The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-27

rho amount OF free advertising the
,.,,nIccpeer has received from the
lister list, and News in the past four or
@ 1',s a,ys Is something big, But 1t re-
",o,r,l FOR Sunday to roll around be-
sr. tbe,c journals exploded their pyro-
w. bankruptcies. a column in
is devoted 10 "the lntelligencer
S yaN' Ian scheme" us It Is put. The
1i.b yaparlugs OF these sheets nre
,.,,rv worthy OF being answered, but
H., r. an. going SO far that something
s M b. said TO put tho base ball pub
IT, III, IN possession OF the facts.
The two Sunday papers resemble In
,,s,y respects that noble but unrenson-
, M animal-the bull An example:
rss Iutguisencer supports movement
hat Is deserving OF support: The two
r1rrrs mentioned Immediately take the
r,brr side. OF course. the other side or
he question is hardly ten1hte aud they
Vino occupy Il get mixed In their dates,
mi that doesn't matter so Ions as the
ln,elllgenccr is on the other side OK the
fence. 49,, .,....,,t.,.
GER movement is Il myth. or that II IL
isn't a myth 1t is an ATTEMPTED throw
Jnysr OF MIR. Buckenberger, That paper
cSrrot ssC too, why there should be Sc
49,, Il, the local movement As to the
.,srr,y down" that ts all hosh; until the
hague awards the Wheeling franchise,
M. red IL open TO any who desire to
sarrrc the franchise As to secrecy,
The movement for home club had not
cached a point where II MS deemed
advisable 10 say anything about Il. 1t
shpufd ha remembered. In this copHee-
tisn that the Inlell!gencer did not frst
,n.ntion the local movement An even-
inc paper got It from AE. BuchehberE-
or ~ the occasion OF Ills visit here last
w-k, Unfortunately II was then dub
taf n. "fEtellireHcer' a6alr, and that
~ course. prrrludcI the idee OF the two
Whtcling papers endorsing II.
Tho News wakes quite wrpihy and In
arlre, In gutter rhetoric with the lntcl-
IIr.ncer MS the targte. Aretfsdon at
1ccr as the target. After dcnoun-
ding the local movement the consist
mi ,9l writer adds that his own paper
has always favored home management
Of the team Why doesn't lie favor the
PRESENT movement then? Because the
is,allgenceT does, Of corrse. In serb
Gus attempts 70 be funny and funny at
,eElpts 10 be serious, the public Is In
formed that the "InteillScncer move
,arnt has already failed. and is buried
heath the sod. Too bad, Isn't II?
Except In the minds OF the two Sun
day papers, there is no 'lntclligencer"
movement There was no meeting
Sunday before last ut the lntellIgeneer
citce as has been stated repeatedly IN
both papers. The movement for a To-
rally managed club is not yet failure.
8uckenberger has not an option on the
local grounds. Buckenberger does not
own the franchise in the Interstate
league. These are den.ais OF a few
statements recently printed. and there
are others.
on account Of the outbreaks OF the
two papers mentioned, It is proper that
the base hall public he Informed OF the
situation. To begin with, a conference
o. gentlemen Interested In base bah
vas held In the Office OF well known
business man on the evening OF Sunday
before last The situation was discuss
"a In detail and the opinion was that u
would be better to orgnnlze the Clue. II
possible, independent OF Buckelberger,
who would be unable 20 give II his per-
SUall attention by reason or his con-
aect!on with Trenton. OF the Atlantic
Association. This opinion. hy the way,
i that OF the great majority OF the base
ball public OF Wheeling. The question
VI park came up. but was.not settled.
It Is not yet settled. and tgth tt t. set
tlei. the local movement will not be ma
iured. However. one OF the gentlemen
present at that conference has been at
work on the park questionfor the past
week and hns made satisfactory pro-
sr's.. He Is well known In business
circles. and Intends. whenever he gets
The park. to give 10 the public an outline
o.hiJ plans. He believes taat he VIII be
10 position to do this within day or
tv1. In the event that he secures the
park he win be an applicant for the
Wheeling franchise at the Toledo meet
inc ~ the Interstate league on Thurs
dly ct next week. February :. u he Is
unable to secure the park II II dollars to
G5lEhHuts that BuckcnbcrBcr VIII be
unable "a 40 anything IN that Inc In
fac;, the gentleman mentioned can
mako deal IL that dirtction when
BUnk would be unable TO do anything
IN thlt l!uc. So " Is seen that In reality
the best hope for professional base ball
here II 20 Is with the local movement,
Tire prospects are that the two Sun
day sheets will shortly play star en-
Easements at feast. the menu Of
which will contain but one word
"rryEts 10y