The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-07
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P(.)ER I
BASE BALI.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


The sporting editor OF the Intelligent
,,r Ia In receipt OF a letter from Man.
Drer Trark VI Torreyson, late OF
wheeling and more recently Of Grand
EapiGs. which !s 90 nearly a copy OF
wha, the same gentleman wrote 10 the
Register and News, publ!shed Sunday,
iha; II Is not given space this morning.
Asa matter OF fact II Is not worth pub
ilcat.un, except as an exhibition or the
depth OF periidy Into whhh these
smooth gentlemen who dabbie In pro-
tessIonal base bali can delvc. Torrey-
son hopes that he Will not be roasted
for giving Wheeling "the throw.down"
his own words-and then proceeds TO
give puerlle excuses for the rank
;reachery he has shown In his ,ransuc-
lions with the Wheeling base ball pub
rc, lie recounts Grand Rapids advan-
;agcs and says the $500 donation and
the assurance OF Sunday bail lost the
day for Wheeling. But Mr. Torreyson
forgets; !: Is 10: a question of Grand
Rapids advantages or disadvantages,
neither Is Il matter OF weighing
Wheeling ard Grand Rapids and. decId-
Ing In favor ofIthe more desirable city.
The point Mr.. Torreyson falls to re-
member Is that he bought the Wheel
Ing club last fall, and that SO long as
he Is able TO locate advantageous
grounds In this city land which he Is
able TO do) he iS In honor, and perhaps
legally bound TO remain here. and IL
he does not desire to remaln, Wheeling
should not be made to lose her place in
professional base bull because her cli-
I.au at >,
port man. As far as Grand Rapids Is
concerned. It raised the value OF every
other Interstate league franchise In the
open market-but what q howl would
arise II the Youngstown, Dayton or
Mansfield club owners were to sell out
between two days and leave one Of
those towns in the cold! The situation
resolves Itself Into Just this: So long
as Torreyson can secure grounds here
lie Is in honor bound to stay: if he
leaves 1t means that Mr.. Power and the
other gentlemen, who awarded the
Wheeling franchise to Torreyson last
fall after the Coyle fiasco, were acting
in bad faith toward the Wheeling base
ball public. The bare idea that the
Wheeling franchise has fallen into the
hands OF person who hawks It about
the country, without regard to the OBJ
legations he Is under to remain In the
city the league awarded him, Is nau-
seating and cannot but disgust all hon
est sportsmen.
But It Is not yet assured that Mr.. Tor
reyson will be able to follow the be-
hests of Armor and Youngman-the
men who, more than Torrcyson, have
brought about the present disgusting
spec.acle--and locate In Grand Rapids.
Some OF the Interstate league mag
mates object to the change on account
OF the long jump to the Michigan town
from Toledo and Fort Wayne. With
Wheeling in the league there Is a rather
compact circuit, not very expensive to
travel, while with Grand Rapids in the
league Springfield will have to be
thrown into the easterU division with
Mansfield, New Castle and Youngs-
town. making a clrcuI. that would
break up half the club owners before the
season IS half played out. Steps will be
taken to enl!ghten all the Interstate
magIates relative to the fact that good
grounds can be secured In Wheeling al
any time. This may render II impos-
sib!e for the conspirators to push thei,
scheme through at the Youngstown
meeting. which will be held week from
Tomorrow. President Power has al
ready been told OF the situation here.
i Is thought the Dayton trio have mis-
represented the facts as to their abil-
~ 10 get grounds in Wheeling.