, 1876-07-30

c. Snyder, Henry keSslcr,
Charles Fulmcr. Y. i Foley. j..
ATHLETICS. Nathan ". HICKS,
Levi Meyerle, I:ober, Mathews,
j. v, Batt;n, Ja,nes fiallinan,
&. ". Bradley. Il. S. Honth.
For some unexplained reason no notices have
becn received Of several other engagements
known to have bren nlade as, for inStu1lcc, that
of Tikc with the Cincinhatis. Tic Louisville
CuuY.ier-JuurhuL proclaimed some time ago that
Su1neryillc AMI Ryan had been rc-cngaged, but
no notification Of tllat fact has bccn received,
and the above are I'LL the engagements made
public sn far.
Mr.. Bath, appears in the rather anomalous
position, Of having signed to two clubs,-but
Tint is IL matter f0rthe League. Three clubs, the
Boston, Chicago, and Mutual, have as yet iil:1tsc
no contracts fur next year. And this may be 4
good place to drop Il paraSrapl III answer to
Several letters addressed toTHE tribune asking
why the Chicago Club management don't
engage their team for M next ,,,,9Sart Xeart
circumstances; and, as he should be given
the credit for assembling the only tirst-class
team Chicago ever had, so he should be let
alone III his movements for 1877. Hc will DO
just what Is best, 10 doubt.
ANSWERS.
4 correspondent asks: .'lIow were the three
outs nude in the Caicago's half Ut the seventh
iunlng Ut the game of July 25:'
aus,cer-Spalding was first at bat in that i'll
ming, and took first on an error by Kesslcr.
Andrus was then put out by Kesslcr OIL a fly,
one out. Glenn then hit lair foul, taking
first and sending Spaluing to second. Barnes
then struck three times at the ball aud did not
hit it. II Foley (c.) had held the third strike
only one man would have been out, but he
1nuffed it purposcly, thus forcing Barnes to run
to first, Glenn to second anu Sptadlny to tnlru'
f},.1f f,11 "a r11Tf
Foley sent it to Booth at third, and it was held
tlerc in time to put Spa1ding- out,-two out
But Barnes had nor cyca started to run, and so
the ball was sent over to first and put him out,
three out
Q.-How were the three outs made by the " Whitcs
in the ninth Inning same game?
4,.suer-Peters' struck out, McVey was run
out bv Gould and Swcasy after clean hit, anu
Ansou was tiel1ed out bv SweasY to Gould.
To ne Editor c5 The 1n1St' T1tonaer ,,;sr;ro
Sintl inning Oh called balls after two men were
ont. In your report of the game yon do not credit
with an error In a late issue of TIE tribune
you stared that player WIS not entitled to base
hit under such circumstances; THIS seems very cyl,
dent but 1t is not plain why the pitcher should
not be charged with IN error. In thus case, II the
following strikers hnd made clean hits thereby e.
how eaSned a he 1t &c
credit for reaching first base, and yet no error IL
chur.ed to the leld. BY explaining this seeming
anomaly you will oblige number OF yous % renders
A,suer-The mistake YOU make is IN insisting
that n;nc called balls must result in either a
base hit or an error, Why should they any
more than nine dead balls or ninc foul pitches.
Two-tllirds Of tue bases on called balls made Oil
SpalfIiug arc BY hard hitters, to whom he does
not care to give good bail in critical position
or course this was not the case with Allison; +;
but when any frst-class pitcher makes the play
OF that kind it would be obviously unfair to
charge him with all error Tor ~l1at was Eooa
mi and another oil third, with Barnes at bat,
and weak batter next, wouldn't it DC Sood pol
lev to give Barnes first rather Than risk
tic chances Of long hit! And
wouldn't it be e., ,ron unust ,1.xa 70 gmJ
game afforded beautiful Illustration vi what
Is meant Barnes had opened the game with
n fine drive for two bases, and seemed i'll good
shape to make another, SO that, When Ut came
to lat in the fifth inning, DEAN aeloetateiy r.,
base u the easiest way to get rio OF him. Deal.
afterwards told the White Stocking scorer that
he made the play deliberately to get r1u OF tle
PLAYER, who is with reason considered inc hcst
batter living. Would it be fair to give Dean au
error for what he did as point Of play! Ihe
parallel case is where an 1ntlcidcr drops ny
for a double play, and certainly no scorer ever
rave au error for that ii the play vas 1nasie So
3S to ret even one man OUT 1Hc oili5 toAC1u-
sion tint can be- arrived ut BY "Scorcr," When
l.e thinks the matter over, is that the base
on ballcd balls is not necessary to the column
of base hits or the column Of errors. It belongs
bv itself, where THE TRIBUNE puts it IN its pub
lishcd scores. 1t is 4 beast without character,
and has no place in the question Of earned runs
at all. II q man gets his base on called balls,
and is battcl around, his run is not earned; but
only simplcton would say that an error wnS
necessarily committed In short, the calfctt-6all
man does lis side benefit by the run, but
should not be allowed to better his own score
or hurt any one clsc's by the proceeding. IN
short, friend 's Scorer,'' you will 40 most exact
Justice if you treat base OIL called balls US nay
ing q status Of its own, and 10 not attempt 70
connect it with either OF two things for which 1t
has, separately or together, 10 affinity or rela~
ton.
SCRAPS.
Nichols, Cassidy, and Seward, of the New
Haven nine, are disabled by illness.
Nichols is dissatisfied that he consented to
make an engagement in St. Louis for next year,
and it is understood wishes to be released.
A baseball tournament at jackson, alicn',
open to everybody, has been arranged 1or' to
take place carly next month. The chie1 prize
is s50o in cash. Several Chicago clubs are ex-