The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANOIS 0 CALL, 'SATURDAY, MAY' 2, 1903 SPORTS OF THE BASEBALL DIAMOND AND THE PRIZERING NBRITT AGREES TO FIGHT GANS FOR HIS TITLE Californian Boxer to Public Opinion i Wipes Out Color Line| Club Has ched Witk Froin- -Baitimore Ath. Ec' 3 T- hes cithdrawn his | = ghting Joe Gans of | lored boxer; whc the " lightwelgtit ntiet his class. Gans at-the light-| t the ringside | iever he care drawr et e e tchere’ Picnic it '74.-4 5 2 ¢, Wins a Rick s ake OF APPEALS WILL BE OFEN :NEXT WEEK t Tiako Alaska Mining Be' Argued Durisg he .Sess’ OURT OFFICERS AND CREW OF T. 8. 'S. MARION R}CEZVE Ce ebratior n’ Newey Day. in the | a large § which, | W § H i s. Lilien- ive, Mrs. Ven i=¢ Tanforan, i the offi- training To-Day's News Leuer her S Frai pes ever-contaiped gorous and rev scorch’ k he most - ever penne ght News . Finance, insurance. liverature, poljtics, socle »'News Lette's incomparable htest, snapplest weeily e ——,—————— Bu‘nod by Boiling Asphaltum. ierbert, residitig at 1213 Wash- e, a workman employed .by iald, the city ‘contractor, white a kettle of boiling asphal- nth avenue and’ I street, Sun- ict, was severely: burnt about 1‘.( hands and face yesterday ufternoon. It was Herbert’s duty to look after the kettles in which the asphaltur. is dis- solved prior to being spread on the street. ' While so doing he opened the door of the furnace, when an explosion took place tending a guantity of the melted mat rial all over him. His injuries, which are painful, were dressed by Dr. Maher at the » Park Emergency Hospital, MeD ng John atten "-reception SAN FRANCISCO COUUNTY CRICKET _ TEAM ON FIELD First ‘Match of New Loca! Club Will Be Played To- Morrow Against Pacific Wearers of Black and Red Look Forward to a: Hard Game or. Alameda Ground Hoe AN FRANCIECO County wili make its debut on the cricket field to- morrow ¢ Webster street, Ala- meda. * Herold B. Richardson will cap- tain the team, which will be chosen from the following: - B Kortlang, E. G. Slo- man, ‘E. J. Stratton, P. G. Cox, R. A. Conkson, T.'J. A. Tiede- . A. D Reynolds and J: Lewis. This most formidable tean: Eeing. streag in_ all, departments of- the game. It e tie Arthur Dickewson; the best wicket-keepers that .has been resident’on the Pacific Coast, ! be included i5 the team Pacific Club _will pat a stronger into the fleld than that which repre- la: Sunday. in the..opening son against the Alimeda eleven representatives of the and black will be H.:C. Casidy, : John Myers, A. W. Wilding, H. v, F. Benulon, W. Peiherick, E. T. Langdale, J. J. The we and W. Jamie- keep wickets and r. Langdale with F. Bennion and 244 “to the batti th of the t L2 Pacifie elevsn lost the iirst match nday largely througn Stanl, who scored 38 should have ‘been « wickets when he ha Besides ‘t secured batsmen n geveral runs that t ttle more, The winner I have hard position this HILDRETHS FAVONIUS A WINNER AT WORTH Mimo nnfi “Dan McKerna .at _ Seven Furlongs—Results en ~ Other Tracks. Kinle May 1 h Park closed its N assus if turlongs Fringe Hie third Fath won Jracaura h resufts half furiongs. n 2 Ferrin t) ngs “a -halt me second, fvxr!on::— . “Fake third stakes Buliam third King Barbara Parham second 1:475° ’ur]'\fl(h “The Guardsman r and'a -half furlongs—Bird- Powers secopd, Anglee third six.and r» h.m 1o hnn"‘haru, s second, Bum- R sixteenth. seil- eur fecond \d a half furlongs—Géver- The wa Prince second, Time,o1:08%. half surlongs, e Duchess third. 