The New York herald., 1871-01-12
THE NATIONaL GAME.

The Atiantics and "Pickcd Nine, Slifins
MT BaIE-A Good Days sport ON the Cnpito.
line.
or all the novel sights ever witnessed that o.
playing base bali on skates Is one of tho greatest
and the citizens OF New YORK ana vicinity were
treated to exhibition OF this kind Yesterday after
noon on the Capltoline grounds, Brooklyn which
for genuine fun far exceled anything In the base
bail hne tnat has been seen for many
O day. The announcement IN yesterdays HERALI
that such game would take place between the At
lantics ana Muuals on tho above mentioned grounds
caused large crowd Of both ladies and gentlemen
70 assemble, and sometime before the hour for the
commencement of the game arrived the glitterIng
ice was literally swarming with fair women and
gallant men, nltting, steelshod, hiher and thither
like yeritable messengers or the elements. Most
OF the Atlantic5 were promptly upon the ice,
passing the bali about from one to another
as In the more bamy days of the baseball season,
just previous to the commencement OF q game, and
from the easy graceful manner in which they
caught and threw the 'ssphereu maintaining the
while perfect perpendicular, 1t was evident that
tleir opponents would have their hands full II they
held their own against them. The Mutuais did not
come to time at all, only Hatfield and swandeu
appearing for them. picked nine was chosen,
and In few minutes, with Hatfield captain, they
were ready for play.
III u EdIue Ol LillS kInO muCn more QcDUnQ9 upon
the ability OF the players to skate well than their
proficiency with the bali; but unfortunately Hatfield
overlooked this fact In the selection o, his men, and
to this fact Is principally due the overwhelming de-
ieat they met with although the Alantlcs 0utbated
them considerably.
THE GAME
commenced at quarter past three, with Thorn, of
the picked nine, at the bat He caught the ball
field, and, being fine skater, he struck out finely
for first base. which he easily made; but
instead OF stopping on it he slid or Ior
being mu1ed Mt first, sKated clear around to the
home base, but Hatfield and Ruggles were both
captured despite their fine "slIding" abilities.
Dy the bad throwing OF Glover to swandeli ut frsr,
the ball going clear through the on the right
OF the grounds and causing the last named person,
WHO could not skate at ALL to risk breaking his neck
caught at first as was also Ferguson who. In trying
to skate there, allowed his legs 10 become de.
moraized, SO that before he knew 1t he had
measured his length upon the Ice in a manner well
calculated to shock his nervous system.
In the next inning tine picked nine were disposed
OF in one, two, three order, while their opponents
scored twelve 'slides.n In the third inning Smith
sent red hot one to Hatfield at short, who caught
It as nicely as he ever did anything In his lile and
brought from the audience a good round OF ap-
plause. Cox, OF the picked nine, IN the fourth
1t sp inning and skipping over the ice way down In
left Id, where 1t Knocked the feet from under two
or three juveniles who were gliding about on
their Christmas skates Long before the left fielder
home mark. But poor Swandell was In peck OF
trouble. Because he could not keep upon his feet In
O perpendicular position he was taken from first
base and put out IN the right field, where after that
1t seemed nearly every ball sent, and his frantic
efforts to capture them which gave him many and
many hard, and to the spectators most ludicrous,
fan, kept tue whole assemblage In an uproar OF
laughter.
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