GRASS DIAMOND SURE FOR LOCAL BALL PARK <1 Owner Bradley Has Decided to Make < hnnpc and Soot it Irvin Offers Assistant. UMPIRES GET MONEY W ESTER V El.T IS BETTER Arbiters Are Pacified ami Go t* Work—Priest Big Kind of the Season. HINTS FOR FANS Weather prediction*—Warm and cloudy. Probable batter***— For Richmond, R*v*ll* and M***itt; for Norfolk, Vance and Chandler. Game called at 4:30 o'clock. By T. D. BONNEVILLE Richmond I* non aasured of a grass diamond and next season will aee no j more lakes In the middle of the play ing following aucti a down-pour a* that of Thursday. When Owner Brad - j _ ley ■« pians arc ruinueti me uummiu will be in such shape that a g»me can ; be played immediate!} following a! regular cloudburst and there will be less necessity for rain checks in sub- ; sequent seasons. Scout Arthur Irwin, of the New York American League club, is In Htrhmond,' and he and Owner Bradley hud a long talk Thursday about grass diamonds. , The scout stated that Richmond should i have the regulation diamond by all means. He said further that it would be no trouble to make one, as It could be done In about ten days. Irwin offered to semi the keeper of the New York American League | grounds here to do the work and said , that he would guarantee that Rich- ' ' "incurd Would have a diamond second to j few in the country when the Yankees' man was through his work. Owner Bradley has been taking the matter over with Manager I.awlor all summer and has been undecided only , about the time to do the work and the best way to get It done. He is yet undecided whether it is better to do the work Immediately following the j football season or to start It early next I spring and have It completed before the j training season starts. At any rate, the grass diamond is coming as a sure thing and the offer ' of Scout Irwin shows Owner Bradley : the way to get It done quickly and properly. Scout Irwin is here on a visit and is i not looking around for promising ma terial, hs usual. He states that he is i tired looking them over and la now here for a rest He Is on his way to j Ocean View, where he can enjoy the salt sea breezes and take a dip in the inviting surf at the seaside resort In s)>eaking of his "finds'' of lhe sea son, Irwin declares that none of them : look any better than Priest, of the Dan ville club. He says that Priest and Lilehl. shortstop of the Lancaster club, of the Trl-state League, are far ahead of ail others and that thev have a bright future before them. The fortunate feature about Priest is that he Is capable of playing other po sitions besides shortstop and may be tried out In several positions Irwin says that the youngster would make a fine third baseman and a great out fielder. Priest is deadly on fly balls and It is this that makes Irwin believe that he could be developed into an outfielder of more than ordinary abili- j ty. I Of course, everything depends on I Priest's batting ability in big company. I If he Is able to hit the big twlriers ' h« will develop Into one of the great Ml Plkyffs" Triffic gamerTfiTis-Ts 'tTie opinion of Scout Irwin. If he falls to hit he will not get the opportunity for I development in big company and thus will never be a great star. It Is believed, however, that Priest will clout the ball. and. as experience comes, will be one of the greatest players In the game. Something was done by Secretary Gregory Thursday that pacified the ar biters and caused them to suddenly agree to get back to work. They were not joking about the matter, and had they not had a settlement several players would have been working a* arbiters around the circuit. Umpire Mace had not shown any signs of mutiny, as has some <>f the others, but