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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Official Fielding Averages Of
the Church League.
SENATORS LOST AGAIN
LoFTUSITES FINISHED STRONG,
BUT NEW YoRKs WON OUT.
Closing Day at saratoga-Doherty De-
feated Larned for Tennis
Championship.

The contest for the lead in team fielding
In the Church Base Ball League has been as
spirited and close as the race for the cham
pionship and the honor of heading the list
in team batting
During the earlier stages of the season
Temple. Sixth and Gunton were punched
and alternated in being the drum major in
the fielding procession, but the Blues of
Fourth waxed busy with their dfgits and
changed the trio into quartet of hustlers
for the leadership. Shortly after mid-sea-
son Sixth was in the lead with a good mar
gin. Gunton second. Fourth third, and the
Temple Reds fourth. From that time until
the close Of the season the team positions
changed frequently. but the Gunton Grays
finally excelled in clean handling of the
sphere. while Fourth made the greatest I'D
vance during the latter half of the playing
season. and finished second In team stand
ing.
Temple Is the only team that has passed
the century mark In errors. but this Is due
to the Reds having played more games On
account of ties and the play-off game with
Gunton.
The Wesleyans headed Calvary whom one
half of the schedule had been played off,
but during the latter half they mixed UP in
many miscues and the Black Legs pulled
out Of last place in fielding by a good mar
gin.
Sixth has the greatest number of perfect
fielding games to It's credit.
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Fine Contest Won by Harlems.

A close and exciting game took place yes
terday afternoon on I'd street and Florida
avenue grounds. between the Harlem and
Bloomingdale base ball teams. the former
were played. neither side scoring until the
seventh inning when the Hariems made
their only run. 1t was Q. pitchers battle,
both Finnegan and Gleason being In fine
form. although the Harlem boy seemed to
have the better of the argument. Both
pitchers had seven strike outs to their
credit. but Finnegan struck man and gave
two passes to first. so this gave Gleason
the advantage.
The Bureau Athletic Club and the Bloom
fngdales Will play this afternoon on the
above grounds. the game being transferred
from 18th and Streets The lineup and
score:
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TENNIS CHAMPION.
Doherty Defeated Larned in Three
Straight Sets.

\ The American lawn tennis championship
changed hands at the Casino. Newport,
again yesterday. and for the first time In its
history the title now rests with foreigner
H. L. Doherty. the champion Of all Eng
land has added the American championship
to his long string of laurels and today
stands without an equal at the game of
lawn tennis. He did not lose a single set
in the Newport tournament and only one,
he last with Larned yesterday, was even
Doherty's play was marvel of steadi-
ness but at no time In the match did he
play such a SNOWY game as Larned. He
made every stroke tell and he always
seemed ready for any emergency and never
lost his balance or got caught too close to
the net for low lob that could score over
his head. on the ground he made very few
errors and he killed nearly every lob he got
his racket on. while his lobbing had dis
tinctly better length than his opponents
But Dohertys chief point OF superiority in
actual play was his low volleying
Many Of Larned's best cross-court shots
were met with short cross volley with
enough cut to slow I'D and drop the ball
into -corner-Dohertys favorite stroke.
The American champion was big disap-
pointment In the first two SETS but showed
nine games he seemed entirely unable to
control his usually brilliant strokes and q
large proportion of them went Wild Only
four Of these nine games ran to deuce. and
match that Larned scored at all. All
through the match the Americans back
hand stroke was weak and the clever little
Briton discovered this early In the match
and kept pounding away at the weak spot
ond sst aud al through the third sat. Lar
ned made q much more favorable showing
and It cannot be said that he was far out
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DISTRICT AMATEUR LEAGUE.
Norris Peters Won Good Game From
the Commissioners.

The Norris Peters Co.'S base ball team
won the play or of the tie game from the
Commissioners team yesterday afternoon
on the formers grounds, 18th and d streets
northeast, the score being to 5. The
victors started with rush. and in the
first two innings made their seven runs.
This was too big handicap for the Com
miss.oners to overcome, but they did not
give up until the umpire called time in the
last half of the sixth inning. The first
time up the Commissioners were retired in
one, two. three order, while the Norris
Peters team scored two runs in their half.
In the second the latter scored five more.
The losers did not score until the fourth
inning, when they scored two. They also
scored in the fifth and sixth innings. The
score.
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National League Clubs Standing.
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
Senators Made Dashing Finish Against
New York.

