The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-05-27

SILvxm SraRsAsD SrRiPxD STOCKINGS
-Th"s far, unfortunately, the Silver
Star Base Ball Club of Carson aud The
Striped Stoc king Club Of Elko have
failed t. -ffec, sn agreement under y b ict
their prop .ssd uial of skill can take
place. The original cha lIenge was g. ri
from The Silver Star club and ever since
its reception ut E ko 1t has been dis
puted pc mt AS to whether our club should
60 there OF the Eiko club come here to
play the game. Mr.. Eidfiige, the Sec
Rotary OF br Carson club funiiy suomlr-
ted the disputed point 20 Mr.. Henry
Chadwick, Base Ball Editor fthe New
York Clipper and chairman ofthe Ma
tional Base BALI association aud he re.
piled rs follows:
NLw YoRK, Nav Il.h, 1870.
z. S. EIdridse. E>q.-Dear Sir: In reply
to your favor ofthe 22nd ult hos before me,
Ihave to state that there is no rule z ,veTnng
the question Of sending receiving chali-ng-
es be, ond that {, q"irinz the challenging club
to furnish the ball FIR the first aud :hird
games Of a Regular series; and the challenged
club that for the second game. The CUSTOM
ary rule here in vogue Is fur the challenge
ing club to na,ue dsv and ground, but it is,
Of course, optional With the challenged club
to accept or not. There is no arbitrary rule
on the subject. BY right. l think the chal-
lenged party should name the time and
ground.
The A'lan,ics challenged the Mu,uals to
play them jun % on the Capitaiine xround.
The day suiting the Mu,uals they accepted.
The next challenge will be issued by the Mu-
tuals, who will name the Uuion grounds and
n day they like. Ii the day Snits the Attain
tics they will accept; il not, they will ask the
Mutuals to name some OF her day; but the
return game will be played the Mutuals'
grounds.
Here the first challenge always includes
the playing If the first game on the grounds
of the challenging club, the challenge being
regarded in tine light Of an invitation.
Your CHI ,ilenge having been accepted, it
should follow that the game be played on
your grounds.
Trusting to receive scores Of your games
a blank sheet for which l inclose-I beg to
remain, yours, truly,
H.NRY CHADWICK,
Chairman Commit'ee Rule, ETC., National
Association, Baseball Editor Clipper, etc.
l certify the above to be a true copy.
z s. ELDREDGE,
Secretary Silver Star Base Ball Club.
The Striped Stockings having oeen
furnished with copy Of this letter reply
through their Secretary as foll,~s:
ELKo, New, May 20. 1870.
z. S. ELDREDGE. Esq. Secretary Silver
Star Baseball Club, Carson Dear Sir:
Your favor Of the 18th instant. with inclosed
letter of Henry Chadwick is at hand, and
after pernsing said letter think he has |
given his decision in our favor. He SAYS he |
thinks the challenged party have right to
name the dav and ground both in his letter |
and in the New York Clipper; but he then
contradicts himself by sa, ing 'hvt ac
cepted your challenge We ought TO play on /
your grounds, (allow me to call your attention |
TO a fact: you did not say in yonr challenge
where you wanted TO play,) and after duly
considering the point our club has come to
the conclusion that the decision has been
given in our favor. In regard to your claim
as champions, the Carson Appeal said you
were such, which led US to believe that such |
was the case and caused US tn write TO the
Ees York Clipper. We will take some diff
ferent actiun in regard to your proposition Of
gate money at our next regular meeting,
which will be held on the 25th instant, and
will let you know what our decision in regard
to that matter will be. Hoping that there is
no i'll feeling entertained toward our club at
Carson, remain, very truly, yours,
J. P. EDoTF,
Secretary Striped Stockings Base Ball Club.
We can not understand by wha, man
ner-of construction the Striped Stock
ings interpret Chadwick's decision to be
ia their favor. He says, distinctly, in
reply TO the Silver Stars: s'Yonr chal-
lenge having been accepted, it should
follow that the game be played on your
grounds What is palmer than that?
Now it don't matter what the APPEAL
styled the Silver Stars or whether or
no. they are "the champions we
thought they were if there Is any error
in their being SO styled it is our fault
but what difference does that make
Here is a challenge for a game of base
bali. Chadwick says that a challenge
IS in the nature of an Invitation and
base ball custom jus,ifes the Silver Stars
o maintaining their right to the choice
If ground. II
We don't imagine there is any ground
or ''ill feeling" toward the Striped
Stockings, here and We certainly wish
hey and the Silver Stars may arrange