The New York herald., 1869-06-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Bnsc Ball Notes.

The Yale College nine win be in town to-day and
will play with the Mutuas at the Union Grounds
The Yale boys are splendid players ana II the
weather will permit the game will be well worth
seeing.
Tomorrow the Alert nine from Seton Hall will
play with the Empires at HODOken. The young COL
legians are well up in the way OF handling the ball
and bat and have, several occasions beaten some
Of our dashng amateurs. and have shown that they
are appropriately named-the Alert-and that they
might Justly add to their title the OF the clubs
they have defeated-Active and Excelsior.
Tomorrow. also, the Eagles and lvanhoes Of Sing
Sing will play at sing Sing. The Eagles Will 60 up
in the morning and make day OF It,
The Socal's second nine Will 60 TO Hudson City
tomorrow to play the second nine OF the Union
club of that place.
The game between the Atlantics and Unions Of
Morrisania, set down for tomorrow, has been In
A correspondent OF one of the Cincinnati papers.
Ia speaking OF the Philadelphia journals comments
on the ''Red Stockings" says
The u ns 81 Al s,e as: ss there . nothing
ave had been led 70 believe from the accounts Of the
that such nine n had S ao n h.
while s:ss .s:s . .ppTsssSsa: %s
r sc e they Se Sss
fielding good, but better than has exhibited
In se ON
s h.y s viii iH%s Mp n' s e ss Se d HE e.
ancs, Eckfords or Irvngtons."
The style of hraggadocio induIged IN by the Phla.
delphia Journals, as alleged above, is exceedingly
puere and shows that the uncertainty OF the
game'' was lost sight OF.
The same correspondent in writing TO his paper at
Cincinnati says, regarding the championship
Our game Athletics will have eGec, deter
for The 70 III The
9 e s % ne New o @ sn @ =. SsS Sn
about to a with foreign club another
5
4: s esr%ns m sso into T The unSn
club Of 1857 nor the club Of 1853 yet By
transfer they became champions. The rule governing mache.
the champions then. Those Interested in
sss ss sas
sS 10 0ss e. 4 * sE.so wS.
easily beat them the second game but the Eckfords their
game will most probably gain the third game OF the match
and therefore VII S s6s@pons The former win
four TO dve wl have nothing % DO with the chsmpionsh
coming the champions better than that Of other club
The above comments betray at once an unbecom.
ing local prejudice and the profound ignorance Of
their author on the subject or which he treats. They
furthermore directly insulting 10 the Mutuals,
Unions. Eckfords and Atantics. Charging these
fers" OF the championship will undoubtedly amuse
the base ball fraternity OF this vicinity who remen-
ber the fierce contests in which the transfers OF the
championship were made. Then the brag that
either OF the Two "foreign clubs,n the "Haymakers'
aud ied Stockings" ''can easily beat the Mutuals
In the second game,n may convey q meaning Of
some significance. Does II mean that the Mutuas
would not have chance TO win II they
SO terrify visitors as to give the impression that
club to play against the "Red stockings" In that
town would be obliged TO play against the entire
city OF Lansingburg the author or the above scin-
tillations not speak officially so he must speak
only for his own village folks. II II be meant that
the "Red stockings" and "HaYmakers" can defeat
the Mutuals easily. SIMPLY on the merits OF the
game, then the assertion comes at this time with