The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-30
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Keystone. juniors, defeated the Atlantic,
juniors at Prospect Park. with the score 20 to 10.
On Tuesday the Olympics and Gothams Will play
at Hoboken and on Friday the Gotham aud Eagle
second mines will play at the same place.
Two bands OF India rubber workers. one from
Hastings and the other from Jersey City, played
slively" game at Dobbs Ferry on the 2lst In which
to 10.
The Athletes want to play tho return game with
the Empires on Thursday next. The Empires say,
II possible, they will accommodate.
the tournament gwen under tue auspices OF the
Tecunseh Club Of London, Canada, commenced on
the 23d insr. The result Of the first two days US
follows:-The first match began at three O'Clock on
monday. between The Morning. Stars and Wide
Awakes, TWO newly organized clubs. There were
some three hundred speCta ors present and cOnsid-
cradle interest was centred IN the match, which was
won by the Morning Stars after close contest, by
one run. On Tuesday the first match was between
the stars and AlbOns which was concluded in
eight innings the score standing 81 TO "a in favor
OF the stars. The second game VI the day was be-
tween the D. ks aud Beavers. aud after occupying
about I'VE hours time was declared Tor The Beavers
score, 70 and e. The third game was between the
Fries and Atantics, and was won by the latter-52
TO 2l
last, weekly journal the reporter OF which twas
not present at tue game"-says:-
This the clubs have again upon equal footing,
pe s.S sason on tSas tie It pity
did not call out the full playing strength 81 both clubs Ger
tainy the Empires were weakhanded and certainly they
Empire nine may held the Unions less than their
worth, and II result them right But
believe this but regard their appearance the field
disposition thar would rather soundy trasaed than
dsappont their Old friends by not appearing all But,
the partial view the Empires cannot be
held bameiess Amateur clubs Will thrive II the
payers the be absent the rule aud
present as the exception.
With all due respect 70 the impartiaty and judg-
ment OF the critic who has managed 10 ''pic-cot"
the objections and conclusions given above, 1t must
be SAID tst he has materially erred in several points,
The canse OF the 'equal footing" Is solely this:-
That both clubs now play base ball for the sake of
the game and for exercise. and make 1t secondary
to business. The cause assigned by tue medium
quoted 10 certainly neither complimentary nor just
To the clubs In question Tho Empires have been
steadily improving, and the fact tina, the Unions
have dropped the professional baliing IL not an evil
dence of ''retroyrcsson,n but OF healthy advance.
ment. The critic decidedly right In his Judgment
8s to the appearance OF the Empires In the ned IN
their .weaK-handed" cOndltlOp But after that bit
of barney he gives bad slap. The Empires when
making the engagement did not know that three
members OF their nine would be SO pressed with
business that they could not be on hand or that two
more would be laid up with sickness amt another 80
far from the city that he could not be here In time,
ana they positively assure the writer OF the article
quoted that II he will so arrange the Business OF
amateur players that they may be present as rule
and absent ~ the exception that they Will do their
"levei best" to make the organization thrive.