The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-29
CHICAGO CHEERFUL.

| The Mutunls Defeated After . Close StruSg1o-
Heavy Hitting, but Bad Judsmenr-ScOre
| 10 4.
Nine ragged-breeched, bare-fOoted urchins. such
as are seen practising at the national game every
day on any vacant lot they can find, could have
| played game with better Judgment and far more
life than the Mutuals did yesterday. The occasion
was the fourth game OF the championship series be-
| tween the Mutuas, Of this city, and the White
Stockings, OF Chicago. The first game was won by
the Mutes and the second and third by the Chi
cagoans This game was. therefore, looked forward
| to with much interest and the result anticipated
| with great deal OF anxiety, so much So indeed,
that by far the largest that has been collected
on the Union grounds for months assembled there
yesterday The heavy and almost incessant ram
with which we have recently been visited left
THE GROUND IN HEAVY CONDITION.
The fine play exhibited by the Mutuals In their re-
cent contests with the Rockford and Boston clubs
caused many persons TO believe that the present
struggle would result an easy victory for the
Mutes, and had the ground not been so heavy and
consequently much against the batting Is quite
possible they would have won easily; but IL required
something beyond mere mechanical skill TO win
and as tie Mutuals do not appear TO have advanced
further than the elementary branches OF the game
they could not be expected to WIN against such foxy
antagonists as the Chicagoans, especially when the
latter were captaned by the willy jamie Wood. The
Mutes were made warm favorites again yesterday,
the pools selling at 100 to 80 In their favor
more did their
hackers GET SEVERE LESSON.
Although the game opened badly for them the
Mutes never had a finer chance OF winning than
they had yesterday. From the third inning TILL the
eighth they held the lead, and had they used but
ordinary Judgment In awaiting themselves of che
many chances offered to them they could not posi-
bly, have lost. With such team handle the CAP
tain ought to work like beaver, but Ferguson was
very remlss in this respect. Instead OF calling out
10 his men, you can now look out Tor yourselves"
he ought TO look out Tor them. He elected that
office for that purpose, and he
OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER
| than TO allow them to ''run alonc.u Mr. N. O.
! Young was chosen umpire and me game commenced
ut twenty-five minutes past three, with the Chicago
BY nun of Dickey Pierce's they scored one run,
! and then very prettily whitewashed the Mutes Tne
| same operation was performed In the second in
! ming; but the run they made was on this occasion
earned. This made matters look rather black for
| the New Workers; but nun by Duffy and over
| throw by Foley enabled the Alutes to tie the game
after they hah oancked The Cnlcagoans in the third
inning The next four Innings were played without
! an error by the Mutes and they disposed OF the
White stockings in each without letting them Get a
run, while they made one run In the fourth and
| III the sixth inning. These might nave been very
easily doubled had the slightest Judgment been
shown III running the bases; but, as has been pre-
vousy remarked, this Is q portion or the game OF
winch they have not The fantes conception. In the
eiDutH IunDe u pau THROW from Hgndtn 10 start
gave The Chicagoans one rum and bad throw from
Ferguson to Start gave them another They them
amid tremendous excitement, disposed OF the Mutes
Tor a ducks egg, Egger being run out at second.
This made the game
ONCE MORE TIE,
and the ninth inning was commenced and watched
throughout with almost breathless attention.
Duffy went first TO the bat and missed by NILS
Oh the fOul bounu. lie then made his base on u
good hit to centre he got to mis- second on passed
ball. and to his third on Woods (whO was next
mani hit to LETT centre. and Wood stole to ms
second. Tracy then hit to short, and Pearce elded
the ball to Mills TO cut of Duty at the home piate
but Charlie failed to cold the bah, 1t bounding out
OF his hands six or seven feet TO the right OF the
home plate, where he rushed and picked it up.
Having secured 1t ne stuck to IT, holding 1t fast
some extraordinary though no apparent reason
till Wood ran from third to the home
plate The three next White Stocking men
then went out, leaving the MuJes two
runs to make TO tie the game. Pearce began
and was disposed or at 1rst Hlgham then
made his first base on good hit to left ami got to
his second on passed ball. Hatfield then made his
base on a good hit 10 CENTRE and sent Higham TO
third when he ought to have gone home on a passed
bail; but he stood, as Patterson had done the
lier part OF the game,
sHtLLY-sHALLyING TILL IT WAS TOO LATE.
Still another chance was offered him when Patter.
son was taken on the fly by Treacy far the
he stood half way between the base and the home
plate, waiting to see If the ball would be caught.
he was then obliged to return to his base, and Of
course could not get home. Mills was next and was
taken on The ny by Wood, the Mutes losing the
game and the championship series through nothing
but the merest folly ana lack OF Judgment. The fol-
lowing is the sc0re:-