New-York tribune., 1871-11-17
BASE BALL.

CLOSE OF THE SEASON-THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
The baseball season of 1871 so ia rs pro
fessOna clubs concerned ended on Nov. J. but the
season for amateur playing will not close until Thanks
giving Day which for years pE has been the final hol-
iday ball players In the Sontaern States the season
began Nov. and the NeN CIAls Base Ball Park is
every week the Of contests fpr the championship
OF the South Twelve irst-cl.ss -nbs are striving to
win the Southern "whip / uu".r," awarded by the
Louisiana Baseball Associate org anEati0n which
governs the clubs Of the extT SJnth 0s the Parlhc
and the National Amateur Assoc ton those Of the MID
die States.
the Of 1871 has been the most successful Of any
aimee professional hll play INTO vogue ana OWING
to the influence OF the NStiGna ASSOCIATION lion OF
in . from the evils OF previous years Experl,
or CONTRACTING with netting rings loss of
by wilul mspsy, destroys the ohances OF peGnnlaTy
tests between clubs finding honesty TO be pc
cunisry the best policy they have entered into com
clubs OF the eys which have brouIn at professonM ball
playing into dsrspute One OF tnt rs actS a. tine sPe
was the adoption Of rule PROM poolselng ana a,c
open betting on the profrsaonhl ~ grounds OF tue
the Union Grounds Broohyn. aud nopted on the Chi;
osgo ball grounds, lhG'h 70 The hi'Fy vi proiesslonA
For the first time in the history ~ bDseosll Eegusr
the chamgOnshg Of Il nsG ses nss pesR aI
q ' Championship Comm'tt .ie result has been sea:
Of ball playing m.tss tue nn's ioytS o, tse
matches Notwithstanding the increased charge for ad
ever before The contests for the professional whip
pcnnant on the baseball heds OF the country nvA IN
Interest the great turf meetings OF the year
THE CHAMPIONSHIP QUESTION.
The championship season Of 1911 opened in May,
and from that time the close o Jaly the Mutual Club
of this city was the most successl OF ten contestants
In July however the Chicago Nine took position IN
the van and by the close OF Aug At the Mutuas were
Obliged to retire to fourth t position the Athei-
third During september aud Cctber the Boston Club
rallied very successfully for the a. and |nen tne great ear
Are threw the Chicago Nine amGs out OF the arena he
cb0mpIonship chs lay between the BNston and Athletic
Clubs. When the season closed e. eL had won the same
humber OF legal contests, but t1e Athletics having
lost the smaller number Of legal gsmes' Sta1 were
entitled to the whip pe1nIt Tns PrOISs 9smss
and to confirm the unoncial decision which had given
the championship to the athletics d1e
row The position Of the two leading clubs In regard to
the number Of S sS1 6aS e each
the Chicago Cleveland Hay.naker Mutual, and olym,
RH %,S SSS' he Boston sSS %sa Sd Rceord ta6
games forfeited By the Rockford aaa one Dy 'S % IN
onga Club make total Of q official victories Ine BOB
ton Club has won threeIeea games each with the Ath
lete Cleveland Haynaxsr & , Sym3PG y3 aH@ CuSs
and one with the chicago Club which with two games
forfeited by the Eeonea and hutlsi SinpS ~ maSs
viii decide whether the action of the delegates at the
special meeting the AsspcLuoh On Not.
II to tss legal
Ietie club is unduesti0nsbly the champion or
RsstCG ssa one Gssst Vii be asn tie q
Raaton Club. At the meeting Of the Association on
Nov s. the games played in the early part OF the sea-
sou nv the Rockford Club declared TO DC duly Tor
feted from the fact that Hastings of its had played
in match as member Of the Lone Star CLUB 81 New
orleans within 90 days BY this action the Athletics are
IiSyed OF two defeats On the other hand the games
played during the same period By the olympic Giu6
az Ieea by which the Boston Club deprived OF the
advantage of forfeited game. The thletics WILL WITH
out Doubt, be awarded the pennant. ....