Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-23

distinguished himself Saturday by shutting
out Minneapolis. Kansas City made one
run.
At Racine, Wis, Saturday the third and
last polo game between Hartford, Conn,
and Racine Lakesides, for the champion
ship of the United States, resulted in a tie
to T. and the series ID to 49,
In the third of the series of athletic con-
tests between Cumberland and Frostburg
Saturday Frostburg won, 1872 to 7s4 points
Frostburg has won in two of the three
series played. but Cumberland leads in
gross points scored.
At San Francisco. Cal. Saturday Sydney
Cavit lowered the American swimming
record for 100 yards by covering the dis
lance in 1O2 So. Percy Cavit, a brother
of Sydney, made q quarter Of a mile in
5.57 1-5, which lowers the American record
Both trials were carefully timed and meas
ured at the Olympic Club
A. G. Spalding of Chicago has been noti-
fled by Commissioner General Peck of his
appointment the American representa-
tive on the board that will control the
international tournament of sports at the
Paris exposition. Each country is entf-
tied to one representative on the board
Mr.. Spalding will sail next Saturday for
Paris.
In the match game at continuous pool for
the championship of the world, 900 points
up. 200 points each night, played at Days
ed Jerome r. Keogh for three successive
nights, concluding Saturday. The score at
the beginning of play Saturday night was:
De Orc, 407: keogh 3;'&S; at the finish, De
ORC, 600; Keogh, 4S1.
The opening National League game in
Brooklyn Saturday, drew 1900 persons.
There was a parade, and Police Commits
sioner York of Greater New York threw
the first ball into the lot McGinnity was
invincible. except in the seventh inning,
out by a timely double. Hawley's pitch
ing was mastery, but his support. espe-
cially at third. was exceedingly ragged.
The University of Pennsylvania base ball
team left Philadelphia last night on It's
southern trip. Thirteen players We're taken
along: The team will play the University
of Virginia nine today and Tuesday at
Charlottesville, Va. Wednesday the team
will cross bats with Georgetown University
on Georgetown field. and will play the
Naval Cadets at Annapolis, Md, on Sat
urday.
The final tie for the English foot ball cup
at the Crystal Palace. London, Saturday
resulted as follows: Bury. goals; South
ampton, 0. The crowd numbered over
100000 persons, of whom 10000 to 10000
came from Lancashire alone to stimulate
the northern club. AS usual. Lord Rose
bely anu HIS SUI, LDTu l)dlTne0y, were
present at the contest and received an ova-
ton. Extraordinary scenes of enthusiasm
marked all stages of the game.
Harry Nardon, the English golf cham
pon, Saturday played a 36-hole match
against the best ball of Harry Gullane, the
professional of the Philadelphia Country
Club. and William Thompson, the profess
sional of the Huntingdon Valley Golf Club,
on the links of the Philadelphia Country
Club On the first round of IS holes the
English champion was down. but on
the second round he played excellent golf
and finally won by 1856 strokes to his oppo-
nents' $50.
Remarkable scores were made in Fridays
trap-shooting tournament at Lincoln, Neb.
at live birds-twenty-five pigeons-begun
Thursday, and A Crosby Of New York had
finished with clean score. 1t was con-
cluded Friday. with the following results:
Crosby. %; Crabill., %; Daniels. p; Burke,
"A; Peterson. %: Miller. ~; Pummer, 81 ;
Brucker. %; Nicofai, "a Hairgrove, "a;
Sewer. %: Glade. p: Jeffries, "a; Kimball,
"a: Cook, 81: Devel, 20; L.inehart, %;
Parmlee, -: Raines, "a: Rogers, 20: Nau-
man, "a; Linderman. "a, and Bray, u
| Crosby also led in Fridays events, making
| a score of la straight tn successive target
events. Daniel Bray. a Nebraska farmer,
was close second, with 212 out of a pos
sible 215.