It is said that he had a goodly ium coming to him and that he would probably have been willing to stick by the others. . said that the arbiters have been very much embarrassed on account of lack of funds and have been forced to borrow from hotel keepers around the ireuit to replenish their purses. They have the coin now. though _ at is, they say they have it—and this is very likely straight. They need ed the money and in coming here they „ade plain their Intentions Unless Something had been forthcoming Um pire Davis would not have been on the field Thursday. When the arbiter did appear he was in a jovial mood, and when asked if he had any money re plied that he had his. r. Umpire Fred WVstervelt is still con fined to his room at the Park hotel, i but he Is much relieved In mind Bnd • Iso In body. Dr. W. P. Mathews, the club physician, called on Wtsster velt Tuesday and after making a thor ough examination of the arbiter, stat ed that he was not threatened with typhoid and that he would be able to get back to work In a few days. The report of Westsrvelt'a Illness •ante as quite a shock to his many friends In Richmond and the news that he is not to be ill will be re ceived with relief. The umpire was 1 able to get up and around Friday and. wfillssiili reeling weak, he is much better. He will not go to Petersburg TtWjaj^but way go over to work Bat LL! urday If ha can get the permission ' of I>r. Mathew s to do ao. The fan* ware treated to a welcome sight Thursday whan Manager Lawlor stepped Into the third bane coaching ho* attired In hi* uniform. Follow. Ing the recover) from hla sprained ankle Uawlor should have gone In the coaching ho* but he could not do ao on account of the scarcity of uni forms Now that the dub Is down to the limit and all surplus players are out of the way he Is side to get a uniform for himself. It will be of great value to the club to have the manager In the coaching box and will result in many runs that might not otherwise get across. I.ong John Fox made his appearance here w Ith the Tara Thursday and Man ager t'larke explained that he Is going to try the elongated twlrier again. In form. Fox Is one of the best pitchers In the league and Clarke figured that with him. Vance and Walsh he should land a chance of finishing In at least third place Ittghie was with the Tars bul was not at first base He Is still weak with the stick and Clarke Is using .lolly Hed Munson, his star catcher, at the Initial lack. Chandler Is doing (he [ receiving these days. Revellc had smnkp Thursday and displayed the best form that he has ; shown for some time. The Tars scored a run the first inning but this was due to an oversight on the part of Tltman. wfcsn was not playing in his proper position In the field. The ball should never have fallen safe and the Tars got their run when It should never have counted. Kevelle struck out four of the eight ' men to face him and he was going In such form that it looked as if he j would establish a league record in - strike outs for the season. Vance was going well but if the Colts could have scored two runs In the remaining seven Innings of the ; game It would have been their vie- ! tory a* the Tars would never have j sovred on Kevelle again unless some , unfortunate mishap gave them a run. Kevelle had terrific speed and a Jump on the ball that made it almost lm- l possible for a hatter to hit the sphere. Jackson got a double, but accidents will happen. The same batteries will probably work in Friday's game. One game only will be played on Friday but on Saturday the dubs are scheduled to go a double header. SPANISH DOITS AGAIN DEFEATED *-r~ All Three American' Sonder 1 Yachts Lead Foreigners at the Finish. ‘ MA UHLEHKAli. MASS.. August 19.] — America again defeated Spain i Thursday In the sonder yacht races off this port, all three American boats leading their foreign rivals at the finish The Harpoon, which took the first races of the series Wednesday, again carried off the nonors yesterday, with the Cima » i lose second the Heaver third. The Spanish yacht Chonta at one time during the race led the entire (let. She not only pushed the American boat* hard, but astonished her rivals by maintaining her place principally through her use j of the balloon Jib In beating to wind ward. This departure from yachting I precedent set the American yachtsmen to scratching their heads over what , The yachts started In a light breete. which Increased to about seven miles an hour at the finish. It was a two land a half mile beat up the wind and a run back to the line, and repeat. The Harpoon, except^for a few minutes on the run down the wind for the first time, set the pace throughout. The elapsed time of yesterday's race follows: Harpoon (American! . . . . 2:26:33 Fima (American) ...... 2: 2*: 39 Heaver (American 1 . 2:27:08 i Fhonta lSpanish! .2.29:0* Papoose (Spanish I .2:35:34 Mosquito II. (Spanish! ..2:48.10 BRITISH DOITS STAND TD WIN1 Only Two Floats Are Entered as American Defenders in Sat urday's Races. ■ I ! NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Only two j : boats are entered as American de- j i fenders In tha racea with the British j power boats Saturday for the Harms- ; worth challenge cup, and the chances ! are regarded as most unfavorable for i l the Yankee crews. Until yesterday j Restless was the only American boat j entered, but Dixie II, which success- i fully defended the cup for two aucces- * slve years, hat now appeared. There Is a bare possibility that the Kama i leas will be finished In lime to enter the race. The Nameless carries a 12- ; cylinder engine, driving four schews. ! and capable of developing 400 horse ( power. It Is believed the host can , make forty miles an hour- when she ' takes the water, if her builders can ■ j complete her In time she will probably i make the third of the American de- j The challengers are said to be the fastest boats ever sent over. 1 Orest Height Reached in Balloon. PHIUAIJEUPHIA. PA., Aug. 1» — Although falling in their attempt to reach Canada. Dr. Thomas E. Bid- ‘ ridge, pilot of the baloon Philadelphia I II. who, with two companions, ascend ed from Point Breeae Tuesday night, returned here with another local re [ cord to the balloon’s credit. By re ! rnatning in the air twelve hours and thirty-five minutes it broke the local time record. During its flight the gas bag attained an altitude ^of 14,000 , feet, and the members of" the party i were subjected to severe cold weather as they crossed the Allegheny moun tains. The balloon landed on js’egro ] mountain, in Wostern Maryland, after a flight of 331 milts PROMINENT FIGURES IN PARIS-LONDON RACE HAMILTON HOLDS CHAMP5J0 BLANK Tigers Triable to Connect With His Elusive Delivery and Tail to Score. ERROR HEM’ GOOBERS .Newton's Wild Throw in the Third Gives Them Their Ewe Tally. Thursday'** Score*. Lynchburg. 8; Danville, 2. Roanoke, (*: Petersburg. 1. Rlchmond-Norfolk, rain How They Stand. Clubs. Won. Dost. PC. Danville . 6S 37 .ill Roanoke . 6«> 44 .560 Norfolk . 44 SO .463 Richmond . 43 SI .457 Lynchburg . 45 54 .456 Petersburg . 43 S3 .443 Friday's .Schedule. Norfolk at Richmond. Roanoke at Petersburg. Danville at Lynchburg. PETERSBURG, VA.. August 10.