Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-12
4 REVIEW OF SPORTS.
JepWorth Discusses the Happenings Of
the Week in Athletic Circles
The Local and Interstate Base Ball
Situation and Outlook-The New
Wheeling Gun Club and It's Pre-
decessOr-Events of the Week IN
BowlerdOm-Boxing, and Other
Sports.

ing. ~ true as Gospel, and when 10 Is
applied TO base ball it might DE aoueu
that it talks vOciierously. Inc cdp"c-
ity TO draw a distinction between
campaign of buster and empty prom
Use. and a solid bona .fide business prop
OsitiOn. Of which the Wheeling people
have given abundant evidence IhiS
spring. is responsible for the ueslruc-
tiOn Of numerous air cas1ies'
and the explosion OF divers
boOmlets. Wheeling has Tor sew
eral years been a very tempting helu
for Pittsburg base bah SPECTATORS, DuL
the experience of this year viii cause
local fans to look with suspicion up
on all base ball schemes emanatlhS
from the Smoky City The dilly-daliy-
ing met Ods OF the Pittsburg people al
most sealed Wheeling's base ball boom
for several years, and it was only Wnsn
local capital became Interested iha~ the
club began to assume tangible shape
AT last il appears certain that we are 10
have a local club under local manage
ment. and owned by local capital. With
the ground question settled, there Will
no longer be any obstacle in the way OF
the Wheeling team.
Any speculation concerning the prob
able position which Wheeling Will oc-
cupy in the Interstate race, should be
based not alone upon the personnel OF
the team which viii represent this city.
AS matter Of fact, the men who are
already under contract. viii make a
club which. looks as strong as any 9TH
er in the circuit of the cities, put other
things should be taken into consid5ra-
tiCn. The disposition of the owners Of
the team, and the ability Of the man
agement, have an important bearing on
the matter. The gentlemen who will
control the Wheeling franchise are de-
teimined 10 give this city a pennant-
winning team. There is an abundance
Of excellent material TO be secured,
since the disruption Of the Southern
League has thrown large amount Of
good material on the market If the
local club needs strengthening, it viii
be strengthened Jack Darrah al
though his methods last season were
not approved by the local patrons Of
the game, is perhaps IS good a selec-
tion as could have been made for the
important and difficult position of play
er-manager. He can get good work out
OF his men. ana ne possesses the ability
10 intus that indispensable quality o.
ginger into their playing. Wheeling
will be i'm the game until tne champion
snip rag is awarded.
The new Wheeling Gun Club starts
off under the most favorable auspices.
and promises to become as celebrated
as the Island Club. Most of the best
shots in the latter organization are
connected with the new club. The ISL
and Club made an enviable record. and
there is no reason why its successor
should not do likewise, as il is an undis-
puted fact that there is as much good
material in this line in Wheeling as in
any community of approximate size.
The practice grounds on the Island are
! conveniently located the members will
| commence work during the coming
week, and it is very likely that there
will be number of races during the
! summer.
The Nusee winter tournament is rap
idly drawing to close and there has
| been an apparent lack of interest since
| the advent of warm weather The on
| ly championship contests of the week
were between the Muses. and Brownies,
resulting in a victory for the latter.
The Brownies viii undoubtedly finish
| in first place. and there will be no hard
| fights for the other positions. with the
exception of second place, for which
/ the Daisies and Nameless are putting
/ up a stubborn argument, with chances
/ decidedly i'm favor OF the latter. The
most important contests of the week
were the team games of Friday night
when Turner, Scott and Stevenson won
! four out of five games from Hervey
( Campbell and Handlan. The time viii
soon arrive for the opening of the sum-
! mer tournaments The South Side
! League VIII be organized within a week
or two, and will consist of about ten or
| twelve clubs. thereby insuring games
! five or six nights every week. With
! bowling alleys at the Carroll Club and
the y. NJ. c. A., this popular and health
full sport bids fair to become even more
| popular next winter than heretofore.
The American representatives have
J taken nearly every contest i'm which
/ they have been entered in the Olympian
games in Athens, the Boston represent
/ atives particularly DISTINGUISHING
| themselves. American athletes may
fairly claim the worlds supremacy in
/ all classes. Any championship title
/ which leaves America passes to a for
! eign country only temporarily. In
boxing the champions in the heavy
weight, lightweight and middleweight
! classes are all Americans ArzhW
Zimmerman is undoubtedly The worlds
champion cycler So it is in all sports.
and new records are being established
every week.
Matters are very quiet in FistiOnq at
! present The big guns are keeping re-
markedly quiet and the second and
! third raters are doing the blufing, and
| the little actual fighting which is being
! done There have been few important
! contests since jerry Marshall, Wheel
ing S pride and pet. made such rliser-
able showing in Boston There are
any AuAlpcl OF loOoI IJh CHS III DoNi4LS
who incline TO the opinion that Johnny
Van Heest can best Marshall without
any difficulty. doc " Payne, Of Cieye-
land, has had something OF local rep
! utation He tried to take a fall out Of
New England middleweight and
proved a case of lemon pie for him.
No boxer who ever aspired for pugilis-
| tic hOnOrs has ever received a more ar
tistic roast than PAYNE His defea' en-