Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-29

American Players Met With Boycott
That Hurt Attendance.

Billy Earle, the little globe trotter and
well-known catcher, now in Cuba, writes
to the Cincinnati Enquirer as follows:
HAVANA, Cuba. November 15.-Since my
last letter the American ball players have
had a tough time with the Cuban clubs.
They have boycotted them and skinned
them in every manner. You cannot believe
a word they say. No one seems to be re-
sponsibe. They claim the boycott was not
intentional. and that the Cuban players and
managers would do all they could to make
the boys stay pleasant well as a profit
able one Then they turned right around
and advertised a championship game free
Of charge on the day our boys were to play.
The people f1ocked out to their game, While
but a few saw the game between the Ameri-
cans. This game was by far the best one
played. New York won by score OF . to >.
New YOrks-runs, ,; hits, Z; errors, a.
Brooklyns-runs. 2; hits. s; errors. D. Bat
teries-New Yorks, Mercer and Grady;
Brooklyns, Donovan and Schrirer.
After this game the boys held meeting
and got their heads together. They de-
cided to use a few boxes of Mexican salve
and in order to spread it smoothly gave
supper. They sent an invitation to the may
or. all the representatives Of the different
clubs and also to all the newspaper men
and two good interpreters. The supper was
a grand success.
Doyle Jennings and Callahan replied to
the toasts, each making nice speeches. But
Doyle made the hit of the evening. He
dwelt on Ireland and its struggle for free
dom. and also on Cuba; how badly the peo-
pie of. both Ireland and Cuba had been OPP
pressed by England and SPAIN that it
would be the happiest moment of his life
when Ireland and Cuba would be free: that
the Irish and Cubans show the world that
they could not only govern themselves, but
would show the world the greatest states
manShip 1t had ever seen. A rev Cubans
were jolly good fellows. The object of the
banquet seemed attained. so they agreed
on having a double-header for Sunday, the
18th. Fully 5000 people attended the game
but when they went to settle they were
paid for 5000. Then, to top 1t Off, they got
to get eighty Well you can imagine what
roar came from the boys. They were
DONE and done brown. This caused nine
of them to go home on the next boat. This.
a score of Is to II. Both pitchers We're hit
hard and errors were plentiful as Cuban
promises. There are good excuses for these
errors, as the ground is very rough Brook
lyns-Runs 10; hits, IL: errors, s; New
Yorks-Runs, II; hits. IA: errors. 8. Bat
teries-Bookiyns, Howell and Schriver;
New Yorks, Mercer and Grady.
On Monday November II, the boys went
to Camp Columbia. 1t is at place called
Buena Vista, nine miles southwest of Ha-
vana. The 7th Artillery is stationed there.
under General Baldwin. The boys were
we'll received by the general and his aids.
who did everything they could to make the
trip a pleasant one. They all carried away
many old relics of the late war, such as
bullets, machetes and old swords.
The boys played game for the benefit of
the soldiers which they seemed to enjoy
very much. There were LOO Of them
but Brooklyn won the game easily by a
score Of Q to s. Brooklyn-Runs, 8: hits.
8: errors. 3. New York-Runs, 5. hits, 10;
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