1 second, L WOODLAND HORSEMEN - FORM DRIVING CLUB Wflf Promote Three Da ’ Racing for . Varous Classes of Horses Next Weelkt. WOODLAND, May 1—The preliminary steps for the erganization of a driving as- fon have been taken. It % .pro- $ pised 16 %old three days’ racing on the ard Sth inst. There &ill be run- nMg,. drofting, pacing, steeplechasing, hurdle asd bicycle racings A cemmittee coneisting Hf Walter Mastia, T. 8. Spauld- ing and T, P. Schwartz bas taken the mattef in‘tharge. The rages will be pro- gragaimed for Yolo, Sacranjento and Sola~ no hwrses. | Sacramento Athletes Are VIctou. WOODLAND, May 1—T%e Sacramento Valley Intirscholastic Athletic League held-a field day here tn-d.n Teams rep- resenting -&'hico; Marysville, Sacramento, Auburn, Dixon ‘and Woodjand contested. Two specigl trains brought excursionists from variofis points. The attendance was 0. Sacramento was first in five events, gecond in §wo and third in two. Wwod- land first i two, second in four and third jn < six ewents, Marysyille first 1In three, segond in one, and third in ope. THe final score was: Sacramento '35, Woodlgnd 28° Marysvilie 22, Dixon 9, Aubury 6 and- Chicp 1. Woods for Bac- ramento scoregd 15 points. Gregg for Woodland 43 and Kelly fod Marysville 13, This ‘eventhg the Woodland High School pupilé are entertaining the visitors at a d balt. A number of medals were awarged. The excursion trains left for Sacramento a.nd Marysville at mid- night. [ RO AN‘NOUNCEMENT ouT ;ur 3, 1903. 5 0 THE ROOSEVELT ART SUP- PLEMENT ADVERTISED T0 BE ISSUED ON MAY 10, 1908, WILL BE ISSUED NEXT SUN- DAY, MAY 3. D selling. aurrer seconfl,, Hahdeuft selling— . Petersen, Henry | | to the history of the fight vesterday. af- { ternoon. | babel of yells and shrieks until the Miners | ate might | | moment from the time the first man4ook.| ~NNpitching the game of his lite. Both were | | ;4.____—________4. at €26 Market st, qually gffective_and the “honors were bout a stand-off until ' éned sufficiently In the las when he ;allowed those three consecutive hits that'told the tale of defeat.: There was one feat in the,game that | %tood -out in bold relféf and that will be | remembetid as. one -of the greatest atches ever seen on any diamond. M sVitt #i the second.inning landed hatrd s the spliere and drove it out to | the left field fence for an apparent two-3 baggez. - Prown, after a; long run®after the ball jcaught it STA\D!\G OF THE CLUBS. “(Pactfic Natlonal League) W, L. Pet W, Seattle ,!...12 '8 .800Butte . 8 Los Angeles v 8 Tacoms 1600 Helena. . J\pokune 9 .400 | San Fran. s 8 .500 Portland .. 5 10 .333 | OR the first time in ti history of © thenew ball grounds at .Ninth and -Bryant_streets a battle progressed lotger than the allotted nine rounds. | There Were two reserve periods annexed t It was scrap and fight and a | brougiit the telling one to the front in the |- | eleventh round. Score, 3 to 2. f A fight fer the election of a Mayday | Geen was & mild proceeding Eompared | | with the game. There was never a dull | | nts place ‘at the plate tntil lanky Smitn] | drove the leather far away to the door| of thecclubhouse and Brought in the” win- | tally.” You never could tell for an: | instant just whe would take the spoils | eviri the winners hardly knew how it | ¥ mnm The weathér was in°keeping with the icle ug ball passed out and each base seemed to mingle with stht gentle mer ‘zephyrs that were wafted over “the diambnd. The players to a man were in the best of form and only two slight errors arred, the work in the fleld dur- the gleven inaings. ti Gay and Thompson were in sl- most perfeet form. Each appeared to be with one hand while | oples hit safely for’ e rip. A momefit later. he was brought.in when' (tark walloped a hot one to the autfield. Butte coulg do nothing .unti] the: fourth), when Ward hit safely and completed the trip_on La Roque's t doub to center fiekl ® MINERS WIN GREAT BATTLE; SENATORS TRIUMPH AGAIN Eleven Innings of’ '-Exciting Ball, Replete