The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-22
AN AWFUL LAY.DOWN.
A Fort Wayne Papers Story Of the
slaughter OF the stogics Thursday
Afternoon The Game Became II
r!,rcc pure aud SinDl0A

A Fort Wayne Papers Story of the
slaughter OF the stogics Thursday
Afternoon - The Game Became II
Farce Pure and SimplO.2
The following is the Fort Wayne Jour
nal-Gazette's account OF the awful
slaughter of the Wheelings at Fort
Wayne on Thursday afternoon. II the
facts are as stated the Wheeling man
agement deserves the seyerest condem-
nation at the hands of The fans at
home.
, After the game was over yesterday
Jack Glasscock was not very tender in
his expression of his opinion OF Howell,
WheelIng's fat manager. GlasscocKs
sentiments expressed the feeling OF
every person inside the enclosure, who
had an opportunity TO witness Howell $
arbitrary actions, and the manner IN
which he tried to kill the snort In TINS
city, by his baby and exceedingly DUMP
act yesterday afternoon. These senu-
ments further express the feeling OF the
members OF the Wheeling bnse bail
club who win voice the opinion that
Howell should be working for some
street cleaning company Instead OF try
ing to run a base ball club
Through his dirty work, when Bnbb
was with that club, he assessed line
against Charley for alleged Indifferent
playing. He wanted Babb TO pay $50
for 1t. and Howell held back his salary
II has come to light that most Of the
money retained by Howell WIS in way
loaned 70. the Wheeling club by Babb
as the money should have been paid to
tI,s v.fr,rIur rug lnN and he did
NOT draw II then. After thai he was
fined. Bnbb was determined 10 have
what was coming to him and he
brought an attachment suit against the
Wheeling share OF the gate receipts.
This. with the fact that his bunch or
abused ball players did not have q
chance 10 win yesterday no doubt
prompted the Wheeling manlto make q
complete farce out OF the game with
the evident purpose In view OF killing
the game In this city.
Everything went well In thd first In
ming. but when Babb came up In the
second inning and sent the bal sailing
over the left Held fence for Home run,
driving In a man ahead of him, II set
the wheels to working IN the head Of
1ne Howell, and IL was notclVpg until
ais crazy ldcna prompted hits 10 bic
oh his own nose iiguratiyciNsb aaklng.
IS Babb trotted home HoWAl, did not
look at him until Charley had taken his
seat and then he gave him n sort OF Il
half angry glance and thtSeI his
score card. 0rt
After the next two innlnESothc crazy
spell again attacked him. H. showed
his mental weakness hy q l.yrlt, ~ fore
slight In What 10 undertook ~ do lie
did not seem to realize thntsthr SEIZED
ule made It necessary fur' DE Fort
Wayne public TO be tolerated With him
for the remainder 0f the wcpk. n he
had used the sense ordinarily, Tgssrss ii
by man he would have ss3IF-1hat he
is losing himself many doll1Sby XIII
ing the game. for he had To Play here
next Sunday and with no at1hdnncr,
nj the game To Epcnk Of, he wibhnyc tp
call upon the financial back6r Of the
club for fnuds to carry his dissnlisnci
players over the country.
II was In the ffth innipS when
Howell threw to the four Winds what
little judgment he might hryGpossess-
cd and told him men 10 maknel tarce OF
the game. He gave them sttgt orders
10 lay down. and this they hid 10 do,
although II was against their better
judgment. The players could not be