The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-22

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in time the game would have been
without a mlsplay. Both teams were on
their mettle. and the game went to
Wheeling only after a holly contested
argument.
Parvin pitched good. steady ball from
start 20 finish, and his recent whrlS Is
showing the fans how good man was
secured in 'Bones.'g
piggy" Ward tried hard to rattle
Parvin, but without success. He
thought he had Zones" going when he
sprang this on Wheellng,s big pitcher:
These Boaeg Shall Rise Again
Bones merely smiled and pitched
Poole jumped into the game at third
yesterday afternoon and played a re-
markabie game, one, that any third
baseman IN the country would find II
difficult to approach. Undoubtedly
Poole Is the best all-around man In the
Interstate.
Poole is slated to pitch this afternoon,
unless one of the new pitchers arrive.
Smith will twlrl for the Manshelds to-
day. He ranks among the best pitchers
in the league.
Hooray! BY winning from Mansfield
yesterday, while Springfield defeated
Dayton, the WheellnRs pass up the line
into sixth place. Now for fifth place;
Youngstown Is within reach, boys,
There will be a double-header to-mor-
row for one admission.
This ia ladies' day. Admission and
grand stand free to tho fair ones
The washington National league
team crosses bats with Wheeling on
Thursday,
Next Sunday afternoon at Canton the
Wheeling and youngstown teams play
two championship games. The Wheel
ing Butchers Association runs dollar
excursion to Canton the same day, and
hundreds Of the local fans are planning
to 20 up to the Presidential village es-
pecially to root for the Stogies'
Five straight-and four Of them won
away from home, Not 80 bad Is ltf
Lyle, whistler Loahy and Donuhue
were all given the. glad hand oy the
crowd yesterday afternoon. Lyle re-
sponded in theN second inning with a
clean single over short.
Mr.. Healy: You'll have to get another
pitcher at once or none Of the present
overworked staft will be In condition.
to pitch winning ball
All OF the flrst division clubs except
Fort Wayne lost yesterday. Toledo's
margin Is growing beautifully less
There is no denying the fact that
this has been disastrous year for NIL
nor leagues. Every one Of them has met
with more or less trouble, Some OF
them hive gone under while Others are
apparently struggling In their death
throes. First the Southern league dis"
banded, TO be soon followed by the
Texas league. Some time ago the
Western association collapsed. People
who knew correctly Of Its makeup
were not surprised at It's downfall, Fut
the difficulties that have beset the path
Of the Atlantic league have been such
MS to astonIsh the patrons OF the game
in this section. It has made q game
fight, and at the same time has been
well looked after, but 1t could not with
stand the pressure OF poor attendance
and excessive expenditures. Now the
New England league, once such -four
lshIng organization. has practically bro
ken up, lasting but little longer than
last year.
Tho great cause Of the troubles Of
the leagues In question has been lack OF
patronage. The ball played by them has
been up to any previous standard. and
the general arrangements have been
Just as good as ever. In view Of these
truths It must now be admitted that the
public Is not so anxious about the ma
tional game as formerly. That is the
only apparent reason for the decline Of
the little leagues. The attendance at
the Western league games has been far
short Of expectations, and there has
had to be shift there. Even the Inter-
state league. that stood the test last
year nobly has had to make change
or two during the season. SO that It Is
absolutely safe to come to the conclus-
lon that the game Is not as popular
among the masses this year as It was
two or three years ago.-Sportlng Life.