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The Washington times., 1902-05-12

All of the Senators bunked in Washing
ton last night, with the exception Of
Orth and Townsend. The former spent
last night at Wilmington with his broth
er. The team will go to Baltimore this
morning. and the chances are that Patten
will be sent in to pitch against Nc
Graw's men.
Patten, by the way. is exciting the envy
of every other pitcher in the American
League. for his work up to date has been
of the triple plated. gilt-edsed variety. 1t
is not every twirler who can boast that
he has wor every game in which he has
pitched this year, but this is the record
OF the strong EARNED Case.
Coughln is suffering from a pair OF
sore thumbs. and Manager LOTUS intended
to give him a couple of days rest during
the Boston engagement. but the second
baseman was anxious to get back in the
game after an enforced absence Of one
day. While Coughliu is far from being in
good form. he expresses the belief that he
is well enough to do his share of the
work.
Bridget Donohoe is slowly rounding
to. but is not yet in shape to do any OF
the receiving.
Drill all the while has been doing
splendid work, and has attracted the at
tention OF the baseball world by his re-
markably fine record. With a little more
experience he will make one of the cracks
in his particular branch of the business.
He has been particularly successful in
handling the deliveries of Orth. Fatten,
and Carrick. while such youngsters as
Lee and Townsend, who .'equire more
coaching than the rest of the pitching
corps, have been well taken care Of
Ely has recovered from the effects OF
his bunch OF errors which lost the Sena-
tors one Of the Boston games. On the
next day he Jumped in and executed lot
of plays of the brilliant kind. The trou-
bic with the balls that came to Ely cn
that fateful afternoon was that they we're
slow ones, and in his hurry he permitted
them TO strike him on about every part
of his body. except the place where he
wears his mitt. Ely's hitting cut a large
figure in one of the Boston games, for
with the assistance OF Carey he virtually
won the contest.
Delehanty has dropped the habit of
knocking high ones. and since the in
auguration OF the Boston series has been
lining the balls out on a line. with the
result that his batting average has taken
a wonderful jump.
The Senators will be at home Wednes-
day afternoon and will entertain The gen.
tlemen from Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Accidents in Sports.

Every branch of sports has its dan
gers. Jockeys by the score have been
killed; so have boxers. In line with these
are many football players and gunners
even billiard players have been known to
drop dead from heart disease, while the
number Of cross-country youths who brave
cold. and snow, and damDness, and pneu-
monia for the honor OF their colleges
are without number. However, hammer
throwing and shot putting are coming
in for their share OF victims Only few
weeks ago a young boy was killed by n
hammer striking him on the head. the
same being thrown by famous athlete.
Last summer young woman in Omaha
was instantly killed by a sixteen-pound
shot striking her on the neck, and re-
Gently, in Terre Haute. Ind, Prof. Kim
NELL. of the university. had his skull
fractured.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
TIGERS DEFEAT WHITE S0x.
Score Winning Run in Tenth Inning With
Two Men Out.
Especial to The Washington Times.)

DETROIT. May H.-After a hot ten
inning fight. the locals finally won to-
days game from the White Stockings
The winning run was scored in the last
half of the tenth, and the crowd went
wild.
The locals had the lead up to the eighth
inning, when the men from the Windy
City made three runs. and added three
more in the ninth, tying the score and
making an extra inning necessary.
In the tenth inning the Chicago team
was unable to get run. Then the locals
took a turn. After two men were out
they managed to get a man across the
plate and the game ended.
Both twirlers were touched up in a
lively fashion. The locals corralled
twenty safeties. but were unable to make
more than ten runs The scorp.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
BASEBALL RAGING ATHLETICS AND SPORTS IN GENERAL
YALE'S FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.
Nine Games at Home and Three on Other
Fields.

