The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-27

The distance from to il 3eshs feet and that from
G 20 20 feet The hnc G % divides The hcld a hal
and either sdc Of which tho players taks Their
places indicated By the letters rhe players saa ia
number, are divded inot~o rarlc reds asd ouas ana
a nsdnddrtno piicner sdaed. whose soie duty 10
10 denver the ball 10 the striker Tue striker Stands
at A, and he runs toward !, the maRaarina The han
Is delivered, aud he meets IL midway between ths
points strikes with Jraocsdls or Nooaen braas ct
often sending II my ieet Va the air thc ball % crbIg
bold arch and descending within low icet u tne
opposite limit
rms BRACELET Axp NALL
Tho bracciaic entirely covers the usit hand aud
tends three or four Inches above the wrist Al oval
opcnng through the middle enables the player to ~.
scrt his hand with ease anu grasp a sbar. which
adjusted at the lower end Tho outside OF the bracis
bristes with lockwood pegs Two inches ons. o these
pegs there arc alternating rows aud the insirn
ment completed weighs about nye pounds Tho ball -
five ana hall inches IN diameter, OF stlt he'd buhlde.
II Is distended with compressed AIR pumped alter
each inning.
Ar PLAY
Play opens and proceeds as iollows:-The striker at
PUSHES with all the speed no capable OF TO meet
the ball tossed toward MIN BY IL ne wnirls ls r.ht
arm with the bracciaie upon IT, strikes tho ball aud
sends II IN u beautiful curve high above and across
tne line D. The players on the other s'de.
the nun at A, meet aud hil tho ball back,
for II Il strikes aud rolls ON the ground the strikers
sldc counts one II the ball bounds but ~
allowable to bat 1t back again whence II came n the
fielding party should manage 70 knock The bai back
beyond tie line marking the hcid OF the ba,,crs s,dc
and II fall Hat and be not returned tho ned-
ers count one The betting party at has great
advantage In the game, Tor II lie be skilfu be
the ball IN close To the high deal wall erected along the
line XII, SO that his opponents are unable TO bat u
back. To cquazo the advantages the blues and
alternate positions every second game, that no
decided benefit may be rcaped by either sio
count OF location. Each fail OF the ball counts one
point for the party which struck II last and when
either side scores four ponts a game Is won.
PINE PLArIsG
In the sixth game yesterday the play was magni-
cent The reds opened tho game with Giuseppe tipol-
ln at A, Egido Macstrelll al Il and Damaso Asestret
at The blues were distributed as iooas:--Anades
pgnani At Is. Cipoilini struck tho bail q
tremendous blow and sent IL In Tho direction OF
Il, where Baroni met II before II struck the ground
and sent II back in the direction OF u wher. Damaso
Maestrel struck 1t on tho y and back again 10
Baroni at f. Baron, thinking that II he sent ball
again Damaso at II might be returned sent II soar
Ing in the direction OF H. where Egidio Maestrclii,
brother 10 Dainaso, met and re urned u to Martini
Il. Martini batted IL back tor score and but
agility Of Clpollin who, rushing down between aud
ii, struck II, II would have fallen Hat. The momentum
acquired in the run coupled with the great 9Th OF
Cipollini's arm. sent tho ball beyond reach aud a
point was scored Tor the reds limo play by Baroni
at F. who took ball direct from the trdccdie Clpo
lini ana sent II into tho Leld of tho rods,
out OF reach OF any oil tho players scored
ono for tho blues Twice Macstreln (Damasol
q drove the ball beyond the reach OF the
blues after they had returned II 10 their field, whence
Cipolllni had sent IT, Another Tor the blues and
the game stood Blues, 2; reds, In the las, tn
ming OF thus game magnificent bat by Cpoiiini,
who knocked the bali ,nto tho angle formed ny
the floor OF the field and tho fence
T.. between the points G and Il, secured the game
Tor tho reds Sixteen games were played yesterday,
and the following is the score:-
Reds ............ 1 90 II 20 DOL / 0-s
Owing to the approach of darknoss Tho deciding
not played.