Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1897, Page 9

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Special-train will leave day, September Sixth St. Station Satur- 4, at 4and 10 p.m., and Sunday, September 5, at 7:00 a.m., running through to At- lantic City via Delaware Bridge Route without change of cars. Returning, tickets will be good on special trains leaving Atlantic City at either 6:00 p.m. Sunday or Monday, September 5 and 6. $2.00 Round Trip. $2.00 sel-4t IN THE CHESS WORLD Preparing for Another International Match. WILL TAKE PLACE EARLY IN 1898 Mr. Walker Takes First Game in ° the Local Championship. NOTES OF THE PLAYERS es The Washington Chess Club has received the following communication from the Brooklyn Chess Club in regard to the next cable chess match, which will probably take’ | place next February or March, between teams representing the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: BROOKLYN CHESS CLUB, 201 sfontague street. BROOKLYN, August F. B. Walker esq., Hon. Secretary Wash- ington Chess Club: Dear Sir: We beg to adv Brooklyn Chess Club has issued a chal- lenge to the British Chess Club for another cable match for the Sir George Newnes trophy, and that such challenge has been accepted, the contest tu take place early in 189s While by the provisions of the deed of gift, a copy of which we inclose, it is nec- essary that the contest be conducted by an individual club, it is intended that the match shall be an international one, par- ticipated in by the best native players of the two countries. It is in this spirit that our club regards the matter, and we now address you, as well as other leading clubs, to ask your co-operation in preparing for the contest, and it may be in bringing it to a victorious conclusion. We have not attempted to do or deter- mine anything concerning the date of the match, the selection of the players or other details of the contest, as these are matters in the settlement of which we de- sire the advice and assistance of the other clubs. In order to recover the trophy it is certainly of prime importance that the strongest team that the country affords should be chosen, and in this matter es- cially we ask your counsel and co-opera- tion, and invite suggestions as to how tho clubs may most conveniently act together in determining these question Oar reason for addressing e you that the ou at this early date is that you may be Officially ap- ed of the impending match, and that uring | in there may be ample time for s united action and decididng, some cases over the board, upon a te who will carry this international contest ul conclusion. vise us frankly in regard to your views, and with best wishes for the prosperity of your club, and the advance- ment cf our noble game, I remain, very truly yours, ANLEY H. CHADWICK, Secy. The matter will be laid before the local club at any early day, and there is no doubt of its co-operation iu the coming match. Washington chess players have always ken great interest iu the cable matches between the Brooklyn snd British chess clubs, and ince the recent cable match be- tween the legislators of the two nations, that interest has increased. The first geme in the match for the championship of the District of Columbia between Messrs. F. B. Walker and W. A. Gwyer, jr., resulted in ‘irst blood for Mr. Walker, who announced a mute in five moves, after 67 moves had been made. Mr. Walker chose an unusual continuation to the Ruy Lopez. end secured a good posi- tion, and the game was slightly in his fa- vor all the way through. These games are played at the Washing- ton Chess Club, mostly on Saturday even- ings, and visitors are always welcome. The fellowing is the score of the first geme of the mate White. “Black. Jr. FB. Walker, W.Gwyer, fr, 35 B—Bieh | K— (36 P-OKt3. | 37 BBs 38 B- Koch |39 Bien |40 BBS | 41 PR 42 K-05 4 KtT (46 KxRP 47 B-QSeh \aSK <t-O8 sch Kty Rit) R- ich KR_-K K-05 Rx aes K-02 i T Bk Ks | 6 P—Ktsa | 64 Q—RT a |&Q | 66 BR [67 BR2e4 And White mated in seven moves, as follows: €3 Q—B2ch, K—R6; 69 Q—B3ch, K-R5; 70 B—Bsq, R—QKiéch; T1KxR) P—Kt4: 'Q—KR3 mates. In this game White consumed 1 hour 30 minutes, and Black 2 hours 25 minutes. Four games were played the past week in the tournament at the Washington Chess Club. Tucker and Finn drew, as did also Finn and Tibbetts. Croft? won trom Campbell, making bis fourth victory in succession, and Thomas lost a game to Ray. Neither of the three leaders played this week, and their positions are un- changed. Mr. Tucker is making a batter showing than in former tourneys. The following is the seore to date: Won. Last. | Tucker Smith . O'Farrell Harris Ray Tibbetts Finn James E. Campbell. Ten games comprise