Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-02
BlSE bill TEAM.
WILL WEAR THE UNIFORM
or THE NAILERs.
WILL PLAY SUNDAY M


Messrs. Peter Healy and Ed. Lyle,
who are to control the d~estinies Of the
wheeling base ball club during the
coming summer, have been quietly at
work all winter on their plans for the
season OF 1900. They have succeeded
in gathering together some very strong
twirlers. The club is not to be adver-
tised before the opening of the season
as the pennant winners, but every base
ball fan" who scans the list of play
ers below must admit that it will be
one of, IL not the strongest team that
has ever represented Wheeling on the
diamond.
The management has taken options
on the services Of two National League
twirlers and will also probably be I'M
der the necessity of buying Dobbs and
here. They have proceeded in a bust
ness like manner, and propose to pro-
wide a first class article of base ball,
realizing that anything but a winning
team would be a positively foolish ven
ture on their part from a financial
standpoint. Good players conn high,
but Wheeling must have them, and I'M
der the new regime it is a safe guess
that a few dollars will net stand in the
way Of securing a capable man for any
position.
The management has had a limited
number Of season books printed. They
will be good for seventy games and will
be transferable. These books will be
on the market Saturday, and as they
are offered at the low price of SIS, it
is likely that the fans" will lend sub
stantial encouragement to Messrs.
Healy and Lyle by buying them all up
within a few weeks.
The management stated positively
yesterday that Sunday games will be
played here. The exact location of the
part has not been determined upon, but
the old park is ready and can be used
in case other plans fail. Sunday base
ball is played now in nearly every city
in the Interstate circuit. Pittsburg IS
to try the experiment and other cities
are following suit. The management
anticipates some opposition, as a mat
ter Of course, but expects it to disap-
pear when the matter is fully ventilated
and better understood.
Arrangements have already been
made for two games here with Al.
Buckenberger's Rochester team during
the second week in April. Pittsburg
VIII probably come down for one or
two exhibition games before the open
ing of the season. Cincinnati, Rich
mond, Ind, and other cities have asked
for exhibition games on their own
grounds. ~
The team is incomplete as yet, but
there are a sufficient number Of play
ers. The management viii not depend
upon any undeyeloped mst,erial, al
though several young players, who
come Highly recommended. will be
given a triaL
Catcher t. E. Ritter is one of the
new men. He is a fast young fellow
from the Western League, whose first
professional engagement was in the
Pennsylvania league. where he caught
1O7 games in 1897. In '9S his release
was purchased by Schmelz for Mime
apolis, and in the following year he
was with Comisky. Ritter is said TO be
a splendid backstop, a good hrower
and hitter. 1t is generally understood
that Boston was after him, and would
have secured him if the management
had been able to dispose of the late
Bergen advantageously. Messrs. Healy
and Lyle feel that they have a prize
in this man.
Frank Boyd, late of Rochester and
Hartford, Eastern League. is another
catcher who has accepted terms. He
is a seasoned catcher, one of the best
throwers in the business, and a
cracking good hitter. He is what is
popularity termed a "scrappy" player,
fighting for his club at all stages. Last
year he batted .377 and fielded 1923.
Boyd caught for Cleveland in 1896.
For third base, the management has
landed Pequinney, who has played
with Detroit, Galveston, and Dayton.
He has the reputation of being a fast
fielding third baseman, and a good
base runner and hitter. Toledo, New
Castle, and Dayton all had lines out
for him, but he signed with Wheeling
last fall.
Bob Rothewel. who was with Balti-
more the first part of last season, will
play at short. Rothewell is a player
Of unquestioned ability. He is of the
McGraw type, always looking for a
scrap, full of ginger, a fine fielder, fast
base runner and safe hitter.
Another short stop or second base
man signed is "Hunky" Hines, of De-
troit, Western League club. This play
er is depended upon to assist very ma
terially in winning the pennant for
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