The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-05
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The and6uht mtnt tint Mana ges Gayle.
ms aeCsptad tie tefms e Pitcher Jack
Esston, W4io wen known h0rAl has
been received With gtaat s9tistaPtion BY
tho tani JACK = Remembered Tor MS
tlno work here ID 1856. nAtar he blos-
coined Sprth a. pla OF lie craclls Of TIE
Aniotlcbn AHcla&lbn una was the
pridS a tue Colnnbu fans, who wore
ihah Iapfe eEted IA the Also relation.
Later ~ has plAHOd VITA Hlinup lOlgue
teams. being q member pf the Springfield
team IA the Eastern league 10 'SS. He
began TIN eaasal Of WITH Sprlngti eld,
but Burn8 had 1pch 2 NUMEROUS pitching
sian that he .Wils Felea 8s ~ E1oehe 3ter.
HIS bgtting aVeHag tor d, In thlFtyetWp
cameS way .SQ making him ono o. the
hardest httlinf tElrIer1 In the entire
League BE deided his position 20 the
tune ne Saoo, Wheeling - unao eiiy
fortunate ~ securing such q good man,
and Ire pitching coFpg 0e tie Nallefe q
now oTtainlY TIE StForge In che 1ns
tefsSkate league. With C1ylo, EllStpn,
Campbell, GaEley. Baker. atlegt, Frank
and Kerr 70 pick from e would Be indeed
strange e . winning qua ette could nor
b secured -Four OF the q tcaefa viii re-
main With the club and the Intelligencee
hazards this gle Ea1t0n. Campbell
Coyle and Garyey Of Baker.
EaStun writes 10 Coyla nom Springs
he'd, Mass, where he and hi8 tatttly 70
nlde, He, - anxious 70 come back to
WheGlinS, saying that silia vines OLD
friends are al here and ne has eigly9
liked tho town and the people, We'll. u
Jack has not lost his OK stime cunulng
the fans VIII 30 Just ~ Glad 70 have him
come. C0yie has told E34ston not TO ne
p0rt before ttaoponlng oe tha. Inter state
Championship season, He viii do his
training With tue Springfield (MasS,l
team.
Il underwood generally that Easlon
had been reserved BY the Rochester
team, Of the Eastern. but 90 referOnc9 70
this years baSo bali guides Il . seen that
ne ola yFlosling boy y mot under reserve
and q thorefoFH eligible to nign with the
Nailets.
The dFst OF the NaIlers 20 report win
be '.BIl" Taylor, the 8hort.Btop, who
viii come down from pittsburgh this
morning. He Is reported 70 DO In firSt.
class shape He win Join Coyi0 and
GIasacock over at the park In our door
work. Taylor Is pleased with tho
chance 70 play here and asseFta that he
viii do better work than the averages
show for his seasons engagement with
Paterson IN 's6.
Tia other ,playeFB, excepting Easton,
will drop Into town on Wednesday
morning, and then Tia 6all aeasnp may
be sald 10 have started. The team {Yli
Be divided Htd practice glnlef plAyeA
With eIghteen men on the roll two very
good nines can Be made up.
Manager coyle does not know yet
that CleFeluInd win 10 hers saturday.
Tebaau has made q blum for q big guar
OHte6, which tlIs uncertainty Of tho
weather in April does not Justify Coyle
In living. He wrote to the Cleveland
chieftaln last uIaht, asking him 10
come with his Spiders for gam On me
Island grounds. next Friday 9na sat-
urday, on ? percentage naels. WneLnst
or not the Games viii % played depenas
upon the answer to BE- received rom
patsy" II g hoped tho answer VIII
he favorable. a. tha Cleveland team,
with q wheeling boy, 1esRe BuFkett,
would -, The best drawing card that |
could be secured for tho exhibition sea-
Other gaines that have been arrang-
April s il and 1s-Bsthang College
al wheeling.
Aptil u ana 1T--wheelIng 2. Pits
April u, 40 and 2l-Whssiing at
April 3, . and st-zanesyIllo At
Wheeling. .,-,-s
The mhtial4 at Zanesytlle g becoming
quite interesting. Two teams LOT the |
0hlo.West Virginia league have been |
orSSniSsd theFe. one with Enoeh SUM-
fn9fS n Ire head, and the other by ]. 7
Rdy. IN ex.SOutharn lacquer whose
team s. now playing exhibition BaneA
IA fhs GOIIth. The team that wheeling
ID to play q that organized BY sum.
NOR. who VIII bs remembered agEthe
'lflnny'' man Of the Lima team OF the
1895 Inter state league The difficulty
Is to be settled, It g said, BY serlseel
batWean the two teams. The logln
team might take the CambFidEe befth I
in the same league. SIS ~.
The Wheeling management has ar
f1ugeCl1 p0fs . oefte8, Oh tuEEel lsAluStl
with Mansfield 1t the start OF the 4ntaE-
state seabon. instead d the two that aFe
scheduled. Games viii be played hero
on T1esdRy, WEDNESDAY and ThurBdGy
April q, Is and -. Then the teams 50
to Mansfield for games on Friday and
Saturday. 80 80
Catcher Tufs, signed In February by
Coyle, d making trouble with the man.
aEemeFlt. he has asked for . bunch Of
advance money, but Coyle has given
him the ciamEny hand and orders him
to report here next "Wednesday e he
wants 70 keep out Of trouble, From
ZanesvilIe comes the word that Toft
signed With Suunneras team last De-
cember. Even u wheeling ahonld lose
the man, which Is not likely there
would not be Z great deal Of displeaeute
here. for MesBitt Is Ear and away pet'
ter catcher.
After playing zanesvllle on Saturday,
April q, the WheelinGB may play
abroad on Sunday. on Monday they
will rest 1t home, 80 as to be IN good
shape for the hrBt championship game
with Mansfield on Tuesday.
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