, 1876-09-27
A Close and Exciting Contest Be-
tween the Chicago and
Hartford Clubs.
Tho Home Club Wins the Game,
and Consequently tlie
Championship,
Home and Foreign niaemon Shoot q
Struggling Match In Wash
ington.
BASE-DALL.

In 1870 the Excelsior Ball Club Of Chicago,
by hiring Lex md ono or two other outside
nlaycrs, mado themselves virtually profcssion-
al organtzatlon-or, as we should aaT now-f-
tlays, q "sc,ni-profcsslonRl club" That year
they first n,atlo formal attcmpt ut The ci'a.n-
pionslip Of the country, and ra1so no nearer 1t
tha,1 to he beaten 20 to 0by tho triumphant
Cincinnati Red Stockings under Hurry Wright's
management. III 1870 tic frat professions!
bull club Of Chicago was organized by a few
gentlemen, and the Observation-Disclosures
grle -Cravcr- McAtce- King Duffy crowd repre-
seutcl Chicago for ycar, aud. after suffering
aeycral defeats in tho East, had vitality enough
loft to defeat tho Cincinnati Reds In two
hasl'y-fought battles, a1d titus fu1nll the
purposes Of their organization. But they failed
to reach tho championship, which 'vas then held
by Cincinnati. In 1871 the Chicago Club COM
prieed such choi;s s!r!ts e, g. zsttitsln, ilw!es'
and Ii would utmost certainly l,ayo won tic
iIag but for the Great Fire, Witch eattscd their
dsla,adnent md gaye the ps!lnant to tho Attl-
letlcs. In 1877, aid 1873 Chicago Ind no club,
Int In 1874 ouG was organized with hla!une,
Zet.leip, Dcvlhi, Force, ETC., as features. It
ended 1fftE In tho race, Boston holding flrst
place. Again III 1876 the Chtrngo Club picked
is flint al.!l tried again, tiis tine with Zcttrn,
nIinls ot readers TO bs alluded to. Every base
bull AMATEUR know8 what sort of q
team was gotten together TOR 1871, and very
few but reincuber just how they l,aye battlcd
pionship lung on single gane;
That Eame was the one piayrd yesterday With
thu Hartford Club, mud in It the chAinptons wetc
crythirE il they won, and lost nothing to speak
Of II they lost. But they won, and nov, despite
every combination, every aiusc, every un1n!r-
ness, they have played themselves fairly to the
ir2at a4 ho sie9rly M 30 aat t hosng em Ta IT. 1sr S
was IN sonic respects very good one. and, n
the main point ol Interesting the crowd, hardly
surpassed by my contest of the year. II was
To and lost ty'ce' aud resulted ar n nn vstofy
aud itest t yst :. t''' Ass;; ssed who hsslia as
u Susc.s M s ye ysat ,' It ws w 1 otsr her,
FaH,et while q couple Of extrnordInnry catches
by Addy-and oneof them was fairly Impossible
until t@2kcEL,prefcnt'I tax the other. side irm tic
M psTnes sa III y ii Eas T., q1s fers sers
Tiis ru. gaya lead, which wus held until thu
fifth Inning, when Cummings hlt well into right
i hsh @ one, which Hines, Wien Perfectly veil,
would l,nyc reached, but which on this occasion
went for a two-baser. Cassidy nidcd very
mitch BY slarp, bonndsr paat second.
QHA 10Fk EG0Ectt4 HlAAIl!Es LHG HkutGb
3 to ngainBt Chicago In tho
| next Inning, however, the great trouble Of tho
/ campaign blossomcd out anl carried grief to
| the bnckcrs Of the Dark Blues. ArBon led of
| with terrific hit between lett md centre for
| Tires bases, anu scored OIL MeFeyfR bounaer,
Which eatnu 50 badly to Ferguson that he could
| not handle It IN tlnG. Peters shut one over Into
right Eicll and McVcy reached third, but fnie1
to come hone wtr1l rctcrs started Tor acco1ltl
| tho latter being put out on thu p!Hy. Whites
contribution was il dr0pper into lelt field. ut
which lle reached suctild, wiI!le Aicvcy scored.
| Hines added line drive into left field, bcng
| Ills third clean hit Ut the gnne, nnd Spalling
who was about "tluc for i llit," lcut tic lal
bump which droppea Il over between Yor1
| anu Rcasru, and White scored. After Glcnr
| had retired, Addy lit we'll to loft for a base
al.l Dar,lcs sclst lot utin to Cary, which was
too sharp for that plnycr, anl tho bases wcrt
full when the side should haye been out
4tnson, coming to bat n second time In tn,
Inning, put In beautiful line drive l,car TIN
left foul llau for two buses, letting IN spal1int
! anl Adtly, uI1a leaving tic Chicago gc0re OF
Which wus tile figure ut thu elusr, The Hurt
forls, having bcGn retired for blanks In th
sixth, seventh, and eighth Innings, went Into th
last with 10 tic, aud by five safu tlIta, nidcd b.
huff Of Whites mud Il paipabse crrnr of TIL
umptrcs ut l,olnc plate, scored four This, Wlel
Ito,ilsen hit short iy tu Glenn, utld tle galni
wus over, utld tho Cicagos wcro champions O
tue ycur. The two catcslc8 natle by Addy o1
Cummings a,nl York il, this Inning were es
traorlinArY Dits Of fielding. Following Is