Evening star., 1901-07-29


att Lee, the clever southpaw. is said to
have been approached and offered s. 800 to
change. but turned the offer down. It b
thought that others have been tampcrcd
with also, but with what result Is still un-
known.
Il am confident these agents are working
among u.s." said Manning. but how sue
cessful they will be cannot be told until
we attempt to sign our men again.
Another Victory for 81. Elisabeth.
The st. Elizabeth bast BAH team. which
has not been defeated this season. added
another game to It's credit Saturday by
defeating the Woodward & Lothrop nine
By IS to 5. Reamer. who did the twfrifng
for the asylum boys, proved q rather hard
puzzle to solve for the visitors who only
| made SIX hits of hts delivery. Charlie
Suit put up his oId-time game behind the
bat. which Is OF the excellent order. The
battery for Woodward & Lothrop was
Wynkoop and Kelly. The asylum boys
will play the team from the marine bar
racks Thursday afternoon.
An Interesting Game at LanGdOn.
An interesting and closely contested base
ball game was played at Langdon. d. c..
Saturday between the e Streets and q
picked team from the government printing
Office and Langdon clubs. the former COM
Ing out victorious by to s. The features
OF the game were the backward running
catch by Deland. which practically saved
the game. as 1t prevented two players
from scoring. and the grand battery work
Of Greenfield and Langley Of the winning
team. the latter having seven put-Otts and
two assists to his credit without a misplay.
field the E Streets making one error. while
the picked team had four The e Streets
will in the near future play the teams rep
resenting Hyattsville and Berwyn. Teams
n sy{yr c6n a6d oh 0od
to p. L. Webb. manager, 1919 Emerson
street northeast
Whist League Congress at Milwaukee.
Whist players from all parts of the coun-
try are gathering In Milwaukee to attend
the eleventh annual congress-, which viii
| open today to continue until Saturday. Al
and when the playing shall begin Tuesday
it is expected that between 800 and 100
devotees of the game will be present.
Among the prominent arrivals at Mil
waukee are President DIR. Joseph N. Nen
Of Philadelphia, Vice President Tormey OF
San Francisco. Secretary Frye of Chicago,
Corresponding Secretary Cooper Of Shelby
vile, Tenn. and Treasurer John T. Mitch
ell of Chicago. The program will include
eighteen contests
After the Milwaukee Franchise.
It developed yesterday at Milwaukee that
Milwaukee came much nearer losing her
base ball club and franchise this season
than was generally supposed. 1t was learn
ed On the best Of authority that parties In
st. Louis only recently offered the Mil
waukee people $S0.O for the team and
franchise, but the offer was declined. Hen
ry KiIliIea. who has been looking after
his brothers interest lately, Matt having
been up north admitted last night in Mil
waukee that 1t was true. He said: The
$4,000 was the figure. He refused because
the people of Milwaukee have patronlzed
the games most literally, considering
where the team stands in the race and for
that reason alone we will remain here"
Monroe Lowers Elkes' Record.
About 1000 spectators witnessed some
exciting sport at the Vailsburg. NJ J..
cycle track yesterday. but none of the pro-
fessional stars was present.
The fve-mile motor paced race be-
tween John King and Ben Monroe Of Mo-
bile. Ala, was the feature. Monroe won
both heats easily and in the second an
nouneed that he would try for the record
made by EAkes at Manhattan Beach on
Saturday. Monroe rode steadily through
out and finished strong. making the dis
tance in 7.N. The old figures were 7.47 4-A
The 25-mile unpaced (amateur) race was
won by Edward Forrest Of Brooklyn, In
Las. q new worlds amateur record
Tonight's Boxin9 Match.
Many local sports will go to Baltimore
tonight to see the twenty-round sparrins
bout between James Handler OF Newark
and young Peter Jackson of San Francisco,
undoubtedly the best two men In the welt
er weight division There win be several
good preItminarie&
GeneF.l sporting News.
At Manhattan Beach Saturday Major
Taylor and Frank L. Kramer. In the final
heat Of the half-mue circuit championship
gave an exhibition Of the Ioafing French
style Of racing. In the first thirty seconds
they did not go thirty yards. In the sprint
Taylor finished first, beating Kramer ae
the tape by q few inchea-
My Lady, bay mare, ten years old. by
Feuowcraft, dam Dixtetta, by imported
King Ban, with her sucking colt, by DIR.
Mcbride, were struck by lightning at Maj.
KY. and instantly killed Friday night
The mare was full sister to NY Fellow
and was valued at $4,000
The championship meeting OF the Metro
Union was held In che Stadium ax the Pan
American exposition Saturday afternoon
Although the number Of entries was rather
small the meet was marked by exciting
finishes In most OF the track events New
York Athletic Club won 81 points. Pastima
. points and Knickerbocker' a points. q
A thorough examination Of the under.
body OF the Consultation at Bristol r. L,
Saturday showed that the yacht received
no material damage by striking a reef In
her Yece from New London to Newport
last Thursday. A slight dent was found IA
the starboard sidA Of tho ballast I'm. well
down toward the base and few plates
were roughed q little. The plates were
smoothed- Tho Constitutions went 10 New
port to race this week for kha Aster cum. !,
At Montreal. Que. 6akuFday tia Genne-
vile OF Canada defeated Grey Vriar sso-
wanhAka c9p 6eTiea- The Wild ~
little more hT1sk than On peeeedine dax1
and the Ensiish challenger made 8 soans-
her by minutes and 30 seconds over ths