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took tho heat tfmo 281. Little Mao alao took
tho next heAt BY asmall margin In 2s201l.
EASE BALL.

"A%N 0bAs AVNb - - A4eA6A%* A~@ @'~o/A'
BASE BALL.
= THE RETURN or THE WHITE sTouK1Hds.
| party Of much demorallzed bnll-pihyora yoH-
toriay arrived In tho city which they consent to
call thor, temporary headquarters for and in
consideration Of Sums ranging from $1 900 TO
a., 400 oaoh for about four months Of soryico
such AZ It H. Yhoshor their employers foe
good ovor tho bnrgatn, mud consider that thoy
have carnod their money, is no affair Of ours |;
but, wIiethor thoBo nine Or ton professional
baso bail players havo relcoted orodit upon
tho city whose nano they boar, md
have 30 conducted themselves rs to
sustain tho standing Of loeeryedly popular
class OF outdoor amusement, Is taatlor Of
somo general consequence. Tho so-callea Chi
oago Club has made sorry record on Its first
Eastcrn trip. II has, in faot, accomplished tho
traotod vast amount Of attention on that ac-
count. Daao bnll is provorbially prolific Of sur-
prizes, but tho White ssookinga have fairly won
tho titlo Of
TuB CHAMPION Aeroa1sHERs.
When the nino Was frat organtzod, It WAS
unanimously agrood, on tho strength Of tho pro-
vtous rocorda Of tho respective players, that tho
team Wan second to mono. Tlia was ad-
.mtttod' cyorywhoro. aud brilliant aoaHon
WAS predioted. But nobody then anticipated
that thoae hoavy-aalariod lmportations woro
going to progress baokWarta-that Myorla Was
to provo Worso than worthless; that Zcttloin was
to ohapgo rank from tho bost to the poorest
pitcher In America; that Forca WAS to fa1l away
In his batting, and Outhbort In his folding; that
Devlin would degenerate 10 rapidly; and that,
worst Of all, 1t would DO necessary to place on
the siok~list tho tlueat Captain aud Rooond-base-
man In the country, and fill bis ptace with an
amateur player. Nobody could forcseo all this,
which has como to pass before tho aeaaon ia half
ever.
Tho commencement OF tho summers PLAY WAS,
upon tho whole, auspofous. The games ron
woto well won, and those lost wero mainly lost
BY bad luck. Therefore
THE oLup WENT EABT
with fair prospects. In the olarge Of capable
and conscientious manager, they started away.
mores being boaton by q score Of "a to 6. The
next game Was not 30 good, though the Chicago
nlno wore victorious again. The game with tho
Philadelphia On the 18th Of June was ren1ark-
vss weak. The gams was lost 1t the BAT, aud
1t was considered strcak Of rnre good luck for
tho philadolphtas to have caught thor oppo-
nents on IN OF dny. Two days later, whom tho
IN % favor Of tho' Wits stookings~too much 80.
thoro was reason to bolleye, Tor the favorites
vera horribly beaten, and
LANCE AMOUNT OF MONEY r,
fonns its Ways way to the pookst of ons . or moro
membora OF the Chicago Club, that charge being
mado and supported BY what must have boon re-
garded as evidence which could not bo ignored.
Buoh betng tho state Of things, tho manager sus-
pondod from tho nlna two suspected playors, but
was compelled to roinstato them in order to keep
tho club from gong to pieces through sheer
weakncBs and tnoapaoity. Tho charges OF fraud
5G 5 now .1s nSsGbe b bps a sd %stS.1 hs f1Ss ts
charges wero truo or false, tho faot that they
wsre made and seriously considered had fear-
fully demoralf2ing o0oos.
pIsTNusT AND PERSONAL AN131os1Tx
among the players wore clements of woaknees
whloh resulted in bringing about the wretohed
defeats which followed. In tho gama which tho
Mutuals won by score Of 50 to !, Hettlein and
tho Mutua1a scored 37 unoarned runs, willis the
White Stockings made but two base-hits all told.
Mnlones hands, alrcady very sorc, were cruelty
pounded up IN this game, and tho nine was
crippled indeed.
ii Tho no1t game, that with tho Atlantlcs,
Zetttosn and Cuthbcrt .werc reinstated. but tho
ntne battcd like parcel Of sick sohoolboys, and
score Of 10 to 8 ngninst them was tho result.
In this game Oonnell an amateur. served aa
catohor, Malone being disablea.
A rally ct tho bat was made IN tho game with
tho Hagtiords, whom tho WhtsoRuust managed
to beat. But the streak Of hitting faiod to hold
to 9. Hcre again the batting w.e pitfully weak,
and gamo was lost which could hayo been east
ly won by three or foar good hits at critical
points. Tho bases we're loaded two or three
times. Tith outhbert, bort, Foroe and Myerls At the
lost. II 'tis uoxt game With tho Dostons tie
latter failed to do an b,tting md ought to hayo
been badly boatcn. Tho Wh1tea batted woll this
time. but Myerle and Deglln kindly contributed
errors which fairly flung the game 10 tho Boa
tons In spite Of themsslves. Then there was
MoRR DECENTRALIZATION,
and In the ne1t game tho Dostons got 20 runs
against Q. This was frightful condition Of
bad fielding and woak batting on the part OF tho
Chioa8o Club. Their next attempt waa moro
oroditablo in both respects, and they won q
game from the At!antics By . score Ok to 8.
t. On a sy 81
Myerle, Deylin, 0uthbert, and Zottlein giying
away the game. The laqt game Of tho trip was
against tue Athletics, Who boat them IS to 7.
s oa Gnt no a1% ss h sna y f bns
closed one Of tho most disrrslitabla base ball
excursions On record.
-. THE nrAsor OF IT ALL
soema to DO past finding cut. The players them-
manager, Mr. Young when inte1rogated gives
1t up as d conundfnm he cannot answer. He
boars testimony to the fact that 1t was not
Drunkenness or dissipation. Never nine went
eS ~ ~ could DpSF sss ees ss1Sa ssaps shte 70
play, hut could not mako them do the playing."
Is the rnanagor's mournful epitomo Of tho trip.
When asked ii any Of tho players had boon tanl-
refused to be interviewed. Tho President Of tic
club equally decIontin theories az to cause aud
effect, and wlshes. for the hunurodth time, that
the introduction OF base ball had beon delayed