the match. Five of these have already been played, each having won two games and one being drawn. A match between W. E. Thomas and W. B. Mundelle is also talked of. Captain P. O'Farrell has just returned from attendance at the G. A. R. encamp- ment at Buffalo, While at the Lake Erie city he met Mr. George H. Thornton, the local champion, and defeated him. He re- turned home by way of New York, and while at the metropolis cailed at the Man- hattan Chess Cluo, and had a sitting with Jasnogrodski, at ‘one time state cham- pion. They played three games, the cap- tain captaring the first game, in which he defended a Scotch gambit, while his op- ponent won the following two. The cap- tain is very desirous of meeting the cham- pion of the District in a match. Lee, the English master, who visited this city a couple of years ago, has just de- feated the veteran, Bird, ina match by 7 to 4 and two draws. Mr. O. W. Anthony, returned the past week from a vacation Spent at his home in lowa City, Iowa, and has gone to New York city to accept a position in the High Schools there. Mr. Anthony is a player of consid- erable promise. L: spring he won a prize in the tournament at the chess club. eer ee 2.00 to Atlantic City and Return, B. and 0. 3 p.m. Saturday; 6 a.m. Sunday; good to return until Monday, 6th.—Advt. = eee NO LACK OF FUEL. Lord Kelvin Says There is More Conl Than Oxygen From the Toronto Mail. The lecture by Lord Kelvin on “The Fuel Supply and Air Supply of the World” was the most interesting feature of the conven- tion of British scientists in Toronto. The information was imparted that people need not be solicitous lest the fuel supply should sive out. Following is Lord Kelvin’s condensation of his own lecture: “All the known fuel on the earth Is the residue of ancient vegetation. One ton of average fuel takes three tons of oxygen to burn it, therefore its vegetable origin, de- composing carbonic acid and water, by power of sunlight, gave three tons of oxy- gen _to our atmosphere. “Every square meter of the earth's sur- face bears ten tons of air, of which two tons are oxygen. The whole surface is 124,000,000 acres, or 510,000,000,000,000 of Square meters. Hence there are not more than 340,000,000,000,000 tons of fuel cn the earth. And this is probably all the oxygen of our atmosphere that came from primeval vegetation. “The purely available coal supply of Great Britain (England and Scotland) was estimated by the coal supply commission of 1831, which included Sir Roderick Murchi- son and Sir Andrew Ramsay among. its members, as being 146,000,000,000 tons. This is approximately six-tenths of a ton per square meter of area of Great Britain. To burn it would take one and one-eigath tenths of a ton of oxygen, or within two- tenths of a ton of the whole oxygen of the atmosphere resting on Great Britain (Eng- land and Scotland). “The commission estimated 56,000,000,000- tons more of coal as probably existent at present in lower and less easily accessible strata, It may be, therefore. considered as almost quite certain that Great Britain could not burn all its own coal with its own air, and therefore that the coal of Great Britain is considerably in excess of the fuel supply of the rest of the world, reckoned per equal areas, whether of land or sea.” Lord Kelvin ‘set his hearers’ minds at rest. He told them that it was extremely probable that the oxygen would run out before the coal. As there would not be much use for coal if oxygen ran out, the race need not worry about the fuel supply. se Now Donovan Explains! z Today’s Baltimore Herald says: Man- ager Donovan turned a neat trick in the last game at Washington, and the genial Patsy has been throwing bouquets at him- self ever since in consequence thereof. With Pittsburg one run ahead, Washing- ton went in to finish up the ninth inning. Two men were out, and McGuire on third base. It was very dark, and the Pirates were clamoring to have the game called, but Kelley wouldn’t have it. Tom Brown was on the ceach line watching for an op- portunity to get McGuire across the plate. A little misplay was made in the infield, and Tom started full tilt down the base line, hoping to confuse the Pirates and make them think it was McGuire. The only man fooled, however, was the umpire. He thought it was McGuire, and supposed that the run had scored. Donovan, catch- ing on to Kelley’s mistake, ran in and said: “Well, the score is tied now. Why don’t you call the game?” And, sure enough, before the Senators could say a word, Kelley called the game, under the impression that the score was a tie. es A Day Without Breakfast. From the New York Evening Post. The non-breakfast dict is one that has more adherents than is suspected. A wo- man