NOW 1OIk.
New York beat Washington yesterday at
American League Park, New York, by 6
runs to 5. but not before the Senators had
given the Highlanders and their roOters
the scare of their short existence and had
given a few minutes OF joy and expectation
to the knockers who frequent the Washing
ton Heights grounds.
Up to their ninth inning the Senators had
made only two hits Off Happy jack Ches-
bros delivery and had failed to get a man
across the rubber. In the ninth Conroy
gave the Senators an opening by fumbling
Robinson's easy chance. Singles by Moran.
Setback and Ryan followed. Clark fouled
out and then Williams gave Hendricks a
life by throwing his effort to second too
late to head off Ryan. Mccormick famed
Kittridge and Orth hit safely and FIVE runs
were scored The joy of the knockers
when Orth's single brought in the fifth run
was unbounded. One Of them jumped so
high that his deadhead pass fell out of his
pocket and he sat down in CONSERVATION.
Hereafter he will pay for the privilege of
knocking the Highlanders. Robinson went
out. Williams to Camel, and stopped the
trouble.
New York scored in the first inning on
Conroy's single. Orth's wild throw to first
and Keeler's sacrifice. In the sixth Keller
and Camel singled and went to third on
Williams sacrifice. Elberfield hit to Nc
Cormick and Keller was caught between
the bases. He lodged the whole Senatorial
infield until kittridge hit him on the back
with a thrown ball and Keller and CAMEL
scored
In the seventh Happy Jack" smashed
the ball over the right field fence for a
homer Elberfeld doubled In the eighth
and scored on Davis sacrifice and McFar-
lands single.
The scnro.
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LAST DAY AT SARATOGA.


Africander. the king of the turf. was sent
in to win the 5000 SaraRac Handicap, for
three-year-olds at a mile and a furiong at
Saratoga yesterday. carrying 127 pounds on
his back. The track was heavy and Owners
Deimel and Dwyer believed that the great
Star Ruby colt would win. but the sharp
betters allowed him to recede to 16 to 8,
while they made the Goughacre stables
Shorthose. with 12O pounds the favorite
at o to 8. John Sanfords Clifford flly
Molly Bryant, who had q big pull at the
weights. was Played down to to 1, and
won spreadeagie victory by leading FROM
start to finish and having two lengths to
spare at the end. J s%9js
Africander was bumped and knocked to
his knees by Sheriff Bell as they were leav-
ing the post and after that the Star Ruby
phenomenon had no chance to get up. al
though Fuller applied the whip In the run
up the back stretch Odom kept Shorthose
second at all times and the Atheling colt
took the place from F. r. Hitchcock's Gray
Friar. Is to 1, by four lengths, Africander
being a head back. The race was run in
L. so LIS.
Deimel and Dwyer, however had the sat
tsfaction OF seeing their Russell three-year-
old Rostand win the handicap for all ages
at a mile. The colt ruled favorite at to 5.
and. receiving twelve pounds from Julius
Fleischmanns Hurstbourne, second, choice
he beat the latter In q drive after making
all the running. by length and half In
1.42 1-6. Lord Advocate. the outsider In
the betting. was third, six lengths before
the western colt Corrigan.
o. L. Richards little Tenny colt Race
King. to I, picked mp 119 pounds and
won the handicap for two-year-oldS at five
and half furiongs by a neck from the
favorite Longsh0t- His victory was chief
~ due to magnificent ride by Odom. who
caught Martin mapping In tho mai strides.
7. Hitchcock. ira. Ayenger. 10 to 1. came
from the rear In the last Quartsr aud got
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Speakman Of Gunton early assumed the
lead among the mitt artists and was never
headed. Cunningham and Dudley both
have perfect records in fielding, but
"Cunny has had one more chance than
the latter and gets first place. Ballenger
easily leads the regular first basemen, Bos-
well has slightly the better of Rhodes at
second, BabsOn of Temple Is away to the
good at third and "Bily' Warrants fast,
steady work at short lands him an easy
winner for first honors.
Wesley has no representative among the
following list of players who have taken
part In six or more games, owing to the
many changes in it's team.
Anderson of Temple has proved his worth
to the team outside of his good pitching
and batting by fielding perfectly in the
outer gardens. Magoff1n, who stands
fourth, played ten straight games without
an error and then bumped into two Sin
del. who stands second. has a remarkably
small number of putouts and assists con-
sidering the number of games in which he
has played. Temple. Sixth and Fourth
each has two of its players leading in va
raous fielding positions and Gunton has
one.
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Standing Of the Teams,
LAJOIE'S START.
Thrown in for Good Measure When
Another Player Was Bought.

