The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-04

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Yesterday the Wheeling and WASH
,..,nn psopie who will attend the meet
,"s a, Toledo at which the Interstate
D. U Ball League will be organized to-
I,x lett for the city by the lake. w9sh-
,.Ttons representatives are Mcssrs.
wcTeown and curran, who went via
~ wheeling & Lake Erie. Manager
To,aland. of the Wheeling club, went
~ non, Pittsburgh, and General Man
w S.sr ". $. Wright, of the Wheeling
Railway Company, who VIII DC IN at"
,sndancc at the meeting, left IN the at-
tsrnoon on the Cleveland. Lorain. d
wheeling road.
\, swattcd with interest and the
Wasting cranRs will be sadly disap.
,oir,ad il n corkIng good league Is not
ts,,TeJ With Wheeling. Washington.
Wv castle and Youngstown in the east
~ T0ledo, Fort Wayne, Akron and
same am other city, presumably Day
,sn in the west there IS OUT
,,sd a better circuit than has been
.sSn In Ohio since IS, when the state
Tss base ball crazy.
Tho grounds question Is now prnch-
.,i,t se,tled. The club will play on the
Nj mark, which Is to be rebuilt, unless
scmathing unforeseen turns up. This
"a a. il should be; there Il not another
Si,e in the city that so completely Ills
ne hill The usual rumors OF q posi-
bnty OF Sunday games being played In
wrestling are now aftoat. Ii Is even
ssI that q well known gentleman
sands ready to put up park eNclu-
siyply for Sunday games near resort
mst outside the city limits, II sunday
balI can be played Il Will be winner
Withoui doubt
The outlook for n series OF boxing
contests under the auspices OF the Met
nocll,nn Athletic Club Is said TO be
rather gloomy. \ meeting OK the club
iS 10 be held this evening when the
natter OF having athletic entertain
nepts with six, eight and ten-round
boxing contests as the principal feat
ure. Will be discussed. It Is hoped by the
MANY who love 70 see the boys In the
squared circle, that the club will see its
way clear to give series Of bouts this
spring.
The wheelmen are interested IN the
outcome Of the approaching meeting OF
he League OF American Wheelmen ma
tonal assembly. Tho Potter PROPOSE
ton FOR the league 10 drop Its connec-
ton with racing will come up and Is
backed by the strong New York dlvlS-
ION In the west, however. the sent-
ment is against the proposition and u
will probably be defeated. II there Is
a rational circuit in '9s, Wheeling viii
have date. II having been already an
Piled for. Chief Consul Gelger Will reps
resent the West Virginia division at
the assembly.
The Carroll Club Is going to cater 10
The checker people this spring, 1t is
proposed 10 bring down the Pennsyl-
vania champion, Reed, and pit him
against members OF the local big
-Four" Games with living checkers"
young ladies' dressed in red and white
will probably be played.
Uncle Nick Young, OF the NatloEnl
Base Ball League. announced that he
had completed the schedule for the
coming season. While not entering tiFth
details. he said It was so arranged that
the clubs that had pooC d1tes on hol-
days last year would have good ones
this season, and vice versa. The vest
ern clubs will play IN the east on Dec
Grafton Day and Labor Day, ON the
Fourth OF July onstern Clubs Will play
In the east and western clubs In the
vest The umpIres viii ba Lynch. ltccfc.
Ems.!e Hurst. sheridan. Henderson
aad WeiIman President Young said
The hague was in splendid financial
condition, and all the teams were In
good shape.
Ever since the Pittsburgh CONNER
eiil sprang that ilEt!med fake OF the
Ssi't from Cleveland 20 81. Louis, to
Detroit, the public all over the land
Alve wondered how II started. The
sec!e. Is out, although II remains for
Circle" the Smoky CITY correspond
e1f u Sporting Life, to ferret out the
h1lJ. bad deed. II enalyltcd from 'she
fertile brain OF Al BuckenberScr. and
Circles" account OF the sprlngiAg OF
ths fake Ia US follows:
In all the days oflurld. wild, extr1v-
agasi base ball stories. can yIn recall
one which exeelled that Pitsa1urI;!i-
he'd canard Of Robson buying out
The s.: Louis club. transferring II to
DetroS. and then putting the Spiders
IN St Louis? OF course, II was fake.
Local base ball writer's VIII not deny
H. Even the author admits this. ana
hughngly EayS, Wasn't 1t peach
As Ole Hass Hoey alys, 'Ha IS n good
judge o, fruit
There ara fauy,.finders tor most
everything, but this Is one exception.
TIL a1:hor certainly did build a
great story. Tho depths OF imnginn-
Ton were surely reached. And che
cause, Well llstcu aud you Will be en-
igsEenal. Twas q duh night Stories
were scarce: thcrc WIS no ncva worth
display head: one was necessary. SO
ne began 70 rack his brnID.
That tny Al BuckenberErr says he
lad jol,ingly suggested to the man;
There Is something going on. Robson
ana Chris have been gebtIng together,
IeFhnpS Robson Is going TO buy on.
Tue Browns, put them In Detroit and
t5e C'Tveiandg In st Louis. Work u
rp, and II there Is anything In St You
vii MIKE NM The writer did the rest.
iia f1' dozens Of inquiries TO out OF
g"H Inpgra. and they grabbed the Of
~ One Cleveland journal wanted 500
M1rIH, 4 81. Loula paper yelled,
,,.!lsa 2no,' and go on. Tho joke Is on the
ia,Hhurgh boys. They will never get
no Il the appellWtIon OF 'Faketown.
Goes TO Russia.
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