, 1874-05-31
The Former are Successful BY IA
to 8.
Exciting Games at the East
Yesterday.
Programme of the Shooting-Tourna-
ment at Dexter Park.
The Gun Club.


WHITE STOCKINGS vs HAnrfoRps.
| The White Stockings and Hartforda p!ayed tno
second game Of their series Yesterday afternoon,
On the ball grounds at the cornor Of State and
l"on'5-snafo stlee's, o'lolo ~ w.. ,,os,,
| about 3, 900 people. Had the "eathet no' oeen
so intensely hot, the attendance would undoubt-
edly have been much larger, but it is not at ali
L-h,. 49, hot..x 1e,,s would hnva heen
p,oDAoo s."s nesso1 saa. -, t,o ano,tatora
P4aSeo' OF 'oa' tno onJosmons ~ ...eess,.ar;. -
would have been greater, hao tue atmospheric
conditions been moro favorable. The game de-
| ve|oned immense batting strength on tho part Of
hoth ,,;nes and tbo ao1dinr was. as 8 whole
JUL u."o'' H.1 Wv ,',,-.s, ."~, he;,,;,,, ~
more than ordinarily skill1nl ITO" oeklnn1ns ~
end. It is gratifying to announce that tho homo
club took commanding lead in both depart
ments OF play-a fact which will rebound to its
e.ea1s ~ Nv aA.AA' ooe-oo 49, h..t
that the opposing nlne ranRs a1aons 'no oooS'
having won it's title to the position IN many
| hard-foueht contest since the opening Of the
esa... ".s.,.n.x. ,1sas.1a pat.ra H;nea Clam and
1aenpe1'' nose'4e' o'o1' 4~. ;.1.
Zettleln TILED their several places "1.n-
out an error. Tho mistakes that the
others committed we're harmful in only very
1a1r ;,,st,ncou and oxcant in the case Of Malone,
&c" asea IT,. 1900 H. hv snlanld hits #
~ Mo.o ean. ao.o a1aI.r th,t N,tona did not earn
~ IN H. @1 -. ba "a verv scientific
h.ttsr .,d soo5 ~ h,r1 hjt to stoo almost
any time; but it is only another e1empllhca5lon "a
of the fact that men have their "o6 days " at
base ball as we'll as at any other oecupatlon:
T;ahar'. nacn1iar da1;Terv in tho firgt game.
found no difficulty whatever in picking out safe
place for the bail every time he came to the
bat but ono, and Meyerle mas almost as
soou: o.o.o .,.o sSn h;ts ;nst rhan thev wero
ese "i'n nos sTo thav nn hano the rst be has mado
in . championship game since joining tho nine.
! The other players batted up. to their average.
The M on hfss snG bit
can DO picked out in it. Their fielding errors,
| though couparatiyely few, we're generally fatal,
as is shown BY the relative number OF rnns
earned. hIr. N. E. Young, Of the White
Stockings, umpired the game. Many Of his
decisions wore close and gave evident
Dissatisfaction to the visiting club, but on the
UhoIo- ne was strict and impartial.
The game commenced q. the usual hour. The
Whites. for q wonder, won the toss, aud sent
thoir onnoncnts to bAt Tho first striker went
ont On 1y, and then brief season Of heavy
hatt;no aosned-Hastincs and Mills earnlng sin
rla hnses. pike two bases and Boyd three bases.
tho latter by ! tremendous hit over tho left
hons four mon, three Of the runs boing we'll
csrned The Whites. il, their half OF the in
ming. got in two runs, one Of which WAS earned,
A "a hitt nv Cuthbert Force and Devlln. The only
tha seeond inning the visitors we're quickly dis
nosed of AZ fas as they came to bat, Meyerle,
Hnes. and Peters doing tho business by fine fly
catchin0. Malone made sad muff Of high
fonl AZ hut fortuuatelv it did not count against
his aide. Hines started tho ball for the homo
clnb bv makipe t,fo-base hit Of the fair-foul
order. The two succeeding strikers wero dyed,
aud then Cuthbert and Force got in safe hits,
hT;noinc in an earned run. The Hartford.
foiinwed snjt in the third INNING,
Hsstnoa esaayine the fair-foul hit with
rreat succe,s. two buses being the
Tcs,lt. pike brought him home with long hit
to centre.fo two bases. but WAS subsequently
mr. onr hiYnse}f for running on 4 f1y before the
hall was caucht-n decision which displeased