The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-14
SEVERAL TEAMS WILL ENGAGE
IN POSSIBILITIES DURING
WEEK END.
Cathedral Meets Elliott Today-Trla
delphia and Wheeling and linsiy
and west Liberty Meet
Saturday.

Scholastic baseball promises 10 be
moro popular this season than any
time during the past several years.
Practically every school in the vicin-
ity OF Wheeling will be represented by
a good nine, and indications point to
most successful year. While the sea
son Is now under way. il is practically
impossible TO judge the comparative
strength OF different school teams The
inclemency Of the weather prevented
an early start at practice. and most OF
the boys are slow in rounding into
form. The contests that are being
planned for tho coming weekend and
those that will be played the first of
next week will practically complete
the early games, and the mines will
then settle down 10 real work.
Every high school IN the surround
Ing territory OF Wheeling is planning
for big season. with the exception OF
Martins Ferry In the Ohio town the
athletic officials have given up the
idea of baseball. and will devote the
entire time TO track events and other
sports. Bellaire. Bridgeport and Shady
side Will all three have fast aggrega-
tions. and will give the West Virginia
eide diamond men a bard run for scho-
lastic honors
In the city proper VIII DO several
Fast scholastic teams. At Wheeling
high, Coach Holden has n most likely
looking bunch OF material His can
didates number something like fifty.
and In the ranks may he found some
stars OF last season and several men
that last year were stars in grade
schools. Just how much Of this mate
rial can be developed sufficiently for
use on the first team is not known as
yet. but 1t Is likely that enough viii
show class 10 iii the vacancies that
We're caused through graduation or
other reasons. Saturday OF this week
the Wheeling high boys will be up
against a severe test. They will play
Iriadelphia district high school. ana
this viii undoubtedly he one OF the
hardest games OF the season for the
Old Gold and Blue Triadelphia will
use Costello 20 do the twirling. and
he Is rated as one of the best school
pitchers IN the valley. II he is pitch
ing in proper form he is exceptionally
hard for a high school team TO beat.
cathedrai-Elliott Today.
Today will see good battle on the
Tunnel Green grounds. The Cathedral
high nine will play the Elliott CONNER
cial school lads. II will be the first
meeting Of these teams this season,
and while both may be more of less
hampered by lack Of practice. they
should take the field compa rativeIy
even. Cathedral always has a good
team. and Elliott is reported stronger
than usual The game will start al 4
O'Clock, and Cathedral viii line up az
fOlloWs. J. GOrsuch II McCannon
SIS; Quinn. CT Nanyo. r. and D.: Mad.
den. 2b.: Nisgmeyer. 90 Rafferty, III. /:
Nau. G, and Lee. r Substitutes for
this game will be Clark, Hoskins and
y. Gorsuch
Saturday will sec Linsly Institute in
another hard game. This contest will
be staged al West Liberty with the
West Liberty Normal boys Games be.
tween these schools have been an an
nual afair. and this one il attracting
no little attention The Cadets have
a strong team. but have had but little
practice. The Normal team Is IN