A benefit exhibition game for Hub Collins‚ who died of typhoid fever on May 21st‚ is played at Brooklyn’s Eastern Park. The game between Collins’ Brooklyn Grooms and the St. Louis Browns raises $2804.90 for Collins’ widow.

Jimmy Ryan collects five walks, helping the Chicago Colts defeat Amos Rusie and the New York Giants, 10 – 4.

Brooklyn makes good use of its 14 hits in a 24 – 4 rout of the Washington Senators. Oyster Burns typifies his club’s attack by scoring 4 runs without the benefit of a hit.

George “Hub” Collins, 28-year-old Brooklyn OF and leadoff batter, dies of typhoid fever after a brief illness. He had led the American Association in doubles in 1888 and the National League in runs in 1890.

Sadie McMahon loses a no-hitter, and the game, when Denny Lyons of the New York Giants singles in the only run in the Baltimore Orioles’ 1 – 0 loss.

A Supreme Court decision permitting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to give reduced rates to groups of 10 or more is a boon to Major League baseball teams, who can expect to save 25 percent on transportation costs.