, 1870-05-25
SPORTING MATTERS.
Sharp Game Between the White
Stockings and Garden City
Mines.
Ihc Former Victorious by a
Score OF 48 to IL.
BABE BALL

WHITE STOCKINGS vs. GARDEN CIT.
The feet TINT perfect fnrofe Of interest exists In
Cni.ago concerning the White Stockings End their
dofngs, was forratly demonstrated BY the assembly
OF over 1xo thousand people at Ogden Park yes
tes1aJ afternoon, to witness match game be-
tween the great professional nine and the Garden
City Club. The latter Is well known rs among
the shArDest II, Indeed, not the n.eet ed!cleat OF
the amnteur organizations Of the city, and the ex-
pecta1ion that the g.1ne would be sharply con-
tested one by them was more than realized The
gEuunus were In wTctched condition, owing 70 the
rain OF tie previous day. and it SPEAKS LII for the
aucut1un u{ the Amateur Clnh, which has control
Of the Ta.k, Il At the iield vas not put in better
shape. ASH xas come delay was occasioncd IN
net until nearly hclfpast O'Clock that the playing
oon1d begin. The tenn brought On by the GARDEN
ctys vs. " r. ne sttongss; they hare eEer had
and Alston, Of the Athletics Of this city, being
new aid Te1J valuable acquisitions, The
batting cf1er, and positions, Is ii nrst arranged
MsIe VET g fetloHs: White, short stop; Davis rasst
Keart, left neld; Pncn. hrst base Gaskins, pitch
As1oD teira 5ass ana 3 Maeeey, eentsg
tia,itr, cor.rrt and judlcious Interpretation
q se rules s ,p a. as to peeI
Sota % 10 tie ne playe1s md spec:aiois- TIN white
Inc Iat and outed the three 1rst strikers In suc-
ccssion. Inc pretty work being DONG On three
strikes and throw BY crarer 70 Flynn as nrst
throw ~ Pinfham at third 10 Flynn.
Meycrie began the pitching, and was swift and
rcEular enough both TO avoid called balls and
nine. e- Ia t6e i,rst inning fhe White stoetings
walked into Gaskins' pitching At 3 tremendous
Iste, scoring Is rms 50 tat A at taelr next oppoI
whose delivery. though q medium between allow
and tsst, was % peculiar and puzzliug as to ma
tera By ms change, Gasftns weat to LEFT acld,
and Kcnri took charge Of second, the lstters play
being such % e stamp him as baseman Of no
In tie nth inning the White Stockings were
welLstnpped hot Eroundcr by White, aud good
second. whereby c1aref was eaught IN IN Al.
tempted larceny, and foul tip nicely held Dy the
with 4s rms for the White Stockings, against Is
by the Garden CltJs On the part Of the latter,
The game WAS une to be intensely proud Of,
and is undoubtedly the best IN that po-
s1Iton to Ire found IN any amateur organization In
and sklful IN gathering the Erounders, and withal
capital thrpTer 10 frst, he covered himself with
nF en s oa aha5e on e
cover shelr Positions most ttuall5. In addition
70 OEdens GlHculI 6!oH ptcllnRs ne Is splendid
bas+ watcher and thrower-almost the equal OF
Tinkham In this respcc-whlch IS saying
a great deal; but the estimate Is tnsd-
fed by the fact rh8t such skil1ul
base runners Is Cuthbert and Treaey fell victims
to his 11ne throws. As a catcher and thrower to
secund 4. Hacfey takes high rank. while 4.
AacSey, Davis and Gasktns took excellent care Of
the out1eld. The baIttnR Of the nine Was uni
formly strong, and this, added to their general
efficiency In the neld, enabled them to give the
professionals altogether the sharpest work they
have had to do among the local clubs thus far.
The g:mG, On the part Of the White Stockings,
IVES hardly up to their usual standard, for which,
however, there we're variety OF accounting rea-
the best Of the nonors, some splendid runnln;
catches falling to the lot Of King md Treacy, while
Cuthbert executed Z brace Of remarkable line
throws to the home plate, whereby the runner
5lotn third WAS ntpped- It Is unnecessary to st1ie
that the batting was good, as will be seen by the
record Of outs, runs, nrst md total bases Id the
following: