The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-30
SPORTING NEWS.

SFUhl lNO NCWO,
Items of General Interest Concern1n.
the Doings of Sports.
The Syracuse correspondent OF Sporting
Life says: The Syracuse Stars are not
doing so very bad at present writing.
Our. percentage to-day is pretty close 10
the 500 mark, and there are indications
that we are going right up the hne.
Some changes have been made IN the
team. and it is whispered there are more
to follow. Manager Irwin engineered
matters effectively enough to trade Gus I
Dundon for Hannivan, of toronto anu
Kuhns is now playing third base. Catcher
John Wente, a Syracuse boy, mas peen
signed, and the addition of Wente VIII
help matters at the box Office sure enough.
Wente is popular here. He is prominent
in the Pastime Athletic Club, an organi-
cation with hundreds OF members VINO
are sure to add strength to the Rooters
Club. and then we have Buck weaver
and he has caught on right away quick,
too. Weaver IS playing good bail, ana
the fans like him. Pitcher John Blshop
is now in good form. and Providence
went down in defeat at his hands yester-
day before 5000 Well-pleased patrons.
Bishop bids fair to be OUT malnstay TINS
year.
washington is restricted for the season
to semi-professional ball, which is TO be
furnished by the League of Maryland.
Virginia and District of Columbia ms
BODY effected a permanent organization al
a meeting held in Washington, May iotn'
the following officers being elected: Presi-
dent. Adam Johnson; Vice-Pres!dent, Dr.
Hensel; Secretary. Captain 4. e t.d"aros'
Treasurer Edward Rice. The following
clubs comprise the league: Y NJ {. A.
Corcoran c. c., Eastern Athletic Cup,
Government Printing Office. AieSaToria'
Va. and Rockville. Nd. a constitution
was adopted and committees appointed to
look after the schedule, the business ana
financial arrangements Of the orsaniza-
ton.
Each club will be allowed to sign If
teen players. Three games are to BE- play
ed each week, and The opening games VIII
be pulled off to-day.
There Will probably be two baseball
leagues in North Carolina-the Western,
composed of mines from Charlotte. States
VILE. Salisbury Concord, etc, and the
Eastern, composed of those from Raleigh,
Tarboro Wilson, Wilmington, ROCKY
Mount, etc. There is remarkable revival
of public interest in baseball in many sec
tons Of the State.
Syracuse has released outfielder Butter
more.
Syracuse has released Pitcher, Jack kee-
nan to reduce expenses. and Manager r.
win has recommended him to the New
York Club for a trial.
The Syracuse Club has traded infelder
Dundon for Outfielder Hannivan. OF To-
ronto. and has signed outfielder BUCK
Weaver, late OF Cleveland
Manager Irwin. of Syracuse, has receiv-
ed Instructions to strengthen at any cost
The salary limit is apparently dead let
ter in the Eastern League.
THE time will come said Manager
Hanlon the other day, when the League
will have TO legislate against players
who stand up at the plate and foul OFF
ball after ball. Roy Thomas, of the Phil
lies, is one of those batsmen- he IS as
valuable to a team as 400 per cent. hit
ter, for he never steps to the plate that
he does not worry a pitcher by his per-
sistent fouling. A rule may be passed
some day, which gives the umpire the
right to call man out when he has made
a certain number of fouls. whether acci-
dental or otherwise. The number, OF
course would have 10 be fixed. 1t is
fact that there are so many men IN the
league who work this trick that delays the
games. AIlOiHtE idCl WHICH uCi1SS SiiS
game is this: Every catcher tries to catch
either the hit-and-run or steal sign when
there is man on first. The catchers wait
and look towards first to see If they can
catch it. Sometimes they guess at II ana
make the pitcher pitch out. II they don't
guess right several balls are wasted. and
this helps to delay the game. All the
games have been played much too slow
this spring for this reason"
Ansley H Fox, of Baltimore, made a
great record al double targets at Balti-
more, May 18th, breaking IS out of posi-
bic 100 on a wager. At the end of this match
he had broken straight. His friends We're
anxious TO see what record he could
make, and requested him to continue
shooting He started in and broke as
out of the next So losing his fifty-second
and fifty-eighth birds. This gave him a
score of 9S out of 100. which is certainly
remarkably clever shooting.
The conditions were favorable, the
targets being thrown with good flight and
fairly even ang'eS. Three traps We're
used, the first pair thrown to centre and
left, the second pair 10 centre and right.
and third pair to right and left. Inc rise
was fourteen yards.
This is undoubtedly the record for
double-target shooting, and stamps MI.
Fox as leader at this style of shooting.
He used a Parker gun, is drains OF
E. C. powder, loaded in Leader shells by
the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Mr.. Fox made a good showing here at
Blandon Park last week.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
Wednesday. May 30th-First shoot for
the Long Island championship at live
birds. under The management of the
Medicus Gun Club. Open to all resi-
dents of Long Island % birds each. All
at % yards rise.
May soth. 3lst, June 1st-London, O..
! two days. targets; one day, live birds;
| 5000 added.