The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14

Peter HCniy and ''Pop" Lytle Acquire
II from Mr.. HOwelI-Nicholson. and
C'Harn Released President Powers
lIcsigas.
The Wheeling base ball club changed
hands Saturday. as was predicted ear
lier in the week. W. b. Howell dis
poses OF the club to Messrs. Peter
Healy and ex-Sianager Edward B. Ly-
he for a cash consideration Of $500,
and with the proviso that he is to take
down the $500 OF the Wheeling club In
the league guarantee fund. the owners
10 replace that sum, so the coBsldera-
ZION is really 1880. The deal was eff
tective Saturday afternoon, the receipts
n, the Youngstown Wheeling game be-
ing divided equally between Howell
and Lyle and Healy.
saturday night the new management
released Manager and First Baseman
'Parson" Nicholson and Right Fielder
OHaTa. Then the team went to Day.
ton. and the new management Inau-
gurated itself with q crushing defeat
al the hands OF the "Old Soldiers" the
StogIes being beaten to the tune Of %
to4. Wells was pounded all over the
iot. and the Wheellngs distinguished (?)
themselves by making ten errors, Pitch
or Poole played at FIRST base, and Lyle
resumed his old position In right field.
Monday Is an OF day: then the team
ross 10 Fort Wayne and Springfield,
and returns home next week. The new
management, It Is given out, viii sign
another pitcher to help out Wells, Par
H.. haNNa
oyrrwOrked, and hard-hittlnB first
basamnn is wanted. Otherwise there
viii be no change at present.
II Is learned that gentlemen who are
connected with the Wheeling Railway
Company are Indirectly interested In
thc new management. and II e said
this Interest Is brought about by the
desire to secure the Judge briggs prop
perty, over the river. back Of Bridge
port. on the Wheeling Railway Com
pany's line, where II Is thought Sunday
base ball may be made so. Whether
a park will be put up there this sum
mer Is doubtful. but a Sunday park
there next spring is said to be on the
cards. An effort to play Sunday ball
over the river Ave years ago failed.
To-day. at Mansfield, the Interstate
maEnates are to meet at the call OF
IFeElQtuL A<uhEAGH d EONNAs - W.
gram to ex-President Howell gives the
reason for this meeting. The tele-
gram reads:
PITTSBURGH, August Il.
". 3. Howell. Wheeling;
/ will not longer serve as president.
League meeting next MoHdsy, ,6 az New
Castle. c b. 70" En-
Later the place of meeting was
49, - NfaWnAniH
The meeting will be attended by eX-
President Howell and Mr. Healy, one
Of the new owners OF the club. MI.
Howell will pull down his $500 in the
guarantee fund, and Mr.. Healy VIII
replace It with his half thousand. Mr..
Howell goes loaded with receipts from
his players. showing that he Is square
with the base bail world. For
Mr.. Howell. Il can be sald
that he has done what few Wheel
ing magnates can point to-he hns paid
of every cent OF his obligations, ana
for this he is deserving Of NIL credit.
His connection with base ball was I'M
fortunate: first, he ran up against the
long street car strike. and this was fol-
lowed by the disappointing showing OF
the team and the consequent loss OF
public Interest to a considerable degree.
Notwithstanding these and other dis
couragements. he has pulled out OF the
game without the loss OF cent, and
under the circumstances this is q stTik.
ing testimonial 10 the high quality oil
Wheeling as base ball town.
President Powers resignation comes
as q surprise to many people, but n
surmIse Of It's cause which Ia probably
correct Is the dissatisfaction that arose
out OF Mr.. Powers willingness 70 have
the league sacrifice Grand Rapids one
Of the best towns on the circuit for that
dead one" Columbus. which ii turn
has been releEated for another base
ball graveyard. Springfield. Possibly.
too. his newspaper work has been IN
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