was encountered the other day who sald that not a morsel was cooked in her home any day in the year until the noon- day meal. Her children went off to school, her husband to his business, and even the maid, who had become a convert, went through her morning duties—all without breaking their fasts. The theory on which these two-meals-a-day folk base their con- duct is that. no work being done after the late and hearty dinner, and little tissue waste following during the hours of sleep, the body has sufficient energy stored from the evening meal to meet the demands of the next forenoon’s work. To take a hearty breakfast, they claim, is simply to pro- vide surplus of supply, and by just that much overtax the system. The climina- tion, therefore, of these 865 meals a year means conserving of energy, which, in the aggregate, is very vaheble. They say, too, that after the first week or two it uires no effort to begin the day with- out food, and even the aromatic Mocha, steaming through the house, produces no effect upon their resolutions. This same woman 1s authority for the statement that the adherents of this diet or want of diet are. Fegneny Statement that is sustain recent newspaper reports from various places. s ——_+ 0+—____ |, Avoid the Crowded Street Cars via Pennsyh railroad next Saturday and Sunday; $2—Advt, LOUISVILLES TODAY Senators Oper a7 Series With the Kentuéky Colonels. FIGHT FOR SECOND DIVISION HORORS Current Notes’ ahd Gossip of the Game. THE LATEST AVERAGES Today’s Schedule and Weather. Louisville at Washington—clear. Pittsburg at Baltimore—clear. Cincinnati at Boston—clear. St. Louis at New York—clear. Chicago at Brookiyn—clear. Cleveland at Philadelphia—clean, Record of the Clubs. How they stood September 4, 1996: Clubag W. L. P.C.,_ Ciubs. W. L. P.c. Baltimore... 76 34 .691/ Philadelphia. 54 59 478 Cincinnati... 70 42 625) Brookl: 53 59 473 € nd. @8 43 1613 A % 50 1565 ct 64 50 561 Pittsburg. 61 50 1500 Loutsville. The umpire question continues to occupy a leading plate, and will be one of the live- Nest topics before the league meeting. There is going to be some mighty plain talking on that subject before the next playing season oper-s, and it is a hundred to one bet that there will be some amend- ments to the existirg method of governing that feature of the game, which is the actual! foundation of base ball. From al- most the beginring of the season the um- pire question has been discussed, and that unlucky individual hammered by about eleven cities comprising the twelve that make up the National League. To the credit of Washingtcn, little has been said on this subject by the local newspapers antil the unfortunate ending of the two games with Pittsburg on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. All the friends of the national game fully understand the trials of an umpire, and also the difficulties that surround President Young in making up his staff for each season’s work. Wash- ington has been lucky in the matter of having good umpires, their work, no doubt, being brought about through the fact of having President Young as a judge in al- most every game played in this city. A suggestion from an old lover of the sport is one worth considering, and no doubt will be brought to the notice of the lezgue at its meeting. It is that the um- pires be selected from the best available candidates for the positions, and that then their appointments be made under specific contracts for that season. Let there be no s for the reméval of any inan of ff unless his work be in conflict with the terms of his contract. Let him know that his position is safe for the season, and not to be terminated by the protest of some manager who wanted the decision to go his way. If the umpire is removed, let the contract be sych that the league 1s ob- ligated to pay the fi ary for the sea- son. Such an arrangement would serve to make the umpires feel safe in ruling ac- cording to their judgment, unaffected by the influence at hgadquarters of this man- ager or that. The players would not take so many liberties, for, how] as they migh’ the umpire would stag right there. Capt. Anson's idea of making a schedule for t umpires before the season opens, and carrying it out to ‘the letter, would be an extremely goeti inhovation, and make the season of “MS a “red letter day” in the history of the game. ‘$f that arrangement, or some other by which the umpires could feel safe from the “pull” held over their heads by the difrerent’ managers, could be brought about it would go a long way to- ward solving the problem of getting good, honest, dignified"men to rule the games. and hisses are a poor way to get eoadsuall playing. Mothing can be gained by a course that has a