, 1875-05-16
Pazalyziug Effect Of the Cold On the
Home Club,
fht Athletics defeated in Their First Cana
With The Bastsns.
Q'Ieary Begins His Grand Walk To-
Day--1nternationA Rida
Match.
1F10I lSFIk-S
WHITE EroQKIK0s-KEoKUK!

WUTE Observation-Disclosures.
The White Stockings returned from their dis
sst1ous st. Lonis tour Friday morning, and
yesterday afternoon played their first home game
for the championship. It Was With the West-
erna OF Keokuk, and ths third in their series
with thss club.
Only BY the barest chsnce did they escape IN
augu,atins their Chicago contests With > bad
defeat, and that, too. at the hands Of = second
rate nine, composed almost wholly Of amatsurs
which thoy have beaten this season BY Is to l.
Ten inninga wefa required to gain victory OF
one run, the score being to s. =.
The game was . poor one. Tho Whites did
but very little execution at tbs bat, and their
of disgraceful. In several innings there Was
sharp, pretty WORK, but it was Offset by so many
bad errorB that the fielding, taken as = whole.
must be regarded as much below professional
standard. The game played BY the heokuEs
was probably fully up to their average
Considered N comparison with the best cham
I'ionship contests. it was poor. bus' for club
Of whom no one expects great things, and OF its
compos;tion, it was good enough. 1t Waa equal
to that Of the White Stockings. The latter Dlne
strong excuse for their poor playing. 1t ~as no
day for baseball. The temperature was de-
citedty frosty, and the bright sunshine which
held cut tha promise Of ha1my day WAS Elar-
lrg deception. l. cold wind blew down from ths
Eo!th II chilly and nirping ~ if it had just
SWEPT ACROSS = sen Of icebereg- The fact ID,
QUE BOYS WEE COLD.
They could not, except by tic most thought
less and uufeehng, be expected to play bail on
eQIa day. The heart1esauoss OF the manager
or directors in obhging these poor fellows to 60
into the fald in their thin uniforms IN such
weather is simply diabolica1 and heartrending.
jimmy Wood has bad the sympathy and con:
fdeace OF the ent1re public. He has been
counted man Of prudence and benevoleuoe-a
Eind-heaEsed, earnest, humane gentleman But
q repetition Of such inhumznlty will cost him
this pleasing reputation. 49,
It nay he said that thu weather was just as
severe fer the WeatefDs. But that's where
vou mako mistake" The Westerns, all the
tsE1c tha. cur boys were ahiyering and blowing
upon their fingers, were glowing NTH he:!thfal
every man ot. tho Westerns is \ naliye OF thia
c;t7 the few who have not that honor wera born
jnAlaska. aad we're early Injured to polar climate
The Chicago men of the pine tved here last
winter. They experienced all the bitter cold
weather Of that remarkably cold season. They
became rsed to it, grew rugged, hard, and im-
pe-vio1s to cold Theg could stay out doors IS
long ~ drugstore Thermometer, and never
feel it. Most OF them eut ice and worked in ice-
horses during Al tho ''cold snspe-" They enjoy
cold weather better than polar besrn-
Could such men be called on such day as
yeEts.dar9 1t was simply ona OF the days do
lngs with them. The perspiration ran down
their tanned faces, they tied handkeschieta
around their necks to keep from being sunbuzrt,
ssssess sea sss '"o o crest Has Hsss' oa1 '' It fs s
o:sosas oTesass:ion. 0' Of the *4 anaet Gs1 humss
Gber nur=ed in the lap Of luxury, and just re-
turned from luxuriating in the baiuy climes Of
revelc5 in SUMMER climat tes than ours. Our
chill air s:r1koa them to the marrow And, as
they had just returned from very hot rour to
ST. Louie, they we're not naturally prepared to
boas1 bossv such .ncb dy yyht fad yffatesday bss
svsrsa Rs1ss With 'nsa sad En- xhos as5
and it is surprising that they played as we'll as
they did. That they defeated these Western
1ce;anders is remarkable. And the Epns, in
s:ea6 OF being seized upon as an indication Of
their weakness, when tho aboTe facts are appro-
ciated. should rebound much to their credit.
