Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-24

lost three lot -4Al.HHt..'- ..'.s 'N '''-..
have each won one game out Of three for
Wheeling.
Tho f7rcwfue ta5,. will show the iield-
ir- averages oc tho home players. inc,uf-
tuc Saturdays game.
p-aver Pos Chances ERRORS. B t,.
Lyons. Cd h.-- ......--.-.. sd
Tay'Ur. short -. ......--...ll' IL
Curtis. center --........-. D..
Mcldrnis. -.i. .-.....-- 20 't
NeSsett catcher q. ....... y
WtJ.ev. 20 base ......... @1 ''l'
C0y,a. p. * rl..........--.. q. '>N'
Baker has made three errors. Garvsy
none. and Els-or one.
TAYLOR leads the team in the number Of
base hits made. Ha mas hit safely 80
times I'm 81 games O'Erisu has made 30
hits. Curtis O., Ccyla O.. ard McGinnis o.
TAYLOR passed the 800 mark on Friday,
but dropped back Saturday. He leads the
team with an average Of SOS II Iayl
Keeps mp his good work with the stick.
win make bid for tine Interstate cham
pionship. Five of Whs5iiuS's eight field
ers have a ba-Cing average better than
$40 They are Taylor OBrien 500. Coyla
.o54 Lyons GSS. Cur-is .so9. MesS5trs av-
craze is $50. about the same as last week
McGiuuis has cropped down TO ga while
the greatest Ea.u was made 10y Lyons.
Whaley has dropped 90 .1s>. bur should
20 mp several uo-che- iu Che games against
Springfield and Dayton this week E3S-
tons percentage is 200 Campbell .l5a
Garvty .0>3
The Interstate league schedule was pro
pared on the assumption that Monday. $lSt
ins,.. viii be- generally celebrated as Me
ncrial Day. The local management has
arranged for TWO games ON that day with
DAYTON. The morning same is 10 bee called
at 1850 o'clock League rules require
charge for strand stand on holidays OF -
cents The day viii probably Doe more gen
orally observed I'm Wheeling. however. on
saturday last week a paper was circu-
lated and signed by au or nearly all. of
ths bankers. agreeing 10 close ON tha- day.
II Monday viii ha observed as Decoration
D7v I'M DAYTON. i- might Doe well for the
managers OF the two clubs To- transfer the
three games the latter half of the week to
Wheeling. and play am extra game SaJur-
day morning. then play in Dayton Sunday
and Monday.
The following clipping from the Cleve-
land Recorder applies with equal force 90
other cities besides Cleveland. Keep it as
quiet as YOU may. IL is nevertheless the
fac, that the stopping Of chat ball game
or Sunday last was brought about 10y @
union Of ths minister's and the saloon
keepers. There was no convention Of these
two elements held. No resolutions 20
which they subscribed in common were
passed bu- they both wan,eU the ball
game stopped. they are both opposed 20
sunday bah playing. The ministers and
the saloon keepers both want The people
who attend BAN Eamos TO come 10 their
places on sunday.
There was no game IN Fort Wayne yes
te-iav Rain iute-fcrtd. The Wheeling
na0aceneut has been Suguhr,y urfor-
tvuate IN having it's games scheduled for
sunday irterfered with by the rain. Yes
t,rdav makes the third postponed game,
the other two beirs at Toledo and Fort
Wayne.
To is very likely that Tho Fourth Of July.
which falls this wear on sunday. will he
celebrated iu Wheeling ON saturday i'm
ssad OF Monday. Tho m1uaseme-J Of
thc local club VIII probably arrange Tor
morning and afternoon games ON Satur-
day with Toledo The arrarscmert WILL
De- made beyond question if yhe proper ill.,
tcr,st is shown I'm the matter.
PEARSON" Nicholson. an old Tri-State
Ieasue player. who held down second for
Wheeling. l3s been released 10y Detroit,
10 mako room for O. younger player. sam
nv Nichols is rot paying regularly i'm
the ou,d,ld. now. for ST. Paul Jack
GIasscock continues TO play good game
i'm the field ana no bat.
Nordyla .rt HoNmeister have been re-
leased bv Youngstown. Toledo has
benched Roaring Bill" Hassamer Cur
ran IS laid OF sick. ard Rhi0ehart is
playing first for Spriugf 3d. Rhnehart
win probobly be retained as manager. as
the club has struck a winning streak.
Nartie Hogan came Within am ace Of
making ,hs most wonderful catch ever
seen I'm DAYTON. Wayne. The batter with
three men or bases, CaUsh, one o. Rosies