With -Startling Plays and Long Drives, Marks the Long Contest at Natlonal Park. 4 | | | l | hen the deadlock lusted until the ninth, | slabmen Both * work verything they had and kept the battefs in a quandary. Whenevet any one woulll get on’ the SINCE THE SE ASON OPE L B% bases ‘fasi -flelding prevented a soore, ;In i¢ ® ® . the ninthj with two ine, Clark sent the | s s 2 kel ball far .away omut Ninth street over c 2 the cente: d°fence for-a homer. ° £TANDING OF THE CLUBS. Time of game—1 hour and- {2 minute It seem fun was at an end but |° 5 e : DireJary; 5 o not so. L que, the first°mah up for | . e s, e 9 © Hhs ‘Miasey v ont a7 Spie 1y the| ol SEATTLE 18 vmomous b clubhouse and % long fly from the’bat of | Sacramento.17 11 | McKevitt' brought him to the frent and | San Fran...17 1 | Beats Snn !‘rmchco by Superior mt- tiéd up the. result ‘again S 3 - e The' terth lnmngg)rrnugh( nothing and AFPAIN “DEVEREAUX of' the s“.r:'.ilnlf‘:f‘f F;"tlmnmg‘ in the ‘eleventlr Helena: was again ©Oakland team was an unwilling E, 4 - eattie won the third 2 - gam® in the Pacific Coast League series here | | blanked. {Piggy Ward opened thé Miners’ spectator of yesterday's game at} ...y o0d hitting In the first innfg. half of the eleventh by drawing a pas creation’ Park. He had donned his uni- | geore: © . 5 La Roque. hit an easy pop to Peoples, Who, | form eund was prepared to take part in¥ O O R o i te a ‘double play, | ine fray of the afternoon when e was | Ban Franci i dd L R I muffed the ball.- This forced Piggy at second. McKevitt sent La Rogue arouéid ‘to spcond, on a Jit to, the:fence and, a “mo- ment later Smith - let drive .one to the served.with a tempérary injunction is- sued by Superiar Jidge Melvin of.Oakland at the”instance of the Helena National Howlett. Double plays—La Rogue (unassis~ ted), Gay S0 La Roque, Gay to Brockhoff to 14 Roque! Time of game—1@5. Umpire— Houston. stantly @doubled up the’ runner at first. O'Hara had gone up toward third and Lad Townsend's throw down been good the side’ would have been retired. Bome good bits of clever fielding arous- ed the spectators, McLaughlin's circus catch of a long fI¥ being the pretiest play oFthe contest. In the second Townsend singled, went tc third on Hogan's sacrifice and Casey’s out arid scored on Sheechan’s safe one. In the fourth Eagan and Townsend each gauged Grabam ®r a cushion. Hogan hit to O'Hara at third and the fielder, seeking. to retire Townsend, threw to A —_—— STRICKLETT IN FORM. His Pitching Proves Too Much for McCloskey’s Men. LOS’ ANGELES, May 1.—Stricklett's pitch- ing was to8 mucl, for the McCloskeyites to-day and Retllydys men won ou' in a good game. Score—Lose Angeles 4, San Francisco 1. San Francisco's, only run was made in tge first inning on gingles by Houtz and Perh&m and Hollingsworth's error. Los Angeles scored one in the third one in the fifth and two in the eighth, The last two resufted from a single [ Sccond, but the base was not properly by Stricklett and a home run by Gannon. Score: | protected. - The ball went down to the R. H. E |fence and both runners came in. In the Los Angels.....001010:020—4 '8 "1|fifth Doyle was hit by a pltched ball and San Francisco...100000000—1 7 1|gu e Laibbin Batteriew-—-Stricklett and Hansen; Pfeister hed on McLaughlin’s hit to center field. Oakland’s lone tally was brought about by Gruhamu single, O'Hara's sacrifice, Erabhear’s hit and Hogan's my¥ of Mur- and Zearfoss. Umpire—Warper. TACOMA, May 1 —To-day's game was a pitchérs’ bt in which the little Tiger south- paw, who has yet 'l ee his eighteenth birth- B Bad ajl the best of It and Ny in- ints, Nowd: was wiplly in- | dcck’s fly. The score: S A % Oakland— 84 = Spokane 0000000203 3 o gy 96 N Y El s ah Tacoma ... 