National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-01
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No. lost by
each club 6i,It N 90 3itlll | |

From this Il will he seen that the Philadelphia
club Is far In the lead, having beaten seven
eiss,hs q al ~ the games played By =:
club Is that 10 has beaten IT, home competitor,
the famous Athletic, four times, these being the
entire number Of games which they have played
together. THIS Is the 1rst time In the history OF
the national game that club has been organ
lied In philadelphia which has been able to van
qulsh the Athletics, who have also held tho
championship or whip pennanr Of the couu-
aggrayatlng feature OF the defeat OF the Ath-
letcs u that 10 the games played with the Phila-
delphla club the winning club has by agreement
taken the entire amount OF gate receipts.
These games have been more largely attended
than any played In the country, as high as 5000
persons being within the Enclosure, and half "a
many refused admittance for want OF space.
This powerful nine has been gotten together
by Ferry Malone, the catcher and captain Of the
nine, VINO was nrst brought out rs q profess
slonal player by the Olympic club, OF Wash
ington, and he gained his nrst national reputa-
tion a. catcher OF Ia. Leech's pitching. Chad
wick, the great base ball author. compiler aud
patron, remarked, upon seeing the Olymp,cs
play That Lsoch and Malone were the best
players In their positions In the American field.
In addition TO Malone and Bechtei, from last
years Athletic nine, the philAdelphia club Is
caao) nine and Mack, from the Rockford. Of ILL.,
Although the Athletic and Boston have not as
yet played so many genes as the Philadelphia,
ther play, their respective chances fjr the cham.
pionsnip, compared with Malones nlnc, are de-
cideily poor, owing to the fact that though they
may win more games they cannot Lessen the
number already lost, which In each case Is double
that OF the Phiiaielphia.
The table shows that there have already been
played eighty games, OF which the Baltimore has
played the greatest number OF any OF the CLUBS,
aud the Maryland the least number.
Inc comparative average OF the Washington
that they have each played and defeated the
test.
Our local or home organisation, while entered
as contestant Tor the championship, Ia known
TO DO only semi. rofessional-i.s O., not entirely
= paid nine. II consists mostly Of home stock,
aud has played interesting and creitable games
with tue stronger nines CT the country which
have successfully visited our city.
The nelding Of our boys has been largely In
81 ,ss s 81 ~ s q S..
q visiting club, with two exceptions, although
narrow bounds.
Their fielding Is always better when nothing
special is depending on the individual play Of
needed. Such has especially been the case nj
third base and short-stop, where brilliancy has
frequently been Immediately succeeded by the
most glaring errors.
Our boys started Yesterday morning for New
York city TO exhibit "Mother White" and her
cents per head, from which iity the family will
proceed to the Quaker City, TO give Fergys
nine few more points, by which we mean
scores, and further annihilate the Athletics. We
hope to hear favorable report from "Nick's old
lady and her pets, and trust the public will give
them warm reception on saturday next, on
their home grounds, where they are engaged
again to play the Philadelphia club.