Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-31


| lives. MT
Thirteen passengers were killed and
many wounded by the collision of two rail-
| ing of September 2.
Twenty passengers were drowned as the
result Of a collision between the British
| steamer Gordon Castle and the German
steamer Stormarn in Cardigan bay, Wales,
| on the night of September 16.
| An explosion of chemicals in the drug
| warehouse of Tarrant & Co., in New York,
October % wrecked the building and set 1t
| on fire. About ten persons lost their lives
| and the damage to the property was esti-
| mated at 81 ,250. 000.
SPORTS.
Maud S., the famous trotting mare. who
| in 1888 made what was then the worlds
| record, 2:0Sa, to a high-wheel sulky. died
March IT. She was about twenty-six years
old. She was bought by the late Robert
Bonner from w. H. Vanderbilt for $4,000.
The Anglo-American chess match, which
was played in the latter part OF March. re-
suited in voctory for the Americans the
| score standing to a.
| On April at New Haven, Conn.,. Vardon.
the champion English golf player. was
defeated by Cheney. the Yale champion.
| and T. M. Robertson by up and to play.
At Coney Island, N Y. on the night OF
|
James j. Corbett in twenty-three rounds,
thus retaining the worlds heavyweight
| championship
! On June % at New Haven, Conn.,, Yale
| defeated Harvard in the four-mile varsity
race, for Fights, by about six lengths. On
June 80 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Pennsy-
vania won the varsity race. with Wis
| consin second. Cornell third, Columbia
| fourth and Georgetown fifth
| Harvard defeated Yale in her class-day
game of base ball by score of to on
June %, and again by a score of 5 to 2 in
| the final game June 30, on the Polo grounds
| in New York
The years amateur golf championship
| went to w. J. Travis of the Garden City
| Club on Long Island, who defeated Find
| lay 8. Douglas by up over So holes.
| The women's amateur golf championship
| Of the United States was won September
1 at the Shinnecock links by Miss Frances
| c. Grscom, who defeated Miss Margaret
| E. Curtis.
On October 9 Sir Thomas Upton again
| challenged for the Americas cup to a series
of races to begin August 20, 1901, under
| the same conditions of the races of 1889.
| The new challenger will be named Sham
| rock II.
On the Chicago golf links at Wheaton,
| ILL.,, October 5 Harry Vardon won the, ma
tional open golf championship ]. II. Tay-
lor the English champion, was among the
| defeated contestants.
Following is a list of the leading college
foot ball games. with scores: Harvard
| West Point, at West Point, October 20;
score. 800. Pennsylvania Columbia. at
Philadelphia. October 20; 300 Princeton
YaleWesleyan, at New Haven, Conn, Oc-
tober 90; $50. Brown-Chicago, at Chicago,
| H., October 20; 1l-6. Cornell-Union, ae
Ithaca, N; Y, October 20; 10 Yale,Co-
West Point Hams at iWest Point, N
y, october 81; 60 Princeton Brown. at
Providence, r. T., October. ~; 17-5. Penn
sylvania-Chicago at tPhiladelphia, October
~ n lin, rft n1y&h of hon
tober 81; 1916. Harvard-Carlisle indians,
at Cambridge, Mass, October 81 ITO
Trinity Wesleyan. at Hartford, Conn.,, Oc-
tober 81; 80. Michigan-Illinos. at Chicago
October y; 1910. Union-Rensselaer P. l.,
at Schenectady, N. Y. October SO
Hamilton-Colgate, at Clinton. N. Y, Oc-
| tcber ~: ITO. University of the South
| University of Georgia, at Atlanta, October
p: 21-6. Beloit-Northwestern, at Chicago
October 81; Go. Boston colege-Bates. at
| Lewiston Me-, October II; so. Tufts
| Massachusetts Institute OF Technology. at
| Medford, Mass, October y; 90. Columbia
| Princeton. at New York. November 6; 6-5
| Brown-Tufts, at Providence, r. l., Novem-
Der 6; 26-5. Yale-Carlisle Indians. at New
Chicago, at Chicago, November 10; 80.
| Tritity-New York, at Hartford, November
| 10: 22-o. Harvard-Brown. at Cambridge,
November 10; 11-6 Cornell-oberlin, at
Lafayette. at Philadelphia, November 10;
| 1913. West Point-Hamilton. at West Point
| November 10; 40. Iowa-Michigan. at De-
tIoit. November 10; 2s-5. Williams AM
| herst, at Amherst, Mass, November TO-
| 1875.
| Terry McGovern, the lightweight cham
pion. knocked out Joe Cans in the second
| round in fight in Chicago December Ii.
The base ball season Of 1900 will go down
| into history as one of the poorest, both in
a financial and we'll as a playing sense,
became unusually prominent fifteen years
| ago. But one club in the National League
-Pittsburg-is said to have made money.
| while five of them are behind In their
| financial accounts At last springs meet
| ing of the National League 1t was decided
| to reduce the membership from twelve to
! eight clubs. and as result washington
and Baltimore in the east and Louisville
! This retracton movement was doubtless
| responsible for the bad season. Brooklyn
| won the championship after an exciting
! race with Pittsburg which finished second
| Rowdyism on the field still rampant,
| the umpires having very little control over
| the players. and as result many dls-
| graceful scenes were witnessed.
The players were dissatisfied with the
| situation as we'll IS the magnates. and as a
result the Players Protective Association
| was organized which embraces all the Dali
PLAYERS of the country. Their principal de-
| mands are that they will not be sold to an
| other club without their consent. and that
| they cannot be reserved for more than
| three years. So far these demands nave
| been ignored by the magnates.
The American League, formerly the West
| ern League. had a successful season. which
was doubtless brought about by placing
| club in Chicago. That club won the cham
| pienship. and with majority Of the other
| clubs made money.
The expansion success of last year led
| the American to sever relations with the
| National League. and as result 1t Is now
| expected that three clubs In the east, rep
! resenting Washington, Baltimore and Phil
| adelphia, will be taken into the former Or
| ganization next season. An. entirely new
! organization, styling itself the National
| Association. endeavored to organize last
spring. but the detection of the Baltimore
players, McGraw and Robinson, is believed
| to have wrecked its prospects and it got no
further than a paper formation.
All the minor leagues are reported to have
had successful season, and many vaIu-
| able young players were developed.
STRIKES.
There were an unusual number of strikes
| during the year. The building trades In
! Chicago were in troF61e with the contrac-
tors a good part of Tire Time, as many as
10000 men being on atRsrike at once. Their