An even dozen games have been sched-
ulei for the Yale University football team
next fall. Nine of the games will be play
ed on its field and the rest in other places.
Following Is the schedule:
Saturday. September 27-Trinity Col
lege. at New Haven.
Wednesday, October TUFTS College. at
New Haven.
Saturday. October 4-Amherst College,
at New Haven.
Wednesday. October S-Wesleyan Uni
versity. at New Haven.
Saturday. October Thrown Univer-
sity. at Providence.
Wednesday, October 15-Bowdoin Col
!ege, at New Haven.
Saturday. October 18-Pennsylvania
State College, at New Haven.
Saturday, October 25-Syracuse Univer-
sity. at New Haven.
Saturday. November West Point. at
West Point.
Saturday, November S-Bucknell Uni
versity, at New Haven.
Saturday. November Sf6-Princeton. at
Princeton.
Saturday. November 22-Harvard. at
New Haven.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
CONTRACT JUMPERS BARRED.
Ban Johnson Lowers American League
Gates and Shuts Them Out.

CHICAGO. May 11.-Contract jumping
has become such an epidemic among the
various baseball stars durip{ the past
week that the American League. Accord
ing to Ban johnson, will adopt vigor-
Gus measures to discourage 1t.
at was a mistake when Heidrick was
signed" said President Johnson. 1T was
then hard to draw the line, although ex-
tenuating circumstances made it seem
wise to be lenient in some instances. One
thing is certain. however. no more play
ers who jump American League con-
tracts and go to the National viii
ever be taken back into our league. Play
ers like Sheckhard. Dummy" Taylor.
etc, will not be allowed another chance
to get into the American League. NO
matter how low a salary the National
magnates force them to take
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
FOUGHT UGLY TRAMPS.
Brave Woman Seized Knife and Defend
ed Herself Against Assailants.

HAMMoNTON, N. j.. May 11.-Mrs.
Annie McCIelland, widow who resides
on Orchard Street. was eating her break
fast yesterday. when two negro tramps
came to her back door and demanded some
breakfast. with hot coffee. She informed
them that she had nothing to give them.
and was shutting the door in their faces.
when one of the men threw himself
against the door. forcing it open. Grab
bing the woman by her throat the fellow
said:
Give us something to eat, and hurry
up, or we will kill you,''
In the scuftie that followed Mrs. Nc
Clelland managed to reach sharp
pointed butcher knife that lay on the Ia
BILE. With this she succeeded in hitting
her assailant on one of his cheeks, cut
ting a deep cash under the eye.
The men fled. and it was some time
before the woman gave the alarm, as she
was overcome with fright.
Marshal Myers has been searching for
the tramps all day, and their description
has been telegraphed to neighborins
towns,
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Turn Up With a Batting
Rally in the Final
Inning.
DUMMY" TAYLOR IN GAME
Pittsburgs Down Brushites Without Dis
turbing a Hair - Fifteen Thousand
Shivering Fans See Brooklyn Shut. Out
the Colts.

ST. LOUIS. May 11.-New York took to-
days game by the score of to 4. 1t was
in the ninth. For eight innings the Giants
were only able to get two men across the
plate and these through the courtesy of
Kruger.
left, Smith placing another in the same
field Bean sacrificed and Jackson raped
to Farrell. Doyle scoring. Bowerman hit
to deep center. Smith scoring on the throw
in. Taylor walked and Van Haltren sent
hot grounder to right. Jacn on racing
home The score:
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winning run made with two out.
Detroit al 0 0 4 2 o 0 1-10
Chicago % o 0 Ol 3 3 o. s
First base by errors-Detroit, 2: Chi
cago, 2. Left on bases-Detroit, 8; Chi
cago. 8. First base on balls-0f Mullin,
4; of Patterson, 1. Struck out-By Null
lin, 2; by Piatt, 3; by Patterson. ]. Two
base hits-Harley. Holmes, 2; Gleason
DAILY. Mcclure. Mullin. 3; Davis, Isbell.
Sullivan. Sacrifice hits-Green, II. Nc
Farland. Stolen base-Jones. Double
plays-Patterson, Isbell and Strang; Pat
terson. Davis, and Isbell. Hit by pitcher
BY Mullin, 2. Wild pitches-Mullin, Pat
terson. Umpire-Johnston Time OF game,
2 hours and 10 minutes. Attendance,
1900
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
"RUBE" SHIELDS HERE.
Achieved Fame by Riding Down East
Steps of National Capitol.

