Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

and only six got away from him: Billy
Clingman had 80 chances and slipped up
| but times, while Bill Coughlin made only
| 2 errors in 81 opportunities.
Five of the Washington players batted
| over the 300 mark during the western
trip, Waldron. DUNCAN. Grady. Clarke and
Gear. Waldron did the best work, his fig
ures being 800.
| The Senators will be home next Thurs
day for a string of about 20 games. Phil
| adelphia comes first, then Baltimore and
| the entire western outfit follows.
Catcher George Yager. recently released
by Cleveland, has been signed by the
| Pittsburg club.
Pitcher Powell Of ST. Louis has been
| fined 500 and suspended for ten days for
being intoxicated and failing to report at
the grounds.
| The st. Louis club it Is said, has made
| an effort to get Third Baseman Coughlin
| of Washington for next season If the
| club Is successful 1t will get a good man.
N Y. Sun.
Ely inaugurated his career with Mack's
| Philadelphia Saturday by having three
| hits, three put-outs. four assists and no
errors. He was in two double plays and
made a sensational catch of a liner.
| Jake Beckley is playing the same Of his
| life just now. The veteran says he don't
| intend to retire from the game until he
| gets as old as Sam Thmopson.
| Pitcher Donovan of Brooklyn has struck
out "a men in the last five games he has
| pitched.
The fight between Keller Delahanty and
Burkett for the league batting honors is
| becoming more interesting every day.
| Help Is urgently needed at Cincinnati.
| Anybody who can play ball a little bit
can have a nice summer job
IF the PhillieS are to win the penuant-
and their prospects appear brighter than
| at any other time since 'S7-they will have
to beat out Brooklyn, not Pittsburg. A
large ras; pin PIN ;, might be stuck here just for
Sam Crawford of the Cincinnatis now
| leads the league in the matter Of extra
bases secured on hits. At last accounts
he had ninety-nine to his credit. Delahan-
| ty is second. Beckley also figures among
| the sluggers.
1t Is said Ban Johnson Is laying his plans,
which he has practically completed. for a
circuit next year, to be made up as follows:
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, Wash
| ington, st. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and
either Pittsburg Cincinnati or Cleveland
Now that the reserve clause has been
| tried and found wanting 1t behooves the
ball player to make the best record he
can. as his salary will be fixed In accord
ance with the work he accomplshes this
season.
Ex-Pirate Frank Killen. who is pitching
Tor the Wnee!lng team. seems to have
! regained his old-tfme form. and the way
he Is moving down the Western Assocla-
tfon batters recalls the old days when Kill
len was the king Of the left handlers. ue
pitched the Grand Rapids team out last
Friday with only three hits and no runs.
Killen's work Is so good that 1t would not
be surprising to see some Of the league
teams after him.
Officials Of the Pittsburg National League
club admit that they have discovered
move to put an American League team in
that city next year. They assert that they
are ready for any opposition. and as two
clubs cannot pay. the fight will be the sur
vival of the fttest. However, the old club
thinks 1t has the invaders blocked. Presi-
dent Dreyfus and Colonel Pulliam declare
| that Frank Hough Of Philadelphia went to
Pittsburg in the guise Of friend and tried
to get some of the Pittsburg players. He
did not succeed. The sudden release OF
Shortstop Ely was based on his agreement
to go to the new club.
General Sporting Notes.
At Newcastle, England, Saturday, Jack
O'Brien, the Philadelphia pugilist. defeat
ed Jack Scales Of England in six rounds for
purse of $500.
At Bristol. R. l., Saturday the large and
new steel mast of the Constitution was
placed in position and the Triggers at once
got to work on setting up the new stand
ing rigging.
The shinnecock Hills q. L. golf tourna-
ment wound Up Saturday afternoon
Three men tied for first place, with net
score of II. They are A. NJ Brown, Shin
necock, Percy Pyne, second. Princeton, and
G. P. Snow, Tuxedo. The tie will be
played off soon.
At New Castle. N. H., Saturday, Clarence
Hobart won the title and bowl for the
twentieth annual Wentworth tennis sin
giles by defeating Raymond D. Little in a
four-set match-4-6. rs. 6I. &c. r. D.
Little and F. B. Alexander defeated the
Wright brothers in four-set match in
the doubles-6I, eS. 60, 81.
At Colorado Springs, Colo, In the ath-
letic contests Of Saturday, attendant upon
the quarter-oentennial celebration, Candi-
ras de Foya, a Ute Indian, broke the
worlds running record for 100 yards, max
TO- h. frxa ~,S,~ A. a-k
professional record was 3-5. and the
amateur record As.
Robert Walthour, James Michael, John
Nelson, Harry Elkes and Archie McEach-
ern were to have met on the Manhattan
Beach bicycle track Saturday in a thirty
five mile race. Elkes pleaded sickness and
did not appear Walthour won, his time
being 54O5 3-5. McEachern was second,
Nelson third and Michael fourth.
The team Of British cricket players cap
tanned by b. J. T. BosanQuet, who are to
visit the United States. will sail from
Southampton September 4. They will re-
main in the United States about a month
and will play three matches in Philadel-
phia and others in New York and Balti-
more. their visit concluding. says Mr.. Boz
sanquet, with possible visit to Canada.
The team will consist of Frank Mitchell,
L. J. Noon. r. e. Moore. c. J. Burnup,
p. p. Robertson. A. T. Holiins. E. NJ Daw-
son, Mr.. Bosanquet and three others.
Frank Kramer won the half-mile ma
tional bicycle championship by half a
wheels length from Major Taylor at Walls
burg, n. j.. Saturday. Neither left the
mark at the shot Of the pistol The front
wheels of their bicycles were pushed over
the line and held there, the crowd hooting
and yelling for the riders to get away.
The referee ordered Taylor, who had the
pole, to start. The colored rider went If
teen feet and stopped, doing q balancing
act" Momentum forced him ahead. About
500 yards from the line Kramer made
squirt and Taylor couldn't catch him.
Double Tragedy ut q Rehearsal.
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