The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-06
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The situation in regard to the Wheel
Ing base ball club continues in compli-
Gated shape, Messrs, W. j. coyle and
Walter Harrington, owners aud mana
gers OF the club, before the franchise
was forfeited to Frank Torreyson. were
In town yesterday, and they propose to
fight the matter out to the bitter end,
They claim that the franchise Is theirs,
but the claim IA little else than claim,
for as matter OF fact, Torreyson has
acquired the franchise and players and
the Coyles and Harrington now have no
standing with the Interstate league
The Wheeling public seems Inclined
20 give Torreyson and the reorganized
Wheeling team loyal support, but there
IS q possibility that the public wont
have a chance to support any ball club.
for Coyle and Harrington say Torrey-
son cannot play on the Island grounds.
However, until the attachment against
the park are lifted, they are not IN a
position to prevent Torreyson's team
from making Its home there. Torreyson
has been negotiating with the attorney
and Justice of the peace for the priyl-
lege OF playing on the Island.
The action OF the old management In
finIng the players who went on strike
last Monday doesn't appeal TO the sense
Of fairness. The fines In each case
amount to the amount OF salary owed.
and the fines were levied because the
players refused to go to Mansfield with
Harrington last Monday morning. There
isn't probably one man in ten who
would have had the players do any
thing else. With the salaries In arrears
over month, their action was not sur
prlsing That the management took
the fine route to twist itself out OF Its
obligations to the players, has made
what was very unpopular manage
ment still more unpopular.
II the Coyles undertake TO obstruct
Torreyson they can accomplish only
one thing-make an end TO professional
base ball in Wheeling. II Torreyson
can't play on the Island grounds, he in
tends to take the team elsewhere, prob
ably to Canton, where Sunday base bail
Is now played. The treatment the league
accorded Coyle at the hnal round
up may have been summary, but the
situation was one requiring summary
and drastic treatment and they have
nobody but themselves to blame.
Manager Torreyson left Wheeling last
night for McKeesport. He said he had
given up trying to arrange with the
authorities for the use OF the grounds
until the grounds come up for sale. He
goes to Canton to-day to see If arrange
ments can be made to play Sunday ball
there until the muddle here is cleared.
Week days next week at New Castle
will be transferred to that burg. and II
a settlement has not been reached here
tho week after the games scheduled
with Youngstown on the home grounds
will be played there. Mr.. TOrreyson
feels somewhat discouraged over the
Instructions which are being placed In
his efforts TO acquire the Wheeling park,
but says even II the Wheeling club has
TO play all OF It's games abroad for the
remainder Of the season. the franchise
for Wheeling remains intact In his
hands and next season he Will make ar
rangements for another park II neces-
sary. Already he Is negotiating for
other grounds with good chances OF sue
cesg. II may even transpire that new
grounds will be built within few weeks
and games played here. In the mean
time the team is to be strengthened and
Mr. Torreyson predicts that the Nailers
will not finish in the tail-end. He ex-
poets to secure four Texas league play
ers within two weeks, that organiZa-
tlon's season ending on August 70.