william Shields. better known as
"Rube," who rode down the east steps of
the Capitol on March 30, 1897. and who
recently made tour of the world, arrived
in this city yesterday morning from Cuba.
"Rube." together with his brother
Frank. has been doing fancy and trick
bicycle stunts" since he accomplished
the feat of riding down the steps of the
Capitol.
They have just completed a tour Of the
world and have been through all Of the
States and possessions Of the United
States. Their tour ended in Havana. and
they left there on the steamer Morro
Castle and landed at Norfolk day or two
ago. Yesterday morning they landed in
this city with the Norfolk steamer.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

circumstances it would have been a cinch
play to execute, but just before Orth
reached for the sphere it struck bit of
uneven turf. bounded badly and struck
him on the wrist. II was one of those
sassy slans one hears so much about
nowadays, but it was enough to give the
double cross to the aspirations of the
Washington men.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

First base by errors-Chicago, 1; Brook
lyn, l. Left on bases-Chicago 2; Brook
lyn. 5. First base on balls-0ff Taylor,
2: off Newton. 2. Struck out-By Taylor.
3: by Newton, 6. Home run-Sheckard.
Two base hits-Dolan. 9; Dahlen. 2. Sac
rifice hits-Ahern. Flood. Stolen bases.
Williams, Irwin. Double play-Irwin and
McCreery. Hit oy pitchsr-By Taylor. L.
Passed ball-Ahern. Umpire-Emsiie.
Time of game, 1 hour and 10 minutes.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
NO SUNDAY BALL.
Yesterdays Game at Cleveland Called Of
on Account of Interference by Law.
Special to The Washington Times)

Special to The Washington nmes.)
CLEVELAND. May 1.-THE game
played. owing to interference on the part
of the law. Proceedings in the Injunction
suit instituted in the common pleas coart
against Sunday ball were not finished Sat-
urday. but the clubs could not play today.
a continuance was taken until tomor-
row. The league officials were informed
late Saturday evening that they could not
play on Sunday. and President Kilfoyl
OF the Cleveland team, decided to call the
game off and await the decision Of the
court.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
GAMES OF MINOR LEAGUES.

Eastern League-At Weehawken: Mon
treal. 5; Jersey City. Z. At Newark: New
ark, 8; Toronto. 2. At Providence: Ro-
chester. 8; Providence. 8.
Western League-At st. Joseph: ST. Jo-
seph, I; Des Moines. s. At Milwaukee:
Denver, 8; Milwaukee. 2. At Kansas City
Omaha, Z; Kansas City, g. AT Peoria:
Peoria, 1; Colorado Springs, 0.
American Association-At Minneapolis:
Minneapolis, S; Louisville, l. At st. Paul:
st. Paul. 4; Indianapolis. 0. At Kansas
City: Kansas City. 9: Columbus. 4.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

The Saratoga Racing Association has re-
tired on pension its veteran superin-
tendent, William Pickett. who for thirty
eight years has been connected with the
track He was succeeded by Reed
Landers, ex-street superintendent, who for
fifteen years has been superintendent of
woodlawn Park. owned by the Judge
Henry Hilton estate. and who entered
upon his new duties May 1.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
First Trout Catch of Season.

NEW CASTLE, Del. May 1.-THE first
trout Of the season were captured here
yesterday and sold at the rate of 10 cents
per pound The fish are unusually fine
and were sold as rapidly as placed on the
WharyeS.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Steamboat General Putnam Launched.