If these men Are to be obliged to play in such
frosty weather,
ooatnog HUMANITY DICTATES
TINT they should be properly equipped. Let
them be warmly dressed. They should be pro-
cloth, s-alekin caps 7...h ssz-tabs, 1oolen nit
ten9 and fannel-hued ovezshoes. and hot fro
should be kept in the drassing-roorn where
they can warm themselves between bats
CAicaEofa devotion tc base-ball waB attested by
the size Of tho audicoce- Notwithstanding the
presout.
TEE GAME wAs CALLED
at about $3.50 o'clock, David Aston having been
selected as urpplre, = position in which heshowed
be filled to the entire satisfaction OF both parties
anc the audlsnce.
TIE Westerns drew blanks in the first three
innings, the Whites not having yet got ctiiled
through. The Whites we're similarly t1eatcd In
the first two -
In The third they put in three 1una Bielaski
got first On \ base Int. Higham blew On his
fingers, aud struck to first, who muned. and he
took tho bsae- Hastings wiped the frost OIL bis
mustaGhe and brought in BlelasE in > hit to tbs
stole Eecond to keep his feet varuA War
ren's fingers we're stiff, and went out at first
H;gham came ia with his ears frozen on Devlins
hit to ceu,re-neld, on which tha latter was re-
:,red- Hastings scored, his nose and cheeks
being IS Ehlto as = soow-ba1l, on Hines base hi:
to short right fold Hines couldn't stand still
without pe1istine, SO he stole second in attempt
lug to keep bis feet from freezing, whence hs
hobb!ed ir on account OF PeterB' immediate out.
In thei- fourth inning the Westerns took ad-
vantage OF tie chilly condition OF the Whites,
and knocked ont two runs. Golden got first On
lands -a1m. Deylin then stuck his fingers in
mu1 and allowed Simmons base- Jones hit
past White. who waz just about slx feet of numb
uehs: and brought totn in.
Inc HE1LEE sAI1eQ one IN Io61f n1[Q% 1}ENhm
being tbs scarSr, who ri ~ helped 10 il by son1o
pretty nauhng and wild throwing by the Vest
07nA
In the sixth inning both aides vcrs banked in
tae order in which they came to bat
In the seventh inning tho Westerns warmod
the Whitea, in ono sense Of the word a. least
White. who is from the ba1my climate OF WASH
inston, sud wholly unaoclitnated to this veather,
Vaa ~ cold a. IN tcicie, aud could do
nothing. His wild throw gave Riley
bis base Golden WAS presented with first
By Whites mu0 Of his group6er. Simmons
w7s sir,ilnrly endowed with another nun Ly tf,a
ssme player; 1tiley[ then Tailed on ooinn's bit
to short Golden followed On H.llinaa's hit to
left ield. which the..p1ayer there INJURED but
caught Summons It second Quinn scored On \
safe hit By Jones. little diversion was then
made by Jooea. Who attempted to steal second.
6rd played of from first to induce tho Whites to
attempt *sruu out" They promptly did m
during which Hallinan ran in from third.
When the ninth inning was reached the score
was to 4 il favor Of the Westerns, Il wax
= rather gloomy outlook for the frost bitten
Whitas. Iu. they retired the EookukB with
cipher and tied ths game, PRINCIPALLY BIZ Hal
luan*s terrible overthrow to frpt by which
Eishaza TOOK third. Haatines hit to short-ston.
MAO far.b:2d badly, 1et Dick in and Hastings IL
turn WAS brought home b1 Whites fne liner
over first.
In tho tenth inning, after Jonrs had reache1,
fisst hses hit, Cai bne, Goldsmith, asd Mlllgi