Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-17
Fort Wayne f. Youngstown 2.
Toledo 4-Eew Castle 3.
Mansfield 3-COIumbus 2.
STANDING OF U

was a steady downpour all day, con-
tinuing until within a few minutes of
the time for calling the game. The
two teams did not go over to the
grounds.
Messrs. Healy and Lyle took advan-
tage of the opportunity to hunt a Sun
day ball park, a matter which should
have been definitely settled one way or
another a week ago. 1t was expected
that the effort would be made to dis
solve the injunction granted by Judge
Melvin against playing Sunday games
st the Island park, but for some rea-
son this was not done. The next best
thing was to secure grounds elsewhere.
This course necessarily involved time
and trouble, and it appears to a disin-
ferested party that the proper dill
gence was not displayed by the Wheel
Ing management.
1t is known that negotiations were
opened for grounds east of the city for
Sunday games exclusively, and a con-
siderable portion of yesterday was
spent in conferences upon this subject,
all of which came to naught. There
will be no Sunday game here to-day.
Manager Wright, of New Castle, was
wired to that effect last night. Capt.
Ed. Lytle stated last night that al
though it was found necessary to aban-
don to-day's game, the club would posi-
lively arrange to carry out the schedule
In the future.
President c. B. Power talked over
the long distance phone last night
with the Register, and expressed dis
appointment oyer the situation here
with reference to the Sunday game. He
was. particularly disappointed because
of the fact that Sunday base ball will
have to be abandoned in Youngstown.
The grand jury indicted the players in
that city, and they were convicted Of
misdemeanor.
Who gets the victory when one
pitcher gets knocked out of the box
and another is substituted, as in the
case with Wheeling on June 8. In
the third inning Wheeling was ahead,
and Stricklett was taken out and Poole
put in. Wheeling won 8 to 5. Please
state which pitcher is credited with
the victory, and oblige
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
If his club is ahead when the pitcher
~retires, he is credited with the game.
If the team is behind and wins out
with another pitcher, the second pitch
er gets the victory. In this case
Stricklett is credited with the game.
New Castle will have four new play
ers when the team starts on its trip
next week. Jordan, from the Atlantic
League, is showing up well. Williams,
q catcher from Indiana, will reach New
Castle to-day or tomorrow. Crawley,
a new outielder, will report. He comes
from Somerville, Mass, where Jordan
game from. Thomas, a young but sue
cessful pitcher from the Indiana State
League, also will join New Castle.
Some New Castle players are sure to
be released.
Says the Fort Wayne Sentinel:
president Power in an interview at
Dayton predicted that Fort Wayne
would win the pennant. Whether we
do or not. Fort Wayne at present is
seeing about as good ball playing as
any city in the country. OF course,
the team will lose a game now and
then, but the ball playing is the very
best nevertheless" Don't worry.
Pops Stogies will have something
to say about the disposition of that
rag"
Justice Scott rendered a decision
against the New York base ball club
by which it will be compelled to pay
Fred Pfeffer, the veteran ball player,
$685., which was salary due him ~]Ning
a period of suspension while he was
a member OF the CLUB in 1898. An
drew Freedman claimed that Pfeffer
was OF condition. Pfeffer's conten-
ton was that he was not given a
chance to Show what he could do.
Every day it becomes more and more
apparent that the race for the cham
pionship in the major organization is
going to be more fiercely contested
than ever before. In fact, as pointed
out in these columns before, any team
that can average from $50 to 800 all
summer is going to be very much in it.
If the championship team goes much
above the latter mark it will certainly
have played the fastest kind of ball.
A number OF players of the Inter-
state, mot fast enough are looking
westward for offers. Kid keenan,, of
the Mansfield team, wants to be played
or else be let go. At present he is the
gentlemanly ticket taker. John ]. Nc
Clusky wants Keenan, and several
Others to come to Montana. keenan,
has spoken to Tommy Hess and Glenn
and both players said that they would
like to go if released here.-Youngs-
town indicator.
Manager Fred Clarke, after hearing
that the Pirates had lost three straight
games to Boston, telegraphed Barney
Dreyfuss that he couldn't stand it any
longer, and that he would join the
team at once. He may be needed
Plttsburg News.
~Pink" Hawley must have been