, 1874-08-07
BASE DALI.


The IninusE's exposure OF tho fraudulent
gnn.o Ut baso ball playod between tho Alnt,sais
mud Wiu;e stockings, "Wednesday Afternoon, lIaA
beyr generally commended by Everybody except
those whu wero cosnlzant Of the steal And who
proiitel by their knowlodgo. Tho nulnbor Of
&lcso peopio, however, Ia comparatively e'nall,
and Ii composed manly of gannlors and Hharp-
orB. whose likus u,d dihli1ieH hro nlattorH Of no
nartIlIy consequence to tho respectable portion
Of tho community, mud VI tho reporters of tho
Clicngu Times. There fs q satisfaction IN know
thy tltat their gains in this rafllclllar i,sslllco
wGru 10 b1nal AZ to be ntnrcey wn;th
mentioning, but 1t Was their owu fault
that they woro not largor. lu Tho langsngo
ut tho htroot, tho inutlbulB of tho ring "EHs0
tluInHclyeB awuy" by their ovor-uunlent lal-
tinB IL the POOLS. Bo Transparent wAs t1Ie fraud
that uny tic yorie.t Eroutiiu,ns wero taIon III
by It, aud they Lust Dut llttlo nonoy. tllp osl'ls
oifsle.i OH tho WMto blucNluys Uoing no gruat
TINT tito Lets on tho Now ioiK club amounted tn
nothing iu comparison, The etoRl WAS InRsiagea
iu suC4 GunEhng tna1incr III to be patunt to
every pera0n uf pr.llLnry COMMON HenHo; but IT
Huo.ls lint Tho nlutnls did not oaprct 10 tlnl
ANY slen pe.Buns In Chlcago. Like all New
YorheEn, thUy boose that thero il nolhIng worthy
Ut consideration beyond lhn coniitien Ut hlanhAt-
TIM Leland, Aul they treat lii Western people III
It 40 were community of ldiotu, Of whom any
Ut discovery. Tney woro sunicnhat nliBlakon III
til cir lust youturo however, and now tlat their
raueality liRs beon exposed they loudly aBsert
IT, cir ,lnocouco, knDwing 1ltfl well &ilHt in tho
ci ty Wclo tuoy Gathn trulu II ID utt uupAruvuhblo
81 to full in my uisnunest sc4ulue.
A reporter llau u conversation With Mr. Gah-
sc Ito abuut tho gatlo, yesterday nttutn0un, mud
1t. expressed llllsrtt III being satisfied that il
IL iurly played iroM boEinuinY tu end. Alr.
q assclte III Il ii cal Mathonlatlcinn aud whenever
bta wants 10 provo anything ho rosurtB to lynroH.
Il u wlla compolled to call in tAu Aid Of Iglircs
yesterday. but, f.taHIllch ~ ho WAS not prcsohs
al tic EAtu, mt knows nothing about it oxcppt
r. um hoArsay, his adtactiOnsAbuut sRfu hits, 1eI-
In errors, iId tuo like. entitled u hut little
Ct n'idoailon. uocunvcntouLly fo!eotH thu iulco
ul THE IRlHuNEs argument relative to the
III isplays whldh were nlauo by thu Mlltuald Ut
critscAl periods, aid Dasea Liz judgment on tho
re curd, put tho record doas not sutisfY thoau
" ho witnessed tho game. They know butter
than Dir. Gassetto tint, though Tho Mutuals'
errors iu tlla field Were comparatively low, they
ware nevertheless sufficiently numerous to loso
tho game, aud wete nude i'll such d liallt1cr that
tEu ODieut oil t1em could nut be 1nistukou. The
throwing Of Tho galue Wednesday will
work nn Injury to base bull III Chicago
Tint will bo u bornus If lloL a fatnl one.
u has long bucil sulmisud here tint ga'ncs
Toru lost purposoy OIL ltIany oceaDlons. but never
until Wednesday, worU wo ehu%A beyond porRd"
venture how such rcault could bo accomplished.
Il ia to bo faarcd tltat proiusssuual playing will
henceforward 10 looked upon, III tlls city. like
my other Bpecfeb Of gambling. AZ nl eyontB,
tho MutuaIH should b0 rebukod by gonerall lai-
uro to attenl their next game.
We ao not youoll Tor tlle entiro truth OF tho
following letter, but tho wr1Ler spaaLb a. II ilo
was acquainted with tho iuLorior Workings OF tAo
hiutunl aud other clubs:
1u the Eiiar at The Chicago 7sibHns.
H1H Threo outsiders Inuk1 it business ta travel
with the Mutual Clttb Ntls1n laa interest will
.wo Of them. 1gha llas Interest with onp a,iI
III ink tWo Of tue CarltpP. Ne'Bun. ugha1 ami Hut
lt.d, know, hnye nlCn to trayul with them. ! was
aware ct thta lust Apr whu tu New York, ux NeIsun
wlntud prulninpnt Eukord nun to snre side tue.
Ar to MatluwH lo probably has beon roped in with
Ill utAers. Not snE Elu during tlu rnst Np0
ss1s but wllat t1e a1n.Ial Na Atlantic Clubs lAyo
Ii: ii members who slate sile beta with ganhlet1 who
tr9rel with tlIrn. CHELSEA.
CHICAGO, Aug. Q.
THE nABE-NA1L TOURISTS.
THO LoIltl0u 7cleg'tph Of July Il contains tho
following paragraph concerning thu Huatcn and
p.AladelphiA Base-Ba!l Clubs, NOW piayisss IN
England:
Twenty-Five men arp now On their vOyREe from
pliaderlia 10 Liverpool, whoAe uoings III the next
Vi weeks may huso tho result of popiarklng Among
TIL annther Hct1ntiAu outdoor gllu. Daa1-lall hAa
grown to lie In the United Satos what cricket IL in thu
old country, sud though 1t IN probae Tint compara-
lively few vi tile youth If Grrnt Britain will desert
rushing. hotur-Akettr gal'o such no are Hlren to
larstan latsb2 s, yet IL not unlikely that thu
American game Muy, ut eaa take rank i'll public eTti
nlutou hero with Awll, tcunH and racauslH anoig
aInoug siluBers and Hchool.hoys Tic tWenytwr
mel ca voyage aro divided Into lwo teanB The lrs
IL tue Boston, aad consis Of ten players, wose bk
AUD brrcesA haze earned fnr thG,n the baseball
lrscs twelve men, belonging to pliadelpAia, mud
styled thu AthIccs,