Evening star., 1901-06-08
board of arbitration awards him the fam

board or arDltratlOn awards MIN the Ian-
Gus twrler.
Syracuse has signed Blake. outfelder Of
Worcester, and Madison, shortstop of To-
ronto. Noyes of Worcester has been loaned
to Syracuse. Bonner has been appointed
captain of the Toronto team in place Of
Madison.
II pick that Washington team to win the
American League pennant, said an OBJ
servant fan yesterday. ,They are playing
staff is superb and they have the batters
and the fielders. I don't think Comiskey's
men can stop them."-Chicago Tribune.
Even when life appears most humorous
do not betray your feelings by uncourteous
laughter Stuff towel in your face when
you see game like yesterday's.-Fromt the
Proverbs of Charles Comiskey.
Ex-senator DR.. McJames, who thought
that following the medical profession was
more lucrative than playing base ball.
changed his mind this season, and, after
an absence of two seasons from the d1a-
ment of Hanlon. McJames is not yet In
the best of condition, his two years lay
off having done him no good, but Hanlon
expects him to do good work before long.
The American League club OF Boston has
secured Winters, the Young Mems Chris
tian Association pitcher of York. Pa, who
pitched against the Baltimore league team
and the Maryland Athletic Club team when
they played there this season. Winters
also pitched for the Gettysburg club and
is the second Gettysburg pitcher to join the
league this season. The other is Plank.
who is aiding the Athletics to recover lost
ground.
Poor Barry. He is certainly up against
it, both In the field and at the bat Thurs
day he made two wild throws to first, be-
sides dropping Wagners easy foul. Barrys
wild throw in Tuesdays game, which al
lowed the winning run to score for Pitts
burg, evidently worried him. Once he
threw over Del's head and again he threw
too low. Del. saved the young man from
bx a
throw.
Catcher "Jiggs" Donahue Of the Pitts
burg team was released to the Minneapolis
club of the Western League yesterday. He
at once agreed on terms with the Mime
apolis management and left In the after
noon to join the team. Donahue has been
with the Pittsburg Club since last season
His showing with the Dayton team OF the
Interstate League last year attracted the
attention Of the Pittsburg management.
With O'Connor and thinner doing steady
work, Manager Clark did not need Dona,
hue. He is one of the few left-handed
catchers in the business There are now
only fifteen players on the Piratical roster.
The Cleveland base ball writer's are not
done talking yet OF La1ole's pat pattiag NV wnen Il,
center field stands the fence, about 425
feet from the plate. Surrounding this fence
is an arrangement of green-pa1nted stats,
possibly to obstruct the view Of dead
heads" The newspaper men point with
pride to a hole where one of these Stats
is broken, and tell how the mighty Ath-
letic sWatter made 1t with a ball driven
from his bat Needless to say, Lajoie
scored a home run on that occasion. The
circumstance reminds one of the red NAL
tese cross and the flag that used to adorn
cant question "Here?" AS old-time rooters
will remember these were little mementoes
of Brouthers little efforts to ''place" the
hall when something Of the sort was need
ed to win the game.-Cleveland Leader.
Keene's Winnings for Charity.
James r. Keene announced yesterday in
New York that the Oaks stakes, won by the
Keene stable in England. will be distributed
among certain charities. The amount Is
$4,000 approximately. The beneficiaries are
to include the Herald ice fund, 1000: the
Tribune fresh air fund, $1,000; the Five
Points Mission, $500; st. Johns Guild,
81 900: the Catholic Orphan Asylum, 81, 200;
the Protestant Orphan Asylum, 5000: and
the Hebrew Sheltering Arms Society, 5000.
One-half of the money Is to be distributed
in this country and one-half to English
charities.
8. w. G. Century Run.
The committee having in charge arrange
ments for the century run Of the Spanish
War Guard, Messrs. W. w. Smith. c. ].
Weis, H w. Meyers. L. G. Barnett, N. r.
Gould, e. r. Fontaine, q. r. Rockwell and
L. c. Dyer, met Wednesday evening to
further plans for the rum The committee
decided to procure a suitable trophy to be
contested for by clubs. A handsome RAM
bier roadster wheel will be offered for In