Evening star., 1900-10-01

saturday next a team Oh OT seven VI
the most expert tennis players in the Ca
tonville Country Club will come to Wash
ington and play team from the Bachelors
Club.
Mr. J. Noble Warren of s44 Frederick
avenue, Baltimore, found a dead homing
pigeon in the woods Saturday Its legband
was marked IN. a., 3o675.'
Nightingale, the famous mare, with q
record of 30, died at Riverside stock farm,
near Berlin, Wis. Saturday. She was sew
enteen years old and was a half-sister to
Cresceus, the famous stallion, which won
the stakes of S20,0 600 at Readville last week.
F. McC Robertson 1901, has been elected
temporary captain of the Yale base ball
nine. to succeed Frank l.. Quinby, resign
ed, who has left college. The election would
have been made permanent, but for the
lack of votes of two members who are out
of town as yet, and could not be reached
by wire. Robertson will have charge of
the early practice of the nine this fall.
Harry D. Elkes of Glens Falls. N. Y,
won a twenty-mile cycle race from Arthur
w Ross of Newark, N. j., at Worcester.
Mass, Saturday. Time, 32i %. Ross
was beaten by two-thirds of a mile. j. j.
Casey was defeated in a ten-mle race by
c. ]. Porter of Detroit, Mich. Time,
21 16 %. The meet was the last of the
season, ard was attended by LOO persons.
At Readville, Mass. Saturday. the un-
finished races of the Breeders Association
meet, which came over from Thursday on
account of rain, were finished. The Pr1-
vate b. g., won the 2.12 class pacing, in
which he took two heats Thursday, and
Consuela S., b. m, took the third heat and
race in the 22i class trotting. The Pri-
Yates best time was 2O4A; that OF Con-
suela S. 139.
At Toronto Ont, Saturday night before
(Sn1I
han of Philadelphia. received the decision
over Luke Purke of Lowell, Mass, in the
fourth round Burke repeatedly clinched
and hit in clinches. Jack Roach of Toron-
to then faced Callahan, but was beaten in
five rounds. after game fight. David
Sullivan was to have met Callahan, but
would not agree to the referee.
Two important events scheduled for Sat
urday's matinee of the Gentlemens Driving
Club OF Cleveland, Ohio, were postponed un-
til today John A McKerron owned and
driven by III. X. Devereux, will try to lower
the amateur trotting record to wagon of
209. which he made last week, and Ana
Mas, owned and driven by c. f. Emery,
will try Ito beat the mark of 2.O3A, which
Cooney paced to wagon at Terre Haute last
Thursday. At the club matinee next Sat
urday Cresceus. the champion stallion. will
try to lower his trotting record of 204a.
Base Ball Notes.
ing for Brooklyn.
Bernard of New York ran into the
bleachers Saturday after fly and was
riousy injured. .
Ex-senator Bill Donovan went into the
box Saturday for Brooklyn after Kitson
had been hammered hard and saved the
day.
Patsy Donovan of st. Louis and Killing Of
Chicago ran together at the home plate
yesterday in Chicago and both were badly
hurt.
If Boston and New York can give the
Brooklyns the dose administered to Pitts
burg by Cincinnati the smoketown pirates
may yet make it interesting for the cham
pions. But the chances are small.
Manager Fred Clarke was not in the
game Saturday, and 1t was announced that
he would be out the remainder Of the sea-
SON. He is suffering from a torn igament
in his right leg, and his physicians have
ordered him to take 1t easy.
From st. Louis comes the information
that Mr.. Robson will not sell McGraW,
even if McGraw should refuse to play
with the Cardinals next season. The pros
poets are bright that Patsy Donovan will
manage the st. Louis team next season.
New York players are rejoicing In the
Cincinnati, 13 to Z. kip Selbach's great
batting and fielding was q big factor in
settling several of the games, and 'Pink"
Hawiey gained clean record, landing all
i've of his games.
Neither Breitenstein nor Steinfeldt has
said anything about retiring from the game
recently. The Cincinnati club has no fear
that these players win not be In lire again
In the spring. Base bali is too easy money
for man to give II up unless he must
Jesse Tannehill OF Pittsburg IL also done
for. The crack he got In the Wednesday