Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-24


Jim Jeffries is the heavyweight.
champion of the world without doubt.
but that does not make him the cham
pion heavyweight umpire by a long
shot. When It comes to fighting. jeff
ries may be in a class by himself, but
when IT comes TO umpiring base ball
he's a failure. If he didn't rank any
higher as a fighter than ne does as an
umpire he would be in Yank Kennedy's
CLASS, and that is about 1000 miles be-
hind the last man,
The presence OF Jeffries on the field
may have been a good thing financial
ly for the management of the Toledo
and Fort Wayne teams, but that is
doubtful Jeffries demanded and col
iected such a large amount for his APP
pearance that the receipts. after his as
sault on the box Office, could not have
been much larger than ordinary, and
perhaps not as large as they would
have been without him, taking into
consideration the fact that yesterday
was practically holiday in Toledo.
AT any rate, it is to be hoped that
Manager Strobel will let the hippodom-
Ing business alone from this time out.
Base ball and fighting, while each is
popular in Its sphere, will not mix and
the presence of fighters as attractions
on ball fields does not elevate the clean
er sport, but tends TO drag it down 10
the level of the other AS an umpire
Jeffries is an unmitigated fraud The
rudiments of the game are unknown TO
him, three-fourths of his base decisions
were wrong and the only thing he did
for the $500 he took away with him was
to pose and to give Toledo the worst
of it.-Toledo Bee.
"Cy" Swain completed a record yes
terday that will probably not be equal
led by any other pitcher this season.
he pitched four games in one week and
won every game. He was not hatted
for more than ten hits in any one Of
The fans" who are eager to witness
Sunday base ball games will have to
content themselves for the remainder
OF the summer, unless all signs fail.
with the quality of playing and poor
accommodations which are offered by
the tunnel green and various town lots
in and about Wheeling. There will be
no further effort, during this summer
at least, to play Sunday games between
Interstate League clubs.
There have been many inquiries from
patrons of Sunday games about the in
junction granted by Judge Melvin, and
there has been general curiosity to
know whether or not motion would
be made to dissolve it. The present
owners of the Wheeling franchise are
not disposed to fight the matter, but the
former owners had also decided to
make no further effort to play Sun
days at the Island Park.
An injunction is very stubborn
proposition to contend with, as indl-
viduals and corporations everywhere
have learned to their sorrow. The legal
statues OF the situation was discussed
with Register reporter yesterday by
an attorney, who acted as counsel for
the base ball club.
He assumed that the petitioners for
an injunction we're disposed 10 fight the
matter in higher courts and in this
view of the case ne regarded ii as folly
to push the matter. If the base ball
people moved to dissolve the injunc-
ton and the court sustained the motion,
the petitioners had the right OF appeal
and would in all probability be granted
a stay of thirty days. Then It would re-
quire several months to prepare the case
for hearing in the higher court. and
in the meantime no Sunday games
would be permitted. Before a final de-
cision could be reached, the playing
season would be over.
The only recourse the base ball club
would have in the event OF a final de-
cision favorable TO its side of the case.
would be suits to recover upon the bond
given by the petitioners. This would
mean further litigation and expense. 1t
was upon the advice OF competent
counsel that no further action was
taken after Judge Melvin granted the
temporary injunction.