, 1870-07-10
TIE NATIONAL. GAME,
Goutcst between tic Red Stock
fnEa, OF Cincinnati, and
The Amateurs, OF
Chicago.
The Reds Victorious by a Score Of So
to ia Long and Tedi.
GUS Game,
Base 1sal1 Items Here and Else,
where.

hE" elOSAlAt* ". ANAFEERA
Something over Two thousand people gathered
within the enclosure Of Ogden Park, yesterday
afternoon, to witness game Of l,all between the
He'd Stockings, OF Cincinnati, and the Amateurs,
u chcao, willie fully az mant more, ufchlns and
auts, perche'l themselves upon adjaceut lutnt.er
piles AMI housetoIts, and u0t few climbed the
fence and sayess half adolIar. These people cam.
to fte base ball played as the keti Stockings play
II. nn us We arr often informed, IA no other club
In America can or does play It To bcgtn with,
the Spectators were disappointed Ia this IT.
spect There must he something in the asmos-
phert Of Chicago ini.nlca1 to thorough efficiency
on the part Of the Red Stockings for We refuse to
l,e sa dstlustfu! Of public ycracitJ aiscnmna-
ion as 10 believe thai Chicago has seen the best
hal.IiGytnc that club IL capa',e Of Certain 1t IL,
that III neither hf the two 0lIes with which the
Clnc ntae has favored us-.Ae one wlth the
ltuckforts N lsi9, and the other Of Sesttruay-
pies Of the game afforded BY other clubs. Not to
put too fne point upon II, the White Stockings,
low down % they now arc tn the scale Of public
esteetn, aAve shown US vastly butter playing than
have the Itetl Stockings. From this it wouli ap-
rear that Cincinnati Is fully capable OF enulattdg
Sifasas s'a sWae N szrg 5o Sa
inferior. In 10th these rcspects w chiesso H;o
aa% tansnnata arc even with New Iore, nrooklyn
Inanac Is 't untayo1ab!e for base ball" 1t viii be
heIcahouts 10 hare this eminent assurance tha
there arr such days In the calendar Of every club
The t;lElc begun shortly before O'Clock. the
Amatcucs having won the toss aud taken the field.
Max y. Epsteln, OF the Umpire Club, CAa114,a,sn,
aHd Vice President u the Illinois Base Bali Asso.
elntton. WIS agreed upon as umpire. He provc.l
thoroughly fnlr mud Impartial, bu1 had the mI4{os-
tune to fall into several cgTcE1ous crrofs whlsh
evidently occurred through nervousness arising
' isYm ask e q ,sa iamliaty with .he rules The ba
as that used By tae Atlantics, nor Set " dead a.
the kin! which tle Reds affect
The full 1!iuc Of tho Red Stockings was out, al
George Wright was yet suffering from tie severe
strain his leg received In Washington. and Was
1ulte lame Ne wa, however, able to run bases
nU, materially diminished Ills batting Was what
It always iSsunerb: and hts lelding, ID tho main.
most perfect 1t wasn't one Of Georges good
days, two ynm!stakahie nuns Of gronndeFs being
u the bali waa SLOW, but he made up for the loss
Of TIME By lightning throws, which got Ills man
after all when, had anybody cIsc been the throw
,,is two NUTS, George Wright Win do to let on.
lie II, emrlaticaliy, the boss OF All
Eall rlayerz ,, nr'nsrd was also seh,y
TACT that the Amateurs battci htm for dve runs liz
the fltf!. aul three IN the n;nth iunings 1t was
elhimtl thut hia pitching was not up to the usual
ttvn ut least The lse stockings hoi,I ihe Chicago
Cin1, at 4 ;src:1stl disadvantages. .Atson's play
f'ctllItl tue hat was net astoasn,n.y excrmt -
oeinE shatcel With several had osetthrows to sec
oh1, hes!1es u number OF passed bailA 4 down
!1fnt mum OF ny hail In tho right He'll, when he
ma AcFcy chaLSrd places, added another to his
aSsr rhcr f u II !! 40 -, ths equal 9f
Swtasy. at second. was very tnr In ecncrai, u.
though be 'lh not come out of the game with clean
hn thirl and lrst- toih giving the 70 bF Il, one or
two Q1punt.ers. They are niaxnincent baseIneu.
however, beyond question, holding anl st.,l
llaIry was, like the rest, not in The hu,ror fur
lsll playing par exceltrnte, allowing an easy ny to
.ifcp through lis hands, and Mcvey made an over
throw from right to the home-niste, which ie, a
man IN ff1n Eecon,t aud thru, Ieotart 1yas fhc
unly one Of the nIoc whose play was perfect lie
iook 70 sesG1al w nys vsIy handsomely, AM. Ills Icliln-
Neo Stock kings we're very strong and safe althopcfl
inc pitching was not dIf1cut to bit, and the neid.
IFS " ne Amateurs VIVA ~ Imperfect as to piyc
tlsm NJ least st1 teen unleservel runs. One no.
culastts, however, was especially noticcao,c~
VIZ; ihe gentletuanly department, perfect iiscl-
pine collective play and confidence In each other
America VIII not thcJ Etayt school for instruc-
tl"li anti eaan,p1e III base bal 1anuers Chicago
could contribute several pupils
The lc!atEc game OF the Amateurs was rcry
ihitrlOF 0nc-ne1hArs the worst they have plavcl
ula sear. blair. Pickering, and Burton wcrc the
farsupvrer 10 that o} any ana1eur M 10 a. cnies.o s
anu LIS heltltnE, aud general play Of the position
Vas excellent. His play at ehIrt and second was
equally eil.tlent Pickering, nj secou,I, lid tho
hulk OF the work IN the lnhcsl, PLAYING the base
NEST crtdi!aby. H. captured several f1rs dim
cult one-hau'l catch whining for hin, hrarty
!cund Of applause. Hurton pruye,. h.u,self rrita.
t'e as valna.e In the len Anl centre ftells AMI
\ Mas mainly due 10 HIN that number Of bong
hfts did not result In home runs. The other mem
fTrs tf The ntle str1rcl to 1t tutoring unter az
cessne ncrS ousnesS for they are all cashc OF far
beffeI play tlan fha. which they exhibited ii
the bat they did much to maEp m
iHr thr'v 1eliinr deficiencies, taking holt Of
hfalhar'ls pitching In a st5.e which must hay,.
.Tetl anything hut satisfactory 10 that crntIeman
HAITI Wrirhis delivery farci no better, they pun-
lshinr him for eight runs In the eighth tnI,ins
AllsF long. Tedious, and comparatively uuIn-
1efesttng game which lastc4I nearly three hours
and hall. the last man out In the n!ufh Inning
ka* tae score at - Tor the Red Stockings AMI Is
19f tEe AfnaleIrs-n showing Of which fhe Iaftrr
a!r Justly lrou'l, as It WAS achieved hy ha,ting ri
q much higher order than the Hell Stocstnrs ar.
nrCIsthme.i TO Ind In amateur clubs. Dnring
me Progrt 50 ct the game, the row Of a.,a!s ron
!aintEG hcar1e thousand !aiirs and rent!,men
eccut ants to the gTun,i The iIju.1es st,statnc,i
s,fs ncatl"nc.l f>ewhcIc. With the exception Of |
Inle. no nota1le Incidents occurred. The He,f /
Hlocknes Etrr Sery warmly received hy the enf.c
1atols' winning the largest share Of aiola1se
aanks 70 the Efficiency Of Sergeant ffathaway al
.nc htu lEeclnet aided by trta!t Of nolicr1nsn
Tue t'fal OF rit1er WAS m maintained, 1tnInp- "a