The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-31
STOGIE TEAM IS
NOT HOODOOED
ALTHOUGH WEATHER MAN
SEEMS TO BE RUBBING
1T IN"
Poor Attendance Has Marked the
Games Of the Season with
Winning Team.

The elements seem 10 have com.
bined to put the Wheeling baseball
team on the rocks. All during the
season the weather man has been on
the job. popping up at the most In
convenient times and throwing the
team on It's schedule Yesterday s
morning name would have substan-
ITALY Increased the supply OF lucre
In Secretary-Treasurer Robinson's
Golfers and would have helped Dol.
ster up the expense account wonder
fully for the future But old J.
Pluvtus ruled otherwise.
At the outset the Wheeling team
was far from blessed with an over.
supply OF funds. II being only through
the generosity OF b. F. Perkins and
the tact and eagacity OF Business
Manager Robinson that the city was
represented with team at all. These
two men have stood Loyalty by the
fans or wheeling and endeavored 10
give them q first class baseball team.
ana succeeded beyond all expecta.
IONS. producing an aggregation that
IL the equal II not tho SUPERIOR OF
any I'm the league II ever anyone
deserved every success that IS DOS
sihle. e Is Perkins and Robinson.
However. th.s has been far from
the case. Not orly have the weather
conditions been bad. hut the attend.
anCe all through the week Games has
been "A disgrace 10 town the size
ot Wheeling. Considering the class
OF ball the "Stoclcs' are putting NJ
and their hign standing in the league.
IN" attendance has been miserable
Rellatre. with a third the population
81 this city. supports It's srmi-profes-
s'onal team better tnan Wheeling
does a leader
The reason FOR No lack ~ suppor-
AMI poor attendance IL almost an al.
Soiute J.. s'crv. IN TIL pas. With a
VIM 80 team n nine buulT-i or
t-ousAnd persons a. week day
game was considered 40 more than
ordinar'. lut during the present s,l.
son there have been dayc when e 8
houbtiul ., there were q hundred
parsons m mo hlenchers and gran I
STAND. surely there are more baseball
i'Ls IN " Af"liuE tHau that. iil. WHY
they decline 20 attend seems 10 be
an snlvahle puzzle
he team that !s rt'Tr7qouting tho
cltt rms year - all Thar could he
Desired an! The games navel ~ tho
Island park are as Interesting ami
wei pla'"t as any ~ ,Aa contests OF
Something Wrong
All things considered & ~ a pec,il.
Ter situation. Almost oy-vv1ra in
iuNns""iE 20 be- interested IN tic
welfare 81 thn club and Inquiries and
opH'Of@ on 'fs makeup aud lilo rtav.
.'E ah.i'v are passed back AMI |or-l
bur despite this 'l0re sen:ns 10 be-
something wrong th1' would almost
Lead one 10 mink tina, WA..lluE laa
q
town.
I'uf SO" are sur" though. ia. MS
Is not fH" cause. md IN searching
about for q reason. The ruo4r :casilI.
one appears 10 be tho killing afT-c. &
- IN" losing ball teams ~ no rae-
Few seasons During those ,.1rs
when N" team was n door eoconI 81.
vision runner. purchased by al Tho
others o. The circuit. ~ attendance
gradually dWiucl.d away urfT Tho
number ~ real rr' husia ais could have
been counted on the fingers % one
hand
TIL" former faus who freely sru.
ported 20 winning combine zion 90 .1r
pas, -aN" nor 'r- had their interest
Awakened sufficiently ~ pa'-all..
LIS t'"S"r g1'n's vo-v heavily
! iis J. c"r' atr.v q dnDirrabrc cord
Ton ~ AFFAIR." 1ri q is o. D, regretted
f.1' itr p-'-"rf owners - ~. team
should B." made 900 -V.. trarr4l
loss "" ~" C.r'..err r-at Will
'o' ," long before ...--."s UIf .a.
-.4-' fiF't- elves. AND f.r - 81.
$40" f.rIr arIfr' .ur Ut %. syrnr
"n' team "" l.s- .l'- ..1.o0 hy a
rrea'.y Increased atf'~f.-.".
.' ''FW deserves . Manager
irrr DESERVES. 70. I..-r. Perkins
nr. Robinson deserve IT, I.r4 ali
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