, 1870-07-23
THE NATIONAL'GAME.
Mutuals, of New York, VS.. Anna.
teury, OF ChicaGo--ScOre
05 to IL.
The Great Game To-day at Dexter Park
THE 2, P.'s Again,

The Antuals, n New York, arrived In cbics1o
yesterday morning, and In the afternoon put ia
an appearance At Ogden Park to play a game With
t1e AmAteura- The hest Of the day w2s 4tmply
tet1nc and 1t SPEAKS well for the wide celebrity ol
INC Visiting club, and for the Interest felt In base
os1+ tnAf something ike I'VE hundred people
were willing to endure bro!llng sun End sizzling
atmosphere In order to witness the game Ths con-
test was not especany interesting being altoge.he.
one-sited, and eca1cely paid people for the SELF
Imposed 1nartJTdou. Tho general plAy Of the
aatuAs WIS very nnc; their batting uniformly
heavy and safe. and the!r nelllng neat, graceful,
and akilfuL Toward the close OF the game, after
navtng oatted and run bases for IL, ls, and 1s
runs In three innings, they began 70 grow tired Of
anu 70 lose their tntcreSt IN the ueidinR no that
sssefd .s, Careless plaJs and downright NUTS en-
sntu. The manner IN which these &C urred, how.
ever. showed plainly that the Musuals need NOT be
expected to indulge IN much OF that sort OF thix1
N theaf game with the White Stockings this after
They opened the game with Martin 4. pitcher,
Gn.,l!s ;s Aalls !. behind sne bat F. Mills At nrst
Stson At thi1d Pa.tepa % 'aI d s'G ,hs "Gff ]ei;
ncld. Wolters centre, and McMahon right, Eat-
Nas laoortnK under snme disability In the
Patterson, who had beeu feeling poorly, was over.
conc BY the heat, and uatueld went 10 LETT ueid
IN hts place. Martin pitched throughout th-
FATE, en.9 nls & Ixen!'af dsllTer to b. as eec
TO take kindly to hls tvtsters At rrst batting safe
y 70. thIee runs In The nrst inning. and gaming
5ourh By slow handling Of hall IN the part Of
AcAahon. After this, however, they lost The hang
OF the pitching, and were rctre1l with three con-
eccutsve wh!tewashes- Then they earned single
tally IN the nth inning, scored tour IN The SIKH
and two In the seventh, the str runs being mani,
the result Of carelessnesa and errns On the part Of
their oppontnta At this point the game
was ess sssng By e 10 Of each ss IN.
II for the Amateurs The 1elsilng game II the
latter Was eIecrable-Eosse than that which they
nla1ed AGAINST the Red Stockings, aud probably
The N0tst the c1ut1 has ever been guilty Of SucL
fearful mRn1ng Would result in defeat even wiz
the Potter Palmer Club. Nobody did well Flys
we're wsre mis!adGed and dropped gTonlders were a.
y well picked up, were badly thrown: or, II well
The iaft that, CUT Of the s1xreen tal'!es scored
~ the Mutuals tn the nrEt inning, but one was
earned, Is sample Of the way ii which thing
wsre were done, Ths remaining nfteen rms were matt
the Amatturs are lncs}atlle Of doing themselves
Justice when rtcd AGAINST nrst-class profession
q nine. II this u the case. TIC imptopriety Of
charging the full rate Of e.lmssion to game
which u male up OF mu!Tng On one side and con-
stquent careless play on lht othcr ought to su2-
at y ops ns 1t 5ee ca Ep6 1hs
game OF hase bail 1t the most, the price should be
redneet une-hslf. And lhs entire rrcrlpss awarded
u the club which alone deserves the rcmunera-
ton. BY this arrangement the visiting clubs re.
ceipts would be the same, anl the imrutatIou OF
obtaining money By false preleucas would be re-
moved. Az 4 general rule, It ts manlfestly uurea-
sonable that Inferior games should Command the
same admission fee as that nxed Tor brilliant,
ntst.cAss contests and We believe tnat hereafter,
The amateur clubs OF Chicago will Sec the proprle-
ty OF placing the admission at the uniform rate OF
twenty-five cents, whether tue games be with vts-
ltlnR or home cluh4
AS wr have said, the game was tedious snd un-
Interesting As though the heat AMI general dls-
comfort, nnd poor playing were not enough to tax
the patience Of the spectators to the utmost, the
umnir1ng must needs be Of the most axgrnyaLlu9,
slow, and lenIent description. Caps;In Jlmm,
Wood. OF the While Stockings, WAS selected ~
umpire. and. although un1ntstakaIly accurate and
impartial. he Retmeti 10 have forgotten that the
Gay w.s hot, ond that there were rules relating
the calling Of balls The pitchers had It all thglr
own way. and, as they alWays viii do unless cut
fhors By the umpire, contrlved 70 make game OF
eeven lnnlngs occupy nearly three hours' time.
Properly usurrrd, 1t need not have lasted hal.
that time 1t is cylatn' that Captain Jimmy be-
lrves IN the golden rlle pertaining TO base ball.
which IL quite natural under the circumstances,
Below Is