New-York tribune., 1867-05-27
HASIt BALI,
MATCHES THIs WEEK.

MATCHES THIS WEEK.
To-day the Rutgers Club of Ncw-Y York visit Brook
Ign 10 play the Burnside Club BedfOrdave. grounds
corner Of Lynchst
Wednesday the Mutual Club will present their irs
IN tho field for the time this against the
second nine. the Union Ball Grounds Brooklyn Tho
nine will include Jewctt. Martin Bccrnln. Hatfield.
Waterman, D.vyr, Hclcr. Hunt, and Reed or McMahOn
The Mutuas first match will be with the Independent
club on the Union grounds some day next week.
take place the Eurckas grounds at Newark the
tr-ants being the celebrated Iryingon Club aud the Ac
Club and is 10 pitch VIC believe II ne is well supported
in the field the Iryngtons will find hlm more trouble
on saturday next Boston will he alive with ballplay
for on hat day the test game of the series for the
championship OF Ncwltngland and the SILVER BAN Tor
1857 will take place between the Harvard and Lowell
mines These contest, have excited more Interest than
games played the Common, and this special
event looked forward 10 with anticipaOns of s being
England The total score Of the two Clubs Is; Lowell
G3; Harvard. Go each having won one game The two
mines are closely matched. and munsin on either side
will decide the result
june viii open with anc Prosramme The Mutuals ,s
Alanucs aud the Haryards Lowells aud Athletes WIZ
visit ms IN urp Some interesting Club games are To be
played at Hobokcn this week among them the match be
which Is To- take place on Wcdnc-day The veteran of
the club Mons Mullins Is To take charge Of the ninc'
aud We snail therefore expect to see the Club again sue
rnE CONTESTS OF SATURDAY.
Several iirS-ninc matches took place on saturday
.as The most prominent being tho game between the
Unions and the Athclstcs ~ iOrrisaniH, which the
Unions made noteworthy hy of iO runs and six
innnls. against q by their adyerSares Of - only
No c-s than twenty homehr were scored 10y the mons
by long hits 10 the outer field. The Athletes made the
mistake of pitching slow balls To the Union batSmcn,
without having good field hy way Of support. they not
only having but eight ~ the field bui three Of them
weut amilncf>. The return match ~ Washington
l lt- Will be- ar better display by the Athletes with
o doubt. 80 they have some good piyos IN their nine
Only ten hy cltchcs made IN the whole match the
Athletes hating low balls aud missing nearly all the
chance, offered them u the field. Ihey missed hy-bals
exceeding twenty.
The same afternoon the Powhattau and Independent
Clubs of Brooklyn played their st match together thiS
-,ason the Carroll Park grounds South Brooklyn. the
result being the Of the Independents. 10y score
~ II The feature ~ the game the excellent
nisf base PLAY 0f X. Edwards.
AZ Hubokcu. ou saturday, the Empire club had very
lnicr-ting contest together, the NcwlOrk residents
challenged the NovJcfsey rcsldents members of the
club the r, hcu~ the of the Jersey fellows 10y
score of ~ to Russell lcd the scorc of the winning
side. Wilson doing The he-t batting on behalf Ot New
Eors so,tincs pitching was woshy of note Tor afford
iug good chance, in the Held.
The EVcesors mustered iU force saturday too, on
the 'sptohuc Grounds tbcr nine playing the Juniors
stood 4, to ~ n favor OF the the boys Civ
ing the s,-niur- trouble % beat them.