00100002x—3 6 0|0Har,8b.0 8 3 0 1/Doyle, cf.1 0 0 0 0 Batterles—Carney and Zaluskey; Baker_ and| 2 8 2 OMcLin, I.0 1 4 0 0 Byers. Umpire—Colgan. 111 0 OEagan s.1 2 3 4 ) SEATTLE, May 1.—Tredway and his - big 2 '{ 23-;:}“‘:-6. Th.1 211 2 bat broke p the party again to-day, clubbing 0.1 8 OHoman »i 1014 the ball sa hard that he drove in“four of the 140 Olcasey'200 0 2°4 0 five runs. o The game was snappy, Portland s Shehn, 3b.0 1 1 3 0 maintaining a lead until the sixth, when the ¢ 0iC. Ghm,c.0 0 6 & 0 lmlluillmlhe score. Portlend got the lead 2 0 2 OBrown, p.0 0 0 0 0 again In the seveath and then Tredway clinh o H e o otk vgma S errific drive, sw.-.y " 1021 Totals. 4 72718 1 000003002 % Ej SN, - 7 : Jand . 5.....020100100—4 9 ‘-?o“gt? Tattecion. Buochis ‘end. Stasley; Guick sio g 1 B = . 201 2 0-10 o EXCURSION. " Stolen base—Casey. Two-base hits—Mec- Rubsian River Redwoods. A T L R e L On Sundiy next at 8 a. m., via Sausalito | Jand 1, Sacramento 1. First base on called Ferry, North Shore Rallroad, sale of lots at | PAleTO Oraham 1, off frown. 3 Left on beautiful Mesa Grande Park for cottage bulld. | Pa? R e lifl by plecher— ing snd chmps. §2 round trip. Factioulars | Doyie. Double playe—Casey “Townsend; Townsend to Casey; O'mn (unassisted). 5 ; for the dearth of fallies on the ()aklund‘}. Upon the pofl-morlem examindtion to Batterjes—Smith. and Wilson; Hodson and Leahy. Umpire—McDonald. PORTLAND,” May 1 ields pitched” gilt” edged ball to-day, :. but ly y the Browns gave the ‘Angels a victory after eleven innin ds kept his hits well scattered and struck nul nine_men. Score: = R B Los Angeles.0 00102600014 6 i Portla 000210000003 7T & Bauerlefvfln) and Sples; Shields and* Van Buren. Umpire O'Connell. FRACTURED $KULL MAY ‘HAVE CAUSED DEATH George Lang Dies After Being Be~ o leased From Hospital as * Drunk. be performed to-da¥ by Autopsy Surgeon Bacigalupi will depend “the final, solution of the question of whegher or not George tty lrlplevung was allowed to suffer for nine | hours in a cell of the City Hall prison with a fractured skull, after having | passed under ‘the eyes of ‘Dv. W. P. Har- clubhouse. and the game was but a mem- | Club It is alleged Devereaux signedswith ory, withione man out. The score: = | Jfelgns last winter. Helena— e ' Butte— St With.the regular third baseman away How, 3b. 6 0°1 8 4% | from his corner and Baxter again on the Pers 4.1 £ 2 0 |injured list, Oakland was considegably Frey. 8.2 3 o Itweakened and®'the” Senators won easily, Fin'y, of 6 2 0 {though mot Wy a large.margin,+ On ten i 3 54 +0 | bits In eight innings“the semi-locals were Bras'n, s & ‘0 | enabled to get but a singlé runner around TR P | @ | the circpit, their safé sticking coming in- Totals.” & 10°31 11 1! T¢ 1 | opportunely and being lacking whep need- *One oaw whe “‘"““;f rux : |ed. Young Brown, the up-country pitch- | o ND BaTS BY IYNINGE. er, was to a certaln extent responsible Helena . 100600001002 Base lma 3106111011110 Butte ...: 00010000101 3|cnd and but for & uMooked for muff by Base hilg 0002111011 2—9|Hogan In the eighth would have shu il o SUMMARY, out the Lohman bunch’ Sm]—n Bases—Flennety, Brasino. Home | 'There was an opening for a prei runv-t'hrk.l Three-bise hit 11. Roque. Two- |play in Oaklagd's “*half of the base hits—Peeples, Frary,” La Roque and |first, when two batters had safe- Smith, Sacrific hit-=Brockhoff. First base o %, - called’ Mmlin Ot Thompaon 2, off Gay 4. Laft l) “made the - dnitial and gecond on basés—4iélena 10, Butte 7. Struck out—- zs. Bmshear attempting to saerifice, By Thompgon 8. bys Gay 2. Hit by pltchers— pupped up aw easy fly to Casey, who in- vey, spsgeon at the Central Emergeficy Hospital. He was incarcerated from 6:45 o'clock Wednesday