Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-25
CINCINNATI Us. WHEELING.
The Inter City Bowling Contest To-
Night at Fette's.
Tre Ohio Players Arrived Yester-
day Afternoon, and CHARTERED aJ
the Windsor-Arr Tor
tho Contest-Nation League
Ball Games Yesterday = Other
Sporting Matters.


The Inter-city bowling contest pc
tween teams representing Clncinnau
. and Wheeling will begin at Fettes
Harvest Home alleys tonight, ana
there will be large number OF deVo-
tees of the game to encourage the local
lignum vitae tossers. The Cincinnati
foam arrived in the city yesterday af-
ternoon. and were given rooms at tne
Hotel Windsor. There are eight bowl
ers in the party, and it is the intention
to use all of them in the contests.
They were called upon by members Oh
the local team during the afternoon
and evening. and will spend several
hours to-day in familiarizing them
selves with the alleys. Mr.. Kuppinger,
a former Wheeling bowler, is one OF the
"crack" representatives of Cincinnati,
and has a number Of warm friends
among the Wheeling players.
If confidence will win to-night's bat
tie. victory will certainly be the por-
ton of the visitors. They seem to be
imbued with the idea that they have
what would, in sidewalk parlance, be
termed snap" They gravely in
formed the local bowlers that they do
not expect to make any strings under
SOC pins. This would be an average OF
$50 pins to the player. If the visitors
have any desire to back their Judgment
with cold cash, they will find any
amount to wager that they will not ay-
erage IT'S pins to the man.
The captain of the visiting club re-
quested one of the local players to en-
deavor to get out a strong team-the
strongest possible team, in fact-in or
der that there will be an actual sem"
blance of contest. And this was not
spoken in jest, either. 1t caused the
local players to wonder whether the
visitors imagine that they are putting
up their $500 merely for the sake Of
witnessing an exhibition by Cincin-
natl. Kuppinger displayed $500 dia-
mond studded medal which he won as
a bowling prize in Cincinnati, and he
appears to be the real thing on the
Ohio alleys. Now, Mr.. Kuppinger was
not regarded as wonder in Wheeling.
and the local players are confident that
their team can defeat five Kuppingers.
The games tonight and tomorrow
will be very interesting, and will be
stubbornly fought. The team to repre-
George Hervey, Will Stevenson. Harry
Campbell, Will Fette and w. c. Hand
Ian, Jr-a quintette of bowling beau
ties, who may be depended upon to
give a good account of themselves,
and send the Cincinnati crowd home
with a more intelligent conception of,
and a more wholesome respect for, the
ability Of the local players. The Gin
cinnati team is composed of R. Daiker,
Robert Mague, c. O. Grenlich, Chas.
Sehad, George Kuppinger, Geo. Otto
Klensener and Philip Smith.
The men will probably line up as fol-
lows:
Wheeling-Hervey, Handlan, Fette.
Campbell, Stevenson.
Cincinnati-Smith, Daiker, Klensen-
er Kuppinger and Grenlich.
The officials will be as follows: UNI
pires, E. J. MCGOWAN and Harry V.
Ankle; pin judges, J. G. Stamp and
Frank Early.
Both sides deposited the remainder
Of the stake money last night, and
certified check for the $500 will be ex-
hibited in J. c. Stamps window to-day.
The contest will begin at SIS o'clock
sharp.