, 1870-06-21
THE NATIONAL GAME.
overwhelming Defeat OF tho
CieTefanders by the
White G1ockfngs.
chicago Victorious by a Score3of "a
to 8 in q Game Of Five
Inninga
Matches P1a5ed7 Yesterday in
Chicago and EIsewhere.

| Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
CLEVELAND. o., June 20.-The Eastern tour o
1he white Stockings Was most auspicIousy lnaug
nsated here to-day, the Chicago Club being yicso
loos W score Of e4 to over the Forest Citys oi
C!eselahta. The result Ct this game was earnest
y looked forward to by all the friends Of the chi
cago cub and especially In view Of the great feel
] ing Which vas caused in this locality by the de.
.eat oi Inc Cleveland club at Dexter Park short
ticTan,I:v H,aH y WaS confidently believed BY the
Stockings IN what they were piease,i t1 raiI
lar aud Square game. That this confidence VA w,
frn g9 81 tho 1oe mere order be Inferred
astic friends Of the Forest Citys made even eta on
tne assumed superiority Of the club. Ali such bets
e,ty veay quoky tafen by te chicasoans IN tho
i ness The gAlne, and to pick up lust such chances
lug readiness with which all even bets were taEsn
so1ewoat 81 ne a. G9Ged The a1or Of the ceyelandcrs
~ tuAt, ~ tnls morning, bets, except at odds II
tWo to one, we're hard to 1nd. ii tIcsc Iattc1 ~
oS IT, ss5e n3ts rss a5ge sum of money staied
poor condition. Craver was st! sniYcrin1 INN
a's spralned hand: King from his black eyes: III:
~ maec 81 !eg Wss nc better Mc{erlc wss complains
club we're anything but ut 10 90 IN tue bail
ground. ~ ''A'A
The mueh,deoated question Of choosing an um-
ing to the selection Of Mt. B6use to that nostton
Ae vas formerly a member OF The Railway Uniun
Club, OF Cleveland. 0A'''
,,o 19ly Three @ thousand people on the
Moahds. The grounds themselves presented any-
!nnR Put ,u satisfactory appearance being
ed T., 50 that the necessity for aeiders mIrbt he
s;u 70 cease To exist, the fence itself aCswcrinD
n,' =, th P1aSteal p1tp9sca This was great drawoacf
t' N natt1K vas thus almost equazed. 10 hit
to tat tight Or left over the fence only counted one
Ais ocloeE lie a game M was 1ls ta9ns nlet o.
tneIr usua! bud luck, tho White Stockings won fhe
toss, t. aud sent their opponents 10 tue bit Owing
while Craycr himself took right fclJ. Mcyerjc
pitched the 1rst three Innings, when be was
ESeysd ls' y Pinkham: White, Oh the part Of The
lcncc. an. amid ie applause Of the cr5wd. bv
eIles II q lueky chances, he succeeded in eettlng
aoms inst as his aide went out at In tsnr to save
,aFe achieved but for just the least little Bit Of
nervousness. ntheir ilrst inning was evidenced
low mae!1 the narrow grounds had to do with
Il spite Of lEatt's mean pitching, the ChIcaso
oys would give the hall d tap eyefy
ow fss, aax1ntaat nna then; ;no- which .tspayed
ed, which should hare given him his third base.
" W. IL gq9s eseT ;, The fencs hs was stopped
Nd n reaehlnE SECOND hlnseL only to hayc Ills side
cS u iGt9 1 l1aea1R =, 1R a9me"a species Of bad luck
The Forest Citys. improved their Da1ting little
q the second innlng, taking to Meyerlcs pitch .
g quite readily. They made three runs /
this inntng-which they never de- d
fEed-by reason Of Kings dI1lcul,y :
seelng nc bals 10 time to stop them, Ills eye :
lslnE becoming nearly closed from tie effects uf !
e brufse received In the game With the RoclfofJ t
ub at Dexter Park. THIS neccsstated Ills t. il
fement from that position and the substitution | t.
IfaFef. These changes, AMI their run OF three !
me second inning. Raye the C1eyelanderB IN I'm e
cnse amount Of confidence, which they could | -
aircly conceal aud they wentto the 1eid conf !,
mt OF victory. II
The only good fielding OF the game on their pa,t Il
IS done b the Forest CIty's ID this iunIn9. Al i,
On took CuthbertB high nyer on the dead run, | s
1slnF me Widest applause; while KImbalI fol- ii
Sed hy EobLatng Mclitee's hot hall to centre -
ne thru inning Was opened up by two runs On :.
ling. - II
bout this time the White Stockings began to
70 work They hattcd oil over the 1clu, and p
u the bulls past where there was no fielder to cx
:ctEctthem. Several were sent over the fence. NJ
~ she eYen Innings, when the side went out tho =.
1lte Stockings stood Il to I. Bets OF 500 u I23
nc no" freely offered that the Chicago boys | 70
nld beat two 70 one. with 10 takers. II
sne Cleselanders, in the fourth inning Eare CT
ucnt sgHs Of decentralization; they werr retirel il
one, two. three order, with blank. From fo
time until the game Vas called, by reason OF | n
ram at the close Of the fifth inning, there M =.
ii 10 he no limit to the batting pners Of tho is
Ute Stockings What their scufe might nave ca
n, n y the game had been played out, can only bi
ufce It to say that there are but very few rer- CT
q in Cleveland who believe but that to-tiaT,a | -
NJ was q fa!r test OF the respective merits oi ~
Clubs We will hear no more OF the Chicago | T.
y requiring an umpire OF It's choice TO beat the &c
b here. TheIu1lowtnE II | be