night to 3:5 a. “m, Thursday, booked as a common drunk, and at 11:45 yesterday morning he died at the City and County Hospital, after evin- cing every'sympton¥of & fractured skull. Lang fell-off a northbound car on Pine street, negr Hyde, at 6 o'clock Wednes- ddy evening, while in a drunken condition, He was carried to the Emergency Hospi- tal, and after being treated tb:re for ten mifutes It was decided that the jail was the proper place, and the supposed drunk was Jocked up by Officer A. M. Smith. But Officer J. M. Dwyer, on his morning rounds, found -Lang unconscious &and bleeding from the ears. He was takén back to the Emergemwy Hospital and thence to the City -and County.Hospital at 6:30 o'clocly Thursday night. He died yesterday without gaining consciousness. Dr. Harvey, the physician who attended Lang at the Emergency Hospital, says: “I do not believe that this fellow died of a fractured skull. When he was first brought in to us he had nothing worse than an aggravated jag. . None of the symptoms shown were those of a frac- tured skull or I certainly would bav- held him.' —_————— Baseball at Presidio Grounds. A baseball nine from St. Ignatius Col- lege will play a nine from Sacred Heart College this afterncon at the - Presidio Athletic Grounds. The game will be called at 2:30 p. m. The teams will be made up as follows: St. Ignatius—V. White, gan, Haynes, agan. Wi £ P R. e e In the Warsaw jail is a wholesale bigamist named Vliadimir Litwinecki, who is known to have gone through the mar- riage ceremony with seventeen women, all of whom are alive. | Women s Class Singles Tour- .} | EXPERT- KYTEKA PECLABES MISS BEYFUSS’ INJURED ANKLE ENDS CONTEST Sprain - Is._Sustained in a Match Game -on: the Cali- _fornia Tennis Club Court . ‘nament Develops Interest “ing Work With:the ‘Racket l ifornia Tennis Club_courts yestei- d‘y- proved an interesting event. “The . se ond and third classes were played and the henors were carried off by.the Béyfuss sisters, Miss Anita and Miss Vera. | In the second class Miss Anita Beyfuss wott the. first two sets in thd final match and had a lead of 3—0 “love” in lhe third, when she sprained hér ankle and was forced to retire. Her opponent was Miss Bedsle Valleau of Alameda. “For a be- ginner the latter'made an éxcellent show- | ing. “She has a good style.of play, out is lacking jnT.experience.. The maltch was| close,” but. Miss Beyfuss was ahead-at all | HE ; women’s - class_singles tenr'§ | tournament commenced on the:Cal times and looked to be a sure winner | whem she was :forced . to refige. Th;:’ match will be finished two weeks from to-day. =Jn the third. class Miss Vera Beyfuss, “the smallest - plgyer; in ‘the tournament, beat Mrs. Whitney in thefinal af an exceedingly hard®struggle: The win- ner won the first fet 6—4. In.the second & Mires: Whithey-fought desperatély and won Miss Beyfuss took the | .by a score of 10—8. third, 63 There were eight players in the second The malches ang seven in the resuited as Yolluu\: third class feau beat Miss Dogothy Weed, licla Mills beat Mis: s Anita Beyfuss - Miss Merns beat 3 upd—Miss Valleau beat ™ Miss -,..rm. ? bea HANDWERITING _ ID’F_N'PICAL Seys ‘Blakeley Yenned Answers Which Lieutenant’ Doughurty Had in JHis Possessmn - Theodore K¥ytka, tiie hand pert, at ln’.n4|uo—~v of \ld\ln examined the covies ol "thi¢. exaginati papers which Djeutenant *Frank Dough- | "erty stated under oath werd en.him week ago last Friflay eveming by Mam Blakeley, and cgmpared them with the handwriting of Blakeley taken Tiurs day &t the Mayor's off his exammation Kytka stated that 2n at tempt to disguise the handwriting had been made, but ‘to his mind. all the coples” and’the sample f BlakeléY's handwriting were ahe work of