— Hamilton was in great Term yester day and the Champs were shut out in a last game here. Pritchard was on the mound for Roanoke and was In good form but Hamilton had much the better of the argument. The Goobers scored the only run of the game in the third inning and Hamilton started the racket that scored this one. With one man out the twirler drew a free pass and went to second when Booe singled mer second. Hamilton and Booe pulled ofT a double steal and McFarland struck out. but Bowen drove a hard chance at Newton, who made a bed peg to first, Hamilton scoring. Rooe was caught off third and this ended the inning. The Champs had little chance to score, but they oilseed their best op portunity in the ninth. Shaughnessv got a life when Bowen made a bad throw to first and went all the way to second. Holland sacrificed him to third. With Preesley and Newton coming up it seemed almost certain that the runner would score but Pressley offered an easy fly and New ton ende the suspense by whiffing. The score. - ' "TTOSFSTSur#; AH. H. O. A. E Booe, rf. 4 1 3 o 0 McFarland, c/., ...... 2 0 1 o 0 Bowen. ss., .. . 2 1 4 4 1 Kirkpatrick. 2b. 3 0 2 1 0 Clunk. If.. .......... 3 1 2 0 0 Keloher, lb. 2 1 10 o 0 Brown, 3b. 3 0 0 2 1 Kunkle, c., . 3 0 4 4 0 Hamilton, p.. .. 3 0 1 2 0 Totals . 25 4 27 13 2 Roanoke. AB. H. O. A. E. Powell, rf.3 0 1 0 0 Doyle. 2 b. 4 0 3 1 o Shaughnessy, rf. 3 0 0 0 0 •Holland. . 3 1 2 l 0 Preasiy. lb., . 4 o 6 1 0 ••Newton. 4 0 l 0 1 Spratt. 2b. 2 0 3 0 0 Pritchard, p. * 1 1 3 ® Schmidt, c., . 3 1 7 4 0 Totals . 29 3 24 10 1 •Holland, left Held and shortstop. ••Newton, shortstop and left field. Score by Inning*; B Petersburg.00100000 •—1 Roanoke .oo-000000 0—0 Summary; Run—Hamilton. Two base hit—Pritchard. tSolen bases— Booe. McFarland, Hamilton. Sacrifice hit*—Holland. oBwen. Struck out—• by Hamilton, 4; by Pritchard. 6. First base on balls—off Hamilton. 2: off Pritchard. *. Double play—Doyle to Spratt. Time of game, 1:3. Umpire. Mace. Attendance. 600. men PRIZE FOB HOPEFUL STAKES One <*f the Richest Stake? of the Year Offered for Saturday's ..Race--—. SARATOGA, N. V. Aug 19.—To morrow'# Hopeful stakes, to be run her*, will b* one of the richest purses offered thla year. The race will be worth nearly $80,000 to the winner. The great Bashtl. Semprolus and Round the World are ineligible. The probable starters will be Novelty. Iron Wash. Sweepaway. Dove Not, Xaushon. Textile, Trap Reck, Foot Print, Black Foot and Pat on If James R, Keene wins this rich event he will be close on Sam Hll dreth’s heeis as largost winner on ths turf tht* yeer. Not including yester day's race*, Hildreth had won 178.776. Keene was second with 164.690. R. T. Wlleon, Jr., has won $60,100; August Belmont. 889.160; R F. Carman. 837. 440. and the Nsw Cast!# stable, $33. m* Win Out in Tenth Inning hv Scoring Two Runs— Score 3 to 2. LYNCHBURG, V.V . Auk. 19.—The Bug* dr.opped one t > the Shoemakers yesterday, ten innings being: required to decide the winner. The visitors stored one run in l he tenth, but the Shoemakers came bat U with two tal lies and this ended it. Both pitcher* were hit hard and several errors were made behind each, hut they were tight In the pinches and many runs were cut off by good Melding at critical time*. The two runs in the tenth came as a result of Morrison's double, Grlffln'a error, Howdell's Texas leaguer and Dick Smith's sacrifice fly. The score: Lynchburg. A R. H. O. A.E. Huwdell. ss . 4 2 2 4 0 D Smith. 2b . 2 0 1 0 1 Heller, 2b . 4 0 2 1 0 A. Smith, cf . 2 2 5 0 0 Levy, rf . 2 2 1 o 0 Rowe, c ..2 !) 7 2 0 Morrison, if .t.'• 4 2 2 1 0 Wooiums. lb . 4 1 9 0 1 H. Griffin, p . 4 1 0 3 1 Totals . 30 10 80 11 3 Danville. A.B. H O. A.E. Riekert. if . 5 1 4 1 0 S. Griffin. 3b . 4 2 4 5 1 Sullivan, rf . 5 10 0 0 Hooker, cf . 4 2 2 0 0 Gaston. 2b . 4 0 3 1 0 Schrader, lb . 4 o 9 1 0 Priest, ss . 4 1 .3 3 0 Murray, c . 4 1 4 « 1 Bussey, p . 