tendency to harass and discourage a player who is doing the best he can. Words of cheer and encour- agement are far more likely to bring good results than a sneer or a cross word. Some of the members of the Washington team were discussing the treatment accorded some of the local players in a recent game at National Park. “I thought the crowd in some of the other cities were bad, but if yesterday is the way they open on a player for making one error, this is worse than anything I've run against,” said one of the new players. “That doesn’t go,” said Capt. Brown. “The patrons of the game in Washington know how to appreciate a play as weil as any city in the country. They are quick to applaud a meritorious play and slow to censure a player for an error, if they know he is doing his best. The hoots and jeers of a few, who are either ignorant or naturally malicious, must not be taken as criticism. There are about a half a dozen young men up in the right field 50-cent seats that have been ‘knocking’ me ever since the season opened, but 1 have been in base bail too long to let their jeers bother me, as I always consider the source from which it comes. You will find Wash- ington as good a place to play in as any city in the circuit.” “It is a pretty hard thing to be roasted when one goes to the bat and strikes out on a good pitcher or fails to make a hit at an opportune time, when you have played good ball for months at a time,” said one of the old players. “Yes; I know it is,” said Capt. Brown. “You never had any occasion to complain of it before this season. It is only a half a dozen no-account ruffians, who are too cowardly to say anything to your face, but get behind somebody else and yell when they know you can’t pick them out. Policeman O'Day told me yesterday that he had his eye on two of that kind of cat- tle, and that he was going to place a few of his assistants in the stand and try to spot them out. If he finds any of these ruffians, they will be put out of the park and not allowed in again. Honest criti- cism is one thing. An enthusiast has a perfect right to cheer a play or show that it does not please him, but to pick up a mark and endeavor to ‘break him up’ by personal remarks and groans is another thing. The man who does that kind of work wants to see the team lose. He isn't kicking because the team isn’t winning; he only hopes that they will continue to lose, and takes this means to embarrass the player, in hopes that he will make more errors because of overanxiety and nerv- ousness.” Predictions that thd Temple cup series will be abolished; after this season have made their appearance. The magnates at- tribute the unrul, uet of the players to their anxiety in the receipts. This year for the etme is record: the players who will contest for the cup w! still under contraph Be their services to their respective clubs do not legally end until October 15. #t- been: said in cer- tain quarters thag jthe} magnates will take all the receipts exhibition games played between 2 and October 15 and that they wil get a percentage of the Temple cup revetpts. This can not be, as Mr. Temple stijulafed when he offered the cup that the playgrs alone are to share the gate money. club owners regret having accepted -itrophy, and would stop the series forvit were it not for public opinion. Patrons of the game would resent such actiqn, for it would.confirm the gen- =a cepeeasion that = ens are greedy and grasping, ani e_ ball players are down-trodden mortals under a em of serfdom, If the theory be true that the prospects of Temple cup money makes rowdies of ball players, how can the conduct of members ‘of teams which have not even a chance for the first division’ be accounted ‘for? The responsi- bility in all cases lies with the club owner, and all this talk about the influence for the worse of the Temple cup series upon players is made fof the purpose of hum- bugging the public. The Bostons have the reputation of being the best-behaved play- ers at home and abroad in the league, and they have had penpant prospects almost all season. The accepted explanation of their good behavior is that they have been notified by the officials of that club that each player must pay his own fines. Where can you find more aggressive ie mated than Duffy, Long and Tenney? any. other than a Boston uniform that trio wculd make life miserable for any umpire or staff of umpires. In one of the games the Reds played at Washington, Fox, a young-blood recruit, whom President Wagner secured from the New England League, was making his de- but, says Harry Weldon in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Fox was so nervous that he scarcely knew whether he was “afoot or a-horseback.” That night