, 1870-08-02
TIE NATIONAL GAME.
Defeat OF tlIe White Stockings
by the AthletIcs-
Score, IS TO IL.
The GaMa Lost through Bad Field
ing-Announeemeuts Etc.

oare more caaaRos professional base CAL c!an
has f1len vict1a TO superior play. the tst defeat
being indicted yesterday by the Athletics, OF
Ppllsdtlph!a, who were able TO retrr with 4 VIC
tory At the rate Of nea11y TWO 70 one-1s 10 H. In
ep!se of the repeated drubbinzs received ~ ifs
resideut club, Chicago people san A1c fond OF
looking It = nne game Of base ball, and It wonld
appear thas they feel stmost compensated for The
damage 70 city pride IA the numerous facilities
for that Amusement which 1t enables them 10 en-
ioT- We hsve paid our money fos nns-elzss
base bail clnh. which We haven't; neTef1heaezB,
ne open our arms to victorious vls'tof1 ffocn
abroad, inviting them 70 come and heat NJ, and
deriving pleasure from ne operation:
a,. 1n e socdSssad io1 e. f! 81 eass
thousand ladies' and gentlemen travelled seven
miles YESTERDAY aite,noon 70 zee ne gang, which W
J. 3. Us5nle, Of the reporo1sl staH Of the ctica-
80 7f.nel, WIS chosen ~ umpire. sna nned ta4t
dsscrves front seai snong NE atnplrrs or hisso-
~. II for no other reason than nat be Psompuy
pas stop 70 ~ sstsmE; =; = oal9S OF aes iss,
which. Y Ill reports are true, has been rarely nc
The game opened very lu9ubr.ously ter c7sesso,
fouls Then they took The n.ld. Klug, being
too weak from the effects Of MS recent Hines,
50 nodes tvok that. position, McAtee arss base,
and Me5e1ie third. Burns began the pitching IN
terribly Wild style, In consequence OF wh1ch, To-
Mcbride on three strikes, and nun By AeJer1e,
the Athletics got In three runs IN thelr d1s inning
without nrst base hi, home being made In every
case bJ reason Of the Wild pitching.
given nrss on called bails, aud had tAlted On TWO
ri'ssnss Of The ns @ ossT Gavs = r.,
game, ruufing the only ny which came % him.
cloek work. But, having had little or 20 practice
~ ss pe.st9a e. IT, ne s99 H. rs wd qsnH
ptlct,et he best he was capable OF doing, aud At
s%s 81 hs %
more base hits than the White Stockings had done
for NcBnde's pltchlnH Flynn WAS placed II
r4n be expected to do with little no practice tn
| The position. nodez' plAy II enost Sss very 1n-
IL ,.I, eas H. W. ~ &, tss sIpa %s,
| Of these he handled badly. In shott. nobody
| played well, mud each wRs guity Of more or less
tuuu1nz. With the execution Of Cuthbsft in centre
! came to him. Treacl. Wood, and Burns each
| muntd IN easy ~ apiece craver. = usual
p,Isneo 1nosc. npt h. 100, seemed q share IN tne
Sinntng. Iii. waa no. free from errors WHO
| could blatue him. when he w2s forced to stant
Seoind the bat and see man aiter man scots IN
easned runs on account Of balls pitched over his
head or ut d Ieseh on ths E1%onna % One thing
! was excsllent-hJ lar the best they have done
since their Feturn-ah1 had the 1eldluE been
equal 10 u TIE resu1s 81 the nine innings woalo
each side. Another estimate gives the Chc2Roa
slx runs and the Athletics but four.
lu The tonrth tnn,uR there occurred one Of thoss
n1bGdJ could he blamed In this Instance. hn1
whict, aidesi by subsequent errors, gave the Ath'
le.,ts nine runs where tltey should nave had moi
Akapf tow K&N~ n htA