Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-16
WHEELING Z. TOLEDO 5.
NEW CASTLE II; FORT WAYNE Z.
MANSFIELD 5; GRAND RAPIDS 2.
YOUNGSTOWN l; DAYTON D.

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And early in the morning on the first
day of the week. behold there came
out of the west mighty twirler of
the tribe of Wiltse, yclept Still Bill.
Tall of stature and broad of girth was
he, and with giant stride. And there
came also out of the East one who
WAS known far and wide as Little BIZ
lee. And Little Billee was possessed
of devil which was called Charley
Horse.
Now there lived in this village in the
valley of Ohio a magician who was
much skilled in the art of necromancy.
He was born of the tribe of Lyle, and
he was called Svengali.
And on the afternoon OF the day, the
mighty hosts of Toledo were drawn up
in battle array, and there was mucn
terror in the armies of Wheeling. And
it happened that Still Bill led the war
riors from the banks of the Maumee,
and Little Billee was in the ranks OF
the terrified host of Wheeling. And 1t
came to pass before the battle that
Syengali appeared between the two
armies. And Svengali made divers
motions with his arms, which is called
locus-pocus And behold the devil was
driven out of Little Billee, and it went
into the arm of Still Bill. And the
multitude marveled. And behold Sven
gall made further fearful passes before
the tribes of Toledo, which is called
hypnotism.
And it came to pass that he of the
tribe Of Colgan, which is CALLED UNI
piriticus, bade the warriors to at each
other. And it happened that the
twirler of the army Of Wheeling, who
was of the tribe Of Wells was not
present, but was searching for bottle
which contained liquid which was
called ginger. And Wells did not see
Svengali doing hocus-pocus.
And behold the Toledo warriors
smote the ball with one mighty smite
and divers lesser smits. And in their
Joy, three times did they run around
the battle field, which was called the
diamond. And behold Wells grew very
red in the face And it came to pass
that Svengali, standing afar off, adj
dressed himself to Wells in a loud
voice, saying:
Verify, / say unto you, ginger up,
or defeat most inglorious will be thine.
Thou hast speed to peddle, and curves
most deceptive. Yet art thou like
unto potato-thou art best when thou
art hot. Wherefore, l say unto thee,
ginger up"
And behold Wells heard the voice OF
Svengali.
And he obeyed.
And it came to pass shat he gin
gered, and his fear left him.
-Four times did the warriors of
Wheeling advance against the enemy,
and four times did 4hey retire. And it
came to pass that on the fifth time they
tried to run around the field which is
called the diamond, and two generals
were killed. and a brave warrior of
the tribe of Dobbs was in the hands of
the enemy. Then did the mighty Dur
rett Smite. And it came to pass that
little Billee also smit
Then did the multitude co which
was watching the battle send up
mighty shout. And they said 20 one
another, if the three warriors can reach
that place which is called the home
plate, then would the Maumee war
riors, which are sometimes called Mud
Hens, be routed.
And behold there stepped out from
the ranks warrior called Babb And
1t came to pass that he challenged Still
Bill And Still Bill sent him a ball
and he smote the ball. And the ball
went to the field, which was Svengal-
lzed, and behold the Mud Hens per-
formed that which is called in the
chronicles of the times butter fingers
And so it happened that Dobbs was
rescued from the enemy's hosts.
And it came TO pass that Durrett was
filled with a fear that ne who was
called Dummy would Arescue him.
And he looked to Still Bill AID behold
he saw the devil in Still Bits arm.
And he started to steal quickly to that
place which is called home base. And
1t happened that Still Bill and him
who is called Arthur, tried to stop him,
but Durrett took what is called good
start, and behold he rescued himself.
Whereupon a wild shout of 10Y arose
from the multitude.
And 1t came to pass that consterna-
ton entered the ranks of the Mud
Hens.
And behold Wheeling won a glorious
victory.
And the victorious hosts sang their
battle hymn, which was called All
Teams Look Alike to Us.
And again the rabble maTveled at
the strange things which had come TO
PASS. And they followed Svengali
And Svengali knew what was in their
minds. And it came to pass that Sven
gall spoke to them in parable say
ing:
Once there was a base ball club
which was crippled. And it came to
pass that they lost many games. And
there arose in the village a garrulous