WILMINGTON, Del, May 1.-THE
steamboat General Putnam, built by the
Pusey & Jones Co. for Capt. C. P. Holmes.
Of New York. was launched yesterday.
There were no ceremonies. The steamer
Is 1870 feet long. 80 feet beam, and feet
deep.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Two-base hits-Jackson. Ryan. Nichols.
Three-base hit = Smoot. Sacrifice hits
Donovan, Wicker. Kruger. Farrell. Bean
t2. Double play Kruger. Farrell and
Ryan Stolen bases-Bean. Smith. Wild
pitches-Taylor. 2. Bases on balls-Oh
Wicker. 2: on Taylor. 1. Struck out-By
Wicker. 2; by Taylor. 4. Left on bases
st. Louis. s; New York, g. Time OF game
2 hours and minutes. Umpire-Cantillon.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Straight is the line OF duty; curved
is the line OF beauty" So quotes Kenna
the pitcher-poet. But whether he sent
the ball up straight or curved it was all
the same 10 Muggsy McGraw's proteges
on Friday afternoon. when they wal
lopcd the poet laureate out of the box.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
AMT DAT A SHAME?
Reds Go Down and Out Before All-Con-
quering Pirates.

CINCINNATI. May 1.-THE Pittsburg
champions had no trouble in giving the
Cincinnatis a shut-out today. The Reds
ielded miserably and Curry was pounded
hard in two innings. after which Ewing
relieved him and did much better. But
one Red got as far as third The score:
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
SPORTING MEDLEY.

Recent advices, from Australia state
that Peter Felix. the colored heavyweight
champion of that country. is contempla-
ting trip to this country for the ex-
press purpose of challenging the winner
of the big fight. He is al enormous black.
built like the late Peter Jackson, but
patterned on slightly heavier lines.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Standing of the Teams.
ORPHANS SHUT OUT.
Dr. Newton, of Ned Hanlon's staff, Turns
Trick in STYLE.

CHICAGO. May 11.-Brooklyn shut out
Chicago today by score of to 0.
thanks to the mastery work of DR.. New
ton, who pitched in magnificent form for
the visitors.
The day was cold. but a crowd Of more
than $4,000 shivering fans witnessed the
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
A Forfeited Score.

The East Washington Birds defeated
the Froggy Bottoms by a score of . to 0
yesterday The feature OF the game was
the pitching of j. +. Bervins, jr.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Two-base hit-Hoy. Three-base hits
Davis. Leach. Stolen bases-Clark. 2:
Wagner 2. Double play-Corcoran, Beck.
and Beckley. Struck out-By Ewing. 8.
by Doheuy. 1. Bases on ba1ls-On Ewing.
2; of Doheny 1. Hit by pitcher-By Doh
eny, 2. Wild pitch-Curry. Passed ball
Bergen. Left on bases-Cincinnati. s;
Pittsburg 6. First base on errors-Pitts-
burg, 4. Umpires-Powers and Brown
Time of game, 1 hour and SO minutes.
Attendance, 5000.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Benny Yanger has been offered a match
with the winner of the Hegarty- Turner
fight The bout, II arranged, will take
place before the Acme Club, of Oakland,
Cal, in June. -t .,
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Fred Postal spens most of his time
running down to ask the telegraph op-
orator how Washington was coming out
with Boston Thursday evening" He
reached for his cigar pocket when the
ticker announced that a victory for the
Senatorial aggregation had been won.-
Detroit Tribune
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Bob Armstrong is training Young Cor
bett at Denver for his contest with Dave
Sullivan May %.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Hank Griffin. the California heavy
weight. has flunked out of his match with
Jack Jeffries.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

There are no contract jumpers on my
team" said Comiskey. "and l am mighty
glad Of it: they are not of much use to a
team, anyway. They can never be de-
pended upon unless you have halter
tied around their necks. The only man
on the team likely 10 meet any interfer-
ence is Eddie Mcfarland, and it will take
Rogers long time to get an injunction
ordered against him by an Illinois court
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
GIANTS HAVE CLOSE
CALL WITHCARDINALS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games.
Brooklyn, 3; Chicago, 0.
New York, 5; st. Louis, A.
Pittsburg, 10; Cincinnati, 0.
Where They Play Today.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
New York at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Pittsburg.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
AMONG AMATEUR PLAYERS.
The Washington Young Yales defeated
the Young Y. VI. c. AS by a score of
26 to 10 on Saturday afternoon.

