The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-06
OXING. 8 CYCLING.
THE ISLAND WINS.
The Wheeling Ball Club will Use the
Island Grounds This scason-Sun-
day Base Ball, Apparently, will
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Island Grounds This scason--Sun-
day Base Ball, Apparently, will
Now Take n Back Seat. -
The fans" Of the Island and the
oyer-the- river towns will receive with
satisfaction the news that the Wheel
Ing base ball club will be at home
through the season OF 1899 at the park
on the Island. The change from the
ayowed intention OF the club to locate at
new grounds on the line Of the Wheel
ing & Elm Grove road neart Fulton.
where 1t would be possible to play
Sunday ball. was brought about be-
cause the club and the Elm Grove peo-
pie were unable to close their. agree
ment after 1t had been given out that 1t
was already practically concluded.
The hitch arose through the location
Of the park within few feet Of the fer
tllzer plant on the bank Of Wheeling
creek; this location was vigorously OBJ
jected to. but as a change could not be
eieCteu Sue Siup NItiluleW lloili lts ne
go,iatIons with the Elm Grove and be-
gan very serious Irritation with Sec
tetary Shirley, of the Wheeling Railway.
Company. owner of the park on the Is-
land. Mr.. Shirley wasn't at all coy and
responded to the ball clubs advances
with readiness that was most salts
factory to the latter. The result was
the closing OF a contract last night, by
which the club agrees to play. all its
weekday games on the Island grounds
during the season of 1899.
Mr.. Howell said this arrangement was
final: the contract had been entered in
to. and IL the Wheeling & Elm Grove
company wanted the club to play Sun
day ball at park on Its line, the park
would be used FOR the Sunday games
only. AS the Elm Grove people have
heretofore held out that they would not
be justified In going to such heavy eX-
pense for Sunday games alone, 1t looks
as though there will be TO Interstate
games here on the Sabbath. This deyel-
apment will be received with eatisfac-
ton by u portion OF the public, but
there are others who will learn OF 1t
with regret, especially the many mill
men who have importuned the club TO
make every effort TO play Sunday ball.
The Wheeling Railway Company win
make number Of improvements at the
Island park. The diamond VIII be so
changed that the catcher will-line up in
front OF the center of the grand stand.
The left field fence will be extended
fifty feet toward the back river. Above
the ferce BY the steel bridge there will
re 4 lattce-work screen that gill shut
OF the outside view OF the ball games
trlfen advantage of by SO many last
sH'iag when the sfortlived Ohio league
club occupied the park Another i'm
NroycmeEt is players, club house, four
teen by thirty feet, which will be loca-
ted uff right field near the bleachers.
Tie entrance 10 the grand stand Will.
be ~ 4 broad stairway at the 3aar. The
seats will be put in GOOD shape and
t!:nsr in the ladies' section are to be car
peted. Additional bleachers ere to be
PIX up, increasing the seating capacity
a. the park from 1900 to over $500. The
railroad company will let tile contract
for the improvements to-day and work
will begin Immediately. There, will be
no difficulty in completing dill the i'm
proyements before the playing season
opens.
AH- lldS u uLZZy SlOTy
10 the effect that New Castle has pur-
chased the release of Catcher Lattl-
mer from New York. for $500. As n
matter Of fact Lattimer was released TO
Wheeling by Dayton and his signed
contract to play with Wheeling this
season was received on Monday of this
week. Lattimer was given :trial by
New York last summer, with :the un-
Outstanding that the was TO he rat,,rn
ed 70 Dayton II he did not make a fix
ture OF himself on the New York team.
AS is well known. New York returned
Latt!mer to Dayton and paid nothing
Tor the player. So the idea OF New York
selling the player to New Castle Is alto
gether laughable, first, because New
York doesn't own the player and, sec
ond, because Interstate teams are not
ouylng players at $500 per" AS the
Blade observes, Il New Castle were to
Guy player for half thousand plunks
the transaction would look very much
Ia Brush.
Officers Of the Youngstown Interstate
club have sent checks to players whose
contracts called for advance money.
PIayers will report next week, William
carney coming from st. Paul, Mimi;
William Corners from Bloomington,
Robert E. Fender from New Orleans;
NJ. J. frost, Philadelphia: Joe Camel
SAGINAW: ]. Van Buren,, Omaha; w.
McCredie. Ottumwa. Iowa: Harry
berth. Kansas City; Heyman, Massil-
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