The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SP()RI I
VERY UNFORTUNATE.

Is tho Controversy that has Arisen
Over The Result OF the Columbus
Wheeling Bowling Match The
Stockholders Letter 20 Joscphy.
Very unfortunate Is the controversy
that has arisen over the outcome OF, the
.nter.cl.y match at ten-pins between
the All.wheelings and Columbus All
Stars. In yesterdays IatelligeBcer The
request OF Manager Josephy, OF. the
Columbus club. that the stake. $500. be
withheld. was printed, and further the
statement that the stakeholder had paid
tho money 70 Manager Fette. OF the
wheelings, at the conclusion OF the last
game Tuesday night, when nonc OF the
Columbus players even lntlmated that
Wheeling had not won out. Yesterday
the stakeholder sent the following lat-
ter to Manager Josephy:
WHEELING. Jan. u. 1899.
Mr.. ". j. Josephy. Manager Columbus
All-Stars. Columbus. Ohio.
DEAR sIR:-I have received your tele-
gram. in which you say, According to
hest OF It; don't pay over the money"
Last evening wired In reply that Lthe
lead Of los pins with which your team
came to Wheeling was overcome by
won by the latter by nine pins. v.
At tho conclusion Of the sixth game
Tuesday night first copied the score, and
then approached Collin Captain, believe,
OF your tenn and asked II he desired TO
80 over tho scores OF the twelve games.
lie replied In effect that the match had
been won by Wheeling on aggregate pins.
and. then left the alleys and entered a
hack. with tho other members Of the
Columbus team. to BIO driven TO the Bal-
tlmorc & Ohio station in time for tho
midnight train. No other Columbus player
spoke TO me OF the result: In fact. all OF
them had loft the room. and none Of them
even spoke. OF there being any doubt OF
Wheeling having won tho match. Mr..
Ncedham. sporting editor of the State
Journal, Of your city. who accompanied
you to. Wheeling and witnessed all the
games. wired his paper that you had lost
by nine pins just as all OF us here had
figured II out. Had there been any doubt
In my mind, or had any Columbus player
entered an objection. should have with
held payment OF tho 5000 from the Wheel
recorded no obJectIon-so I handed MIR.
Fette the check, whict he cashed tho fol-
lowing day. .tt. t-
The scores Of tho six games which were
Mr.. Needham. The scores, as l received
them, agreed with those In The State
journal OF December z. / had no reason
70 doubt their correctness. They gave
IN, Wheeling on Tuesday resulted in
Wheeling scoring ia more pine thnn Co
lumbus. AS each team won six games.
tho match was-dccidcd by tho aggregate
pins. 3EsnEes - \ 2
In your telegram you do not enter into
particulars to show how Columbus won by
two pins. But even II there has been mis-
take In some quarter. ! must insist that
my duties have been fulfilled, and that
Soii should have entered any protest I'm
mediatcly upon the conclusion OF the last
game. How could know In advance that
YOU would entcr.a protest nearly twenty
four hours after the conclusion OF the last
and deciding game? Any further commit
nlca,lon you may have on this subject
should be addressed to the manager OF
N" All-WhcclIngs. 10 whom turned over
the check. Hoping you have found ere
this that yo,ir protest Is unreasonable |
remain, respectfully. 5'-
Il. NJ. ARCHER. Stakeholder.
Wednesdays Columbus State Journal
contained dispatch from Wheeling
signed by its staff representative and
sporting editor, Harry Needham. IN
which he admitted the defeat OF the
t"am here. The story was headed "By
Nine Pins the Wheeling Bowlers Win
the Match with Columbus" and stated,
further. "The Columbus team lost the
match With Wheeling tonight by
margin Of niue pins. With the
games six 10 AYe IN favor OF Columbus
ana total pins on the series tie, the
sixth game started with determination
written on each ones face. Excitement
WINS ut II fever heat and until the last
Two men rolled. the game was any
hody's. 4 margin of nine pins separated
the teams nj the finish and the match
went 10 Wheeling"
In the face OF the above admission OF
defeat. which was tacitly shared In by
all the Columbus players and rooters,
not one OF whom even suggested anV
doubt Of the result. Yesterdays Column
pns state Journal has the following:
lhere was q most unsatisfactory end
Ing 10 the match games at Wheeling
Itmsdar evening. inasmuch rs the re-
sui was credited to the team from the
west NirSlaia town. when Ii really be-
ionsed 10 the Columbus All-Stars. II all
happened through misunderstanding
OF the number of pins that Columbus
ma the advantage OF their opponents
a!tcr the first six games had been play
ed. The result OF the games MS pnb-
llshed In The State Journal gave
wheeling ten pins more than they made
III the second game aitd this was not
ihe official score, nercly a copp taken
hastily at the conclusion OF the third
game Of the series. The boys went to
Wheeling with the Idea OF having 1O5
pins the best OF the first six games.
whereas the advantage according to the
official score shows ll5 pins. Wheeling
scored l13 more pins In the last six
games than Columbus. which rightly
gives the match TO the team from this
city by a margin OF two pins. Had this
fact been known by the members Of the