the example Of the
two named. To secure such beneficial
legislation, is one OF the objects of the
l.. A. w, and q potent reason why
there should be a larger membership in
West Virginia. If Wheeling manifest
ed as great an interest in the League
matters as wheelmen in other sections
Of the State are showing, it would be a
very short time before Division was
formed. As matter Of fact, all indi-
cations points to the securing of the re-
quisite number of members within a
very short time. Chief Consul Geiger
of this city, is kept busy with his cor
respoDdence with riders Throughout
the State, and is very much encouraged
with the situation.
The two practice shoota Of the recent
ly organized gun club, have demon
strated conclusively that Wheeling ha
material for the formation of one O.
the strongest teams in the country
This city has a prestige in this line
which was earned by many persons whG
are members of the present organiza
ton, and which from all indications
will be maintained in the match con
tests which it is proposed to arrange
for the summer. The crowds of specta
tors at the practice work on the Island
grounds speak volumes for the local in
terest in this soprt. The new blood is
very promising. and with sufficien
practice will show up well.
The close of the second week IN thu