The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-20
BALL SET TWIRLING
SEASON OPENS WITH PHILApEL.
PHIA AT BOSTON.

Home Team Defeated By One Kan. the
Score Being to 6-v,slsors Credited
with Deserving Their Victory by Play.
Ing Better Ball Than Last Year Bossoa
Boys Practice Narratives Games-Cor-
bett on the stage Agais-Fsfics NJ
Banaio-southern Circoit Bicycle Races
-Sportine News In General.
Boston. April Is.-The PhsIlies came %
Boston today and played tn first lesgus
game OF the season. defeating the homo
team by one run IN an exciting hnisn-
The visitors played better ball than they
did las, year. and deserved &c win. Aeous
l4.5eO persons crowded inso the eramped
grounds. several hundred no: being able
10 obtain seats. The first haf OF tbs
game was a battle between orth and
Nichols The former was practically In
vinc!ble until the last inning. when TIA
local players fell on him and almos; ted
me score Nichols was hit safely in tbs
hf.h. when the Quakers were able "a
score twice. and again in the eighth.
when they really won the game. Both
I pitchers were well supported generally.
Score:
Philadelphia =. =. 80 o 0 o > col SIS
Boston =. .........0 900 0 DO 0 SIS
Batteries-Philsdelphi Ortiz and Gle
msnts: Boston: Nichols and Cancel
Earned runs: Philadelphia. ;; Boston. 4.
Two basehiss: Tucker. Home runs: La
JoIce. Double plays: LaJoice and Ortiz.
First base on balls: BY o-sh. .: BY Nich-
OILS. .. Struck out; BY or,h. J; BY Mich
OILS. . Umpire: Lynch
NEW YORK SIGNS RUSIE.
New York. April 20.-The Journal this
morning says: Amos Rusie. the great
BAN pitcher. has signed contrac; for
the season OF 1897. rendered him BY ;hs
New York Baseball club Rusie's con-
tract calls for salary OF s., 40 for the
| season.
WESTERN LEAGUE UMPIREs.
81. Joseph. Mo. April 1s.-President I.
j. Hickey OF the Western association. to-
day appointed the following 10 &C; AZ
umpires for the season OF 1887: NJ. j.
Mclaughlin. Norris o'Neill. r. l. Car
ruthe-s and Gus Aiberts. They havs
been notified 10 report here April 70. fog
the purpose OF going through the rules.
MARATHON GAMES.
Boston. Mass, April 1s.-The Mara
thon games. under the auspices or the
Boston Athletic association. and PATTERN
ed otter the games a; Athens. Greece. In
the spring OF 1896. were held this after
noon. and were Witnessed by thousands
| OF people The games Included a twenty
/ five mile road race from Ashland. Mass.
10 Boston. and athletic games at Irving
| ton oval. while the road race was IN
| progress.
The winner OF the road race was ]. J.
| McDermilt. OF the Pss,ime Athletic club.
/ OF New York. who covered the distance
| in hours. s. minutes and 10 seconds.
| lowering by 10 seconds the time made in
/ the 25-miie race al Athens. Fifteen
runners started from Ashland al 1918 D
n. Their course lay through Nailck.
| wellesley. and the Newtons TO the finish
ing point at Irv.ngton Oval Dick
Grant. Harvard's famous mile runner.
Kept with Gray OF ST. Georges Athletic
| club. OF New York. as far az Wellesley
| AT that point McDerm3tt came up. and.
I after sharp race with Gray 10 Newton
/ Upper Falls. passed The latter. who VAS
/ forced 20 drop 20 the rear. From New
| .on Upper Fails to the finish q was Nc
Dermott's race and al the close he LED
! the recond man by nearly a mile. Tho
/ frs: SIX 10 finish and who are prize
I winners were: First. j. J. McDermo;;.
Pas,irne Athletic club. New York. 2
/ hours. - minutes. 10 seconds; second. j
]. Herman. 81. Barthoiomew's academy
/ New York. hours. ? minutes. sec
! cnds: tnirds. F. p. thell. jamaica Plain.
| 3 hours. minutes. 2 seconds: fourth.
/ Hamilton Gray. 81. Georges academy.
New York. hours. II ni11'es. y Sec
oads: hfih. II. L. Eggiesion. Passims
! Athletic club. New York. hours. ~
minutes. 20 seconds: sixth. James Mason.
/ Star Athletic club. hours. 81 minutes
/ Tie games al the Oval were deemed
4 a. secondary n Importance 20 the road
1 race.
FIsTICs At BUFFALO.
/ Buffalo. April ie.--Af,er eighsssn
rounds % rapid fighting. Frank Erne Eos
/ the decision over George Hopkins tcoios-
edl % New York. az the olympic Aih,si-
/ ic club tonight. IN the eighteenth round
Hopkins started 20 force the hghiinx.
Erne landed hard on the chin and ne cob
/ ored boz went down with thump. hss
head striking the noor verY hard. Tbs
| gong saved him from being counted 0a;.
/ bu; Immediately Afterwards his seconds
ihrex 40 ne Sponge. and EFns Ess d.
cisre1 the winner.
coRBETT or THE STAGE.
Ssw York. April 1s.-Tns Academy *
Music wac Allied % 81 utmost Sspses'y CO.
night xssa James ). coFbeti apparel
Tor tae FRS; time in public since nis DR.
| fez. BY Fi;zSmmons. Tas e1-caanpipa
was greeted win cheers that lasted fsiy
two minutes when ~ appeared n tos
h--. &C. q a Naval Cadet A. ne s1t
u the sec0-d act ~ made speech IN fs-
spoase 70 repeated calls he said Ne z9sid
4 force FItzsnnm0ns 70 aEh; him again
MATCHED WITH FLYING JfB-
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| Jones tie cycliss. who made some ssnss-
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