Evening star., 1901-09-05

| $4O. lie was never nedOeQ In the race, al
| though Anaconda pushed him hard to tho
| three-quarters In the second heat.
| There was a good deal Of speculation be-
fore the start in the 2.12 trot. A sample
White Wood, $50; Lady Thisbe, $50: Sena-
| tor L., SIS; Prince of India and Phoebe
Onward SO each; Carlyle Carne, s15.
| Chain Shot won the race without difficulty
| Major Taylor Won.
At the Worcester, Mass, Coliseum last
| night Major Taylor of Worcester, Mass,
| won the mile national championship easily
| in the contest with w. 8. Fem of Water
bury, Conn., The ten-mile open prefes-
| sional was won by Fem; H. B. Freeman,
Portland, Ore. second. and 1ver Lawson
Chicago, third. Time, 24.21.
Base Ball Notes.
Senators and Chicagos play a double
| header today.
Every eastern club lost in the west yes
| terday.
Carrick will have to use chloroform on
his 'hoodoo.
Reports from Philadelphia now say that
Cross is to go with Mack and Ely is to
| come down here. Clingman is as good as
either.
The eastern clubs are doing badly on the
present trip west. Boston has won only
| one, lost seven and tied one, while Phila-
delphia has won three and lost four.
| Detroit gave Plank the worst drubbing
| he has received this season.
The Pirates made twenty hits In the first
| game off the Giants pitchers and in the
second contest drove Hickman to the woods
| In one inning.
| Boston and Baltimore have both struck a
| get out Of the rut
Bierbauer, the former National Lacquer
now with Hartford. has not made fielding
| error in thirty-one games. That is the rec
ord for the season.
Dougherty Of the Bridgeports says he has
not decided to accept the offer of the Gin
| cinnati club. He has several other advan-
| tageous offers.
"Me play in New York;" queried AL Ortiz
when told the story that anchored him
there. There's one spot I scratch. I'd
Topsy Hartsel has instituted a still hunt
for the National League batting leadership.
He is now fourth having passed Billy
| Keeler and having Doheny, Heidrick and
Burkett ahead Of him. Doheny will not
stick, and If Hartsel keeps on at his present
gait he has the st. Louis men beaten.
The Senators have been going at good
gait since leaving home.
Two out Of three in Cleveland and two
out Of four In Detroit is quite a good
record
Mercer has claimed that his condition
handicapped him all season. and that he
has but recently rounded into good form.
His victory Tuesday was certainly COM
mendable.
The Detroit papers speak in flowery terms
Of Jack Farrelps work In that city, end
compare 1t favorably with kid GleaSon'S S,
which is indeed praise.
President Johnson no doubt understands
his business, but his reinstatement of Nc
Ginnity and Katoll looks like big mis-
take. The American League would have
| been improved by their absence.
Some day the truth about Shugart's in
| Ii tI,i- 1l%
will come out, and then Mr.. Iohnson's
| action in insisting upon his expulsion will
be better understood. Shugart has Ilayed
his last game with the American League,
Detroit better win both games today, or
President Burns will be buying all Of
President Postal's fall clothes. - Detroit
News.
There is nothing snowy about the playing
Of Kruger. the st: Louis third baseman.
but he is as steady as any Of them and
does his work with little fuss.
If Agent Delehanty gets commission on
all the National League players he brings
into the new camp he will be able to buy
several tons of coal this winter.
Bridget" Donohue did not show up to
don the catcher's mask at Chicago yester-
day He says that while he would like to
work for Mack, things have changed in
the Western League since he left Colorado
Springs, and he may go back there.
The New York batting order has been
changed again. If this sort Of thing were
conducive to winning. the Hariemites
would have the pennant cinched.
Wallace was the first infielder to get 400
assists Robby's shortstopping has teen
great stuff this summer and his batting
about .320-makes him pretty nearly the
most valuable infielder going.
President Somers of the Boston club says
that his club will have played to nearly
100000 people when the season is ended,
judging on the attendance up to date The
game is certainly very much alive If these
Bone. shortstop of the New Haven team,
reported to be a good batter and brilliant
fielder. has had two offers lately and is in
club has offered $275 month to him. 1t is
said, and Milwaukee also is after him.
There was some fine fielding on both
sides. those two young boys IN right field
Holmes and Dungan-making catches that
would have surprised people much older
than they are. Coughlin on third and Ell
berfeld on short were very handy. and Far
rell showed that he can play second base
some.-Detroit Free Press.
AS soon as Katoll learned Of the DISPOSE
ton that had been made Of the McGinnity
case he sought an interview with President
Johnson and the two went over his trouble
with Haskell carefully Katoll made the
president see that he was not altogether to
blame and showed him that he was sorry
he and Haskell had got into trouble. After
taking the matter under consideration for
short time President Johnson announced
that Katoll had also been reinstated
Shugart has had all kinds OF offers since
President Johnson has put his ban on him.
The Columbus club, in the Western League,
has made him an offer Of 5000 a month to
finish the season with 1t, and another club
has made a still better offer to him to take
the reins and manage it. Shugart will not
accept anything this season, however, un-
til the whole trouble is settled, SO far as
the league officials are concerned.
"McGinnity came to my office q few days
ago, and was impressed with. his frank
ness" says President Johnson. "He did
not come to deny, but told a straightfor-
init his mistake was worthy of leniency,
and SO 1 decided to give him another
chance, and don't think that my umpires
will ever have any trouble with him again.
believe that Mc(5iuuitY Is an honest chan.