3 0 0 3 0 Totals,.37 8«29 22 2 •Two out when winning run was scored. Score by Innings: R. Lynchburg .000010000 2—3 Danville .100000000 1—3 Summary: Runs—Morrison (2;. Wooiums. Riekert. Murray. Two-base hits—Morrls»»o. Priest.-Three-ha se hit—Riekert. Sacrifice hits. D. Smith, Levy. Rowe. Bussey. Sacrifice files— D. Smith. S. Griffin. Stolen bases— Sullivan, Hooker <2t. First base on errors—Danville. 2. Left on base*— Lynchburg. 6; Danville, 8. Double piay—8. Griffin to Gaston. Struck out —By Griffin. 6. by Hussey. 2. Hit by pitcher—Howdell, Hooker. Time of game. 1:45. t'mpire, Pender. CROWDS EXPECTED TO WITNESS EIGHT Promotor Edwards Looking for .Record Attendance at Kauf man-Lang Mill. PH I LA DELPHI A, PA... Aug. 19.— The fact that A1 Kaufman and Bill latng were prevented from fighting 1 their ten round battle In the Fair mont Athletic Club in New York haa | increased interest In a meeting be tween these two men, and Harry Ed wards. the promoter, who hae signed 1 them for a six round go here on Labor Day, expects a record-breaking crowd ! In the National League bait park. Lang will resume training at Strat ford. Conn., In a few days, while Kauf man will put on the finishing touches st a resort near this city. The price for tickets will be $1, (2 and 23, and the ball park will seat 33,000 per sons. TWENTY-EIGHT CARS HAD PERFECT SCORE NEW LONDON. CONN., Aug. 1» — Twenty-four of the twenty-eight care In the Munsey historic tour had per fect scores when they left here for Boston. A stop of one hour will be made et Naragansett Pier after which the automobiles will be sent on their way to Provldejj.ee. where the noon con trol Is located. The first egra will reach Boston about 2 o’clock this afternoon. , Oak brmv« Defeat Pioneer. The Oak Groves defeated the Pio neer Chapel team in a faat and inter esting game Thursday In the Pioneer diamond by the score of S to I. It wee a pitchers' battle from start to finish. Clements allowed only three hits, while hla opponent was hit hard for 11 hits. The features of the game were the hitting of Mann, McClelland for Grover / Score by Innings: R. H. E. Groves.00200201 0—3 18 0 Pioneer.00002010 •—3 3 2 Batteries—Clements and McClel land! Corprew and Kline, * MACK'S ATHLETICS SURE OFPPNT Figures Show That it is Almost Impossible for Them to Fail. HAVE TREMENDOUS LEAD Boston Will Have to Play Phe nominal Ball to Catoh Up Now. NEW YORK. August 1».— If the Philadelphia Athletics win one-half of their remaining game* and the Boston Red Sox threefourtha of their's. the former will still win the pennant t>y one game. This shows, to the satis faction of New York fans, juet what a cinch Connie Mack's men have for the honor of representing tne American League In the world's championship series with the winner In the National League. Philadelphia has won 7 4 games and lost 34, while Boston, in second place, hae won <3 and lost 47, giving the Athletics a clear lead of twelve games. Provided all the remaining games are played, 'Philadelphia has 46 games yet to play and Boston 4 4. Should Mack's men w-ln 23 of these games their final standing will be 9 7 games won and *7 lost; a percentage of .630. Should Boston wtn 33 of her remaining games her standing wll be 06 games won and 58 lost; a percentage of .623. There isn't a baseball man in the country who would not offer big odds that Philadelphia will win more than half of her remaining games and ther are few who wouldn't bet that Roston will not win three-fourths of the games yet on her schedule. Not since the American League was or ganised has a team made such a run away race for the pennat as the Athletics are now- doing. DICK HIGHLAND SHOWS Fights Two Hard Ten-Round Bout.