Evening star., 1900-12-10
AMERICAN TEAM WINS OUT.

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| lures Coveted LeaEue Trophy.
| The American Whist Club of Boston is
| now in permanent possession OF the Amer
| lean Whist League challenge trophy. The
| Bostonfans overwhelmingly defeated Messrs.
| John Hale. A. II. McCay. Beverly W. Smith
| and w. A. Thomas. the crack Baltimore
| minister's. in Boston Saturday by score of
39 to 8. This made the twentieth victory
| for the Bostons and twenty were neces-
| sary to the withdrawal of the trophy from
| challenge
| The league teams have challenged the
| temporary holders Of the cup, and chal-
| lenges have been taken up in the order in
| which they were made. The trophy was
| always played for at the annual congress
| OF minister's In June or July. When II was
| won by an eastern team and western
| team came on to capture II, 1t remained in
! the east half OF the season. and then it was
| sent west to the team which stood highest
| In the congress play.
The trophy won by the American Whist
Club is the second one Of the kind that h1
| ever been won. Minneapolis had a stronk
mortgage on it. being within two or three
| games of the requisite twenty wins. Bait:
| more's team had thirteen wins to its cred
| II, but failed to get further than that un-
| lucky number.
! The first trophy was won by the HamiI-
| ton Whist Club of Philadelphia In 1897 1t
was put IN play at the organization Of the
| league In 1894
The league will now put new challenge
| trophy in play.
Close of Benning Meeting.
| Getaway day was OF the most nota-
BILE OF the Washington Jockey Clubs fall
meeting at Bennng Saturday Despite the
| inclement weather. wind and a
| threatening sky-the attendance was one
| OF the largest OF the meeting. Speculation
! was unusually brisk and heavy and as
| three favorites and two strongly backed
| second choices won the talent had a good
| day. The feature of the days sport and
| perhaps the feature of the meeting, was the
| fourth race-the Max x.mum-for a purse OF
1.!N0 at distance of three miles Knight
OF the Garter was 8 to favorite at post
time. He went right out and made all the
running for two miles and half when
Rochester closed up on him and galloped
under the wire winner by three lengths.
| First Whip leading Oneck Queen by half a
| length for the place.
l.. A. W. Meeting.
| The annual meeting of the District Of Co.
| lumbia Division. League of American Wheel
men. will be held at the Ebbitt House this
evening at O'clock Reports of officers
and returning board will be made. The
Good Roads Association will meet at the
| same pace at I:5O.
Won by Light Infantry.
| The Washington Light Infantry basket
| ball team defeated the team from the Poto-
mac Boat Club in its first game Saturday
| night by % to 4.
| The playing of Devlin. LOTUS and Kendall
| for the infantry and Maize, Day and May
| of the Potomacs was notable.
! The Eastern Athletic Club. Washington
! Light Infantry and Potomac Boat Club
| have each won one game. the latter also
| having lost one. The Gibraltar Athletic
| Club and Corcoran Cadet Corps have each
| lost one game, not having won any.
General Sporting News.
| dispatch from London says: w. Duke.
| the American horse owner, who expects to
| transfer his training quarters to France.
| disposed OF seven horses at Newmarket
Saturday for about $4,000. of which Ed
mont brought 81, 800 and Galveston 5000
A dispatch from London, England. Satur-
day, says: kid Mccoy. who has received
| cable advices announcing that his wife had
| obtained decree of divorce against him in
| the United States, states that his marriage
| with Marguerite CornelH will occur in
| Paris or New York on Christmas.
Harry West. known as kid West. who
| on August left New York on a wager that
| he would walk to San Francisco in 15a
| days, has arrived there six days ahead OF
time West claims to have wagered 5000
with Charles Morton of Kansas City that
| he would start from New York city with
out cent. walk to San Francisco and get
| there broke in the time specified.
| In signing a ten-year contract with Ban
| Johnson, John McGraw has made the next
| determined step toward cutting loose from
| his league connections. He says he is under
| no obligations to ST. Louis to play there
| next season, as he Is his own boss.
| E. T. Peter. president of the Selma (AlaD
| Base Ball Association, has called meet
| ing of the promoters of the Alabama-Geor-
| gia Interstate League to meet at the KIM
ball House. in Atlanta, tomorrow morn
| ing. The cities that will form the league.
it is stated will be Selma and Montgomery.
| in Alabama, and Atlanta Macon, Columbus
| and Rome in Georgia. 1t may be decided
to add two more cities to the list and make
| the Alabama-Georgia League an eight-club
| organization.
| Arrangements We're completed at Chicago
| Saturday for the annual poultry, pigeon,
| cat and dog show to be given under the
| joint auspices of the National Fanciers
Association, the Chicago Pet Dog Club and
| the Beresford Cat Club. January p to 2o
! inclusive. More than $1,000 in cash prizes,
| in addition to many valuable specials. will
! be given. The exhibit will be held In the
| Coliseum. Many foreign exhibits are prom
| ised besides the entries from all parts OF
| the United States.
President Thos. H. Williams of the Cali
| fornia Jockey Club on Saturday sent a
| cablegram to England regarding the status
| of the case Of Jockey Tod Sloane. IF the
| reports from London to the effect that
| Sloane will be refused license by the
| English Jockey Club next year are true"
| Williams said. 81 will not allow him to ride
| at the Oakland track. The California
| Jockey Club recognizes all decisions ruling
| off owners, trainers and Jockeys
| F. l.. Carter jr.. of Harvard. who was
| penalized 80 seconds at the start. won the
| annual winter cross-country run given
| under the auspices of the Boston Athletic
! Association Saturday afternoon over the
| regular club course to Coolidge Corner,
| Brookline and RETURN a distance of about
| ~ miles. F. NJ. Kanalay the New Eng
| land champion of the Cambrfdgeport GYM
| nasium Association. one of the scratch men,
| however took the lions share of the honors
| by winning the time prize. finishing second
| and creating a new record for the course.
| His time was "a minutes 80 seconds which
| is 35 seconds faster than the best previous
record of 2J minutes 33 seconds, made by
Eddie Mills Of Harvard a few years ago.
FOR MERCY TO HAWKINS.
Court Requested by Citizens to Make
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