, 1876-06-21
SPORTING.
Return Of the Whites from Their
Eastern Trip.
Thoy Begin Operations by Defeating
tile Mutuals 4 to 2.
Animal Meeting of tho Illinn{s Stale
Sportsmcn's Association.
BASE-DALL.
T1tR INCEPTION GAME.


The Chicago Club, returning from tho best
Enstcrn tour over made hy Western club
{barrinE unc), and bearing tho finest record ever
nude by professional club against equally
strong antagonists, were accorded threatening
weather antl consequently small attcndanco
yesterday. It is II curious n,id not altogether
pleasing commentary on baseball interest In
This city ia say {ns the truthful observer is
Obliged to) that the punplu sertn tn ohlcct to
tcr tho present club play hall because they nrc
moro successful than any organization ever
gathered IN Chicago This 10, Ut course, rs III
contrast to tAr attendance md patronage given
to last year's ntnc, which fought 80 nobly for
thu lH,stoln Of tho list. It may bct perhaps,
tl.at the threatening weather Ut yesterday la.l
somewhat to Ito with tic attendance; II thu
co,lnt at Thursdays game shall prove this the
case, nn apology Is really.
Yesterdays game was begun With tl,n Whites
ut tile bAt, a.lI 1larnua led oil with slnrp hit
to Nchals, which thu Inter picked up slowly
but sent to Start In tim to capture the STRIKER
II tho bail ial been licld-whtel tho sumo It
to steal second, nitscI by Hicks wit!c tl,raw,
md went 10 third III Hines flnc linn drive past
sccosNl. The inter stole accond rs a matter ut
COURSE, antf AtlsoH ssas called to assstfuc tho
responsibility of bringing iu the runs. H. was
quite equal lo the task. mud lIlhde model hit
to right centre, I'll which both Barues and ninrs
aeOrel.
To offset this good beginning tho afut,,nls
acnt In HnltlswurtIl, WIN lit sair1y, anil, after
Start and Yreacy had made outs, tic bases wcrd
filled by Etallinan md CFaycr's clean baso hits.
Hicks was, lOwgycr, unequal to The emergency,
md the si,lc retired OH his high hit, which
Glenn captured.
Thu second inning having heen passutl BY with
out q run, tlie Whites opGlea the third wltIl
Whites ling ty to Trcacy, which was well taken
outside tic iunl-nc. lItnrS followed with
finc bit, nn.l was given second MI Hicks Wild
throw tn Cravtr. Anson 1le!pul matters by
safe une to left field, anl llIlses went casily to
thiyll, Whun Anspil started to steal sucond
llicka threw to Craycr to catch hin, and Was
successful though lIfncs saved his rlti. TN the
play, which was ill hu hoped or expected.
Thu next scoEinE was done in tho sixth inning,
wien Peters ltd oil with M out, and Glenn put
In n fair-foul hit, on which lle reached (rst.
Spalaing followed With u high one, which
dropped safely In right field, and Dlclaski put
ono Just aver third, 10 I'LL thu buses. Barnes hit
hard to the out-ncld, and saved llcnn's run,
though muliing All out himself. The Mntunls
nlso srnrc'l In ts Inning for the first md last
tinlo tn the game. lIa!liuau led oil With two
bnsvr over Glenn, md crossed tho home plato Oh
Craycr'sS hit to left field, which should have
yielded 0nly one basc, but which l>Y ha.l throw
let the striker to third, 1IickH followed witt,
clean lit, which sent Craycr ho,ne with thu sec
onll anl last ruu for his sfle. Thu lust three
innings yielded no runs to either club, anu tho
gatno ended with the following
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