The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-27

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Wheeling manager and assured hir,
that the over-the-rlvcr millmen would
literally support Sunday ball. Several
professional and business men have
made similar expressions during the
past week.
On Saturday. President Howell and
Manager Lyle had conferences with
officials OF the Wheeling G. Elm Grove
road, relative to the playing OF Sunday
ball. They Inspected the most likely
site, the Thompson lot just beyond Full
ton. which Is only sixteen minutes
from the city via the Elm Grove cleo
trio line. II Sunday ball Is played the
park will be located on this site. The
railroad officials are holding out for the
playing Of both Sunday and weekday
games Al the park they propose to build
for. the club, but so far Mr.. Howell in
slsts upon the club playing at the Is
land park during the week. The Island
park has an unequal,ed location, being
easily accessible both from Wheeling
and the over-the-river towns. The
chance TO play Sunday ball Is tempt.
Ing bait, however, and 1t may influence
the club to. thespoiat OF deserving the
Island park. Hereinafter will be settled
In two or thre5sdays.
Tom !, PaStorlous, formerly Of the
West Virginia, University and Fairmont
teams Is to beJslven a trial on the
Wheeling team. A contract will be Tor
warded to him for signature this week.
Representatives. of the Wheeling club
Mill call on the@ball cranks to-day, So
LETTING the sale OF season books. AS the
team Is 4 promising pennant probability
under excellent management, which in
sures the playing GU; Of the season in
the. fastest minor league In the country,
the base ball public Will doubtless en-
courage the club by readily taking up,
the one hundred books that have been
put out.
Wheeling has four pitchers under re-
serve. Dolan, Crablll. Wells and Poole,
and fifth will be added to the staff in
n few days He Is an ex- National leagu
star, whose face Is not unfamiliar here.
Fifteen minutes before Mr.. Howell
closed for the Springfield franchise, he
offered Jack GlasscOck a half interest.
Jack declined. owing. he said. 10 the
fact that he could not throw down
Nichoi.
Lyle has not yet received an answer
to the letter he wrote the New Castle
club, rendering his resignation us man.
ager OF the Quakers.
Negotiations are of with Magic, the
twirier who was given trial by Chjca-
go last year. 1t Is not thought he Is
fast enough for the Interstate clip.
Tom Mcnamara. the umpire. who was
last seen In Wheeling as an Interstate
umpire in 1897 Will WELD the indicator
In the Western Association this season.
Charley Mitchell has signed as "a
member OF the Interstate staff OF UNI
pires. He is good one.
Nearly all the members of the Toledo
ball team have been signed and will re-
port for duty on the first day OF April.
Contracts have been received from
Gilks Smith, Griffin. Bishop. Arthur,
Ewing, Myers, McDonough. Butler and
Wiltsc.
\ new phase In the base ball fight
hobs up sererely about every day, says
the Springfield Republic-Times Both
sides are shrewdly constructing a. net
work of evidence with which to catch
the adversary and have been using pub
lie opinion as n teeter TO play upon for
tie past few days. The latest develop
ment Is a suit that Is TO be begun In the
court Of common pleas at no distant
date In which Trustees Edwin S.
Houck. Julius Stern and Charles
Ridgely ore 10 be the plaintiffs and the
Springfield base ball company Will be
named as defendant. The ground for
.,is suit is an old story having its
opening chapter at the time the trustees
took charge of the game last summer
When the franchise was forfeited II Is
stated the old club owes the players
bout $3.50; league dues $50: Pratt e.
Co. s2i, and other bills amounting to
nearly $500. These bills were paid by the
trustees so they assert, In consideration
Of their receiving the grounds and club
property. AS isiwell known. the Mad
River bank disposed OF this property al
sheriff's sale recently on AZ execution
against the old company. Now the trus-
tees maintain that In view of this pro-
ceeding. they received nothing for their
money and will sue to recover the same.
The end is efar off.