Evening star., 1901-05-24

| champions in the tenth by pocketing
Mertes line hit.-Chicago Record Herald.
One reason why the college player puts
all his heart and soul into his work is be-
| cause of the pride he feels in his alma
| mater: he wants his college to be to the
| fore all the time.
| Jack Doyle, the Chicago first haseman,
kicked at everything at Philadelphia in
| Guiding poor yellow dog that chanced
| to cross his path.
| 'Old Nancy Hanks Van Haltren and
| George Stacey Davis made five of the sev-
| en- hits secure off Phillpes delivery We'd
! nesday
Eastern writers claim that "Oli KY Nc
| Gam is about the best frst-sackar in the
| ntngs is out of it. until July !, at least. end
Fred Tenney has lost much of his brill
| fancy.
Pickering batted in hard luck, and was
| only able to get one safe hit. Clingman
made two pretty stops and throws of his
! slow grounders, while Everett made a SEN.
sational stop of his fast grounder.-Cleve-
| land Leader
| The Detroit club. after holding the lead
| In the American League almost uninter-
ruptedly since the beginning of the season,
was hauled out of first Tlace yesterday by
| Comlskey's White Stockings, VINO defeated
| the Athletics.
The people of Milwaukee have soured a
| little on the team, and it is not getting a
very enthusiastic support. 1t is doubtful
whether Milwaukee is a town of major
league caliber, anyhow, and st. Louis would
look much better in the circuit.
Hahn's great pitching at Boston Wednes-
day recalls the fact that his work It the
CINCINNATI park on July II last, when he
shut out the Philadelphinns without the
semblance of a base hit. was the star twrl-
ing feat of 1900.
If Philadelphia showed its true form yes
terday and is the weakest of the eastern
teams there is trouble ahead for the west
ern aggregations The QuaKars appeared
stronger than either Milwaukee or Cleve-
land, and suffer nothing by comp lrison
with Chicago or Detroit.-Chicago Post
William Buckingham Ewing was always
the catching Idol of VIII Rankin, the sage
OF the New York Clipper After seeing
Billy Bergen of Pittsburg in action, Ran
kin declared: Next to Ewing I think that
youngster is the best thrower ever looked
at
Most of the league magnates had pre-
pared to delve deeply into their pockets to
meet the losses on the season as result
of the American League opposition. but the
hard weather this spring will make the de-
nett larger than was anticipated.
Western Base Ball Association owners
met at Toronto and decided to submit GER
tain grievances to the National League
board of arbitration. Players in several
western Association teams are claimed by
has sustained the claims. The association
men decided not to withdraw from Nation
al League protection save as last resort.
Another meeting will be held soon.
A peculiar incident happened in the fifth
inning, and an error by the printer who
makes out the score card did the trouble
When GeninS came up to bat in the sixth
inning Umpire Sheridan would not allow it,
This was a surprise. Sheridan pulled out
his score card, which showed that Genins
batted in seventh place, while he was bat
ting in eighth. This mistake has been
made during the entire Detroit series, and
that the mistake was found out.-Clevelaud
Leader.