The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-21
IS WHEELING
TO REMAIN In
INTERSTATE?
Distressing Developments st That
shroud the Local Clubs Future
in Deepest Gloom. ~
PLAYERS DEMAND SALARIES.
A Series Of Fruitlsss Conferences to
Adjust Matters May Go to
Saginaw, Mich.

There is a probability that Wheeling
will lose a place in the Interstate bass
ball circuit, aud Saginaw (Mlchl may
get he local franchise. @
This cherries announcement was
made this morning at o'clock, after a
series of conferences that were on all
day growing out OF the failure of the
local management to meet its financial
obligations. President C. g. Power, of
tho league, decided that the franchise
was forfeited by Messrs, Haley and
Lyle when they failed to play in Col
umbus yesterday, and allowed the back
salaries Of the players to go beyond tn!
constitutional flve-day limit. He tried
to induce local people to take hold last
nIght. but for various reasons his eff
forts were futile.
AT s o'clock this morning President
Power is to meet with interested par
ties, and on the result of this confer
ence hinges the question of the teams
remaining in wheeling or going to Sag
nav, to which city a Columbus man,
who is willing to buy the franchise, is
directing his eye because Sunday ball
can be played there. The situation is
decidedly complicated, but President
Power asserts that he viii take the
team himself to Columbus this morn
Ing and play the scheduled games,
guaranteeing the players their salaries,
II no deal otherwise is arranged. Haley
says the franchise can't be taken from
him, and there may be some legal con-
tests In the future. But ,ppless the
skies clear to-day the outlook is dark
for base ball In Wheeling this year, as
Power was a tired and disguised man
at the close OF a countless series Of
"dlckers" that looked bright one min
ute and were dashed to the ground the
next.
Mixed, Not Fixed.
At the request of Manager Lyle the
Intelligenoer refraIned from unfolding
the complications yesterday on the IN
Outstanding that similar agreement
was made with the other papers, Lyle
expressing his confidence that every
thing would be fixed up" yesterday
morning. But instead OF fixed up the
situation became decidedly mixed up.
Following the strike" of the ball play
crs there we're countless rumors Of the
base ball clubs debts and Of probable
purchasers Of the franchise, aud to a
person unfamiliar with recent. develop
ments It was surprising thai, club
which had been enjoying good patron
QGe all season should be so financially
embarrassed. Various reasons were as
signed for this shortening, all seem-
Ing TO center on the loose methods of
keeping the accounts. but none salts
factorIIy explained away the heavy re-
ceipts.
Some of the players say that the
club got more than its guarantee on
all the games away fro4 home. and
that $500 was cleared on the last trip,
The home patronage has been better
than in previous seasons, and there was
the additional benefit Of four or aYe
sunday games. The failure to play the
last two Sunday games and last Sat
urday's was ascrlbed by Manager Lyle
as the secret OF the present deficiency,
which, while having some weight, does
not alter the fact that the uniforms are
unpaid for, and u host Of other ex-
penses that might have been met ear
ler in the game. Coupled p these con-
dtlons ore credible rumors Of loans ad-
yanccd the managemeut BY local bus
mess men. ranging in amounts from $40
to $3.50 The franchise, costing $3.50,
held by the Wheeling Railway Com
pany, was still unpaid for Other In
stances might be given to show the big
balance on the wrong side of the ledger
leaving the implied inquiry of where
did the gate money go?
Prospective nagnates.
Reported as being anxious to take
hold Of the club were Manager Charles
4. FeInler, Of the two Wheeling thea
tres, ana Dave Morgan and John G.
Crawford, the latter OF Cameron, were
said to be associated with him. Sammy
Nichols had also an eye out for 1t. and
he notified Jack Glasscock Of the situa-
ton by wire. still another bunch Of
asnlrants were Louis Frobe and Form
Wlnder. President stroebel, of the
Toledos, who tried to get in on the
ground floor last year and again early
this spring, was another willing to take
a chance. Gala Mitchell, Major James
7. MCGEE and Frank Shipley
were also mentioned individually
and collectively and otherwise.
Bader & Maurer were approached,
but they we're averse to mixing in the
middle Of the season.
The base ball public was cast down
over the turn of affairs, and 1t was IRE
qucntIy remarked that Wheeling, which
IS conceded to be the best town in the
league, should have had such a sorry
experience with managers. All were
hopeful that the players would not suf-
fer, Tor they had played good ball and
placed wheeling at the head of the list
almost from the start of the Inter
states 1900 race.
President c. b. Power OF the Inter-
state league, came down from Pitts