* in Two Successive Nights. NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Fight fans Fighting Dick Hyland, the California lightweight, who fought two sizzling ten rounds tights In two successive nights. Wednesday night Hyland had a shade over Battling Hurley, of Pas saic, N. J., st the Sharkey Athletic Club. The bout, the club members de clared. was the fastest seen In this city In years, and would have tired out a man of leas stamina. Last night Hyland came right back and fought a ten round bout with Wil lie Beecher at the Longacre Athletic Club. The two boys scrapped vlclouely all the time. Though moat of the spectators de clared the fight shouuld have been a draw, many of them thought Hyland won. Start 24-H»wr Automobile Raoo. NEW YORK, Auk. 1*.—A pistol shot fired by William Loeb, Jr., will start the 24-hour automobile race at the Brighton Beach motordrome at 2 o'clock this evening- All the drivers are bent on lowering the record of 1,1*4 miles made last year. Among the drivers will be DePalma. Dlsbrow, Martin. Basle. Endicott and Anderson. Strang may also be one of the contest ants. Arnet Sculling Champion. CAPETOWN, Aug. 1*.—In a race of 3 1-2 miles on the Zambesi River today Richard Arnst. of New Zea land, beat Ernest Barry, of England for the world's sculling champion ship. Detroit Oats New Inflelder. DETROIT. Aug. 1*.—John Wuffl!, third baseman of the Saginaw (South Michigan League) baseball club, has been purchased by the Detroit Ameri cans. 78 Buelatss was poor Thursday. BIG LEAGUE RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE. Thursday's Score*. Cincinnati. 2; Pittsburg. 10. How They Stand. Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C. Chicago . 3* Pittsburg . OS New York . #0 Philadelphia.. 52 Cincinnati . 52 Brooklyn . 43 Bt. Louis . 42 Boston . 40 35 40 42 52 35 «1 35 70 .330 .312 .583 .500 .483 .413 .393 .364 Friday's Selicdule. Boston at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Bt. Louis. MINOR LEAGUE SCORES. American Association. At Columbus—Columbuo. 6; Mil waukee, 1. At Louisville—Minneapolis, 1; Louisville, 0. New York State la-ague. At Albany—Albany, 2; Troy, 0. At rtlca—Syracuse-Vtlca game call ed off In third inning, rain. Score— I'tlca. 0: Syracuse, 2. At Binghamton—Binghamton. 6; Elmira. 2. At Wilkes-Barre—Wilkes-Barre. 5; Scranton, 4. Trlstate League. At York—Johnstown. 3; York. I. At Reading—Williamsport, 2; Read ing. 0. At Lancaster—Lancaster. 8; Altoo na, 5 (10 innings*. At Trenton—Trenton, 7; Harris i burg, 1. Southern league. At Mobile—First game: New Or leans. 2: Mobile, 0. Second game: Mo bile. 4; New Orleans, 1 (seven Innings each). At Birmingham—Birmingham. 3; ; Montgomery, -2. At Nashville—Nashville, 1; Mem phis, 0. At Chattanooga—Atlanta. 0; Chat tanooga. 0 (12 innings, darkness). South Atlantic league. At Jacksonville—Jacksonville, 3; Augusla. 0. At Columbia—Columbia, 4; Savan nah, 0 At Macon—First game: Columbus, 1; Macon, 0. Second game: Colum bus. 6; Macon, 2. kastem Carolina League. At Rocky Mount—Rocky Mount. 3. ' Raleigh, 0 1 At Jersey City mfw mfw mf mfwww I At Goldsboro—Goldsboro, 2; Fay etteville. 1. ! At Wilmington—Wilmington, 2; I Wilson, 0. l antern league.^ At Providence—Providence. 1; To ronto, 0. At Jersey City—Montreal. 4; Jersey j City. 3. At Baltimore—First game: Balti more. 7; Rochester. 0. Second game Baltimore. 8; Rochester, 6. Carolina Awuootadon. At Winston-Salem—Spartanburg. 2; Winston-Salem, 0. At Greensboro—Greensboro. 4: An derson, 3. At Greenville—Greenville. 2; Char lotte, 0. I - Southeastern league. At Knoxville—Knoxville. 8; Gads | den, 3. i At Morristown—Morristown. 