The New York herald., 1874-07-28
THE NATIONAL GAME.
The Base BAH Chnmpionship-The Pro-
fessi0nai Arena


Ahe base BAH ChnmpiOnship-Th Pro-
fessionai Arena.
The question of the professional chamnionsbin
does not appear to be thoroughly understood NV
the general class OF the admirers OF the national
game, anu with view OF posting our readers mn
oh the SUBJECT we give below lew facts In relation
70 ~ ihe rules governing Championship con-
tests IN the professional arena emanate from
The NaQohai Association or Professional
Base Ball Players, special code being
prepared each season. This year eight
clubs entered the arena, each having to play ten
games with every other club which would be
seventy for each and total OF $50 for the season.
the latter closing October 81. OF these 100 W.
nave been played up to the close OF July, .eav Al
$50 to be played in the ensuing three mont ny
average OF fifty games month Th -sa
requires that each club should code
least five games OF their ten W Aay at
other club before any of their ga IN every
counted IN the record. or this nun Aes can be
yet TO finish three Of these quotas, der four have
and two have five. As the club .s~o have TOUR
greatest number OF games is to which wins the
pionship pennant, the positio' eecelve We cham
as run, are given IL accOr fs IN the race, as far
OF won games, and thus f aance with the record
thirty victories; the At Ar the Bostons lead with
twenty three and the Aaencs being second, with
Inasmuch as the Bost Mntuals third, with twenty.
absent in Europe on and Athletic clubs will be
tember and that Intil the second week in Sep
will count in th until then none OF their games
seen that the e championship record, it will be
celent oppor Antual Club Will be afforded an ex.
ing position unity to pull up their score to lead
only three Even now the New York nine has
score of games to win TO equal the Athletic
apures |srtories and but ten reach the Boston
,rnro .'ard II they can do the latter tney win
w. = to their September contests with
returning clubs interest that
|HsS MAKE the professional business OF that
month very remunerative from the additional at
traction that will be impaired to the contest. For
fourth position in the race the Chicago and Phia-
delphTa mines are now struggling, the former az
present having the advantage This week our
TWO metropolitan mines are out West and their
games together will not be renewed until the lat.
ter part OF August In the interim the Philadel-
phla, Baltimore and Hartford mines will occupy
the attention OF the public OF the Atlantic cities
There is, however, but little doubt that the struG.
gle Tor the three front positions will be between
the Mutuas. The latter can be close to the win
ning post II they choose. But the question Is,
track to suit outside betting interests it is the
doubt OF their legitimate enorts 10 WIN which has
club matches.
THE COLLEGE ARENA.
The question OF the college championship for 1874
mas oeeh settled and Yale, for the first time. bears
on the honors OF the "unlverslty nines Princeton
, pelng second and Harvard third. Up TO 1879 Har-
ward had monopolized the leading position ior
years but last year Princeton to the surprise OF
ai stepped to the 'front.' and bore OF the college
! whip pennant-an ideal emblem by the way. This
year Yale adopted a system OF thorough training
Win the professional nine OF Hartford, and, play-
Ing under the professional code of rules they be-
came so wen versed IN all the strategic points Of
the game and so skilled in the strong element of
helding as to out play all OF their opponents with
ease, their fnal triumph being their noteworthy
victories over the HarvartN at Saratoga the pase
pail players carrying balm to the 'rowists'' Of
Yale nse py TINS seli-same san victory. 1t is worthy OF
cope with the better practiced professional nlnes
they find no difficulty in defeating the strongest
amateur teams the country Possesses their better
practiced and more educated skin giving them a
oecded advantage over the regular amateur mines
TIE AMATEUR ARENA.
mere Is no oficlal code OF rules for any United
states championship OF the amateur class OF the
nase ball fraternity, but several OF the States have
State base pail associations which frame special
codes OF rules for their own State clubs aud these
IN some instances, include championship rules as
In in the case OF the Pacific Coast Association the
Louisiana state Association, and the MASSACHUSETTS,
Association and some others. New YORK how
ever, mas no such organization, and the state
cnamplonsap In, Of ann, amateur clubs is, therefore.
merely nominal thing, governed by no rule other
than that of general custom, which seems to
award the title TO the club winning the most series
fore. no state championship. but only contest as
20 wa,cn cup % OF our prominent metropolitan
within thirty mile circuit OF the city; ana OF
% these the prominent clubs are the Eyaways
less, Chelsea and Nassau, OF Brooklyn; the
STAT Staten en- & Island &C Club and the Confidence Of
New Rochelle Thus lar the battle is pretty even
with the Confidence now confident OF victory: the
staten stat IN ISLANDERS looming up as q winning team
ana the Fiyaways and Chelseas close up with the
leaders III the race, the Chelseas thus far having
she LEAD. THIS week the New YORK mines play the
Brooklyn team, and the latter the Staten Island,
and the contests excite considerable interest ID
amateur circles. The Nameless Club OF BROOKLYN.
entered the lists very hopefully aud they made
good progress early in the season. OF late how
ever ever their 10, losses have placed them in the rear.
1nere Is time 10 rally between now and Thanks
giving day. the closing day of the smateur season
y and tney nave the material wherewlth to regain
Sfata Ig d,,,,,o ho,,n
Gently loomed up as promising champions they /
having nine which includes the short stop OF the
I princeton nlne the right fielder Of the Boston Red
stockings OF 1873 and five OF the Old Star nine of
Brooklyn.
THE AMERICAN GAME IN ENGLAND.
The advent Of the American base ba players on
Engnsh ground has recently been topic OF inter.
est In the English sporting journals considerable
curiosity oelng manifested III regard to the
Yankee game OF ball" Tie principal interest
taken, however Is in the promised trial of skill on
the English cricket fields, between the eighteen
base ban representatives and the selected elevens
first exhibition Of the American game OF base ball
IN England, given by representative experts from
next, next, jay 80 and the interest taken in the
pearance OF the mines gives promise that
the the, attendance VIII be unusually large.
will be given in Manchester August l. But the first
really grand match OF the tour will be that named
Grounds, London on Monday next, on which occa-
sion eighteen American base ball players will play
e""., W eiICheb aYhlhst the american JWelVe"
as as they are called IN England, VINO visited the
states ate, in 1872 These twelve gentlemen PLAYERS"
~ VIII be remembered, defeated every twenty-five
ID oanaaa anu the States, they encountered, ex-
ceptin Boslon-tDe twenty-five they Played there
iheiuding the Boston base bah ayers-and there
OF resident crcketers which played with EnQlIsn ,
elevens eae,sd In IN 1888, 1865 and 1872 were de-
ieated SO That II the eighteen base
ball players should lose In England they win have
dohe no worse than our tweDty-twos OF cricketers
nave none mere. But should they happen to win it
VIII go to show that base BAH affords a better
training school for cricket as lar fielding goes,
tnan cricket itself. 10 Is therefore the crlcEet
be the centre point OF interest 70 American read
ers generally, except In regard TO the SUCCESS our