The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-03
FOOT BALL.

IT'S W. A. C. now, II you please. The
White and red replaces the orange and
HACK, the tiger last night giving up
,,s ghost. His half-closed eyes gazing
hack over the paths trod since the fall
~ g-When Barrows, the base ball
ss,rp. drew him from out the jungle
a. tbe scenes OF more recent days,
ca1mpl pleasantly and his last words,
translated from the language OF his
piGd were: "Well, the Tiger made all
a, ON hump a little"
THE Wheeling Athletic Club and sew
.rll Of the Tigers met last night In the
clubs quarters, In the Hub buHding'
and the benefits of their consultation
being apparent TO both organizations
Il wasn't long before the wheeling
Tigers disappeared, and rose again Il
moment later rs the Wheeling Athletic
club team. II was an enthusiastic
meeting, and foot ball VIII go IN Wheel
ing now with an impetus sadly needed
before. The Thanksgiving game with
w. V. o., II II agrees TO play, or WIN
pittsburgh college, will be doomed TO
beat the band, and other games VIII be
arranged as soon as %expedient.
If will take some time to get yer the
tendency 10 cali the W, A.. C, boys tho
Tigers, as of yore. Next thing In order
Inc club should do Is to get a club yell
Ia use at all games. And their colors
should be worn every opportunity
The IntelllgenGer's foot ball notes
contained the exclusive announcement
that the Tigers and w, A. c. were con-
sldering Il consolidation. This state
ment is for the benefit OF an evening
paper, which had q few lines about the
scheme the evening following Its ap-
pearance in the Intelllgencer. The
same issue Of the Intelligencer also
contained a boxing item, which, copied
by Pittsburgh papers, found It's way
into the evening papers office a few
DAYS later, which credited 1t TO the
Pittsburgh Leader. The evening pa
pcr's sport sharp should read his con-
temppraries more carefully"
This week IN football circles while not
80 brlmful Of decisive battles that go TO
make up football history, offers an inter
est!ng bill. Probably the most exciting
in the east will be that between Yale and
Chicago Athletic Association next sat
urday,nnd in view Of the latter's record
for always having an all-star aggreEa-
lion. II will not be surprising II the blue,
which couldn't do better than a tie with
West Point last week. may be forced to
bite the dust. Princeton meets Lafay-
cite the same day. and the Tigers are
billed TO repeat the dose administered by
Pennsylvania over the husky o%oiiegians,
whose showing last year still cankers In
the breasts Of Princeton and Old Penn,
The latter will have a burden on Its
hands Saturday. with the Carlisle In
dtans.
Coming nearer home there Is nothing
Of Importance for Saturday. None OF
this city's Junior teams meet, and the
local big fellows will Journey up to
Steubenyille, where they have a good
chance 10 redeem themselves for their
recent defeats by p. A.C, and Greenburg
by rolling up Il big score. Wash-Jen
will have q day of Saturday, having
Cancelled Its game with Ohio State Uni
versity, and West Virginia University
has nothing OF tap either.
Manager VIII Edwards yesterday re-
celved a challenge from Pittsburgh Col
iege for the Thanksgiving game here.
but as there Is n faint hope that W. V. U.
may come to the terms offered-accept
one-half OF the gate receipts, Manager
A. p. Romine will be given another day
10 accept II he Is not heard from by
tomorrow, Pittsburgh College will be
taken on.