Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
E0H1ES FROM THE ALLEYS.
General News Notes Pertaining to
Lignum Vitae TosSers
THE WHEELING TOURNAMENT AT
FETTE'S is RAPIDLY AP-
PREACHING A CLOSE, AND THE
MOZART SUMMER LEAGUE is
FILLING RETROSPECTIVE FIN
ISH IN THE WHEELING TOUR
NAMENT = NOTES, PERSONAL
AND OTHERWISE.

The Wheeling tournament has just
finished. adding another successful
week to its spotless record so far this
season, and the race, as it is drawing
to a close, is becoming very exciting
to the leaders. The Wheeling team
lost game unexpectedly last week.
but still they are on easy street. and
have first money, (Which is $500, be-
yond a doubt, while it now begins to
look as if the All Alikes would take
second, ($25), since the Bowlers lost
two last Friday, thereby widening the
margin between themselves and the All
Alikes. The race between the Bowlers
and All Alikes has been very deter
mined fight throughout the entire sea-
son, for it was soon seen that the
Wheelings were too strong for the 9TH
er teams and soon had a lead that was
hard to overtake. Then it was that
the fight between the Bowlers and All
Alikes started in earnest, and has been
waged the same way ever since, until
now it looks like the Bowlers must be
satisfied with the third $500 money.
Next in the race come the Puritans,
who will take fourth money (S15) in
a walk, and when their team is locked
over one begins to wonder why they
didn't finish higher in the race, but
the answer can only be that according
to their team average they are getting
all they deserve, and a close observer
would also notice that from the deliv-
cry CT some of that team they have in
them the making of good bowlers.
Fifth money, (Which is 500, will be
taken care OF by Sid Saryer's Golden
Rods who have it "cinched' by win
ning the two from Henning's Bowlers.
The Golden Rods never were pushed
very hard for fifth money, in fact Sid
started in to beat out the PuritaLs
once, and while he paid no attention
to fifth place and could see nothing
but fourth money, the Cronies slipped
upon his team and came within an ace
of taking fifth off of his team. Sid has
had hard time OF, it this season. First
his men would get careless and didn't
seem to care whether the street car
men went on strike Or not, then
when he had his men in line, again the
Cronies would be close upon his heels
again, so taking it all around Sid Sar-
yer has lost many a nights sleep on
account of his team of Golden Rod
bowlers. Many was the time that Sid
called up Fette's telephone and would
plead for an hour at time to have a
weak team against him that he might
win.
The Cronies will be satisfied with
the empty honor of sixth place, but it
looks as If they were booked for the
seven dollars that goes to the team of
the last five at the beginning of the
third series winning the most games in
the third series, on which they appear
to have good hold just now, their
only close opponent being the Aber Nit,
but the Cronies feel safe and have al
ready decided upon how they will spend
the money
The Aber Nits have been holding
down seventh place for a long time,
and now twill be impossible to lose it.,
but like the Cronies, it is an empty
honor, yet they have fighting chance
for the seven dollars from the new race
with the Cronies, but the latter are al
most certain of taking the seven dol
lars, while the Aber Nits have the sec
ond safe (Which is 5000, with no close
competitors.
The Rum Dums come next by a lead
of two games, and even if they do get
to finish eighth they will have only
the honor. but honor to Rum Dunn
has a meaning which only a Rum DUN
knows. Big Bill has long crayed to
finish at least above the La Bellies and
Frog Horns. and it seems his desire
will be gratified. Dad Stein seems
disappointed, for he said: Il would at
least like to have passed 'Dutchy'
Wilhelm's team" but as Dad has a
forgiving nature he will no doubt look
over what Wilhelm said to Roy Miller.
Then Bill Hastings promises to be
sole proprietor of the ninth space, and
it looks as if nobody would dispute
him. Of course it is another case Of
empty honors, but Bill and his team of
bowlers have gotten a vast amount of
good sound information and know all
about conducting a bowling team, and
with about ten years more experience,
will know a good deal about how to
bowl.
Last, but not least, comes Fiddle
Rolls team, who are holding up their
place in the race like a company of
COxey's hobos. Fiddle feels elated at
the position his team has held at the
bottom, for, as he says, eff a person
through a mistake picks up his morn
ing paper upside down, then my team
is on top" That seems very little con-
ISOLATION, but it satisfies the Frog
Horhs. Fiddle has become very popu-
lar by the manly way in which he has
conducted his team throughout the
tournament, and if Fiddle ever is. a
candidate for any Office he will certain
ly get it. Some are thinking of run
ming him for Waterman at the pest
house."
Below will be found the standing of
the ten teams, showing the number of
games won and lost, percentage, aver
ages for the last two weeks, the sched-
ule for the coming week and the stand