The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-22
CONTRACT NO /.
lin, Ercn Received by the Wheeling
Management, and 1t Contains the
signature Of Jack Donavln..A Fairy
Tale From Springfield. tg

lin, ErCn Received ny the wheeling
Management, and 1t Contains the
signature Of Jack Donavin-.A Fairy
Tale From Springfield. ~
The management of the Wheeling
bsse ball club last night received the
first contract of the season, and 1t con-
,alrs the signature of popular Jack
DonayIn, the clever outGelder.. who. so
MANY local fans believe. is destined to
make his mark in fast company. He
MAYED with the Wheeling team OF 1895,
In, Ut that timo lacked experience, and
vu, let ~ before the season ended.
,rc is enc of the fastest Of outilcldcrs,
and his batting optics have vastly i'm
nroyrd since 'gJ He will be given II
thorough trial. but Will have to put
nm 4 rrrat game. for Lytlc. DObbs and
Farrell are Il great trio OF outilelders.
nnd ponavin will secure n job only by
showing greater speed than Farrell or
Dobbs, l.ytlc's position, OF course. be-
Ing assured.
fairy tale comes from Springfield
ia tho effect that the stockholders of
Tho club there will make an effort TO
secure another franchise In the Inter-
state. The plan Is 10 nave the leagues
circuit enlarged TO ten clubs. and adj
nit Springfield and Columbus. This
doesn't look good. even on paper. and
wouldn't 20 through In a thousand
years. The league has jus. unloaded
lis Springfield burden, and none of the
clubs are DESTROYS of another expert
cncc with the gubcrnatorial village.
Columbus may come In, IL Fort Wayne
or Mansfield drops out, as exclusively
tipped In yesterdays lntcllisencer, but
Springfield never. There is some talk
NJ admitting Columbus and Saginaw.
thus Increasing the circuit to ten clubs.
Saginaw Is favored for the reason that
two Michigan clubs would break the
iump from Grand Rapids. Nothing
definite will be determined until II Is
known whether or not Columbus Is to
be In the Western league this year.
The Wheeling management intends
70 put out limited. edition OF season
hooks, Not over 100 will be issued.
FOR the management realizes that the
season book revenue will be good
thing at the start but a big handicap
later In the season. The books will
have seventy coupons, and will be
transferable.
The Wheeling Railway Company has
given assurance that the Island park
will he put into first class condition for
the ball club. The park was neglected
last summer. and is in bad shape now.
II is said Jack GlasScOck has applied
!nr the position Of manager ara first
llssmau Of the Fort Wayne Club. II
Is hoped the "old man" will catch on
!" this job. for he would be- one OF the
best drawing cards in the league. Per-
haps Fort Wayne wouldn't draw here.
\ story Is going the rounds that
Frank TorreysOn. manager OF the
Grand Rapids club, recently wrote
two letters. in one sending s. TO his
wife, and in the other declining to give
~" OF his players 81 advance money.
according to Frank. he made Il mistake,
aad enclosed the money in the wrong
envelope The story is good one.
hui SOME one in Wheeling is unkind
enough to arise and remark that he
doesn't believe T0rreysOn would ever
looScn up to the extent of giving So TO
lis wife or any one else. However.
EaIs putting it little strong.