The New York herald., 1870-09-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Mutnsl va Atlantic-Homs and Home Game
The Championship Leaves Brook
lyn 0nco More.

II those who carp at base ball and claim that il is
now unpopular could have been st the Union
grounds yesterday they would have had ample rea-
son 10 know that their ideas were erroneous. There
were fully SIX thousand people within the enclosure
and from three thousand 70 five thousand more oc-
cupied places outside the fences, on trucks and
wagons In the adjacent streets, In the windows and
on the housetops within view Of the grounds. Thus
1t Will be seen that there were
D ~ FULLY TEN THOUSAND SPECTATORS
OF the game. The occasion was the home and home
contest between the Mutuals and Atlantics, ana
everybody hereabouts with right ideas knew that
both clubs would do their best to win. That there
are some who do not, or did not think SO may be
judged from the following, which purports to have
been despatched from New York TO Chcago:-
NEW YORK cnIoANKnY.
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Now, this is the veriest twadde. That "the At
lsntics can beat the Mutuas" is simply an assertion
That the Mutuals can beat the Atantics is an estab
nshed fact inasmuch as they have done II. Had the
Atlantics won the game yesterday 1t would have
eq WON SOLELY ON ITS MERITS,
no matter how badly the Mutuas had played. The
philosophy used In the above paragraph is very
that Little word '1." Is quite neat. "Ir the skies
would only fall we might catch laTks." Now, any
ONE who says that ihe game q yesterday yes
The entire series shows that the playing by both
pines IN each game was to win The 6rst game was
was won only In the last inning by two or three bad
throws by the Mutuals, when they became percep.
tlbly nsrv0as. The second game was won by the
nptgals, With score Of 9 to7. 1t was claimeo be-.
fore that game that ----.T1r --.-..TyS1r Z. -,
THE ATLANTlCs WOULD 'TiIROw' THE CANE;
but that idea was dispelled by the style and stead
Atlantics must Thrown every game they lOse
Such charges are not made against the Mutuals, or
Athletics, An or & Red stockings" or "Haymakers'
Atlantics do. The paragraph above quoted states
that ..the Mutuals have twice beaten tue old CHI
cago ciub;' yet this Chicago club defeated the At
lantics. Could not the doughty dispatcher to Chi
cag0 have deduced from this that the Mutuais can
beat the Atanticsf TDis, OF course would not SUIT
out west and therefore the old trumped up story OF
thrown game Is started.
n THE GAME WAS NOT THROWN,
by any means. The fielding OF the Mutuals could
scarcely have been excelled. A long ny ban mis-.
lSdgea, by Patterson in the nrst innings saved
the Au8ntlcS rom "ChiCagO,h and two or
three passed balls enabled them to make
the two runs. Wolters was sending the ball in
really "redhot," ana TO . certain extent astonished
Mills, while II nOnplussed the batters passed ball
IN the second innings enabled Hall to get home after
ne mad made two bases on lucky hit, and another
passed ball In the seventh innings helped Chapman
around after he had got his base three balls Be
yOnd those the Mutu0s not to be credited an er-
rOr In the Held. Besides they were batting nicely
and generally safely. Zettein pitched with terrific
force at the beginning OF the game, but he has not
fully recovered from his late indfspOsitiOn and To-
wards tile end OF the game he became somewhat
weak. detailed report OF the game woCd be found
no doubt highly interesting, but space fOrbids and
" must suffice, therefore, to generalize. On the
Mutual side all PLAYED well, and for especial bril-
liant displays f. NILS hatfield, Swandell and Pat
ters0n deserve mention. On the Atlantic side Pike,
although he made couple OF bad ''mufs, did some
line work. Pearce, Smith and Hall especially the
latter eXcelled in some Instances.
The crowd was impartial, gOOd-Datured and en-
thusastlc, and cheered every good point on either
side. When the last hand was disposed OF on the
Atlantic SIDE wild yen went up from the crowd fol
then
r THE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS DECIDED.
Immediately several urchins around the field
armed with the photographs Of the Mutual nine
cried oct, "Portygraffs ov dc champean nine; porty
grafls." This was enterprise beyond doubt an,
created hearty laughter. The game was played witt
the ''dead red baln and this Will account for tn
splendid fielding exhibited.
THE SCORE
given below Will show Just how much work eacl
man did toward the general RESULT