Evening star., 1901-09-09
Death of nc eii.t Nelson.


tomorrow night he may survive.
Death of nis el,.t Nelson.
NEW YORK. septehber e.-John Nelson.
the young bicydist r Chicago. who was
injured in his race With Jimmy Michael at
Madison Square Gaseen last Wednesday
night. died today q Bellevue Hospital
Nelson's left leg wa badly lacerated by
one Of the wheels o& his motor tandem.
The limb was amputSted last Saturday to
prevent the spread OF blood-poisoning, but
he did not recover sfnom the shock of the
operation. Nelson was twenty-one years
old.
General Spofting News.
Harry Elkes, at Madison Square Garden,
New York. Saturday night, was the winner
OF the fifteen-mile motor-paced bicycle
race, defeating Albert Champion by five
and quarter laps. The time was 27.32 10.
With the exception of regular routine
work, nothing was done by the Shamrock's
crew Saturday. After dinner shore leave
was granted most of the men in the Upton
fleet If nothing unforeseen occurs 1t Is the
intention of Sir Thomas Upton to give the
shamrock trial spin every day this week
AT the Pan-American worlds champion
ships, held in the Stadium at the exposition
Saturday afternoon, H. Arnold of the
Union Settlement A. C. broke the worlds
record in the 44O-yard hurdle race; time,
Sc 1-5. Ray w Ewry of the N. Y. A. C.
beat the worlds record of feet inches
by doing the standing high jump in feet
5A inches.
dispatch from Hartford, Conn, says:
Owing to the lameness of Charley Herr
the race of Cresceus, Boralma and Charlie
Herr at Readville on September 10 has
been declared off. Mr.. Lawson now offers
purse of $4,000, the proceeds to go to
charity, for a race between Cresceus and
The Abbot, to take place at Readville on
September 10.
Saturday was closing day of the Grand
Circuit meet at Hartford, Conn. The Horse
Review stake resulted in walkover for
the three-year-old PAGER New Britain Colt.
owned by E. G. Bahcock. The Abbot tried
to beat the track record, 2.04A, and went
mile in 2.O5.
Miss Myrtle McAteer of Pittsburg re-
tained her title Of western tennis champion
Saturday. She defeated Miss Winona Clos
terman of Cincinnati, the challenger, in
three straight sets and won easily. Scores:
g., 81, 81. In championship doubles
Miss McAteer and Miss Closterman won
the championship by defeating Miss Edith
Parker and Miss Halle Champlin, 5-7,
60, 6-1, g.
At Niagara Falls Saturday Graham sue
cessfully swan the lower rapids from the
whirlpool to Lewistown. His partner, Miss
whirlpool to Lewiston. His partner, Miss
through the rapids in Graham's barrel and
reached the whirlpool in good shape, but
there the barrel remained for long time,
many attempts to catch 1t falling. She was
was summoned, but she died before he ar
rived.
At Boston Major Taylor fattened his
score in the national championship record
materially on Saturday night by adding
sixteen points to it in winning both the
one-third-mile championship and the one
mile championship at Charles River Park.
The latter race was a loafing match. Kra-
mer heads the list in the national cham
pionship with seventy-two points, and
Taylor is second, with sixty-siX. There is
but one more meeting to decide the cham
pionship.
Base Ball Notes.
The Senators are travelling homeward
today.
The trip which closed yesterday was ex-
ceptionally good for the Senators, as they
placed eight victories to their credit and
lost but six. 'i.-s
Tomorrow the Washingtons will play an
exhibition game with the Chester club, an
independent team.
Clarence Foster has been let out by Man
ager Manning and he was at once signed
by the Chicagos Foster is gentlemanly
fellow, but he lacked the winning qualities
which belong to4a successful player
Besides hitting the ball for keeps in Sat-
urday'S game, Jack, Farrell placed two
stolen bases to his credit.
The great Boston team will be at Ameri
can Park Wednesday and the Senators
will doubtless be greeted with a big crowd
as their good work deserves.
The American League Championship has
not been decided yet by jugfull. The
White Sox play their last game of the sea-
son at home today and all the remaining
games will be played in the east. Boston
is great home team and the other eastern
clubs are in good enough condition to be
troublesome to the Chicagos.
Outside papers mention that Billy Cling
m n w ho jC iloly fn ha
dropped by Manager Manning next season.
This is poor guess, as Mr.. Manning is
trying to get enough good batters On next
years team so that BillyS light stick work
will not be noticed. Clingman's batting per-
centage Saturday and Sunday was .454.
So far as is known, the American League
has made no great efforts to obtain any
of the Boston players The stars Of the
team either are blacklisted by the Amer
lean or are too loyal to make a change.
One report has 1t that Jack Doyle is to be
with the Washington American League
team next spring. AS matter Of fact,
Doyle signed a two-year contract with
Chicago last spring and says that is where
he will play next year.
President Dreyfuss said: II cannot un-
derstand why the New Yorks always slump,
I never saw anything like it. If I had the
Giants I would fire every man but two
George Davis would be the first to get the
AK"
Some members of the ST. Louis team be-
lieve they will be lucky to finish In the
first division. This Is not encouraging to
the Mound City sports who have wagered
that the Cardinals would finish first or
second.
Manager Hanlon Of the Brooklyns thinks
that the prospects Of his team winning
the pennant were never brighter this sea-
son than they are at present. Fred Clarke
Of the Pittsburgs has the same opinion Of
his aggregation. One of them is too san
guine. Which?
Orth's remarkable work Saturday against
T1s&x ,1xv TO-
has been doing all year, and especially in
the past three months. Occasionally q
club has been able to land on Orth in one
inning, but his record Of holding teams
down to two or three runs or Shutting
them out has been so consistent that the
fans may look for him to maintain it-Phil-
adelphia Press. He will be a Senator next
year.
Base ball men claim that recent devel-
opments at Chicago show the maenates Of
the various minor leagues are trying to
get under cover with the American The
fact that the American League held it's
meeting at the Leland and that the minors