some of the Cin- cinnati players were discussing the nerv- ousness of the youngster, when it cause Captain Ewing to grow’ reminiscent. “I had such an attack of stage fright that I was afraid to go inside the park of the first club that offered me an engage- ment, much less play,” said Captain Ew- ing. “I was doing a man’s work when I was fourteen years old—driving a four- horse team for a distillery in Cincinnati. I was as big when I was seventeen years of age as I am now. I used to play with the Mohawk Browns every Sunday. Some- times I would catch, and at other times play second base. I got $10 a game when I caught and $5 when I played second. That was in 1878, and the Cincinnati Reds for the defeat given them the day previous by winning in hollow fashion, the score being 22 to 1 in their favor. Donohue and Coleman were hammered at will, the bat- ting of the birds being the feature of the game. BALTDIORE. R.O.AE. AE. McGraw, 3. 3°21 4-1 Douglas, ¢ 120 5 4.1 0 0) Cross, s....0 0 2 4 2 31 2 2 0 Hartuan, 0 310 0 11 0 0 0 Turmer, tf..0 0200 55200 asia e130 e200 260 0 9501 2322 1340 0261 0010 1004 00000 22252713 1) Totals.....1 72413 4 36421015 4-2 00000001 0-1 Two-base hite—Me- Doyle (2), Hartman. wel, Douglas. First base sof Coleman, 3. Hit by Jennings, McGraw, Keeler, Strack ‘vat—By Corbett, 6; by Coleman, 1. Wild piteb— Coleman. Left on bases—Raltimore, 10; St. Louis, were then playing on the old Avenue] §. First base on errors—Baltimore, 4; St. Louis, grounds. Mr. Maddux, knowing that 1] 1. Time—210. Umpire—O'Day. could play ball, spoke to the manager of the Cincinnati Reds in my behalf, and he sent word for me-to come out the next Saturday. I got off from work, but I did not play.” “Why not?” I asked. “Because my heart failed me. I was a big, overgrown boy,” said the Reds’ leader. “I got a fellow named Smithers to go with me. He was as badly scared as I was. We went out to the park, and I took a look at the ball field through a knot hole in the fence. That was enough; I turned and ran away as fast as my legs would carry me. The next day the manager asked Mr. Mad- dux why I didn’t show up. He made some excuse for me and got me the promise of another trial.” “Did you take part in the game the next time?” “No; I weakened again,” was the reply. “I went out to the park like I did the Sat- urday before, but I didn’t make myself known. I paid a quarter to get into the bull pen, and took a seat behind some other men and boys. Pretty soon I heard some of the players calling my name. “Where is that young catcher? they were asking. 1 Heard all they said, but I did not make my- self known. I waited until the second in- ning, and then I got out of the park and went home.”” “How did you get your start?” “*Move-up’ Joe Gerhardt, the old-time second baseman, put me in the business. He had seen me catching in the bottoms. He was twice with the Reds. At the time Horace Phillips was then organizing the Hop Bitters at Rochester, N. Y. ‘Mov up’ Joe recommended Mitchell, the le! handed pitcher from Cincinnati, and my- self. He went on to Rochester. Horace told me to go out and practice. .I didn’t know what that meant, as we had never practiced before Any of our games. I wert out, and Mitchell pitched a half dozen balls to me. I had never caught him before. The next day we went in the game against the Buffalos. Arlie Latham was with the Bison City team at that time. One of their fast runners got to first tnd tried to steal second. I had an arm of iron at that time, and I cut the ball loose. It went like a shot. I caught him so far that he was pretty nearly ready to turn back. The game was a close one, and near the end of the contest I hit a ball over the fence and won it out with a home run. That settled my nervousness. From that time on I thought I could play ball as good as any of them, and I was never afterward troubled with stage fright. Charley Snyder, the well-known umpire, who claims Washington as his home and who is now acting as arbitrator in the At- lantic League, talked over old times at a well-known resort for base ball cranks in this city one afternoon recently. Charley had a day off and took the opportunity to run over to his home from Philadelphia and greet old friends. Charley insists that he is just as good an umpire as he ever was, which was a pretty high grade, and that it is just as hard if not harder to umpire in the minor leagues as it is in the major league, that there is every bit as much wrangling and fighting between the players and the alleged “King of the Dia- mond” as there is in the big league. Charley tipped off some of the best players in that organization, but says there are very few of them that are ripe enough for the fast playing of the big