6; Rome. 1 At Johnson City—Johnson City, 5; Asheville, 2. Thursdays’ Races Saratoga Results. First race—handicap, all ages. *800 added, seven furlongs. Hanbrldge. first: Sir John Johnson, second; Mary Wavie, third. Time, 1:25. Second race—steeplechaae, *400 add ed. four-year-olds and up, about two miles. Jimmy Lane, first; Bound brook. second. Time, 4:18. Third race—the Troy selling stakes, two-year-olds, value *1,500, five and a half furlongs. Danger Mark, first; Helen Barbee, eecond; Gold of Ophir, third. Time, 1:07 1-5. Fourth race—the Saranac handicap, i t’Alue *1,000, three-year-olds, one and one-eighth miles Martinet first; Lovetle. second; Star Bottle, third. | Time, l: 5* 1-5. Firth race—two-year-olds. 1400 add ed. five and a half furlongs. Rock ville, flrat; Fairy Story, second; Gaunt let third. Time, 1:07. Sixth race—handicap, marea, all agree, *00 added, on mile. Ocean Bound, flrgt; Cheek, second; Field Mouse, Hamilton Results. Hr»! race—$400 added, five furlongs. Louis des Cognets. first; Golden Wed ding, second; Chlppewayan. third. : Time, 1:03 2-5, ] Seond rate—$600 added, one and one. : sixteenth mllea. Oollia Ormaby, flrot; i Rifleman, oecond; Lexington Lady, i third. Time, 1:4$. i Third race—$800 added, five and a j half furlongs. Lady Sybil, first; Ida ! D., second: Sir Edward, third. Time, j 1:07. Fourth race—steeplechase, $600 add ! ed, about two mllea. Bergoo, first: Bally Castle, second; Tourney, third. Time. 4:161-8. Fifth race—$100 added, one and ene etghth mllea Don Antonio, first: Ta Nun-Da, second; Ferrand Cecillan. third. Time. 1:84 2-8. ■ Sixth race—$600 added, six furlongs. Rash, first: Niahl, second; Spea Nos tra third. Time, 1:14 4-8. 8eventh race—$400 added, five fur long*. Susan, first; Shot, second; An dy Chtshohn, thtrd. Time, tni 4-8.— Eighth race—on# mils, on turf. Tom Hayward, first; Everett, aecond; Fort Johnson, thtrd. Tima, 1:414-6. Cuba Wants Ameeioan Baseball. Manager Molina, of the Cuban star baseball team, of Havana Is trying to arrange a series of games with the Minneapolis American Association team, to ba played at Havana He also wants the pennant winners of the American and National leagues to play In the Island. Vanderbilt Take# Two Mara. BBAUVILLB. FRANCE. Aug. II.— W. K, Vanderbilt’s Bat* Delight yes terday won the Prlx de L'Eden, dis tance one and a half mllea for a purse of $1,000. The Prlx de Oheffrevllle, a celling stake for two-year-olds, five furlongs, for a purse of $600, was also won by J»r. Va»dsfbUt*6 Bjtfllt, _ AMERICAN LEAGUE. Thursday's 8mm. Cleveland, 1; Washington. 8. Chicago, 1; Philadelphia, 2. Detroit. 8; Boston, 1. 8t. Louis-New York; rain. Clubs. How They Stand. Won. I,ost. Philadelphia ... 74 34 Boston . 83 47 Detroit . 63 48 New York.. 60 4# Cleveland . 49 39 Washington . 48 63 Chicago .. 46 63 St. Louis . 34 71 PC. .685 .572 .564 .560 .454 .432 .411 .32 4 Friday's Schedule. Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Cleveland at Washington. MANY FROM HERE TO BE IT MEETING Richmond Lodge to Send Large Delegates to Moose Convention in Baltimore. The twenty-second annual conven tion of the Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose will meet In the city of Baltimore, Md., next week, oomenclng Monday morning, and itlehmoml Lodge, No. 18, will be rep resented at Baltimore during that meeting by the following members and their ladles: Dictator. 1». A, Welnbrtin, and wife; treasurer, E \L l>a.vwatt, and wife; secretary. H. E. Hirshberg. wife andd atighter, Mr, and Mrs W. J. Boardman, past dic tators, It. J. Carlton and W C. (ill son: Measrsfl J N Dveon. .1 C. Wil liams, 8 J. B. Wright. W rv Haskins. .J L. Botto. G R. Shewbrirtge, J F. Gorman, T ft Davis. A. C. Rlegl* and H. O. Ebenhark, and their head quarters wITt be at the Hotel Caswell. Baltimore has made extensive prep aration* lo entertain their guests dur ing this convention. 