Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12

sustain lle lie VI Tic h-u' IL -4
in a dying condition, and the attending
physician is contemplating the use OF
his surgical Drill for the purpose OF as
certa.ning the cause Of its malady. Inc
situation is not very encouraging TO
the parents Of the bOOmleJ, ANA unless
some elixir OF life IS discovered very
soon. It VIII be a subject for the under
taker. The baby's sponsors may ma
some consolation in the reflection tha-
there are others.
While the Central Base Ball League
is not such an organization as Wheel
ing should be connected with, there ap-
pears to be no ground for the predictions
which have been made, that the efforts
to form the organization VII prove 1u-
tile. The promoters Of the scheme
have done their best to get q strong
league. and should not be too severely
criticised if some of their plans have
failed If we cannot get a whole leaf
we will take a half The fact of the
matter IS. we are base ball hungry in
Wheeling, and whatever the situation.
the lovers of the National game-and
their name IS legiCl-will accept it phil
Osophically. A meeting Of representa-
tiyes Of the different cities has been call
ed for New Castle and there IS likely to
be a contest over the admission Of one
or two cities. This is a very encourage
ing indication. AT the Steubenv.lle
meeting in the interest Of the Inter
State League, the condition Of affairs
was different. There were only four or
five cities watch were prepared to back
their assertions with cash, and the fate
Of the organization hung in the bal
ance for several months. This year
the team managers know what is eX-
pected Of them, and the man who comes
to the meeting with q proposition with
out any money in his jeans will receive
the marble heart. This is a pointer
TO the SiStersville base ball people.
The fac. that nothing definite has yet
been done. is not sufficient jus .fcat.on
for the publication Of the death Of the
movement Considerable time was
consumed in the deal for minor league
teams in the larger cities. ana the fail
ure Of those plans necessitated more hard
work to create a favorable sentiment
IN the smaller cities. Whatever may be
Saif-,Qf. re attendance Al ,Ir0rSaS SiOpal
games in Twin Cities, the base bali
people of that community are to- be COM
mended for their sticking" qualities
II IS unfortunate that the sport loving
poplatiOn is not stronger numerically
as individually they appear to be made
Of the right sort Of material. The Steu-
benville meeting was held later than the
proposed New Castle meeting. and IL
was some time later when the success
Of the movement was assured. The
principal trouble with the Inter State
organization was the lack of financial
backing, and this obstacle VIII be avoid
ed N the Central league.
Peter Maher has finally broken his
silence and announced his programme
in the event that he defeats Fitzs.m-
mons. He viii then fight Goddard. and
if he wins viii be open TO defend the
championship t.tleagainst the world. The
Irish champion makes a manly state
ment and says he does not c0vet empty
hon0rs. The Wheeling sports are di-
v.ded in opinion as 10 the result Of the
battle. There appears to be an i'm
preston that Maher is a gutter"
This charge has been made by his enc
mics, but he has clearly shown his
gameness in several fights. On the
other hand Il is asserted that in his
memorable fight with Fitzsimmon. ne
had the Australian all but out in the
early part of the fight, and that BOb's
second found il necessary to call him a
cur, and almost force am to continue
the battle which by a lucky blow was
decided against the IriShman. There
VIII be another battle az Juarez. which
viii be watched with as much interest
by Wheeling lovers Of the sport. that Of
Dixon and Marshall The opinion IS
freely expressed that Marshall viii win
but it is true that The wish is father
% the thought Jerry is a remarkable
fighter and WI give Dixon tough ar-
gument. Whether he VII win is anOth-
er question, but Dixon certainly has no
license to best him. and as both are col
Ored, Marshall VIII set a square deal
There have been q great many post
poned contests played off I'm both tae
bowling leagues and devotees Of that
form Of sport have been kept busy. In
the Musee tournament - Brownies
have been breaking more records. and
cl,nohing their hold on first place. This
team now looks like a twenty 10 one
shot for first place. Some of The weak
er teams have struck a fast pace. and
on the whole the work of the players
shows remarkable Improvement. The
high team score is now 1O45. and the
high average in @ series of games is
1923. and beth were established by the
Brownies last week. It IS possible that
the 100 mark may be reached before
the close Of the tournament. In the
South Side league the Harvest Homes
look Ike the winners. Their combina-
ton Of good luck and good playing is
hard to beat
JEPWORTH.