league. He spoke well of James J. Corbett as a base ball attraction. “He played a half dozen games in our league,” said Snyder. “He gets a fat guar- antee and a privilege of half of the gross receipts for every game he takes part in. He has made as high as $2,000 a week play- ing ball this season. At that he is a pretty fair ball player—that is, he is a good fielder. He plays first base in excellent style, but he is a ‘bum’ batter. That is his weak- ness. He can't hit the ball hard, even with the pitchers trying to ‘feed’ him good ones to hit.” The Louisville Colonels open a series of three games with the Senators at National Park tcday. Swaim is ticketed for today’s game for the Washingtons, while Cunning- ham will probably be on the rubber for the visitors. Monday two games will be played in the afternoon for one admission, the first game being called at 2 o'clock. The Louisvilles haye been playing good ball lately, and have become quite an attrac- tion on the road. Poor Baltimore! In second place again, and with big chances against getting into the lead before the season closes. Then if New York should beat the birds out there is no telling how many funerals will come off in the oyster city. The Torontos lost two games at Provi- dence yesterday, thereby losing their hold on first place. Syracuse is now the leader, with Buffalo close up. The Canucks have a long string of games at home to finish the season, and are building on these to land them at the head of the procession. Von Der Ahe talks very emphatically of turning Billy Hallman, the present man- ager and second baseman of the St. Louis, loose upon the cold world before next sea- son begins. There are about five other National League clubs that would like to see Billy guarding the second corner for them. Watch Fred Clarke's quick, nervous, ener- getic movements on the ball field today and you will easily understand the secret of his success as a ball player. He never quits, seems to enjoy the game for the game it- self, and has instilled a great deal of his spirit into the other members of the Louis- ville team. Fred's work stands out in bold relief when compared with that of the other Colonels. Mine Thousand Saw Them Play. Mr. Breitenstein got back at the Giants yesterday in the first game at New York, the Cincinnatis winning by. the score of 11 to 1, but six bits being made off his delivery. In the second game Rusie did still better by holding the Cincinnatis down to one hit, and enabling the New Yorks to win by the score of 13 to 3. Over 9,000 spectators witnessed the games. ,___FIRST GAME. = NEW YORK. B.H.0.A.] R.H.O.A-E. WHaltrenct 0 0 1 0 19000 McCreery, rf£0 1 2 0 21500 Tiernan, If..0 1 3 6 1 vf. lT1Liee Davis, ss. 0 0 23 0 Be kley, b.24900 Gleason, 2b..0 2 6 2 1 McPhee, 2.3 2141 Clark, Ib. 0 © 5 1 © Corcoran, 88.0 0 3 11 Warner, c...0 25 3 o1010 Donnelly, 3b. 0 0 2 1 0 Peitz, c. 12800 Sullivan, p.. 1 0 1 2 0| Breit’stein,p 1 0 © 2 0 Totals unk s2 New York. +-00100000 0-1 Cincinnati... seer 000702 0 2-11 Two-base hit—Tiernan. Three-base hit—MeCecery. Home run—Beekley. Stolen _bases—Hoy, McPhee. First base on errora—New York, 2; Cincinnati, 2. First base on balls—Of Sullivan, 4; off Breitenstein, 1. Hit by pitched ball—Beekley, Hoy (2). Struck out—B; ivan, 1; by Breitenstein, 6. Passed ball—Warner. Wild pitches —Sallivan, 2. Left ca bases—New York. $; Cincinnati, 7. rifice hit— Miller. Time—2.00.' Umpires—Emille and SECOND GAME. ‘CINCINN, 5 - Fs 38 AE. Cem em and Gihiness "Hit by Rew ¥ Emalie ai ‘on ‘Ruste, “‘ball—Rusie. Struck 4. Left on bascs— 246. Ompines— The Baltimores took sweet revenge on hits—Alien, Ryan. 3 base Double _ plays —Klobedan: and Bergen: Lange and Kittredge: Al Tenney. First base on balis—Of Ti Klobedanz, 1. Hit by pitched ba Dahlen, Lange. Strack out—Ry Thornton, Klobedanz, 3. Left on bases—Boston, 6; Ci 2 ir, 1 ice, | “Boston Takes the Lead. Boston played two games with the Chi- cagos at Boston yesterday, and won them both, thereby again getting into first place in the race for the pennant. Both games were won by better batting and fielding, Nichols and Klobedanz being in fine form, the first game going to the credit of the home club by the score of 6 to 1 and the second by the score of 9 to 1. The Chi- cagoes fielded poorly in both contests. FIRST GAME. 1 CHICAGO. ate Everitt, 3b.. D: Bl tomtommsomeroms™ Samim > .E. 1 3 1 o ° 2 2 1 2 2 x 1 Hamilton,ct. ‘ss. Bergen, ¢ Klobedanz,p. ecouenoon Cone He @! wensoonown’ S| commenced Bil eum omaneh elesscsooeo™ Earned runs—Roston, 1; Chicago, 2. Three-base bit— Ded REG8S ban! socccouss ‘Time—1.45. Umpire—Lyneh. SECOND GAME. BOSTO: CHICAGO. RH, > AE. 2 o 1 ° 3 o 1 2 Hamilton.cf. ab. ‘Tenne: Lowe. 3b Stahl, 0 rf. at. Ssucuowe Ce