Evening star., 1901-10-18
TRo4TING AT LEXINGTON.
Canadian sports Lost 100000 ON ,
sure Thing

ny-, dL Lie SiSIll udy Oh the Idtl ITOII1ng
meeting. was 5000. The stake event was
the West. one Of the oldest and most noted
events Of the association, but Laola out
classed her field and won so handily that
interest was lost after the first heat She
distanced all her opponents save Lady
Patchie in the third heat and secured first
third and fourth money amounting to
about $3.50.
The 2.10 pace also went to the favorite,
Council Chimes who had an easy victory.
A number of spertsmen from the Cana
dian circuit had planned coup with Bor-
der, mare of which nothing was known
by the regulars, and so heavily had they
played her in the pooling that she was
second choice in the betting. They put
into the pool box some $4,000, but when
she came out on the track she was lame
and had to be drawn. The bets were net
declared off and her hackers lost their
money This was the 2.1S trot. and it de-
veioped into good contest between Alice
Carr, Una Belle and Galbator, the favorItes.
and Is unfinished. =.
Base Ball Notes.
While waiting for the steamboat to leave
the dock at Sharptown, Del. yesterday,
with their base ball team, Robert Waller
pitcher of the Sharptown team, fell dead
Waller was a crack base ball player and
had been secured to play against the Laurel
tSeiii. liz was loi iACiiS d pilSLel VII Inc
| Lakewood team.
| Familiar names to be seen in the scores
| of games now being played in California
are Hemphill, Atherton. Reilly, Spies, Al
| trock and Hoffer.
Jimmy Williams says if the Pittsburg
| club has signed Shortstop Conroy it has
| picked up the greatest shortstop in either
| league.
Wild Bill Donovan, once Earl Wagncrs
| erratic Senator, proved to be Ned Hanlolis
| premier during the past season. The Brook
| Ignite had Bill tanned at Hartford before
| bringing him back to the big menagerie
| where he made coed.
| Tom Lotus says the Cincinnati battin.;
| list reminds him of section Of 4 brewery
pay roll. Wonder what he thinks Of San
| Franciscos line-up, with lIidebrand
Schwartz, Pabst, Krug and Iburg On the
! list? The 'Friscos have a seeming cinch
on the pennant in the California league.
| Jesse Burkett still fingers at ST. Louis
! and Is taking daily SHES at the banktaifs
open and expects to hear Franz, Robson
warble Because | Love YOU as soon as
! he can get his voice filed
Jack Suthoff has received letter from
! Manager Watkins of .he defu1cs Indian
apolis club, asking him to look up a Num-
| Der of promising players. Watkins expects
| to be in base ball again next year, and
! that. Indianapolis will have n team = Gin
| ciEnati Enquirer.
Fourteen of the sixty-eight pitchers on
the National League roster this year Wore
! the red in the service of Cincinnati, and
the largest MOSS agates in the collection
were Amos Rusie and Harley Parker
Infielder Burke and Outfelder Waldrcn,
| released by Milwaukee during .ha season
made good with Pittsburg and Washing
| ton, respectively. Now Milwaukee fans
| claim that Duffy was responsible for their
poor work well as the general mediocre
article of base ball put up by the Brew-
| ers. #
Lajoie of, the Philadelphia Athletics is
| said to have cut off all relations with John
| Barieycorn. and now is preaching temDr.-
| ance to the other members OF the National
| American tourists There was lime
! when Lajoie could have given John Tal-
/ staff start of five beakers aud then put
| him under the table-and glad Of the op-
| portunity.
the Baltimore American League team, now
| staying in Pittsburg, set at rest YESTERDAY
| the rumors about him IN base ball circles
! BY saying that he had signed with the
| Baltimore team for next season. The Con-
| tract was signed and delivered two weeks
| ago. Williams says that he did try to get
| back into the National League. He de-
mes that he ever signed and jumper! a con-
| tract with Pittsburg last season. Williams
| Is on his way to his home in Denver.
Managers of National League clubs are
! finding 1T a difficult matter to get Amerf-
can League players to sign for next year
! Some OF the players who worked for very
| little salary during the season just closed
| have most exalted opinion of what their
| services should be worth next season and
! the fiattering offers that have been made
| by the National League are only being
! considered, and not accepted, rs some of
| the club owners expected. Later, perhaps
! the players will be glad to get in out of
the wet for there Is no telling what NAV
! happen between now and next spriy.,
| President Hart of Chicago defends the
Boston triumvir, who are always jeered
| at as the Stingiest men in creation. .'rhe
| Boston three" said Mr.. Hart, ''are SUD-
| posed to be close-fisted. Well, they are
| in small matters, such passes etc
and we guy them at the league meetings
about the ball going over the fence and
| the agony each lost ball causes them But
| In big matters they are the freest spend
| ers anywhere. Each of the three has a
million capital to back him, and they
can afford to pay the coin. They paid $2O.-
| 900 for Clarkson and Kelly, didn't they?
| And they gave John Clarkson SIS 900 cash
| to sign three-year contract. If John
had died the next day he still would
have had the money for his heirs Why, |
| saw Soden, when he had lost not less
! than $6o.O00 In the Brotherhood war get
| up in the league meeting and make the
strongest speech of all in favor of con-
tinuing the fight. / tell you the Boston
men are liberal-when it is a matter of
| thousands, not of pennies"