The New York herald., 1869-10-20
THE NATIONAL GAn
Mueual W. Atlantic.


Everybody who knows the Mutual ana Atlantic
Clubs knows that when they meet they play their
best game Yesterday as was well known, they were
play the return game OF their match for the season.
or course splendid game was expected, and fne
day was hoped for. What kind OF day yesterday
was nobody hereabouts need be told. 1t was
genuine wintry looking day. and certainly wintry In
the feelings which 1t generated. 1t was certainly
anything but such day as ball players would
choose TO play on with any expectation OF doing
Their prettlest. Yet, true to their engage
ments, the clubs above named met and played;
ana the game they played was, indeed,
good one How cheerlessly cold 1T was
ON the groundl The wind did not sing so
denantly that people were warned OF It's approach,
but 1t crept In through cracks and crevices and
found its way through cloth and leather, and made
It's existence so Enthusiastically and disagreeaby
known and felt to both players and spectators that
witnessing or participating In the game was really
pursuing pleasure under dinculties There was q
very fair assembage present. and the spectators
herocally remained to witness the contest to
its termination. Mr.. Martin, OF the EcKford
pre-, and the Atantics having won the toss.
the game was commenced with the Mutuals
after 'two balls been called sent low oalI to
right short held and was disposed OF by Pike and
Start T. Mills sent hot ny toward centre
held. and. Hunt falling to cabch II, he succeeded in
reaching third base. Flany retired after giving
Ferguson q chance for foul dy, which taken
Mills stole In, alter which Z. NILS by fine hit to
centre field, reached third base. nun by Pearce
allowed Swmdell to get first base and finally his
run. Eggler also scored run, after good nit, and
Gedney, after making first fine Int to right keld,
was lett on tnlrd base Carleton was disposed OF
at first by Chapman (wno was PLAYING third and
start The Atantcs then came In for their innings
Pearce was allowed to reach first by miscalcu-
lation Of Hatneld's, but he was left on second
Brown, Start and Chapman following each other
"out' In rapid succession, on ny catch by Flanly,
a tip bound taken by Mills and fine throw 10y Hat
field 20 Il. Mills. The Mutuals after the first striker
IN the second innings had been disposed OF by Pearce
and Start, scored iye runs mainly by good, safe
hitting helped, however by a nun by PeaTce. A
splendid hit by Swandel marked this innings when
there were three on the Bases Egsler cap
tured handsomely on the fly by Chapman in one
hand, ana Carleton fell at first between Pearce and
Start. "One, two, three' the order OF the At
lantc's outs in the next five innings Four splendid
throws by Carleton to first, brisk playing ys and
| Dy Egger marking the play IN the field ON the
Mutual side. On the Atlantic side two fine stops by
Zeten, and several sharp plays by Pearce aud Pike
did the WORK. The game, rs may be judged iron
the score, was Drisk ana entertaining. The Atantics
made good spiurge III the seventh inning, winning
the four after good hits In the eighth inning
they would have been treated 10 another cypher had
| Hatfield thrown the Dal little more accurately 10
| Flanly Cnapman's nit, as a double play would
haye been almost inevitable, Gedney had but one
| OPPORTUNITY to for any ry balls, and ne sue
ceeded then In making very handsome catch. Nc
Donald Is entitled To credit IOr bound catch after
| long hard run, ana Eggler for an additional vel
Judged fycatch.
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