The baseball fever is raging high at the
Government Printing Office. There are
several teams in the big building, and
great rivalry exists between them. Al
most every evening they trudge out to
the big vacant lot at NJ and North Capt.
tol Streets and play a game.
Saturday afternoon the Imposers and
the Composers, two of the strongest teams
in the Office, played an exciting contest.
After five innings of heavy hitting and
gilt-edge ball-tossing the Composers won
out by a score of IS to 10.
The American Stars went to Barbour s
field. near Alexandria. yesterday morning
and defeated the Loudouns by score Of
IL to s. Niedfeit pitched a splendid game
up to the seventh inning. when he was
relieved by Paxton. a newcomer on the
Stars. He was batted freely in the eighth
inning. The home run hits of Wane,
Niedfelt Barnes. and Grau. ami the four
double plays executed by the Stars were
the features of the winners playing. Tha
score:
R.H.E
Am. Stars. 0071122 liz 10 1
Loudouns. ..... 0 0 20 20 6 0-S14 Z
Batteries-Niedfelt, Paxton. and Wane;
Curry, 5. Davis. and Z. Davis.
The Mount Pleasant Athletic Club an
nounces that 1t does not play Sunday
games, and the report that 1t was schod-
uled to play the Capital Athletic Club yes
terday was unauthorized.
The jefferson Baseball Club defeated
score of ~ to 4. The feature of the game
was the pitching of Shedd. He struck out
fourteen men and allowed them only four
hits, two of which we're scratches. The
Jeffersons will play the Meridians next
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

The Pittsburg team won ten straight
victories last year. and they were en-
deavoring to break this record on their
present streak, which numbered ten with
Wednesdays gift They will have to
start all over again now, as the Superbas
broke the SPELL
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Root will probably accept an offer to
fight George Gardner at Carson City some
time next month or on the Fourth OF
July. Western AL Smith has offered 5000
for the attraction on the Fourth.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
SMOKERS WORK MUCH
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Always Scratch Their Matches
With Reckless Abandon.
Letter Boxes, Lamp Posts, and House.
hold Furniture the Worst Sufferers
Public Learn to Guard Against Evil.

"You are the fifteenth man who has
struck a match on that letter box while
I have been standing here for the past ten
minutes" remarked a gentleman as
friend stepped up to him at the corner Of
Ninth and F Streets the other afternoon.
Just look at this box. 1t bears the
marks of hundreds of smokers" con-
tinued the man, land often wonder what
1t cost the United States mail service in
the course of year to repaint these
boxes. which are defaced through care
lessness."
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Pieces of Sandpaper.

In some stores there are pieces Of sand
paper placed at convenient distances for
the express purpose of having matches
scratched on. but It is very seldom that
these bits OF rough paper are used when
II is possible to scratch a match some
where else.
In self defense the cigar and drug
stores have done away entirely with
matches and have placed handsome lamps
on their counters where the smoker can
obtain a light. The proprietor Of the
store. when asked for a light, refers to
the cigar lighter. The cost OF one Of
these lamps, whether gasolene or gas Is
used. is considered to be cheaper than
having fine hardwood fixtures defaced.
A prominent cigar dealer said the other
day that he had had several fine pieces
of wood work spoiled in just this man
ner. He stated that he now called every
one down" who came into his store and
scratched a match on any of his furni-
turc.
"a man would not go into his parlor
and scratch a match on handsome piece
of furniture, and there Is no more reason
why he should come into my store and
ruin a piece of my goods. 1 wish all
proprietors Of stores would request their
customers not to scratch matches on the
furniture. II they themselves do not care
there are others who 30, and in not
speaking of the evH tsae smoker forms
a very bad habit and 1t works Injury upon
In ~
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

A man at Lakeside picked nineteen
straight winners. after which he was out
the car fare to and from the track. And
yet they say that Lakeside has syndi-,
cate ring.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
People Never Think.