the same person: Kytka will fufther contiaue his fnves~! tigation by exanfining some 31" Blakeldy's handwriting in the books of the Count Clerk’s office. Kytka's report forms sbme evidence that Biikeley probably. perjured himself in statements hg inade in the late investigation misde by the Mayor, ~Mayor Schmitz stated vesterday. fhat before. anything, further is_done fn the matter he would submit thé ehtite facts o the District Attorney in ortler to aseer- tain if Blakeley can be examiged. by-the Grand. Jury on @ chalge of. perju the advice of the District Attorney m whole , matter will he:'13iJ “befote the Grand Jury; either by the District Attor- ney or the Mayor. -. * An, investigation, bf ° the made against Commissioner 'P. H: ‘Me- Carthy, involving him in the milk in- wpectors’ éxamination, *will be taked up towday in the Mayor's offige. The Mayor has declared the position of | { Cantmitsioner Merkhon’ to be vacant and the Civil Service *Commisgsioners have bpen ordered tq destroy the old examina-, “tion,papers and to prepare as soon.as pos sible for a new examination. . e e i TBANSOH-BUEG’LABS E!Acx ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY, o‘dng to Thdr "Youth ludge L:vlor »lntimnte . He Will, Sus-, pem_i Senterice. A James Powers, alias James Cadier; Ed ward Morris gnd Gegrge A. -Williams, the | transom burglars, who were arrested for < ‘Shirt Factoty,’ at 1608 Market *Street, bn | the mauning’ of March 4, pleaded gullty before Judge Lawlor yesterday. The Jddge .decided that the°crime was bur- | glary in the first degree. | The Judge said® that owing to their $outh he would- coptinue the cases for sentence till May and expressed, the | hope’tifat as the pull(‘t‘ !ud not know, of | any sprior crimes’ commitied by th de- fendanfs they might meantime recelL\u offer of honorable employmént to them from following a life of erime. If that were dore he wouid suspend sentence pending their good behavior. A letter had béen Teceived by ‘the Judge | from United States Senator Hawley ask- | ing that a good attorfiey be ‘secured to defend Powers, who_hud. an -honorable | record in the navy and had helped to ’“D'f port' his widowed mother. The Senator Efid- he, did not know anything of the | merits of the case, but representations had beeh made to him on behalf of Pow~ ers. | and Kiing. fusse vs Pre mnman Foun rdx m~, Heien Nayic om Mré. Butnett by . beat Miss Durlee, Whitnet beat’ Miss 15s beat M. Whitneyy e 3 »early Thursday 15 .acchsations [ P8 O ¢ entering the premises of the American | ve | ing to San Francisco, ‘CHICAGO FAILS TO BAT IN A SINGLE TALLY Pitcher Sudhoff Has the Windy City Players Com= pletely at His Mercy Jones and Malarkey Batted ‘Hard in Game Between 'Brooklyn—-and Boston NATIONAL LEAGUE. INCINNATI, May :—Sudhoff was in fine form to-day and allowed Chicago oniy three scattered hits. Hardin was knocked out of the box in the third inning.- Attendance, 1000. | Score: H =R Cincinnati 10 o Chicago .. 3 4 Batterfec -Sudhoft and Peftz; Hardin, Wicker Umpires—Johnstone and Holladay. BROOKLYN, May 1.—The home team de- feated the Bostons -in the final game of the series here to-day. Jones and Malarkey were batted hard »fifteen safe hits being made off the latter and- thirteen.off Jomes. Attendance 150 Seeve: E. rooklyr. ... 3 oston .. 3 atteries—Jfonas, Rt Ma- larkey-and Moran. ©mpire—Moran. PEILADELPHIA, May 1.—New York pound- ed_Fraser's eturves hasd to-day and had littls mar-u.y ‘- winning. A'lendam. 1300. Score: i H E New York ari. 1 ° 1 ;.mn"- son {And “Howerman; Fra- i e Philadelphia . Batteries—Xlat] ‘ger and Roth AMERICAN LEAGUE: NEW YORK. May I.—New York again out- played Washington ti-day. - The weather was too cold ané windy for.good baseball. Orth was hit bacd in the first and fifth innings. Attendance 1#00. Scdre: . 