The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-02

".a dlfl,eul, than "Pigs In Clover or
~Sbeen Puzzle" over which so many
,,l5cp hours have been wasted. Messrs.
ycEee. Wright and Buckenberger are
.,,Itled to the respectful confederation
0, cranEdom.
The Ihtcr.state league was organized
:, Toledo month ago. Since then
,s.-r has been an unrcmltting effort
"a &c: grounds, but everybody who
Avn, a patch OF ground at all suitable
IN ball park seems to be in league
I'M the arch enemy OF the national
an. OF course Messrs. schmulbaeh,
p,ymsnn and Giles know their busl-
,ss," and all that, but the fans" can't
see It that way, somehow.
HMr. Mckee comes down from Pitts
burEh to-day Il Is probable the question
Of wheeling being in the league VIII be
ss,tled "sor keeps" II seems the Giles
rsople have finally made up their minds
raj base ball Is not the proper thing
n have running In their back yard, so
that site Is out Of the question. II has
tnned the old park and the state fair
grounds In the Might Have Been"
Class. .
the street railroad, has been getting
IN few ticks on the quiet. The Little
Napoleon" has matters In shane so that
Mr. Mckee can close deal at once for
me old Irwin park at Forty-seventh
street. This ground is owned by the
Judge Jacob estate, and the admins
traitor Mr.. A. ]. Clarke, has said that
/, can be secured by the club. And II
vii not be OF sweat box" size either.
when the Irwin club played there the
park was rather small. Mr.. Wright
las made arrangements by which the
ground lying between the park en-
trance and Jacob street, about 100 feet,
can be included In the lease. With this
additional ground a park as large as
most can be had. II would be 800 feet
long and about S75 or 400 feet wide.
Nj. AIcKee's idea that with the club
PLAYING at this ground there would be a
diminished chance for O paying patron
are, Is not correct. The street railway
people say the run from Fourteenth
street to this park will be made in
fifteen minutes. From Fourteenth
street TO the Island park. last year. the
run was made in twelve-minutes, n
matter Of three minutes veil not keep
A S!HEIe crank" away from the game
The street railway, also, Will be In po-
sltlon to have almost any number of
cars ready to haul the crowds up town
again. as the harms are located only a
sigarc away from the grounds.
The Irwin park isn't so bad as some
people imagine.
The "CommoRweai" lot on the Island
has been mentioned as good site for
the park. but from information avail
able. 1t looks as though II will be too
small for hall park. II II Is only 800
feet square, as II Is claimed. u Will
ASsuredly be entirely too small.
From information received from
c-edItable source Il Is thought Mckee
may be able to get the bridge park on
the Island, owned by the Wheeling and
Belmont Bridge Company. II has been
Claimed by some that there Is not
enough ground there but others say
there is barely enough for n park.
Whatever is done should be done
quickly.
The base ball man on the Fort Wayne
Journal Is short on geography. and
that's no Joke. Commenting on the
difficulty in getting grounds here In
Wheeling. he says OWensEoro, N.Y., is
ready to come in the league In the Nall
CIty's place. But here II the geographic
cal Islander OF which the Journal man Ia
.owensboro is but a short distance
from Wheeling. and II the latter city
should leave the league. the new mem
Dor would be right in lire, so that n pre-
schedule would not require
many chanGe&."
And they have public school system
III Indiana!
by the shortest possible rail route,
the distance from Wheeling to Owens
boro Is 40 miles. From New Castle II
e At least COO miles to Greensboro.
This may be a short distance" to Indi-
ana eyes but over here in West Vlr-
Elnla Il is called d right peart jump"
Make Il OsKosch and you'll be talking.
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