From Sporting Life.
Newt" Fisher. Nashville's base ball
boss. played for year on the team with
Larry Lajoie, and tells the following
story Of how the big fellow got into fast
company:
"Lajoie was formerly a cab driver in
Woonsocket, r. I. He used to drive for \
living in the winter and In the summer he
would loaf about and play semi-profes-
sional ball.
THE first professional team he played
with was that Of Fail River. Mass, in the
New England League, in 1895.
This team had a crack outfelder, Phil
Geier, who was badly wanted by Billy
Nash. the manager of the Philadelphia Ma
tional League team. Nash had offered the
Fan River management nice sum for
Geier, and he went over to the Massachu-
sets town to see the Fall River magnate
about the deal.
The latter refused to accept the offer
made by Nash and wanted 5000 for the
man. This Nash refused to give.
Nash happened to see LajOie playing
and he took fancy to him. He told the
Fall River manager that II he would throw
In Lajoie he would give him 5000 for
Geier.
This offer was accepted and Lajoie went
to Philadelphia.
I'm the first game he played he hit the
first ball thrown him for a home run. All
the world knows what he has done since
then. Geier is now playing with a minor
league.
1T was Nash's intention to farm out La
joie and develop him into a good man. He
made them all look like selling platers
THE home run hit he made in the first
game with Philadelphia was of Chick
Frazer, who was then pitching for Louis
Vile.
II caught for Philadelphia in 1897. play
ing the season with LaJoie He's the great
est in the business
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First base by -Bloomngdales, /. Left or
bases-Harlems, 4; BlOomngdales, g First base
on baIls-On Finnegan, q. Struck out-By Gleason
Z; by Finnegan 7. Three base hit-Gleason. Two
base hit,Waple. Stolen bases-Boyle C2). Ready
Double play-WynkOOp TO Dougherty to Chamber.
lain. Hit by pitcher-By Finnegan, 1. Umpire
Mr.. Watson. Time of camel hour.
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Boston, 4; Athletics, 2.

Boston defeated the Athletics in PhiIadel-
phia yesterday by the score of to 2. Both
Hughes and Plank pitched effectively. the
few hits made by each side being widely
scattered. In the ninth inning Hughes won
his own game with home run drive over
the left field fence, scoring a runner ahead
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Lett on bases-New York, 9; Washington, 5. Two
rifee hits-Williams, Davis ~. Stolen base-Mc-
Farland. Double plays-Keeler to Camel; Williams
to Elberfeld to Camel. First base balls-On
Chesbro 1. First base errors-Was hington. 4.
Struck out-By Chesbro. 3: by Orth, 3. Passed
ball-McCauley. Umpire-Mr. Connolly. Time Of
game-1 hour and 80 minutes.
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.oa'".'''' =" = IotH1..'.. U ID z
First base errors-Eorris Peters, 2; Commits
sioners, 1. First base on baIIs-OT Walker, 2
Struck out.By Walker. 2; BY Eulcher. Z. Two
base hit,Babson Sacrifice hitnFitzpatrick Stolen
Fulcher. 3; by Walker. g. Umpire-Mr. Meaney.
Time Of game-1 hour and minutes.
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Two-base hit--Garrett. Three-base hits-suter.
Jones. Home run-R. Hume! First bnse on balls
on Charter, 2. Stolen hases-Kengia, Freeman.
Suffer ~. Burbank 90. T.. Hume Fitzpatrick (2),
Gordon 90. Jones o. Ecker. Hit by pitched ball.
Owens. T. Hume. Ecker. Struck out-By Charter,
2; by Lowe. 3. Passed balls-Ager 8; Ray l.
Left on bases-Dumbarton, Z: Mt. Tabor 4. Um-
pres-Messrs. Watson and Belts Time Of game
hour and 20 minutes.
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OUTFIELDERS.

