Evening star., 1901-07-27

closed.
| Baltimore had made 70 runs for one wic,-
| ct In the second inning. when the game
ended With the exception OF Oldham. who
made II runs. and Waite, who had II to
| his credit. none Of the Baltimore players
| reached double figures.
Constitution Not Damaged.
| The Constitution was taken out on the
I marine railway at Bristol. r. L. yesterday
| afternoon to ascertain what damage. II
| any. her plating sustained when she struck
rock or wreck OF New London Thurs
day: No damage to her plates whatever
| After the yacht struck she was said to
drag perceptibly in the water, and the CO.
lumbia beat her badly on Thursday.
Base Ball Notes.
The Senator'S open in Milwaukee today
| for four games.
Case Patten win try once more to land
| q victory for Washington.
The story from Chicago Is somewhat
startling. but 1t Is based on fact.
| When Arthur Irwin was in Washington
with the bicycle riders. he wanted to wager
| that the National League would be q
tWelve-club organization next season.
Manager Manning Is reported to be hank
ering after Fred Ely. recently released by
| P1ttsburg. but as Cincinnati and Connie
Mack are also after the shortstop, Wash
L II.
also try to reopen negotiations with Left
Fielder Hayden, now with Atlantic City.
| Win Mercer is slowly rounding into form,
ana takes light exercise daily. Yesterday
and reports from there say his condition
| has improved wonderfully.
4 There Is not a club In either league that
| mas not a number Of scouts out. looking
over the talent that the various minor
| leagues are developing. and laying lines
| to scoop In such players as might be OF
| service.
Charley Dexter means well, but his first
| base play Is sad He's a hard and willing
worker, but looks Just as much at home
! on the initial corner for the Chicago club
as "Rube" Waddell would on the golf links.
/ In the third inning Of yesterdays game
at St. Louis there came near being riot
when Jack OConnor struck Donovan and
was promptly Knocked down by young
Murphy. Half dozen policemen rushed
to the plate and it was fully fifteen min
utes before order was restored and the
game resumed.
The star work OF the past week was that
| done by Harry O'Neill in Portland on Sat
urday. In two games he had twenty-five
chances and got them all: A great piece
OF work by the best second baseman in the
league.--Haverhfll Gazette.
DemOnt still leads the Boston National
team In batting with an average OF 322
Nichols has an average Of .316 and these
two the only ones over 800. Slagle
| made the best gain of the week in batting
being third in the list now He has an
"A
Somewhere in the massive volume that
contains the wise sayings OF Clark Griffith
can be found this declaration: "Gfve me
luck and the other side the hits and I
won't worry."-Chicago Chronicle.
Men may come and men may CO. but
Roaring Bill Kennedy apparently goes on
forever. He has seen many changes in the
ten years he has been with Brooklyn, and
may see many more. His associates in the
club are confident that Bill will pitch great
ball during the remainder of the season.
Pat Donovan and his Cardinals are to
have hard time of 1t on the next eastern
trip. The members of the eastern teams
do not think well Of that st. Louis organi-
zation. It seems that Pat and his men
have been working too hard to gain vic
tories on their own grounds to keep them
in good standing with the other clubs.
In the fifth inning of last Wednesdays
game at Cleveland, with Waldron on first
base, Farrell drove a hot one between third
| and short Both Bradley and Shiebeck ran
for the ball, but 1t got past Bradley, and
Shiebeck, being the furthest out. stopped
the ball by a phenomenal one handed catch.
and turning, threw out Wadron at second
| base. Mr.. Shiebeck had to dofr his cap
Henry Burke Voorhees,, the well-known
pitcher of the Atlantic City base ball team.
has just come into possession of snug for
tune, amounting to 10000, which was left
him by the death of an aunt some time
ago. voorhees, is graduate of Oberlin
scholar in the old languages. He has been
teaching in one of the colleges in Virginia
during the past two winters.
1t is rumored that a sensation Of no
small magnitude is likely to be sprung next
week in the American League camp which
will further disturb the alleged serenity Of
National League magnates- 1t is thought
that President Johnson Is planning coup
which will result in his organization OBJ
tanning a number of the most promising
young players in the country and the i'm
mediate strengthening of the Philadelphia,
Cleveland and Milwaukee clubs.
The teams which figure on victories be-
fore they have played their games with
the tail-end Chicagos are being served
some fine surprises by LOTUS crowd. Yes
terday Cincinnati was given dose Of the
Remnants popular brand of surprise tonic.
Since Cupid Childs was sent to the woods
the team is playing improved article of
ball. Pete Childs, late OF st. Louis, has
proven a good man for that Chicago in
field. Mike Kahoe, by the way. Is hitting
splendidIy for Chicago.
Burke made a hit in the NINTH stole Sec
ond and went to third on Sullivan's safe
one to Cross. But he lost his head just
long enough TO be caught when Smith made
a bluff" at throwing to second to catch
Sullivan. Plank pulled the ball out of the
air with one hand when Burke was half
way to the plate, threw to Cross and the
runner was in a trap he could not escape
/ from. His was the third out.-Chcago Ex-
change.
: The right name of tie catcher who was
on the ST. Louis pay roll early in the sea-
son under the cognomen of Sullivan has
been learned. 1t Is Noyes. He last year
was the California correspondent of a st.
Louis sporting paper. In his weekly let
ters he boosted players on the coast and
one Of these was Mike Donlin. Last year
he wrote that he had discovered a young
catcher who would shine in fast company
and st. Louis signed him and he was found
wanting. 1t has just leaked out that the
catcher was the correspondent himself
During the early days of the recent west
ern trip when Hanlon had trouble with
his pitchers, it was suggested that the
manager get a number of young pitchers
for the purpose OF experimenting for next
season." Experiment? No." said Han
Ion; Il have a chance to win the pefinant
with the pitchers I have. Beside, there Is
no use buying lot of minor leaguers at
fabulous prices and not know how long we
can keep them. The American League Is
still in the ring, although badly battered,
you know"
Suicide of a Young Man.
Lloyd Tevis Breckenridge, grandson on the