Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
BASE BALL FOR CHARITY.
A Game to Be Played Soon at the
Island Ball Park
And the Proceeds Will Be Divided
Among the Orphans Homes OF
This y-Glasscock and Nichol
Will Captain the Clubs The Sit
uation in the Interstate League.
Notes Of Interest Concerning the
Interstate and National Leagues.

Notes of Interest Concerning the
Interstate and National LEAGUES.
Jack" Giasscock and Sammy"
Nichol, two as popular ball players as
ever graced diamond have agreed to
captain teams which will meet at the
Island ball park in the near future.
They have offered their services for
sweet charity" the proceeds of the
game to be placed in the hands of the
sporting editor of the Register, to be
distributed among the orphans homes
OF Wheeling. 1t was the first inten-
ton to offer the proceeds to the fund
for the families of the sailors who were
killed on the battleship Maine.
The game will be played at the ISL
and Park, which can no doubt be
secured free of charge for this very
worthy cause. The price of admission
Will be but ten cents, and it is thought
there will be no difficulty in disposing
OF at least 1000 tickets. Merchants
| and others who desire to purchase
tickets in large numbers may send in
their orders through the Register, after
definite arrangements have been made.
The date for the game has not been
fixed, but it will be about the first of
April, as the professional ball players
who live in Wheeling must report to
their clubs soon after that time.
Capt. Glasscock will select his play
ers from the Island and the upper
| wards of the city, while Capt. Nichols
team will come from the South Side.
There is an abundance of good mater
ial from which TO make selections,
from the professional and amateur
| ranks, and most of the following
named players will probably be found
in the two clubs;
Glasscock's team-"Jack" Giasscock,
Bobby McNichol, Frank Kincheloe
Anderson, Red Gillegan, McCombs,
MCGEE, Johnson, McConkey.
Nichols Sammy Nichols,
Jack" Crogan, Mike Hobrecht, Chas
Hydinger, Reiver. Harry Pritchard,
Billy" Marley. Shird Leach, Lucas,
Johnson, Sammy" Chambers.
McNichol or McCombs will probably
| pitch for the Island team, and Lucas
for the South Side team. A good game
of ball is promised, and there should
| be liberal response when the tickets
are placed on sale.
| There is quintette of ball players
who are working the frost out of their
arms in the gymnasium. They are
practicing daily, and will be in good
| shape when the season opens The
quintette is composed of Jack" Glass
! cock, captain of the St. PAUL team;
! Sammy" Nichol. captain of the Mil
! waukee team Mike Hobrecht, out
fielder for Springfield Harry Pritch-
| ard. first baseman for Fort Wayne
and Jimmy Lucas, pitcher for Grand
| Rapids Hand ball is the favorite
method of loosening up the joints.
! Yesterday afternoon there was very
exciting game between teams compos-
| ed of Hobrecht and Tom Duffy on one
| side, and Nichol and Pritchard on the
| other, with Glasscock officiating as
| referee The latter won by a score Of
| II to II.
! Wheelings rock-ribbed, copperbot-
| toned. dyed-in-the-wool "rooters" are
| worried.
| During the winter months they for
| tilted themselves for argument by
reading up on the records of players,
/ being deprived of an Interstate club
! because of the much discussed ground
| question. Wheeling has been an I'M
| certainty every winter, and matters
| lad always righted themselves in the
| spring. This fresh scare was simply
| newspaper talk" and the League
| could not exist without Wheeling in
! the circuit
L ~
| tain degree of confidence in Mr. Tor
reyson and President Power, and no
| injustice is done to either gentleman
when it is asserted that that conf
! dence has been rudely shattered. 1t
| is TO their duplicity alone that the
| fans" charge the failure to provide
! professional ball in this city, and all
the evidence in the case sustains their
| position. Mr.. Torreyson has made
| false promises to Wheeling, while at
| the same time using the local fran
chise for speculative purposes. He has
given this city very unsportmanlike
/ throw-down, and Wheeling would not
| patronize a ball club under his man
agement. even if the deal with Grand
| Rapids should fail TO materialize The
most surprising thing is that President
( j
in his schemes. Torreyson says senti-
| ment cuts no figure with him, that it
| is solely matter of business; but II
appears to overlook the fact that there
is one sentiment-"ho honesty is the best
| policy which applies to base ball as
| we'll as everything else.
Now there is a discussion concern
| ing the possibility of Wheeling yet
| breaking into the Interstate League,
| through the creation of necessity for
a city to take the place of New Castle
| or Springfield. The report comes from
the latter city that it is not "shaky,"
and as for New Castle it has always
literally supported its clubs. 1t will
not do to place Wheeling in the humi-
liating position of begging for fran
! chise. 1t is altogether likely that the
| Interstate magnates will be after this
city before the season is many months