Played in Less Than Six Games.
The following have played In less than six
games. In cases Of ties in averages. the
players taking part in the greater number
of games are placed first:
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| played. From 80 for Doherty in the sec
Ond set to the end of the match Larned won
eleven games against thirteen for his ad-
versary. and scored 70 points against IS.
Larned had royal chance toward the
end. for Doherty was plainly tired and
| weakening still more. But Larned was too
tired to reach some distant balls that would
ordinarily have been within his reach. and
little Doherty was still ready enough to
pull out the set when the pinch came.
The crowd was easily the biggest that
has ever witnessed a Newport match. and
long before play began no seats were left
on sale for the big grand stand. The
weather was bright and sunny. but the heat
was tempered to the English taste by a
gentle breeze. The betting on the match
was to 1 on the Englishman before play
began and there was more money In sight
on the long end than the short at these fig
ures.
| began and Larned plainly nervous. The
first set was all one way and only in two
| games did the American put up a very
strong defense. 1t was love set for the
Englfshman and he started off the second
set with the first three games in succession
The Briton seemed to out-class the Ameri-
can champion. yet experts who watched the
play saw under the surface that It was
LarnedS weakness rather than Doherty' 8
strength. and with the American at his best
there should be no such one-sided struggle.
From 80 Larned's play improved steadily.
He hit harder and with fewer errors, taking
minutes later. but he had made his squirt
too late and the foreigner soon had the set
In hand again and won 1t at 6-3
1t looked little better for the home
guard in the third set. for Larned earned a
lead of "a and had a royal chance in the
next. but missed it and Doherty reeled off
three straight games to 5-3 in the foreign
er's favor. The end seemed near. yet
Larned made game finish and. seeing how
tferd Doherty was. he forced the play with
good effect until he. too needed rest too
badly to take advantage of the challenger's
weakness. Doherty was within stroke of
the match at 5-3 and three times at 6--5,
but Larned showed good nerve at the crl-
teal points and STAYED off defeat, pulling
up even at all ALL all and 8 all. only
finally to lose the last set by 10 8, and with
it the match and championship. Score:
FIRST SET.
H. l. Doherty. ............ 6 $50 6
w. A. LArned. 6-lo U
SECOND SET.
H H l; poa eas,, 3 ! 50 9
THIRD SET
HI Doherty 24434544314761 Le6 10
W.A.IArned. 4016.6a 22541e44O431-5s 8
Larned scored 8 passes against for Do
herty in the first set. but he put IA balls out
Of court and 10 into the net against outs
and 3 nets for Doherty. In the second set
Larned passed his opponent times against
II balls out. IS into net and made double
faults while Doherty lost on 8 OUTS 12 net
ted balls and 1 double fault In the third
set Larned earned 80 against Is for the
Engiishman. but he made 10 outs. % nets
and / double fault. against IA outs, II nets
and double fault.
The totals show that Larned scored 20
passes and won 20 on Doherty's outs, &c on
hts errors and on double faults. This
Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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American League Games Today.
Washington at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Chicago at Detroit.
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Esrned runs-BostOn' I; PhIadsIPhia, T. Three
run-Hughes. Stolen bases-L. Cross a.. Ferris.
Double play-Ferris to La Chance. Left ON bases
Boston q; Philadelphia, 5. First base on balls-
on Hughes, 4; on Plank. 4. Struck out-By
Hughes 8; by Plank. 8. Umpire-Mr. Adams.
Time Of game-1 hour and As minutes.
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Yesterdays National League Game

Brooklyn. IL; Philadelphia. TO-
Boston, 3: New York, 1.
New York, Z; Boston. I.
Cincinnati, 8; Chicago. ].
Pittsburg-St Louis, rain
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dience in attendance. but little opportu-
nifty was given for esstAusiasm on account
OF the complete walkover on the part of
the club men, The AcGre.
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Continued on Eleventh Pase.)
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ernoOn at evensong just before electric bell sound
ed IN the robing room to summon them to the hall
he had rapidly inquired in a kissing whisper who
that white puppy carryin the flag in the round
dow on the side, where the bird was was a picture
OFF"
The bird was the lectern eagle. and neither of the
antagonists had ever seen lamb. Edgar had recog-
nized the fact that it poorly drawn puppy,
he did not believe that it could possibly balanced
one crOOked-up knee and at that perous angle any
such banner as the artist had given it. It was also
crushingy apparent to him that Knight of Pythas
with all the assistance in the world could transform
himself into such woolly, curly fourlegged object
q
Then why should the brass plate beneath it de-
clare that this window placed in loving
memory Of Alice Helen WOrden. departed this life
June nineteenth, eighteen hundred ninety2" That
was no name for puppy, to begin with The whole
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By John
kendrick Bangs

