The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-07
SPORT.
@%&@oo~oo 5000
BASEBALL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The sporting editor OF tho Intelllsen-
f,r IA IN receipt OF aletter from Man.
prer Trark W. Torreyson. late OF
wheeling and more recently Of Grand
Rapids. which Is 60 Yearly q copy OF
what the same gentleman wrote to the
Register and News. published Sunday,
tha: II Is not given space this morning.
As 4 matter OF fact II Is not worth pub
llrnt.un, except as an exhibition or the
depth OF perhdy Int. whEh these
smooth gentlemen who dabble In pro-
son hopes that he will not he roasted
for giving Wheeling ..the throw.down"
his own words--and then proceeds TO
rive puer!le excuses for the rank
;reachery he has shown Ia his transac.
tIorg with tho Wheeling base ball pub
Nc lie recounts Grand Rapids advan-
;aEes and says the $500 donation aud
The assurance OF Sunday bail lost tho
day for Wheeling. But Slr. Torreyson
fnrGets: !: la no. d question OF Grand
Rapids advantages or disadvantages,
EeIlhcr Il Il q matter. OF weighing
Wheeling ard Grand Rapids and decid-
ing In favor ofithe more desirable city.
The point Mr.. 'rorreyson fails to re-
member Is that lie bought the Wheel
Ing club last fall, and that so long as
he Is able To locate advantageous
grounds In this city (and which he Is
able TO do) he Is In honor, and perhaps
legally, bound to remain here, and IL
he does not desire ~ remain, Wheeling
should not be made TO lose her place In
professional base bail because her oil
mate does not agree with the McKees-
port man. As far as Grand Rapids Is
concerned. II raised the value OF every
other Interstate league franchise In the
open market-but what O 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: IL he
leaves It means that Mr.. Power and the
other gentlemen, who awarded the
Wheeling franchise 10 Torreyson last
fall after the Coyle fasco, were acting
IN bad faith toward the Wheeling base
ball public. The bare idea that tho
Wheeling franchise has fallen into the
hands OF q 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 bus disgust all hon
est sportsmen.
But 1t Is not get assured that Mr.. Tor
reyson will be able to follow the be-
hests Of Armor and YourSman-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 rather
compact circuit. not very expensive to
travel, while with Grand Rapids In the
league Springfield viii have to be
thrown into the EASTERN division with
Mansfield, New Castle and YounGs-
town. making 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
InagEates relative to the fact that good
grounds can be secured In Wheeling at
any time. This may render 1t impos-
sible for the conspirators to push their
scheme through at the YOUNGSTOWN
meeting. which will be held week from
Tomorrow. President Power has al
ready been told OF the situation here.
il is thought the Dayton trio have mis-
represented the facts as to their abil-
~ TO get grounds in Wheeling.