, 1870-05-19
The Recent Southern Tour Of the
White -Stoc6ngs-Sum-
mary of Events.
What Was Accomplished, and
What Remains to
be Done.
The Individual Acknowledgements
for the Eastern Tour Of the
Chicago Club.
Organization Of the E1lfEofs
Basc Ball Association


elsewhere oesTce OF interest nnd attention such
us has rarely been excited BY the movements Of
any hase bali club. The achievements Of the new
professional n1ne, were In some 1ustances unpsta-
lr1el- and brief resume OF the events of the tour
viii be found Of interest. On the 2stn OF ApE1l
the Chicago Club st1r1ed On Its Journey, the OBJ
tectire point being New Orleans where the club
were to be the guests OF the Lone Stars, Of that
city. The party consisted Of the ten players OF
the clrb, with Tom Foley as business manager,
Johnnie Oberlander az Scorer, anu reporter Of
TIE TR1HrNE, tho latter having been assigned as
the chtontcleE OF the journey.
was selected a. the ste for the opening of the
campaign, and 1t was here that the " Nhire Stock
Ipgs received their christening. The name was
suggested by the distinctive peculihriues Of the
new uniform, which was here donned for the urst
time and the neA1eSt and most notable fe1tures Of
ioaea hs s ef
1t the Willie Stocktngs!" The boys choice Of an
appreciation has since been uniformly endorsed
April ~ the series Of victories WIS inauguratedb by
The White Stockings who defeated the Union club
DAY The Enplres Of that cit5 tiled It On and wene
disposed Of TO the tune Of Sc tos The stay Of the
White Stockings At St Louis Was m extremely
ths polite attentions and courtesies Of the Union
4nd Empire Clubs. Sunday afternoon found the
EhicAg0 party embarked for
SEW ORLEANS,
where they arrived safely on Tuesday morning,
May 5. TheJ were met at the depot by Toby Hars,
1-a@{+f kUE ESlllN III lQG Lone star COn.
rho had already provided elegant eccommads,
tons at private boarding house, on Canal strcet
The Red Stockings had left New Orleans The da1
cRco club met the Atlantics, on FRIDAY, aud de-
feated them by The remarkable SCORE Of 81 to q.
3r Tais VS. z; magnnsens game on the part OF the |
tho At!auttcs. Twice during the game tho iatter
had flleh each Of The bases, With no man out and
The scoring Of single run nnder these crittcai
clfchme!ances Il SO manifest to those familiar with
1a as to need %,s One Incident
ana each base WAS 1led, and no out as yet, 1
Tie Ias hase;;s'op ; stood sixty feet behind tie
truund Ia 1ront covered With sawduss to q pieyent
the bounding back Of passed ba4I4 Craver had
shrewdly noticed the precise point at which every
man on thlrl, He contrived to give Myef!e .
lln: If his design and the striker stood Ut the
qnlred sign to Nyerle, who pitched very low
ball sivln:s It hut modsrate rate Of speed PuE-
posely Csarer allowed The bail to pass between his
man on third saw the opening, and stepped INTO
the tra1t Quick ss hash Craver wheeled and rnn
isr sn ihe halt While M Ayetle, well np y the dodge
the ball 1rozn CraTer In nmple time to secure the
runner from third 1t was acangerous 4tck, to be
make hit which wuuld bring In the man at third,
enc .na Grase a; having calculated the chances con-
anT G1nae9 1ca 10 Inn NE f5 ne and the
An . EFFICIENT" ENP1EE
On the Sunday following, occurred rhe.came with |
we're duly commented upon In THg TRBUNES
report hs telegraph The umpire was a most en- ,
cent member Of The playing ten Of the Lone SsaTs
whom he had evidently conc'nded beforehand ! s
vert to tic victorious. He certainly did more to s
secure that end than did all the other players put
together. hut at last IVES compelled TO undergo the
OF having demonstrated his untirness
10 purpose. It should not BE- inferred that the
their Ee-tnoTn chatacteF I ior strict M nonor and e
Integrity would not permit or such an insinuation b.
They openly declared themselves discussed at the b
umpire conduct, and admitted that 1t materially 81
1ctlsIced fIDm the credl: they would otherwise 81
AVE talen to themselves In holding the White d
Stockings 10 so close score The behavior OF the
WIS Tar from c1eultab1e. That they
uttered inrecse prorocahon and evaporation Is
rue, and they must have been more than human b
,ut that they Should have been 50 completely de-
noralized vas dtsg1aceful- They are paid to play
,ase ball, and theJ are not worthy to hold thelr
,ositions il they are 60 poorly provided with tenn
'ers rs TO sacrifice Eku and etciency to mere per-
onal pl4ue, however agrra!ating may be the cir
elp il, Dni they should be made to understand p
hal they must help it, and that they are held
srctly accountable for gross ineniciencr, under
ces the umptIing was wholly against the pitcher O.
I'D IN favor Of the striker, but the White Stock
ne ,lay rrryious, and succeeded In Keeping cool u
I'd u n.ayng eerts5 zane, although sesesSl % q
serere drubhtne to the Southerns,
iho have SINCE badly worstcd the Lone srass. In Il
Iood dat At il 70 ., viii Woo Wood st tie b b. and and II
ou,herns was being punished at . fearful rate, i
ct w Ii 1hat the COMPLETION COMP Of = nine fai innings tn
;oud r0 up the score to nearly ten to one ref1s bt
~ ryen Ply o., NE ianing u h1ad - ana & asea e
lhite Stockings on board the u1in for the North,
nd awasn-heaIted leare-tak1ng ensued with The :.
be most assiduUus attention. The stay In New | To