, 1874-07-07
SPORTING NEWS.
nignth Gamo Between tho Whites
and Tho Red Stockings.
Tho Chicago Pets Again Treated
to q Drubbing.
They Are outq'ayed at Every Polnt-.-
Score, 12 to 6.
a Pretty Yacht Race on Saturday..
Racing ut Geneva Lake.

Raclng at Geneva Luke.
BASE BALL,
EfonTH GAME OF THE REDS AND wnrrEs
notwithstanding tho great heat Of yesterday,
tno lntenetty Of which is rarely exceeded Il
~ rtlern ]altudoa 1ilo ours, au audlouce Of ,oQ(
MI ooo people assembled on tho Twcnty.thirt
tsysS. backgrounds to Witness another gamo II
La .ts,n. nonship aorsos between tho Chicago
Wh,to. s.ot ,'ksuga and tho Red Stockings o
po,tor. Tr,a game was tho eighth that ttu
,1nha have pIavt d during tho soaaun, and thoro.
fore hut onn r. mo romans In whi.,h the,
.an contend tor s,,'o emblem Of professional
,unron,aoy. IS the gt,lek governing tho cha mpon,
ship proyido for sorfos OF nlno games On The
part Of eauh club, and no n. ore. Tho annor1nce.
mont that the homo nuo wore again defeat. I'd by
their ret.hoyol adyersarlos will occnslon ut un-
uBunl surprise. Thoro waa time rhcn II 'an'
dorbolt from serene shy would cai'sc .cas
astonlshmont In thiB city titan the newa OF he
clubs dofcat. but that time paseed long as o,
and now tho people celebrate victory
with subdued enthusiasm, aud bear n
royorse with calm resignation. Public interest
In the cport has suffered no decline from other
days, as is attcsted by tho great crowds which
flock to tho first-clAsR games, but tue exotic
rnent is not what it used to be. THO oauao OF
this can be easily explained. Once our club was
reasonably certain Of BuccosH whcnovor IT played;
now it Ia as reasonably certain OF defcnt. Its
victories arc tho exception, and Its rontS the rule.
Why this order Of thInsB should prevail lB not
nulte clear On tho contrary, worry n.anJ reasons
can be gtvon why tho order Should bo reversed,
and the principal one ip that tho White Stock
ing players, taken individually, arc tho equats Of
any In tho country. They have demonstrated
this oven In dofoat. Takon ooloctivoi7, however,
there appeara to ho some radical but deanablo
Wrong III their Organization, and 1t ie the dut7 ot
tho management to asuertatn what It ls, and re-
MO % it, at whatever cost. II the ctub. .'ver can
po brought t. that stato o. porfeet,i1o ~. "lSre
exss 1ss .nS sn'si I'll ~ VI" work naS" naopoSs ns snS
together, and without fear OF public criticism,
there need bo 10 uoubtn as 10 its ability to suc-
cessfully cope NTH any sinlar body Of men.
with tho Reds ut the bat. and Ar. McLoali, Of
Philadelphia acting as Umpire. a position which
he Allied oreditably.. An earned run was scored
by Willie on safo hit by himself, and tso-
Ing WAS done By Cuthber. and fasors, and was
sharp aud accurnto. Tho Whites opened at tho
bat IN brilliant style. and With tho most aatserttg
prospect Of playing q successful Gatt1o. Cmth"
bert and Forco accl1rcd bases through safe hits.
and wore both brought home by Alaione's long
hit to right fold for two buses. safo hit by
Glenn ei,nblcd Malone to score in safety, and
hence tho three runs wero we'll earned. Two or
tho outa woro accomplished by Loonard's fold
ing. and tho third man out was Glenn, who ~as
caught stealing to second by Wh1to and Earnes
It was an unlucky steul for lin, as in dodglng to
escape being touched out ho foil Oh tho base bag,
violently in coutact with tho iron pfhto to winch
tho bag il attached DR.. 3. @. Miller, who
takes the grentcHs delight in being prosent to ro-
pa1r fractured knoo-pnun and disiolntcd 8nEors,
Of a too hot ball er other un!ucky accident, im-
medsateiy attendod to Glenn. whose injury Was
20 SERIOUS Tint he could not Continue playing.
Davlin accordingly took Lis placo. and tho gamo
II tho second inning o'Rourte and Harry
N&fSE started OF with safo hits. Hall then
popteh M fly to Meycrio in the left faid. and
that graceful and reliable player found no dini-
Guilty whatevor iu mailing q mont muH. Iu order
to ahow bis skill in auothor d,Ieetion ho threw
the bali about ton feet over Forces head, tho
result Of whicl, brilliant play wns TINT O'1ourso
got in run. Harry Wright went to third basor
aud Hall reached second. when he, If not o.
Rourke alao, Should have been out, for there vas
good chance for double play It tho ball bad
heeu handled by coInpetont heltlnr. Harry
Wright Hcolod oil schafer's ay to Cushoert, which
waa caught. Darnos struck Il warm grounder
Hall reached hoa.o. Zottlcin then assisted IL
putting out tho next STRIKER and Forco aud Doy-
lin l,Bposed or tho succeeding one by clover
fielding. This loft tho BaHtonu with throo r,us,
uouc Of which wuro earned. Tho Whites wero
bankott iu their Aalf Of the inning, Treaoy alone
making safe hit. Hall mutfod 3 fy, but no
subsequently maae up for the otror by catching
two.
ii tho third inning tho Reds batted In win,
O'ltou. kc being the only oae who was not f1elded
out promptly. On the Hide OF tho Whites, AteYerio,
5iiuea, aid Yreapy hit safely, and, aided by
White, rho muffed a foul bound, Thereby giTlDg
Hines life, got IN All unearnod rl'n, nelnG the
bad kik4 ri mhn nf$ In