The New York herald., 1868-06-18
THE NATIONAL GAME.


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BaSs Dan Notes. M
Tie Atlantics OF Brooklyn ana the Railway Union
Club, or Cleveland. played match game at Clevs-
land yesterday In the presence OF upwards Of three
thousand spectators. The Atantics were victorious,
the score standing forty-seven TO twelve. The AZ
lantics left Cleveland for Detroit last evening
The theatrical and newspaper folks win out in an
early appearance at the Union grounds this after
nOon
The Actives take the noon boat from Peck sip
to-day for Harlem en- route to Fordham. good
time at old st. Johns College to-day beyond doubt
Also at Seton Hall College, South Orange. where
the Ravenswood Club play to-day with the Alert.
The latter stand even with the Rose Hill Club a.
entertainers. and will endeavor to-day to sustain
their well earned reputation as ball players and as
hosts Success to them in either one capacity or the
9th err
Who says that base ball Is not lnspirngs II any.
let him read the following, perpetrated by Western
reporter mot western EDITOR on the tour OF the
Athletics and their appearance at st. Louis. After
saying that the grounds were richly carpeted with
green and low lying grasses" he continues
"thusyn:-
THE unhooded falcon, cast or from the fair hand
OF Pniladelphla, has sw0Oped from the Schuylki to
the Mssouri-from the East to the West-and along
the route, over which the heet wings OF the
heavily.
Propitlous weather came out Of the sky and moved
IN ~ the w,ads' ana the day was everything that could
The veterans Of twenty campaigns march into the
sun and wind work. The picked nine are grouped
gray uniform"
And then in criticlsing the players, he 9 ays-
"The playing of Reach was superb. His power OF
stroke GOODNESS and swftness of foot were remarka-
The strategy and even pitching of Mcbride, the
readiness with which he yielded to every decison Of
the umpire and the most perfect discipline ne exer
csed in the ranks OF his little battalion made him
host In himself. Full in the glare OF the unclouded
sun. Radclif, the catcher, never for moment lost
Cuthbert in the left field, was long OF leap and
agile as panther and Fisher and Berry. first and
That is something like what the old cricket @ players
call call throwing the ball at them too swiftiy-vtz..
The defeat of the Atlancs is creating great deal
OF talk Those who saw the game say it was an Eek
ceptiona' one and that the Atantics were outpayed
The Athletics worsted the crack st. Louis nine tho
Unions. with score Of tfty-four to twelve. as the
following innings table shows
Athletic. sss s. = g. e r. g.
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Is no reason on earth why there should be such
vast difference In the playing Of the athletes from
be found nine men in as large city as ST. Louis
to now and then meet these c0nquerng clubs as they
few locks from the ssmsons anu 'n'e0
The Lowels beat the Yale boys on Saturday with
a score OF sixteen to thirteen In ten innings.
On Monday the LOwels defeated the Charter Oaks,
OF Hartford. In seven innings. The score stood at
the close sixtyone to twelve Jewell playing short
Everett Club Of Oshkosh, on Saturday last at Rpton
The Capital city Club. Of Madison, wis.,. on sstur.
day played with the Milton Club. OF Milton Junction.
and defeated them with score OF sixty seven TO
The South Carolina clubs are waking up. A ane
s ea @
ter were victorious, the score standing thirty eight
to h niseen, IN game % o. ,s seven innings; m
cinna last Saturday. to the tune Of fortythree runs
In seven innings.
The Walters referred to above must not be con-
founded with Walters, OF the Mutual, OF New York.
The person spoken OF played with the Crockett Club
which. IN the match OF Saturday, scored twenty
The most pleasant and generally enjoyable game Of
grounds. It is scarcely necessary 70 say that the day
was very warm or to intimate that resting In soma
pGx fsao wHS pc oong4
running around the bases but the Capito;ine enjoys.
by 6Inas, some means or another gentle breezes ct
porter says) the field being ''richiy carpeted
sS 20 e @ % Sa
score given below will show that neither side was
out In full force apd this perhaps 1t was that led
the peculiar "free and easy, style Of playing and
the general good nature which prevailed. Not that
be shown in 'strong' games but where there Is too
much straininR after effect and too great anxiety
to excel Is manifested the little amenities
Of social life are apt to be overlooked. Macdarmid
the UMPIRE sat and seemed to enjoy his Ottunl
digntde, chatting with the inside, while ke Kept
good sharp lookout on the game and rendered his
decisions with clear and prompt judgment At
times however, the M0hawks took advantage of his
leniency and stood some feet behind the base
| VOTERS pitching, which bothered them very
much. Wolters did pitch well, and Swandell
played well behind until the fourth innings.
when Shrieves took the place and played with such
pluck and good effect to demonstrate clearly that
| the Mutuals will find him very valuable, and his
prompt movement In catching mau who attempted
to steal from first to second Is something not be-
| fore accomplished since Walters appearance
| in the Mutual nine. Kelly at first base
| body, inasmuch as he is entirely out Of prac-
| tice. Fanley at the second showed that the "old
play'' was In him yet and likely to be so for some
| time to come. or the Mohawks Kelly, Davy, Len
non, Wiggins 0Brien and Miles deserve especial
notice. The only thing which detracted at all from
the thorough enjoyment OF the game were the per-
sistent efforts Of some macontents to jibe Mr..
Kelly, OF the Mohawks, by laughing at
every movement he made This style OF
than II does against the object OF ridlcule Mr. Key's
playing record shows that he assisted In putting out
seven players made but few misplays and scored
run. The good points not remarked, the mis-
plays were and loud comments were made. This
should be stopped by the Mohawks at for their
own credit. The score Of the game Is foliows;-
MUTUAL MOHAWK.
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