S| pee ar seule Earned ran-—Boston. Nichols, Lowe, Two-base Three-base | hit—Dufty Kittredge. Double First base on balls » 6. Hit by pitched ball— J. Stahl By Nichols, 3. Left on bases Boston, st base on errors—Boston, 1; 0. ay —Cyilins, Nichols, 3; 2, Umpire—Lynch, HEAVY HITTING PLAYERS. Averages of the L the Le: The close and exciting race in the Na- tional League for both championship and second division honors is having its effect on the heavy hitters. The three leaders have taken a drop, Keeler alone now hav- ing a good margin above the .490 mark. Yesterday’s great batting streak on the part of the diminutive Baltimorean again gives him a clear lead for league batting honors, though Clarke, Delehanty and even Burkett are not out of the race by any means. A singular feature about Keeler’s record is that he has so far not score home run. Of the first four batsmen, Keel- er, Clarke and Burkett are left-hande and, as all three are good bunters and fast runners, their method of rolling up base bits is almost identical. The Boston club now has nine men in the -300 class.. New York has made great strides in batting durirg the past fort- night, and also has nine men in the list. Baltimore has eight; Washington, six; Cin- cinnati and Chicago, five each; Cle elphia and St. Lou ile, Brooklyn and ding Batsmen of cae. four each, and ‘ittsburg, three each. Of the sacrifice York credit Boston, 1 Brooklyn, len, Chicago, Stafford, itters, McCreery of New te leads, with Hoy of Cincinnati ‘has Childs, Cleveland, Padden, Wrigley, V il; and Loui 5 to his Shindle, ; Dah- Louisville, 11; Cross, St. Louis, 10; Jennings, Bal- id Van Haltren, New York, t. son is the arrival *. hertstop, in In former years Cross’ hit- tirg was as weak as that of the average pitcher. doubles, 11 triples a Hamilton and I aling hone Hamilton is the leading run closely followed by So far this y 4 home runs. nj re tie for the & ach having purloined getter, use st bases. Lending League Batsmen. The following list, compiled from The Star record, incluces the base stealing record of players who have played in ten or more games: Baltimore. ¥ Burkett, Cleveland. y, Baiti 6 -Lajole, Puiladeipaia. 7-stena i, Butum.re Caicage. -St.vetis, Boston 15—Jennings, B: Sov kalexis, Cl 21—Long, Bo-ton... 2 Smith, Pitisin: 28 —Colsin, Bostun. s 328 12 Zi Mepin, New ork "2 28 113g 37 3 24—Hohitday, Cincinnail..: 24 (89 19 326 2 | 25—Rowerman. Baltimore. 33 124 M4 9 "323 2 26—Lawe, Boston. 407 63 132 (322 45 27—Jones, Broukl; 453 147 1320 39 —Dougiass, St. 438 14) “R011 28—Be kiey,"¢ 103 318 20 — Wallace, 1a 319 4 105 [31S 29 35 (sis 5 8 mG 7 73 [m6 13 uz (315 20 14s “314 34 135 3 No 37 34 1 10 10 "bu 27 104 135 “313 33 89 105 “312 16 | gH We 1 “3n 20 | 38—MePhee, Cineinna’ 58 [30 7 [37-M-Graw, Baltimore./. 94 [309 30 38—Cross, Si, Lou m1 ng [30s 2s 39—Harlsy, St Louis Gi ‘37 8 —Werdn, Louisville... 112 13 lw? 15 40-S-hriver, Cimeimnati,.. a 34 “a6 8 Sullivan, New York... 12 15 138 + 41—Tucker, Wash, & Bost. 73 1 "205 35 42—Wileon, New York.... 43 48 301 8 8—Decker, Chi “a 12 “03s 44—Hoffmelster, Pitts... 26 3 so 8 45—LaCiance. Brooklyn: +: 101 127 “300 23 —Brown, Washington. 1s (300 33 —Dahien, Chicago. 6 2 30 w ington Batting Averages. ‘The batting end base running records of the Washington players to date are ap- pended below. “Jim” McGuire, with an average of .352, stilk leads the club, De Montreville is second and McJames winds up the procession. De Montreville has made the most two-base hits, Selbach, triples, and Brown, home run: In run-getting and base stealing Al. Sel- bach leads, with 86 runs and 42 stolen bases to his. credit. . The list includes the records ‘of O’Brien, King, Abbey» and Fox, recently released, and is as follows: G. AB. 2. 18. 2B.3B8.HR. 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EFFORTS TO “MAKE” THE FIGHTS How the Universities Profit by the Training. ———— EXPERIENCE AT HENLEY ——<- It was said by many when Harvard's eight, exhausted and despairing, forsook the English stroke in the race with Yale and Cornell last June and went back to their old, more familiar form, that Mr. Lehmann, the English coach, had attempt- ed the impossible when he tried to Incul- cate the English st That the English stroke in a few months. proved exhaust- ing to the Harvard oarsmen is undoubted. Had that stroke been taught them from boyhood, as it is in England, the result might have been different. There is little rowing in the schools in this country. It is rare that a member of a freshman erew is proficient with a sweep or the sculls when he enters college. Some few preparatory schools have and some high schools, as in Philadelphia, but fect on col- It is far dit- e rowing is inconsiderable. ferent in