The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-16
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BASE Ball COMMENT.

The Toledo team arrived In tho city
last evening, and arc stopping at tho
vowel house, This afternoon the
"swamp Angels, will buck up against
The NaIers In tho opening samceot tho
second Interstate season, The game
should DO n great contest. Since Toledo
was hero last the team has been greatly
s,rugthened and has como up the lad
der N the first season from sixth 70 sec
and place, ending on a tie with Wheeling
TSeIr team has boon playing great ball
and will give Wheeling hard tusslc In
4 The opening series OF tho SECOND season..
Manager Torreyson called OF tho In.
,ellgcncer office last night anu tafked
interestingly Of his team. ofconrse he
cypects TO take tho majorltyiot the
rar,eS here. This afternoon how'll put
f;elb in the box. This Is tho young left
handler who put the screws to Wheeling
en- the Island grounds the day before
D,,,oratIon Day. Opposed to him Will
he TIaker or BorcherS, for tho Whe0llnEs.
II the latter pitches It IL hoped that he
Will be able to go through nine innings
without giving twelve bases on balls,
Last night tho Wheeling management
vbetted lts little axe and chopped nN tho
heads OF two OF the Nallers, Pitcher lr-
win and Third Bnseman Babb. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether their release 10
the proper thing. Babh has been put
fling IN good game at third and his
hitting was frequent and oppnrtunc.
The fact that the whcelInES had accept
ed the terms Of George WeEtlake. the
local player, who has been playing with
IIazleton and Carbondalc, of the Penn
sylvunla state league, caused Babb's re-
lease, This Is a rather costly move as
the Wheeling management pyud out SIS
for Bahb's fare from the Pacific coa$t TO
the east Bab5 met Manager Turrey-
son. OF tho Tolcdos,S last night, and In
about three minutes had attached his
name 10 n Toledo contract. lie will play
Mt short field this afternoon. for the visi-
tors. w. H
Pitcher Irwin Ia "a yet ,uncngaged.
He Is q promising twlrler who has won
ave out OF the seven games he has pitch
ID for Wheeling; on his record It would
seem TO be the wrong thing to let him go,
But the fact that the club Is carrying
Rye twlrlers made It necessary 10 let one
80, and Irwin Was considered the least
useful man Of the lot. Those now on
the payroll and With which Wheeling ex-
poets to haul down the second season
pepnant are Carney, Baker Campbell,
and Rorchers. Many crankS will argue
that 1t would have been we'll 10 retain
Irwin until II Is seen whether Borchers
Is going 10 steady down or not. ?,
Manager Torreyson had not arranged
the batting order for Toledo last night,
but the positions will be ne follows prob
ubly: Kelb, pitcher; Arthur, catcher:
Clifford. first; Beck, second Cecil.
ehlrd; Babb. short; McGinnias, left;
VetterS, center; and Keenan,. right;
field II possible Manager Torrcysnn
wlll secure Harry Pritchar6, TO play
first base this afternoon.
Manager Torrcyson. OF the Toledos. re-
quests Harry Prltchard, to call on him
Mt the Howell house this morning. II
"Pritch" fills the bill he will receive an
offer from the Toledo management.
Frank Torreyson is again manager OF
the Toledo team. both on aud of the
field. big Bill" o'Brien. who no.
placed TorreySon as team manager
month ago, was released Tuesday. Tor
reyson Is after good man for captain OF
the team. -lrIN
Toledo made. an effort to sign Jack
Delaney, the old Canton second base
man, who was one OF the finest n few
years ago, but Del" had attached his
autograph TO a Youngstown contract
Just five hours before.
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