828,000 having been raised for the purpose. The souvenir badge to be worn by the Richmond delegation Is beautiful In design and Is made up with the State of Virginia cut out of hronze metal as a bar and the name and number of the lodge and the seal of Virginia suspendded from this bar by a red and white ribbon, the colors of the order, upon which Is stamped in gold: "Baltimore Md . 1*10." is a medallion of the same metal repre senting the official emblem of the order. The representation from Rich mond Lodge are H E. Hirshberg. ft. J Carlton. W C. Gibson. Daniel A. Weinbrun and 8. J B. Wright. MISSIONARY CM ON MEETS WITH SALEM ^Special to The Richmond Virginian,> FREDERICKSBFHO. Aug. 19 — The second annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Fnion of the Goshen Baptist Association was held with the 8a)cm church yesterdaj In Spotsylvania county, a few miles from here. Mrs. Mary Quinn Hicks, of this city presided The welcome address was made by Miss Geo, H. Morrison end responded to by Miss Julia Mansfield. The young woman a auxiliary work was discussed by Mrs. W. 8. Leake, of Richmond, who is the State leader, Mr*. Victor Moon read a paper on Home Mission work in the mountains and Oklahoma. A letter from Mra. Geo. F. Williams, of Richmond, state leader of the Sunbeams on the work of the Sun beam* was read by“Wl**~ Julia Carter. The subject of the training school at Louiaville, Ky.. wa* presented by Mrs. J. P. Rowe. The State Mission work by Mra J. H. Cole. Membership and service by Mr* M. E. Tompkins The .work of the Royal Em baaaater* by Mr. W. 8. Leake and Mis* Bessie Arnold. Th* meeting w»* well attended and the report* from the delegates present were satisfactory and showed a gratifying increase in the mission** ary effort* of the Baptist women. RICHMONDER ROBBED WHILE IN NORFOLK NORFOLK, August 1».—"Nevsr again. The next time I let a fellow eee my watch I'll have an Iron chain on the timepiece and another iron chain on the follow." This wae what R. W. Barnea. of Richmond, told Police Captain Ford yesterday morning, and he had a good reason for making such a statement, because he had a handsome gold watch at 10 o'clock and a minute later ha didn't. It eras In the possession of a slick negro, and now the police are looking for it. Acccordlng to the story of Mr. Barnes he came here last Monday on an excursion from Richmond. Thta morning he was walking down 1’nion Street, near Commercial Place, and pulled out hla watch to see the time. “Gee, dat’s er purty watch, boss." said a negro, who was walking along side of Mr. Barnet. "Ismmt see tt, please sub?" "Sura” replied Mr. Barnes, as he handed the timepiece over to the dark ey, and In the twinkling of an. eye the negro and the watch were out ol sight. ‘ Mr. Barnes started In pursuit of the fleeing thief as soon as he recovered from the shock, and landed in a pawn shop. where the negro had Just tried to plaee the watch. Giving up the chase Mr, B*rne% went to the Central Station and mado a report of the mat ter. KENTUCKY’S BIG GUN NOR'tlLK, Aug. It.—Naval officer* hero claim* that a record has been made In removing tb* four 13-inch guna from the battleship Kentucky, now undergoing expansive repairs at tha Norfolk Navy Yard, the actual time consumed In skidding them from the turrets lifting them and placing them on tha wharf being less than II hours. The guna walyh IS tons and to re move them la a Mg undertaking, a derrick with a lifting capacity of 120 tona did the work. The sleeve* of the gune will ba sent to the naval gun factory at Washington, where work wtll^be^log3_on_them. i HELP.