The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-29
PALLONE.

FIRST REGULAR GAME OF THE ITALIAN GAME
OF BALL YEsTERDAY-THE SCORE.
Tho arst regular game OF paone was played ycster
day afternoon on the club ground, Sixty ninth street
and Madison avenue The attendance was not rs
large as might have been expected but the game IN
no way depends upon an audience for the play
was enjoyed BY those witnessing and participating
In IT, In thus match game many line
points were developed which tho first
exhibition gave no indication Of For instance, when
the mandarino negccts to pitch the ball properly IL
is perm ssabic tor the striker the ball At his
head and Try 10 knock MIN down Those familiar
with baseball know what unenvable position q
poor pitcher occupies when he is serving to an ex
pert batsnan. Oiten his agility avaiis nothing
and he Is knocked 'out OF tmeo Ciponl the striker
Tor The reds, frequently baked our Lfnes
OWING u the wrcIched pitching OF the mandarino Tor
his SIDE anu once losing PATIENCE he bent himself low.
tho bread basket OF Mr. Mandarlno. me ma nler.no
turned pale and was inclined 10 be cross but having
been .ured in Italian oy several OF the spectators
and game attendants that no deserved al he got and
more 100, he smiled again and Tor several lnn-
Egs his pitching was superb he lapsed into
careessness again ami might have continued IN his
wicked way Indefinitely had not Cipollini the ball
against his head VITA quickenng elect. Once or
twice ny miracles OF agility the mandarlno escaped
vicious aims MADE az HIM ny CipollinL The man
darino for the blues has TOO much respect Tor the
deadly precision s. Of Buroni IT, to denver him
the blues was consequently lar superior 10
that Tor the other sue The play yesterday
much better than that shown the practice DAYS
but many OF the spectators complain the players
do not exhibit sufficient interest IN tho game This
complaint comes from tho TACT that often during the
play the players have allowed a score to DO made
against thom when, If they had excrtcd themselves
they might have either changed postponed the re-
suit.
PLAY.
Play opened shortly alter five +. NJ, the following
sides having been chosen
Blues -Amadeo Baroni Dominica Martini and Gio-
vanni VespquanL
Reds-Gulseppo cpollini Egidio Maos.rell, and Dam
aso MastreliL
Tho went first TO and for three In nings
failed TO make point foul in the fourth
inning by the blues scored one Tor tho reds
and tho next inning closed the game having
been won by the blues, who mad the four
points necessary " constitute game. Twenty-Five
games In ell were played and the stood at the
con usion :Reds II; blues. IL. IL VIII be noticed
that the aggregate OF the Two 3D. only
~ games were played a word OF explanation Is neces-
sary IN the thrd game the reds made four consecu-
tive points, thus giving the blues what is known
baseball parlancc "~hitewash." This whitewash
counted two games for the reds aud explains now II
and IL make -
THE SCORES.
The blues won the first game, the reds the second
and third, the blues the fourth SIXTH seventh eighth
entb eleventh, twelfth, eighteenth, twentieth ana
twenty-second Thus at the close OF the twenly sec.
ond game, tho actual scores stood ii, IL, and
but for the brilliant play in the third game by reds
another game would have been played.