The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-11
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President Pritioe Il ttsieihds Act ID In
Awarding lvhesiing ftaneI, iss-- will
Walt to Tear from Starr, the Toledo
M.n-May be Settled To-day. NJ
Since Wheeling was knocked out of
Interstate league membership there.
spectlyc courses OF Tho Wheeling papers
havc been Interesting. While the Rests.
Ter was Indifferent and seemed to feel
that there Mas an end 10 professional
bail here, and the News openly hostile
10 any movement TO secure entrance In
20 another league,the Inteiilgencer, on
the other hand, saw In tho Ohio. state,
league chance to restore Wheeling to
position In the world Of base ball. and
has worked earnestly and efticlentlyto.
ward that end, 80 that now the. two pal
pers. referred to have come around to
the point OF catering to the demand OF
the public for a ball club, and realizing
the truth OF the axiom .'betteriate, than
never" have swu,,s into line for an
Ohio league club. The 1atellIgencer
does not usually refer 70 these frequent
sins OF omission on the part OK the Reg.
is,cr and OF !iair.bralncd Commission
by the News. but the case In point Is 30
apparent that II has been generally
commented upon blythe base ball pub
lie, which sees that the ,Intelllgencer's
agitation OF the subject has resulted in
the certainty Of q professional club be-
ing located here. yl
When the Intelllgencer. after, the Tor
reyson thow-down. advocated the Ohio
league possibility, there seemed for q
time q lukewarlnness among the fans,
but they have, come around to this pa
per's position, which may be summed
up in these words:
1T IS BETTER TO POSSESS A
WINNING TEAM IN WHAT SOME,
PEOPLE MAY TERM A WEAK
LEAGUE THAN TO BE BuRDENED
WITH A LOSING TEAM IN A MORE
PRETENTIous LEAGUE" #
But It looked for q time as though
nobody would come forward and or.
Eaasze a club. Finally Mr.. Joseph a.
Starr, OF Toledo, decided he would or
gau!ze a club. and his success and eS-
perience In managing Lima IN tho Ohio
Northwestern League last summer
made him promising manager Tor
Wheeling. With an eleventh hour.
Iecklessness Of judgment and an entire
absence OF good Sense, the News ignor-
unity inquiries, who Is Starr" For
tho benefit OF. the sheet mentioned. Il
may not be amiss to reply that an 'ordl-
narlly well posted sporting writer would
not be guilty OF showing before an
amused public his glarlng ignorance.
The News knows well enough who
Starr is. and Is simply giving event to
is top-heavy load OF spleen. Had Starr
chosen to write to the News for infor-
uiatlon OF the prospects herein mo-
men: OF mental alteration Of which It
Is hoped he could not have been guilty
--what.a different; position. the. News
would haze. taken! But since Mr.. Starr
Qutc sensibly did not take that course
the sheet mentioned sees nothing OF
merit IN. him.
The Intellisencery will loyalty support,
the club, no matter under whose man
agement 1t Is organized, Saturday after
room Il looked as though W. II. BUGGY
and Harry %pritchard would run the
club. a telegram having been received
from President Prince. stating that he
would award them the franchise. SAT-
uriay night, however, another tele-
gram was received from Prince. which
ehtrely re-opens the matter. The later
telegram says:
,"Will hold franchise until Starr
writes" !.
Starr has wired that he will be in
Wheeling on. Monday evening. Before
coming here to confer with interested
parties regarding grounds 1. IS suppo5-
ed he will stop ut Coshocton and make
his formal application to President
Prince for tho franchise. After Prince
has heard from Starr he will Eno doubt
come to decision and announce the
person or persons to whom he will
award the franchise. Then ev-
cryboiy ought TO get together
and pull 70: the Wheeling club.
The uncertainty must end at the
earliest possible moment, for there is
little enough timeiin which to prepare
the grounds Tor the opening game,
which is likely TO .oe played about May
10. u the Wheeling grounds are not In
shape for the Start at home. the club
vii. be scheduled abroad until the park
IS ready. ~ ,,j
II has beer said that Wheeling does
not W3nt another experience with out
side management, Although this city's
experience with outsiders In the past
has not been encouraging there Is 10th
iIS, to show that Starr will repeat it.
and IL addition 1. is possible--probable.
In iact--that in the even: he secures
the franchise he will associate himself
with vel! known and reliable Wheel
ing business man who will have the
business management, OF the clubs af-
fairs. This would, OF course, still the
cutlery against outside managers. The
4outcrS. as mater OF fact, Is not justI-
Nco;j nearly every club In the country
IS managed by experienced baEe bail
men not residents OF the city In which