3 R n Ok New york -8 i3 1 Washingion ©. .15 2. 8 10 . Batteries— Howell. and- € Connor, ~Orth and Clark 3 CHIC ¢ 1.—The locals. captured the AGO, 1¢°day from Detroit by 1 goud base-running. Attend- B E 8 2 1 and McFarland: Eason Hattesies hérty and McAllist BOSTON as disastrous for .the it was.for the home tem outs into. safe- hits. May 1.—Dazing base-running was Philadelphias to-day as High winds con- Attendance R. H. E. wese 'l 7 3 2 3 1 ries—Dineen dnc_Criger; Bender and AND, - May _1.—Walker: went to n_the eighth. inning and St. Louls tied the sepre, Moore jook his place .in the nimth o nn‘l forced in ()v» winning run with a base on 1 ball Score: 5 R H R velany] s .13 [ Louls " ) £ 2 Batteries— \\,‘lk ‘Moore and Bemis: Sud- Donahue and en néfr, T]ZBBIBLE BUMS CAUSE DEATH OF AN AGED MAN “Johz F:'Crosby, While. Smoking in Bed, Drops Lighted Match on the Bedclothes. Asa resoit of terrible burns receivea morning,.John F. Crosby, Who resided.at 38 Preatiss street, died in night .The unfortunate 68 years of age and & ¢ar- trade, resided with his niéee Mrs. Mary Arnold About’ 1 ¢'clock Thursdar morning she ‘GeYected *the odor of burning ecloth and traced 4t to the room occupled' by ‘her ‘uncle. She called her sor. Thomas Ar- hoid, who hurried to the scéme. The de- sed, was writhing on the floor in great .ahd the room was filled with The e clothes were found to be ‘on fire, And. with the assistance of her sox Mrs. Arnold succeeded in extinguishing e flames dntl removing the injured man to a bed. Dr. Hughes was called and did penter *by | evérything “to_alleviate the sufferings. of the injured man. Notwithstanding the effocte put forth to save his life, he died last evening: The Coroner’s office was notified and Deputy Charles Meehan méde a thorough fuvesti- gation, “Upori the direction of Dr. Leland "the beréaved relatives wsre allowed to hasa'the body.taken t6 a ldtal undertak- ing establishment. 2 . It fs Shly g matter of conjecture hew tiie deteased set the bed clothes on five, but it is supposed thiit. he was smoking' ih bed and after lighting his pipe threw a lighted [Hnateh among the bed clothes, which blazed-up In gn instant, enveloping him in flnm. NONEEB INSTRUCTOR IS DEAD IN LONDON A letter, was recelved in this city yes- térday announcing the death in London on February 16 of Alfred Lowndes, former ly.a resident of San Francisco. Death was sudden mnd due to heart failure. Lowrides was awell and favofably known by the pioneers of the eity, tc- which he came in the early '0's. He conducted the first pri- vgte schidol here, a fict that can be read- 1y recalled by many prominent citizens whom he acted as tutor. * Later he entered the wine business and ‘was _the original California wine mer- chafit in the ecity. He finally went to London in 1893, where he represented & big handler of California wines. Return- Lowndes identitled himself with the News Letter as a special writer, and when he went back to London ti 1901 he continued writing for the San Francisco, papers. He, was 60 vedrs old and leaves a wife and four children. Two daughters are married, one to a British army officer and the other to an officer of the British navy. One of his sons is a surgeon and the other a barrister. Mrs. Lowndes was formerly Miss Hoff of this city, daughter of William C. Hoff and a sister of the mother of Judge Carroll Cook. After A real mtainsngta All druggists sell it. Prepared by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n ADVERTISEMENTS. Baby Comes there is nourishment for both convales- cent mother and nursing child in ANHEUSER-BUS Gy extract—not an intoxicant; than 2 & of alcohol. St. Louis, U. 8. &