The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-01
RASEBAlL "5TR|KE" IS OFF
WHEN MANY HOLDOU u
QUICKLY CONE To TERMS

last season deserved tiNi |sA-N-'r ~
ceivcd cuts. Resides these straight cuts.
a large number of players get inc Same
amount per month. but fever months
pay in tho season
The contradictory part OF It is tna1
the owntrS. or many or them. arc lnaA-
ing reductions and telling players thLt
cuts are enforced by business con'.l-
lions md ut the same time many or
,bcu arc proclaiminS loudly that this
SEASON will l," the, most prosperous III
,h, history Of baseball. They ar" kM-
ding some oIse, and DO not 1tiihh IT. IN
th.. ulnrrrA From ,il TINT can EA'h0r
from nIl ,iirr,,tlous ""ndfrl"ha Ia "t'N
hail during the CUnIlnE ttait''h Will no"
r;,>ttnI,. sharp r~'lu''tinih IN raI"h'
un,I .nrrrul management. "''i"'' ''''"
nuy IudIcntluun ur tho big b"'"h ~hiN''
T., being predicted fur hnn"hhl. u"
rntnr will come bark. hut nor Hu"h.y'
IT attendance Ia Eonrrnl IN w''hh &"
nor cent of the r"'tTni'l al NV"
,rn | will h~ rIrprits'd. Iuth'"HH "
,.,,., I,,,crr-t to Incr-nrc rl~ndily dur
inr tn" 7"a::on unless """''"'n' " !"
ltical rnuditi"rs again '"trrt"'c.
Tho rra=orr1 :lrH d""n'"'
,,r,.,, class OF the ha$rbaii-EoinE pub
liz. is vitality Interested just DO" ~
,,,bo, THINGS and hrs lrttlo time TOT
baseball Second the ."Ntr"m" cnst ~
living and the growing scarcity OF 1oos
is keeping Il lot OF us hoSIAii'S ~ DH
both ends in contact
You can put it down that IN" aFeaa
return Of prosperity Is oasco i'0A' VA
hope than upon facts
Rv tho way, George Crccl- Sctns GU:
IF cnnloy,ncnt. might find q job Win
tha mn ior leagues. Many OF them ap-
ne.r RI have, adopted 4 policy OF sup
,,rcseire- ncyss and information and So'tle
b,rc rIarno->d On 4 censorship. IL Will
ho remembered that G.. Wcno M1fph'
onco said that tho newspapers wei
more d.ncndent upon baseball than oaSe-
hail is ON the news papers. u may Dc
,b,t others are converted TO TINS Iir"'
Smoking Of Murphy. the old chno-
nv boy IS m again. II" picked up u ~"
shares of stock in his OLD teatn, or
r,,hs mn, long ago. and at otr;o set out
=, start something. FIRST ne oeCl''N -"
,h,, thc new North Side plant was no
-ood and never would b. ana L''h ~
te,,, ought 10 move back [" thH 90
Side. Murphy was right. hut the stAI
mont did not please many I"'Ns'
soon as tho echoes died down. hnipuS
nIeI suit. demanding PERMISSION an
stakeholder To examine the DOCKS o. >l-e
ci,,h tIr will tiud several things IN
those books that Will not please 4i'"''
but he wants to sec them -
COM. folks have 4 happy faculty OIL
c+or,inr something whenever they turn
around
,o- NJ writers Down East cSpecF
,u,. ,re getting excited because they
,.,,. ,bcrc arc 50 few stars in the MAJOR
I,.,-urs They have mad" UP list
.o,,, noe,d Of IA "stars"-inCludinE f1anh
C.n,.dv who is :, start because OF MS
,,,r record rather than his playing anIl-
IN. They have Cobb. Speaker. Johnson
eislcr Truth. Collins and Baker. Alex
amber Vaughn. kaun Chas". MhranVlllc
and Groh-
Smoking from advertised ra'u" r"r-
Inns the list is nearly correct. ou' Ro'h'
R,krr and K;tufr could b" "mitt"d '';'"-
H. I,kcr showed comeback lH<t
,o,- and ,yr s:,lrnost up 70 his old-fin"
form. Ruth cum" suddenly ana E"' Il
1ot ,r advertising i"r'ltl%r or ms I"nE
hitting after being Il Gr'A' pi''h'f ~!
wears Knufr is Il good hallp'AH"r. n"t
never in n" "siaT class IN IN" sense
that cobb. Sp"nk"r and H"m" "in"rs
have boon.
rh.. list shnulh. if th"s" fellows arc
lncl;,dc,I alS, ln"lti'!' k'll"t"r. SrhhlN.
Griffith, Burns 'h"th "f tn" Gtr'tS ana
ttbIc,ice) rIullarh"r IIunp'r. l;LncT"ft.
F'clsch. rhar,n1r aud perhaps SOM
.,,h.rS. nh" fac, iS thar TN. list "f real
..starS'' in IN, rs" h."r!": docs not 'N-
c...l - rn"n-th"s'' Wh" stand n1if 1ar
,h.v,. ti.ir fellows "a thIl:tN. " IT they
start - ;:.k" III plruy' ~ If M r"N' hith-
-. grad" ,h"y ''1n r:i'r IA" l:$' "!"S" :"
q without much trouble.