, 1876-07-21

BEST uAME ON THE CHTCAU0 CLun RECORD.
The atxth game between the Chicago aud
Ioutsvllla Clubs exhibited the home nine itl an
entirely new role. They were noted during the
early part Of tl.e season for playing ttlnrp tIclA
tng and fair batting gnuica, mud stfice they ar-
rived homo trotn their Eastern tour they have
wnn several cuntests by sharp play with the
stick, coupled with comparatively fnose work In
the field. OF tlsls Character WIS the first Eame
with tho LouIsvfllcs Tuesday. Yesterday, how
ever, the Whites not only Improved their bat
ting, but closed up on errors, and played The
best game In tho field which bna ever been re.
cnrled IN tbs West. It is OH tho books that tho
Hartford club l,as plnyc'l two gnnes this year
on their own grounds without tlclsitng error.
Tho first was luno 10, wien they beat the St.
Louis to 0, and tho xecond was June II, when
they captured tho Louisv,lcs By to O. These
were, Of course, both In the East, and yestcr-
tlays game was the first of tho kjud etcr played
In tho Wcst.
The audience WIS not up to what It should
have been to witness such game; bus Il was
fair ono, thu races and all OTHER things consider
cd. spaldsng astouls,sed himself by winning tie
tosst md Arson dfsposcd OF the llrst two nle1,
by fine tllrows to MeVey, after which Gerlarit
and Allison nit safely to left Held, but were LETT
ly llaasLngs ,1! bounder to spadng Thy y rSi'ain.
>tAt - kao tttnt ~ SAots tt+
posett Of by Saying that they dkl1't aiItomnt to
anything, utl u for tic battling Of TIE vtsttors,
WHY, they didn't DO any. Illc seeOnu, fourth,
ll!th, sixth, nnl eighth tnntngs did not sec
l.nlsvElle batter TN base. LII Tie third inning
llaEuc hit well over sPalding: tn the seventh,
Full,ler sent safe ono TO lett tcldi and II thu
last Allison WIS sc1lt to blst 1n rallctl bal's+-
simply this a'iH nothing norc for Tic history Of
the svll!cs' battling.
With the tosnc club 1t was diftcrcnt. They
began their Hlnrp hitting III the FIRST inning and
kept i up to the close II the ga'c, being deter.
mincd, ns 1t SEEMED, to acure IT. every Inning.
barnes led oil with a fatr-fpul for two bases;
nsld Is Just to tit to Say TINT the sanc pllrase
has hccu written about him solnG twenty times
this gear. Peters hit we'll TO Gerliardt, and WIS
50 badly mut1cd tlat nc reached 1lrst III SAFETY,
while Barnes Look tll!r1. Alevcy cracked Ole
ont to centre tfetI, letting Harncs hona and
Peters along u thirl. After Ans0n llad been
retired hy Hastings, White seni 1,[cu o1sc Into
left field And touk second On slow handling.
11inea nladc m Uut, and Spalling cracked Il
sharp boul.ler past second, clearing. the bases
nntl gnnklnE four runs to the good. In tic sec-
ond inning Barnes hit q safe 1sorper to left
centre, and worked round u tl!ir!! Oil Fulmcr's
wild throw to Gcrhardt to catch linn OF first IN
tllc return Of the bail. Peters hit t1 Gcrhar,!t
to bring in the run, anl was successful, though
he w,1 himself run out Oh oil attempt to ect
second.
AnsoD opened the third inning with sharp
one past third. White hit u 6oundcr which
Fulmer tuck IN very easily a'd aent to sontr-
yllic tn loPo Of doub!c play, but 1t was 1slui1ed
| al tut 1fFBL Bt4t10 nn DOLL ftttEfg WEtA Sale.