Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-04

Labor Day Base Hall Attendance.
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Boston :. ......... 3.ooOsRoston. $1,000. $500
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Total for the day So,oi'
The attendance at Labor day games since
1894 has been as follows: 1894. 81 .623; 1895.
&c. 767: 1895. S. 617; 1897. %, 40; 1893. 14.pSS
1890. 81. O12. all for six cities; 1900 dor four
cities). 3B,517 New York's figures are for
a double-header. There was no morning
game.
base Rail Notes.
Labor day was a Jonah for the st.
Louis and Chicago teams.
Mercer continued his good work yester-
day. defeating the Cincinnatis quite handily.
"Merce" has become the Giants winning
twirler.
Brooklyns have a good lead for the cham
pionship but from yesterdays games the
Pirates are In great shape APE and the former
The Philadelphia players and spectators
were after Dan Mccain yesterday. in re-
taliation for his scrap with Wolverton some
time since. but the ex-senator played such
a good game as to finally win applause from
| the onlookers.
king Kelly" was on first for the East
| ems yesterday, and as usual, played finely
| in the field, but appeared too anxious TO
| kill the ball while at the bat to be effective.
Kelly has just returned from the south.
where he has been playing good ball all
season.
It's a pretty fight between Boston Pitts
| burg and Philadelphia for second place.
Catcher thinner was sent after Rube
| wadden Saturday and the great left paw
Joined the Pittsburgs yesterday.
| Six weeks more of base ball and then the
| dead season Of 1900 will be buried without
| groan from Washington.
! Phil Geier the Washington lad Is play
l fl,a IpS1to NIL &c
| doing good work. Cincinnati papers have
been roasting Manager Allen for some time
past for letting Phil get away from that
| city.
| Rurkett has made thirty-six hits in the
| last twenty games st. Louis has played.
| New York has made more errors up to
| date than any other team in the league
| 2S1. Brooklyn has the least-lS7. The Phil
| lies are sixth with 30.
Mercer is one of the finest pitchers in the
league. His headwork is great.-Boston
| Globe
Hugh Duffy is playing grand good ball
these days. and while not making lot of
| safe hits he is meeting the ball in fine style.
| Elmer Smith has developed into the most
| timely hitter on the New York team Ine
| Gotham critics do not tire of singing his
praises.
From Buffalo comes the information that
Comiskey has accused his players Of throw
not come in first: Commy has returned
Pitcher Doheny to- New York.
The Philadelphia club is said to have
dropped to the fact that Delehanty Is not
| a first baseman. and will look for man to
fill that position properly. Aside from his
worth as a hitter: aDefehanty really is of
no great value to the Quakers.
The New Yorks play most of their games
from now until the close of the season on
their home grounds. Under the circum-
stances there is a good prospect of the
Giants finishing higher than eighth.
The Pittsburg Base Ball Club has closed
| flo he choS of
Donohue from the Dayton Interstate
| League Club. Donohue will join Pittsburg
| at Brooklyn. lift
Ted Sullivan arrived in Chicago Saturday.
| He says that all the minor league players
he captured for Chicago are now walking
| for that city and are expected to arrive by
the time the team returns from the east.
He says he has left nothing in any of the
minor leagues worth picking.
| Bresnehan, who took Dexter's place be-
hind the bat for Chicago in the seventh in
ming Saturday, pitched for Washington sea-
son before last He was released because
he wanted the salary limit and since that
time has been playing in the minor leagues
both as a pitcher and a catcher.
Dillon of Detroit tried to spike Kelly, the
Indianapolis first baseman, In Saturday s
game and then threw a pop bottle into the
| bleachers, for which he was put out of the
game AS pop bottles do not grow in the
| outfield, 1t is likely that the bleachers first
threw it at Dillon.
Boston has betting ring back of third
base where as much money changes hands
as in Pittsburg. and Thursday there was
said to have been at least 5000 wagcred at
| 500 to $40 Boston.-New York Journal.
At present Pittsburg is by far the best
city in the National League circuit The
Pirates have been drawing even better at
home than did the Philies in their last
series in the Quaker city. winning team
| Is almost certain Of good support In any
! National League city-except Brooklyn.
| Dummy Hoy proves every day that he
| N q hnSnpSS
He made a number of brilliant catches and
| In the sixth made a play that was wellnigh
| impossible. He ran from deep center al
| most to the shortstops position to land a
high one from Lally's bat and gained big
ovation from the fans in consequence
Chicago Record.
Fred Clarke placed a fly in short right
| field Saturday that everybody seemed to
think would go safe. but Patsy Donovan.
formerly manager of the Pirates. scooped
in the ball on a dead. run. Clarke was sur
prised at the play and Joined the spectators
| in applauding Pat
That an attempt will be made to form an
other base ball association next year Is
without question. The owners of the Ma
| tional League clubs need not delude them
selves with the idea that they are going to
have a peaceful winter. On the contrary.
| there are indications of war, and plenty Of
1t.
Sheriff Shay Again Interferes.
The Enterprise Athletic Club gave its
opening exhibition in its new club house at
Chesapeake Junction last evening. the COM
plete success of which was marred by the
interference Of Sheriff Shay OF Prince
Georges county. The program included
songs. dances and sparring bouts. There
| were four bouts of four rounds EACH and
all but the last were allowed by the sheriff.
Billy Payne Of Baltimore got the decision
over Fred Primrose of this city; Charles
| West stopped Aleck Brown in three rounds
and the bout between Kid Henning Of this
city and Charles Katz Of Baltimore was
declared a draw. What was to have been
the star bout was stopped In the third
round by the sheriff because one Of the
men had been knocked down. The contest
ants were Billy PevteD. champion of the
District, and Blacka FAzsinmons of Nor
folk. 1t was limited ITO four rounds to
please the sheriff, but would not have gone
that FAR even If har had not stopped 1t In
the third round Peyton outclassed his OPP
ponent and could easily have put him out
II he had been SO disposed. 1t is said that
Peyton will be matched with Creedon or
some other heavywatghtfof repute. and that
the fight will be palledf OF in one Of the
theaters in BALTIMORE. where such things