, 1875-05-20
SPORTING NEWS.
The Whites Defeat tho Browns
.-.O to 4.
The Latter Club Weakened by the Ab.
aanca Of Thor Pitcher.
The Bostons Again Defeut tho Hartfords
-..t0 to Q.



Raoos.
BASEBALL.
WHITES AND DEowEH.
The White Stockings met the brown Legs, .!
at. Lou!s,--or rather the patchea-up remnant Of
that Club,-for tho f1rns timc on their OWN
grounds yesterday afternoon, and defeated them
by scoro Of . 10 4. There noro about 1000
people present. Tho victory was valuable, so
far a. Il coants in tho championship raco. but
was not 1T ail croditablo undor tho circum-
ptances. Tho 81. Louiaans waro aeriouaiy woak-
cned BY tho loss OF tAefr pitcher, . mau
whose p!.co no substitute could supply,
and they vent Into tho laid without much hopo
Of SUCCESS.
Taken Mt such disadvantage. # WAS not
matter of surrrlso to any one aware that
their s:rens. licn snhlnly IN I'.aaley'a pitching
that Tho Whites achieved Bubatapttal victory.
HELD 70 TUE AoRzENEsT.
fow dsya ago, Manager Wood, Of tho
Whita Stockings, received word from tao
st. Louis management TINT Bradley
had jnst ro,pived ncws Of The do..h Of lis
mother in the East, and as ho had gone to attend
hcr funeral, they requested THAI tho dsto OF
their games will, the Whito Stockings bo
c!anCol. It was expected that under thu pccn-
liar and unfortunate circumstauces 3lr. Wood
woul not hesitate to make new arrangement.
But ho fuplicl that he would hold tho
Browns to t!to;r agreement. Tho game
muat be played or forfeited. lie would
not depsrt from this position. and tbs rnauago-
mant were obliged to como hers yesterday With
d ni1so seriously broken. 10 no condition TO play
stronK game. aud unprepared to ropreecnt the
usual stfDogth Of tho brown Icss. Mr, Woods
detcrninotloo has gained tho White Stockings
came over their rivals, and Il they fntl TO INT
nraiHr i san1das when l,2 WI se5,sa,n'y nppos!
tY to win tho onIg ga1no tue Club will probably
yet from tia 81. LouIsana this scason.
Fleet. a euhHtttute, au old me.nbcr Of the At
iantics. but un'oara Of ss pitcher. wsa played
substitute is evident from tho record Of blse
hits made Oh him By tho whitea. Thoy
batted him with caro- aud aono
Of tho weakest hit:ors at tho nino aetouiHhed
ths!nsclvoB with safa attttes ond earnoi basap.
1tt fact go many base lite must have ss.onsaed
nli Of theD, na they had not senn 90 many Of
their OVID making for 1ohg tuc. Fleet ia not
a. good Pitcher 40 nillen. OF tho Fzau!tlinR. 1t
was atuost ilko taking au untrio3 man out OF
the tctd and playing him in that poation.
ANOTHER DRAWBACK
to tha Drown Legs MAS tho loss Of Hague. their
third baaesnau, who Is sick. This nocossitRtcd
playing Eatliu 10 that position and Seward at
second. ). The Wbitos rlared n their ususl rosi-
ttonH, with tho exception al Hastings aud Hig.
l1am; thu former catching, and tho lattoc going
into tho ceutie field.
TUE oAMx
Naa IN Inferior oue on both aides. At the bat,
malo ioor exhibit. but In tho fold thov played
rather mora caro'essty than usual, cnpeciAl5
Zrttein, who pitched wildly and thraw badly.
Al! Of tho basca and short.ssop. howorer. wore
fairly played. and Dclaski. IN tho right field.
made coupso Of wonderful ca:ohos, which were
Loudly aur!audod.
Tho Browns found Zet.loin hard to bill, and tn
tho whoo game they acored but i've base hits.
In tho field they woto guilty Of Humber ct Or
rors, the largest Share OF wllch fall to Nillor,
who did not aodm to be up to mark.
nY INNINGS. .......'.
Tbs gasno 'ta called promptly ut $3.50 o'clock,
Denn1s alhck, Of tho st. Louis Empires. urupird.
The Drowns lost tho toss, and went to bat
dteuh boggu tho esrors for tho Whites By muf-
ang cnthbsrt's long ly. wild pitch gave
Eddie third, whonce he cauo in on piaEcBa hit
to centric, which Was m,HjudRed aud uauiled.
like went out BY weak hit to uinoe. pielce
ard Eoulod out to catcher. mud Chapman closed
tho tnn'nG BY being caught At aecond in an at-
HIghsm openoa tho fnn for tho chiesgos By =
noat baso bit to lef<. Haatiliga WIS given base
on called balls. povltn then corhcd n long one
agafnas tia loft etda fence, and brought Higham
homo. Hastings can,o III Oh Hines hit to seo-
ond. who throw to catcher to nlp Hastings. but
the ball was uuTed. Miller shraw back 70 800
ond, and tl.ero caught ulno8 but tho play A.
lowod Deyn to talIy. In tho noxt Bix inniuga
tho Browns wcge .Whitowasled. Their batting
was very weak, md the fielding Was not difficult
to a.teud to. Hlona's ano r,iaaing catch In tho
s11th whs the feature Of tho fielding.
The Whitcs added ono run to theif eoorc Ia
tho third inling. Glenn took arRt on called
balls snd base hit by Zettietn and . mu1 by
Dastin lot him SEQ tho home piate. In tho third
inping they Increased tho!E score by one run
moro, which wna earned by good batting BY
NighAm, Hastings, aud Daslin. Higham wan
The scorer. Tho bases Afterwards wero full, bat
the aide was tutitod without furthor runa by
sharp PLAY by the in-Aeld.
Tho Whites shnrod III tho wt1itewasl1 for Tho
nort three tnniugs. The playing Of tho Irowna
WAS marked by fine folding by lhe third -bass.
who stopped noycral very vicious balls, and
throw them with ercat aocuraoy.
In tho seventh, hase hits by fiigdaus. Hastings,
socond. Assistoh tho Whstos to two runs.
III tho eighth the Drowns added tuo runs
to their gcore, by lAso hits by Dchlmsa,
Miller md Cu.hbo1t. together. With =
mnn Of foul by uah'tuEa and , wild throw by
Xettlen. Xost. however, in this inning, re-
doomed himself by stopping plko'a savage liner,
aud iIAstiuga' oua-handed running catch OF
Chhpn,an's fou! washed Ats sins away.
Tie UEoHns Hoto banked in thelr stirling
order in tho ninth. Tho Whites knocked out
two more runs by good batting on the!t eida
nnd au error Of Floote On the B1oHns'. Warren
md Doy!tn were tho Bcorer6.
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