England. Boating in the pub js culti- vated chiefly at Eton, >a writer in Harper's Round Bedford grammar school us an eight for the Ladies’ plate at Henley, but never wins more than a heat. Radley, which is fortunate in being situated on the Isis just made a good with Eton and still but has never w school where boating } € prominence it enjoys at A single university eixht contains as many as five old Etonians The story of boating at Eton is the of boating in the public sche Bont Races at § The races row Eton thi a at are ir able. In the first place, there are two kinds of rowing, both for pairs—“pulling.” in which each man has a sweep, and “seulli in which each has two oars. In “lower-boy pulling” the course is a mile and return, and the boats are heavy and have fixed seats. In sculling course boats used and ice sculling. pulling” and “junior sculling are lighter, and the course is a mile and a half and return. In ol pulling” and “school sculling” the se is the same as in the junior events, and sliding seats are used. The number of heats rowed h event. especially the “low boy” and “novice” race, is appalling, yet each heat brings out a number of follow aleng the towing path shouting at the rs whe run top of their lungs. I des these there races every y r between six or seven | fours chosen from the leading “houses, in which the boats, though light, have fixe seats. Here again the rivairy is intense, and every heat crowds the towing path | with what an American schoolboy would all “rooters.”” There are three “upper bo and seven “lower boats;” and none fifth and | sixth form by ed to them, howeve: » other hand, the: no favoritism shown, so that a g008 oar is of his pl The on j exc to this is in the case of a ket eleven, who, out of wily asked to take a t of the upper boats-— ch ing to get to the ‘vo: is furnished by the nov a hundred boating men as candidates. The big them out in eights. their n then po: varsme is stroked by a “lov sman.”” | best of the candidate » chosen for the novice eights. The S are three-qu ‘andbank to Hen used eawy “ The successful candi- ‘get their boats.” Captain of the Fight. The captain of the eight is almost al- Ways the man who has been in the boat longest, and by virtue of hie office he is captain of the boats. Among all digni- taries of all the public schools he ts greatest “swell.” In boating matters he has unlimited power, not only in the se- lection of the members of the boats, but in all boating matters. If he is anything of a foot ball player, he is alwa asked to play in the match between the college and oppidans; and he plays in the cricket match whether he is any good or not. Hix position, more than anything else 1 know, shows the dignity and importance of ath- letics in the public schools. The result is that public op! it necessary for every Engiish | to go into some sport regularly. At Eton every boy has to decide whether he shall row and be a “wet bob,” or go in for land sports and be a “dry bob. The method of selecting the eight ts much the same as at the universities; and in the present year Mr. Lehmann, the old Cambridge oarsman who came over to coach Harvard, introduced it in America. In the Easter term sixteen men are se- lected from the best oars in the “upper | boats,” and are divided as evenly as p: ble into two crews, called “trial cights. The first and second captains of the boats coach them, but do not compete. The course is about as long as the Henley course. The men who show up best in the “trials” are selected for the eight. After this the crew trains regularly on a clear stretch of water some distance from the Brocas. But on the last aays before Henley they do their work in the sight of the whole school, and you can guess the | enthusiasm they arouse. Whenever Eton has an especially fine crew it goes *in for the grand challenge cup. Two years ago it entered in the hope of beirg drawn against Cornell, and last year it did the same in the hope of meet- ing Yale. Introduction of Systematic Rowing. The father of rowing is the present head master, Dr. Warre. When he came to Eton a tutor, in 1860, the captain of the boats asked him to teach the eight the stroke in use at the universities. He consented, and kept on coaching for twen- ty-tour years—that is, until he became head master, by which time, it may be believed, rowing traditions were well es- is the Ladies’ plate, which is open only to public schools and colleges—not to boat clubs from town or to university crews. In the first two years Eton beat Rad! (school), and in the third year Trinity (Cambridge) and Brasenose College (Ox- ford). The fourth year she won the Ladics’ plate. Since then Eton has te about a dozen times, and of always been the most petitor.