The New York herald., 1871-06-27
TEE NATIONAL GAMr.
A Remarkable Contest at the Union Grounds-
The Mutuals Defeated by the Kekion-
gas-Score Five to Three

The glorious uncertainty OF our glorious national
game was never made more apparent than during
the game yesterday between the Mutuals and the
Kekiongas, at the close OF which the score stood
five to three in favor OF the Fort Wayne lads About
ten or twelve hundred people assembled at the
Union grounds, williamsburg to witness the con-
test and it s safe to say that OF that number there
was not one who expected to see 1t turn out
IL did. The idea of club which had but
just been beaten by the Bostons TO the tune
Of twenty.one TO nothing, and again by the
Atlantics, whom every one knows to be the weakest
professional club In existence, turning round and
defeating the Mutuals on their own ground II at
the commencement ofthe game any one had prognos-
ticated Its ultimate result and dared assert that
The New Workers would come out at the little END
the horn, he would forthwith have been considered
at subject for lunatic asylum. So sure was
everybody that the Mutuals would have perfect
walk away OF 1t that 100 to 25 freely offered on
them and found no takers. Several bets of 100 to
were made, and two three enthusiastic indi-
vlduas actually bet odds that the "Mutes, would
make more runs in one inning than their opponents
would during the whole game. The Mutual
players, TOO, thought they had an easy thing
Of IT, II we might Judge from the free and easy
and careless sort Of way In which they played
during the first three or four innings Mills was par
tculary careless, he letting ball after ball pass him
while men were on the bases, nor did he wake up 10
the real condition OF affairs until the Kekongas had
treated the Mutes to some four or 1--WE "goose eggs"
Then he commenced playing, and throughout the re.
At ten minutes past three the game commenced,
with the "Mutes' at the bat, ana MIR. John Chap
man, Of the EckfOrd CluD, acting as umpire. Pearce
led on with daisy cutter between short field and
fast as they came TO the hat. The Keklnngas were
not more successful however, as but one oi the four
men who faced Wolters made base base n,t. The next
least-blank after blank followed In touching regu.
larity, while the .'Kikankarogers, as the crowd
account. The first or these they obtained in the
tnird inning on an error by Start and another by
Ferguson, while for the remaining three they have
to thank Mr.. Hatfield, who threw badly from left
field " the home plate and Mr. Wolters, VINO
rss y ap e e
., wnen rather ss
es'f Tss 70 the s1 Sa but Mathews knowing his nsra
to strike at preferrng that he should go to nrst
called balls. Patterson. who followed at
int into snort Stops oes %oss out a
second base. but as Carey, IN attempting to
make double play threw the ball nigh @ owe, over
but went clear around to third base. Pearce now
Iried his hand at the bat, and as he had made his
crowed naturally expected him TO bring Patterson
in Of his nice safe hits. He did bring him in,
but IN doing took himself opt by sending nice
ny to right field, which the ''Kikankaroger'' man at
once took in out OF the weather. but before the ball
could be feded back Patterson had scored the first
run for New York. Smith next followed and got to
first on nun by Goldsmith and TO third ana home
over pitches by Mathews Start took first on called
short hit to right field. which Kelly allowed
TO bound past him, Hatfield going TO secoud on the
error Ferguson sent nice grounder TO first base,
which closed the inning, three runs having been
scored "The boys with the funny name" now made
one more run, just to have the numbers odd, after
which both sides drew blanks, and one Of the most
remarkable games on record was lost and won.
The pitching by Mathews was very fine. he Is ex-
ceedingly hard to hit and he uses his head, as well
as his hands, while playing His style Is very sml-
lar to that OF Cumming, OF the Stars and Is quite
effective. In this no douot Is the strength OF the
kekiongas, although they are by no means poor
FEEDERS.
Below Is the scOre:-
The column headed "Rr indicates the number Of runs
made; "lB first bases good hts T, total bases
good hts "P put out by the player opposite whose
stands a. assisted to put ont and "E," errors made.