Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-28
Wheeling 3-Mansfield 2.
FIT. Wayne 13-Neyv Castle L.
Observation-Disclosures
STANDING OF CLUBS.

The base ball park was a bad place
for man with a weak heart to visit
yesterday. There was all kinds of
excitement over official interference
with the game, and there were hair
raising plays galore. The two thou
sand fans" who were present, as well
as the small army who will hear of it
through the press and viva voee de-
scriptions, will have morsels of base
ball gossip to roll under their tongues
for many day.
The first sensational incident of the
afternoon was the attempted arrests,
and the display of temper on the part
of the bleacherites. After the first
ball had been pitched, the customary
sprinting match took place, with the
third base as the goal Here the play
ers were put under arrest by Consta-
BILE Henry Stoehr, upon warrants is
sued by Justice W. w Rodgers.
The game had progressed for few
innings, when Virgil McCluskey, of
McMechen, Marshall county, a special
constable, appeared with warrants for
the arrest of the players, issued by JUS
tice Greer. Special Constables Colde-
baugh, George Westwood, and Silas
Beall, all of this city, accompanied him,
but were in the background. McClus-
ky walked over to Pop Lyle, and
for a few moments the crowd did not
understand the significance of the visit.
Then it dawned upon the 1000 fans"
that the threat made by certain cler-
gymen connected with the Federation
of Churches, to arrest the ball players
and take them from the field, was to
be carried out.
A few minutes of rough house fol-
lowed.
Somebody on the bleachers started
toward the diamond. Several hundred
bleacherites followed They swarmed
over the short fence as one man, and
rushed over to where McClusky and
Lyle stood. The temper of the crowd
was soon displayed. They gathered
around McClusky, and then started a
rush toward the gate. McClusky was
half pushed, half carried along, until
the bleacher renee was reached. Then
somebody caught him by the lower ex-
tremities, and turned him a somersault
over the fence. The rush continued
until he was outside the gate.
In the scrimmage some of the fans
managed to get possession of McClus-
ky's warrants, and there were several
who eagerly grasped the opportunity
to tear them into strips. The other
constables followed, and met the Rev
R. R. Bigger, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian Church, who stood in the
alley outside the grounds.
The game continued, without any
further interruption, but McClusky
wanted to go back into the grounds
Chief of Police w. M. Clemans adj
vised him not to Go so, as he had no
warrants, and no authority to make
arrests. The Chief had responded to
a call while the disturbance was in
progress, and went over with several
police to stop any riotous demonstra-
ton.
Special Constables Coldebaugh and
Westwood arrested a man, who
it is alleged, struck McClusky
during the scrimmage. 1t was report
ed after the game that McClusky s
hand was cut, and that he went into a
residence near by to dress it, but
whether or not this was true, could not
be learned.
Last night representative of the
Federation of Churches called at the
Register Office, and made the following
statement:
THE Federation of Churches, feel
ing that they could not find a consta-
BILE in Ohio county to serve the war
rants, and Squire Greer's constable be-
ing out of the city, had special con-
stable, Virgil l.. McCuskey, of Nc
Mechen, sworn in. In order to do this
the Federation had to give a special
hOnd and ten leading eitiyonc went IN
the bond. They were ]. N. Vance, w
V. Hicks, Ed. Hazlett, George Laugh
lin, j. S. Naylor, NJ. F. Giesey, John
M. Brown, Frank Mccoy, Myron Hub
bard, and James McAdams. Carl Ham.
ilton, who resides near the ball park
made the complaint. The special con.
stable deputized ten men to assist him
among whom were George Westwood
VIM Morrison, Calderbaugh brothers
and four men from the Island.
These men went in in an orderly
way, and paid at the gate One of the
deputies approached Lyle, saying ht
had warrants for the Wheeling team
Lyle asked to see them and they were
produced. At that juncture, the mel
from the bleachers knocked the con.
stable down, and his warrants were
seized. The attorney for the club, who
was present, advised the players MOI
to go. Deputies Westwood and Calde
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