New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-25
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oturS or the ULlOD ana talAtOhf bTouh"s5 bFOoty III
and by the members of tic Atlantic, Str, E'klord end
| Alpha Clubs is crcdtable 90 an. NcSsr-. Weed aui
Decker, and Clpts Ferguson, Jewell ALISON, ana Ja,hes,
Clubs, on Saturday, arranged grand benefit mat to
take place Gu the CaUitOlinr Grounds lbin0rO| aI
T. M, Tho whole o. the proceed tO Dee Ht Pen over to mo
committee Of reporter for the benefit o. Mrs fiecot',
tlg committee consisting o. 4t-rt L.adWink, 4.' y,
and Hrojic. Tie confession. viii Do the Atlantic U.H.
VINO have generously yoliMtoe fod-au. = picked nine,
lnciNnlns Jewel, Cu1uiI-s, Allison, Bta}an-, bu1y,
ga'-s 3ry r. E'ier., Ecnser -Jlucs, respectively ol
without douyt one Of tho host OF t'r season. M'ssri
5r S most r ase ' fs p nd Ta,' we e Rc a
or FOUL besides giving ono OF therrod balls FOR the game
THE RED STOCKING NiSF-A CARD IRON
PRESIDENT CHAMPION.
The Cincinnati papers have recently spoken
very severely about tho Fed Stocking baseball FIST
Eino' on ac'OuHs OF tho TO game Gt Rockford Illinois
and Tie narrow escape froa Geclthy the Harvard Nine
Tho President Of tho Club has sent the following card 10
each Of the Cincinnati papers:
During past week numerous articles have appeared
in our ely paptr r pradical 20 DC good name ana wei
fare Of the Cincinnati Baseball Club Accusations have
been freely made that games have been doctorod,"
by Tie first Nine of this organization.
Tic players o. the Red Stockings &c controlled by an
ncnt and rcspcctibc ciz5ns who arc utterly incapable
Of permitting, much less countenancng e1y action 9y
which tho fair fame Of the Club would for moment d.
tlIn.'EeL and 'he ayers are an gai 10 sas, as ne
Executive BOARD o. pcrihtllhgPnd l ,
las been The constant CudeJEOr or our CuD 10 raise c
game 10 high standard, and this end has been accom-
pshcd Ia e least winning honorable name by good
play, and 10y s,aGjfast observance OF the old MAXIM
Honesty rs tEo best policy" At this Gay no chase
wiz be o. has been made in the aim 81 INC cub, ana tnat
aim is to rank FIST IN the baseball world for sQbrety
temperance, good Tay and honorable action ut all times
and undCr al Circumstances.
Whoiesa'e abuse AMI choiesomc criticism arc widely
different We invite the latter, and when there Is any
reputation OF tho club to tie best interests of the
game morally desire TO have 10 called To our atic-
ton either publicly o. privately, aId sven conduct WIZ
# necessary, be pmshcd % the tuCst extent even to
I'll '7Iug such player, though thereby we should lose
every game TO be played d-rns the remainder OF the
should one or even moro numbers Of the Nine uN'cct
Himself themselves TO personal msgouduc. either on
Of the field, to critic or punishment, IL is handy
proper 81 3r that tic other and true meEb should be
abused or that they and the club itself should DE chIs'
with AL The vices IN tie calendar or mat sci,atO,
highly c1red and nrfonded stories should be SGT ahcat
TO the dctrmtnt OF al concerned.
Base BAN is proycrhialy an 'unccrtlin game" and
the Of players will often make gross errors, but
when they make honest efforts to 80 toi Des, tiese
efforts should he ndtd, even tho sA uu5u ce.'iu
game of ball ever PLAYED unmarked by errors
Il wonder al record OF the Red king Niie I'at
year. an the st remarkable career 81 tho present
season, proyesAat hey 80 pay NOR certain ana UNI
have le the game nearly certain a. it can he made
aud the roput lton they nave ny ohsehl ana so1a'
labor obtained shows, TOO that u.ey iIay sudi5N'
forward, upright, manly anu homes game. %,
Thcy have always done 50 IN the past ana they WI
always do 80 in t.e iuture The officers Viii continue
rule with Gru hand and consure or punishment VIII be
dealt ont justly but un.paIlABy, whenever IL may Dc
Tnat tie Red stocking Nine may be defeated this year.
Is ot CIy possible but very probable, or af'Ncre orea
las y, - pc cd through before the cnd 81 tne season.
bat re- 'ctfH ot'soI detcats TH 0estroy ne C'Hcth-
IIss,o?c.rin every way now than over before II Is
strong in nChberA, strong m possessing an exp u
hearty wiling aud honest nIe il without dssenson
ami stronger still in unity o! purpose to go IOr"aio
the newspaper articles heretofore referred 10 were
s The vocabulary Of auso is VOL nigh cShasteG, il viii
be permitted to stand alone Oh !ta merits and ny II 10
President Z. b. u. [.