The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-26
Everything Ready for
First Game of Season
OPENING EXERCISES WILL BE
ELABORATE IN ALL DETAILS.
Sammy Nichols viii Throw the First
5slI-5Is Parade Preeedes
Opening Of Season.
The Weather.
West Nirginia-Fair We'd
nesday; Thursday. showers.
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bursting their cocoons. base ball
bugs. hundreds strong. will wend their
way 10 the Island ball park this after
noon TO witness the formal opening of
the Central League season, which bids
fair OF being the most successful from
every standpoint since being organ
lied. For six months has the genus
base ball fan been alternating only to
crawl out OF his winter dwelling abode
TO hear those magic words play ball"
which will resound in four different
Central League cities to-day. starting
eight teams on the long and tedious
struggle for the 1911 pennant.
Like swarming bees which leave
their hive in the spring time. the base
ball enthusiasts of this city will to-
day lay aside their business cares TO
be among the throng that will fight for
admission 10 the battle grounds where
the expert opponents OF the national
game clash in the first championship
game. The vast throng which will
completely fill the bleachers, and
grandstand-that is II the weather
man continues to behave-will be on
the tip toe Of expectancy when the
Smokes run to their respective posi-
tons. when Murray dons the mask and
pad and when White Doak saunters
10 the mound 10 serve up balls and
strikes to Manager Casey's Billikens.
To Michael Jacobs falls the honor
OF calling out those familiar and wor-
shipped words play Ball" as he ar
rived in the city yesterday at noon,
TO play in that stellar role at this after
Moons game. The preliminaries to the
calling OF the great battle will be aus
picious as well as elaborate. and no
cost has been spared by the local base
ball association TO make the opening
one OF the most notable since this city
entered the Central Leuge.
The Parade.
The ceremonies preceding the game
Will start at ll:45 this morning, when
the Eagles brass band-among the
best In this secuon-will begin a tour
of this city and surrounding towns in
a special Wheeling traction car. the
Mcclure House being the starting
point. Shortly after l o'clock the gor-
geous parade which will represent the
efforts and enterprise OF local bust
ness men. will begin forming on
Twelfth street near the McLure hotel.
After the players of both teams are
placed in automobiles the procession
VIII move up Market street AT ?
O'Clock 10 Tenth. thence 10 Main. down
Main to Twenty-fourth. thence to
Chapline. thence 10 Twenty-second.
down Wenty-second to Market street.
10 Tenth, and then TO the Island ball
park
The thirty or more automobiles
which will be included in the parade
will be beautifully decorated and the
brass band will occupy one OF Joseph
Speidel's big trucks. After the grounds
are reached the band will PLAY popu.
lar airs. the pop distributors and pea
nut vendors Will ply their trade up
rooters' row. and the players will en-
gage iu long work outs. holding the
thrOng Of spectators in high stage OF
anxiety.
When the gong sounds calling the
men ont for the clash. Sammy Nichols
one Of the enthusiastic bugs" OF this
city. will pcrambulatc to the mound
amid cheers from hundreds OF throat--
maybe. Sammy win then toss the
first ball. which will iu turn bo caught
by Thomas Raymond. Of Fairmont.
president Of the West Virginia League
may be-. The man who viii rent the
air I'm an effort tO h.t Sammys spit
haIl' had not been chosen last even
ine. but the selection will bo made
some time this morning by tuc asso-
citation.
Monty and DIS men will then take
the field with the determination of
coming ont fho yictors u there is a
bare possibility. Smith Will heavo 'em
over for the Hiiikous and Orslow.
who first saw Tho ught boo Mount
Pleasant. ohio. viii Doc on fuo receive
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