The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-11
FRUIT HOUSE DAYS
OF OLD LlNSLY BOYS
onE or TIE sURvxvons WRITES
E<1srxIoLr or a Yo1oor-
TN CHERrr3 IN TIE HIS
TORY or Old LruBLY
IUBTrTuTE.
Played NJ the Boys who Are
Nov the ssdass FATHERS Of

In LOOKING over the account OF the
L-insly centennial banquet. held Tuesday
night az the Windsor. II Was a pleasure
70 read the reminiscent talks OF some OF
M alumni. but a. Was disappointment
70 hear from none OF the odd Guard
Why wasn't Ben Hildreth OF Tom Lit
We or Billy t,soby~l Brady. or some
other OF the old -fruit House gang on
sprung.
IN existenee a photograph OF that
stood for many years son the spot now nov,
covered BY the Formoss Flats.
As a cold storage plant fer fruits and
n,ssssaoies ~ had proven failure. 80
It's third floor front on EOff street. Was
pressed into service a. n sort OF = a hot
house for the budding inteliects OF an
assorted bunch OF Wheeling boys. viii
the role OF gardeners. And a fn~ pail
OF educated gentlemen they were. that
snS no. suffer BY comparison with
has succeeded them.
ar. Blakeiey. graduate of Belfast
University. was the typical educs ted
Irishman. still retaining his Keen sens
OF humor and "A broad charity for the
,nisdseds OF the genus boy. Not but
rap the heads OF oilers and nnischief
makers with his hard knuckles aided
s nnr soe, , by a big seal ring: bu, so
without anger and with a scarcely sup
pressed twinkle OF his fine black eye.
ster without a pulpit. am sur.
through no fault OF his own. but prob
ABLY because there were more preachers
OF culture and the sort word thar turn.
eth away wrath or evtl-doing
large room. which we filled conform bly,.
ss, ln smaller ma room IN the rear for reel
scholsri ana f. fSr Ned BULLOCK solitary.
sohtery walks. with nothing Of the boy
IN his makeup
Ned probably knew more book arn-
In than all the rest OF US Combined
out he didn't know the home plate frnni
a home run. which knowledge was our
As the years have slipped by. many.
many OF the old "Erutt House" boVs
10 shppeo their moorings. and gone
On the long voyage. Yet one recalls the
Laees ana forms OF many. though Il
were but yesterday that we trooped re-
and noisily came crashing down. In The
afternoons Of May and June as we'll aS
IN September and early October. after
school was over I'm the afternoon. almost
. 70 boy. we broke for Tunnel Green
and Berry's Hole" Our ball grounds
road. as one faces the tunnel and al
that time a much better field than the
one now IN use. IL was before the day
OF leagues or tnter-schOol contests In
athletics. so we have no Victories or de-
teats To chronicle. IL was usually, ''one.
calling out vociferonsiy catcher for
one. Two, three. and down the line
from batter TO right fielder.
call for the same position at the same
time, which often led To a ''scrap'' 10
q ae Sad.s tne matter. The writer still bears
oecasioned by getting IL between the
teeth OF another aspirant for third
p'tSe. out on the old Tunnel Green
The only place we had 70 play in con-
nection with the school was the ailey
and a small piece OF ground in the rear
b.
zontal bar and a pair OF parallel bars
lou may be sure We were not desirable
neither Mr.. Elisha Paxton, who lived IN
the present Speidel home. nor old Mr.
IlnEle. our next door neighbor to the
room for conjecture as to their attitude
towards Us. but frequently made III plain
IN words and deeds.
Al that time Eoff street from Twelfth
70 Fourteenth. was a great resort for
the lads OF the neighborhood. and in the
We often had a round With the cath.
GRAZ students. who were not so numer-
One or the ambitions Of every IAnsIy
boy Was 10 throw stone over the
Sathedrsl steeple. but SO fsr az / can
only one who succeeded.
But like ali "remlniscers" 1 have be-
come Earralous. but there are one OF
out OF my system before I Law down nv
pencil have often wondered how Tom
l Little and Hun Warden's heads ever
endured the daily and sometimes. hourI.
raps OF Blakeley's big knuckles and seal
ring. as he noiselessly came up behind
them and caught them red-handed as
they sat In the front seat in the first
row.
MY mind goes back to the Friday af
ternoon when We said speeches and
how Johnnie Frizzell In the midst OF his
stunt had his voice 20 all to pieces
from bass TO falsetto. entirely beyond
MS control. much 90 his mbarrassment
out 10 the great and open 10Y OF MS
cruel boy friends. Bright CHEEKY John
lett US early. while still a youth sin
cerely mourned by the same bows who
made sport OF his unfortunate ssbr.ak
We didn't graduate in those DAYS bu.
Just kept on going until we went 10
Work or TO college. So strictly sneak
ing we are not Alumni. but we are sure
that we aid nothing 20 lower the tradi-
lions OF the Old Linsiy.
We recall the Doagc boys. typical