How many men think when they strike
a match to light cigar, cigarette, or a
pipe, that the mark left by the match Is
one of hundred just like it, which in
the course of time. and very short time,
means that the place will have to be re-
painted or regilded?
Not only is the letter box the sufferer
of the match striker. but the lamp-post,
the fence, the doorway, show window
frame, or anything else that may be at
hand.
A man will take fron his pocket cigar
and a match, and wthout thinking any
more about it will strike the match on
the first object that comes to his hand. III
he is getting into an elevator. some part
of the elevator shaft framo is used as
the rough end of the match box. II he Is
coming In or going out Of building the
door casing receives the scratch. Soon
these marks accumulate. until there is an
ugly one, two and ore-half inches wide
by eight or ten inches long The owner
OF the building mus hon pay out good
hard cash to have y, Sc marks either
painted over or else scrubbed from the
marble.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Eddie Kennedy. of Pittsburp has an
offer from the Crescent A. c., Toronto,
Can. to meet Tom McCune in a twenty
round bout the latter part of the month.
Kennedy will train with Jack McClelland.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Speaking Of sheckard's playing. the
Brooklyn Eagle says: IF Jimmy Keeps
up his gait of Thursday the crowd along
the circuit will no longer be hostile and
will forget all about his acrobatic stunts
with baseball contracts. He was checred
for his fine work. and twice had to doff
his skypiece In response to the plaudits OF
the populace. All of which emphasizes
the romark recently made that the base
ball public does not care a rap for a
players private doings so long as he puts
up fast article of ball"
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Manager Lotus and Big
Frenchman Talk 1t
Over Today.
CONFERENCE TO Be In BALTIMORE
1t Secured, the Brilliant Base
ball Artist Will Cover
First Base.
READY TO PUT UP THE MONEY
CONFERENCE TO Be In BALTIMORE
READY TO PUT UP THE MONEY
captain Ed Delehanty Enthusiastic Over
Prospect - Washington Operates in
Oystertown This Afternoon = Return
Home on Wednesday for Stay.

II money counts, and it generally does
cat figure or two, the mighty Lajoie,
without exception the biggest star in the
baseball armament. will be seen in the
near future logged out in a Senatorial
UNIFORM with a wv" SO large across his
broad expanse Of chest that even the
courts Of Pennsylvania cannot fail but
see it.
1t was handed out last night that things
look decidedly rosy for Washington 8
chances OF getting the premier batsman.
The wires we're kept hot with kilograms
and special messages all day yesterday.
and 1t is to be hoped that the machinery
set In motion will, before brakes are put
down, have crushed out all competition
Tor the stars services, and that he will
be electrifying the baseball world of the
National Capital, as he has for the past
number OF years the picturesque villagers
OF Quakerville.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12

Hugh Jennings, the sunny-haired gent
is making hay while the sun shines. He
has signed contract with the Philadel-
phia National League club at the same
salary that he received last year. This
was $500 for the three summer months
It made a splendid thing for this recipi-
ent, in addition to the compensation he
receives from the Cornell Athletic Asso-
citation. During the college season his
salary is $1,000. in addition to his tuition;
hence Jennings is securing an annual in
come Of practically 5000 and attending
college at the same time.
The Washington times., 1902-05-12
LARRY LAJOIE, STAR PLAYER,
MAY DON SENATORIAL UNIFORM
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.

Detroit, 1O Chicago, o. Cleveland-St. Louis (r