regarded a penal institution I think it was Al.
There was more punishment for five dollars a day in
that place to the square inch than found in
square mile of Sing Sing at no expense the patron
But as hOtel-Well, it part "hote' and
nnety-nne parts - Unlike most penitentaries. how
ever. il seemed to have principal keeper 1t was
run by three sleepy pOrers, who seemed to regard a
request for information a base intrusion upon
their privacy. and a complaint a personal insult
and about twenty superciious small boys denomina ted
pages who spent most of their time going about the
corridors calling out room numbers in hitherto
undiscovered Argon tongue. They do this as an ex-
for not delivering letters and kilograms
ty-four hours after their receipt. in American
hotel If you don't like thing you generally find
somebody to kick for the shortcomng. but i'm Lon
don hotel you've got to it out bureau as
they call itnot piece of furniture with drawers in
it and sver-backed hair brushes on top. but a COM
nitee of hveried functonares who ntcare whether
like il not It's about satisfactory as whae-
ing telegraph pole because the Western Union peo-
pie have not sent important message"
How about the table? The English appear TO be
a well fed people" observed Mr.. Whtechoker.
The English used to the kind Of food they
get said the Idiot As for me, there is as much
nourishment ir basket of shavings in the aver
age table d'hote- dinner at London hotel This meal
is not square. but long Tt consists of nineteen lite
dabS Of everything in general without enough of any
thing in particular From the three brass oysters with
which it opens to the sate-roofed tart that brings it
TO close. you get endless succession Of samples
Continued on Page Two. Section Three)
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affair irritated Edgar exceedingly. He explain
alton whatever. He perceived that he should have
fight the first alto. This not only a great re-
sponsbility in itself but the necessity of evadng
parental eye added the strain and the
seriousness that this particular Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Ogden occupied of the pews With the
idea of seeing how he behaved during service and
sequenty accompanying him home, weighed upon
the spirits of the first that William Walters
accomplished the choir steps in the occasional with
out stumble.
The rector noticed with pleasure the seedy-lookng
man in the back OF the church; he was just then
smarJing little under the accusation of aristocratc
tendencies; body of conservatives had never ap-
proved of the boy choir He hoped to get the man
into the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew if he allied
with other organization
Mr.. Ogden, know, on business of his
ow-bUsiness that kept him glazing xedy in the rec
tors direction. which encouraged that good still
further 1t is be doubted the brotherhood would
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The Genial Idiot
By John
ON BRITISH HOTELS.

I6[lI ELL" said the Idiot as he gazed out of the
w window at the dense fog that, the Irish
man observed. hid everything i'm sight. If
were only in dear old London we'd call this
other beautiful morning"
u certainly wish you we're there, said the Bblio-
maniac who had got up the wrong side of the bed
and had no use for anybody the Idiot least all.
I'VE might have least one silent breakfast in that
event"
You should take your meals at the Zoo with the
anaconda, Mr. BIB. suggested the Idiot. Il told
ne VIII eat n whole mule without saying good
morning 10 his wife. AS for myself, / glad 10
be here az our dear Mrs PedaGogs unequaled break
fast table where the butter is fresh the morning
star. the biscuit tender to the touch a womans
cheek, and the coffee steaming the subway
q boiler explosion None of your London for with
a breakfast Of boiled marmaade and cold toast Prate
of residence IN the British capital when
has to put ash sitter in his throat keep
coal out of his lungs. Sing not to the songs of
Piccadiy where the good old American language is
ruthlessy murdered every time RrtOn opens his
and where the street cleaning eNpends
millions annually sweeping up HIS from the ighway.
for I'll Of it, I've tried London once. for mo
has become that bourne TO which this traveller neer
returns"
When did you abrOsd?" asked Brief
Nine years ago last July" returned the Idiot
why thought you in the hospital being
operated upon for appendicitis that year" said the
lawyer
That is what 1 gave out" said the Idiot. You