, 1877-04-22
g,,,t Malone Is Doing and Hoping:
IN Philadelphia.
.x,oteur Prophets Guessing
ahout the Champion ."
ship. j.:
.,;.,. Club-Minnesota Gossip
' Correspondents Satisfied
a..s, gn,k That WiII Interest ALI Classes
Of Readers.

.r,rx1xa OF TIE SEASON n CHICAGO.
~. ~s.tber having. graciously relaxed yes
..a.r A. for The purpose, the Chicago champion'
.a.a The season. in game with the Fair
a ~ c,nt the most prominent local organ
nsss t4;o, The attendance was fair, and the in
n- ru,;nly centred, OF course, in the play q
S...,m uhich Chicago sends out this season
~, for another flag to take the place Of tht
ybth aoated for the first time yesterday
w. " n.nn,nt Is some forty feet long, with the
....m,l -. colors, and an inscription to the effect
~ the Chicago Club is entitled to hy ths
's.,rrion fas Of the year 1876.
Tht White Stockings we're pleasantly received
.ih r,und Of applauss IS they made thei,
.sr..,.nce, They are, as friends Of the game
~. changed in several positions, as the score
s.aor shows. The idea Of parti-colored caps
s.rinp been adhered to, II was necessary to
r,Et some changes to meet the difference in
II. tram, Barnes, spalding, and Hines re-
,,,oed ~ their colors, and the other sir showed up
:. follows: Auson. gray; McVey, red and
xa,te: Peters, red; bradley, blue and white i;
G,mn, bl.ck md white; Waite, purple and
rht. It seems necessary to suggest to the
n,uktnent that Watts color is impossible to
:. d<t;nsutshed from Glenn's, and hardly from
R,.atr'S at little distance. Let Us have back
IN nten il re can't do any better:
1hteiue, lle all opening and one-slded COZ
t,as ~ q source Of great amusement to the
,,dsna, rho seemed to be especially pleased
x5tfstt that the amateurs could not make
mt sut d show against Bradley's curves, and
srud ut nth freedom. Ten ouL Of twenty
RIA mk we're made in this way, giving the
c11El.ftd man big record to start with
III audience greeted the old friends in their
Old plaets with the proper decree Of enthu-
d.z1, sud then turned their critical attention
On tAt work Of SDalding, Bradley, and AfcVey.
kTrat abundant1y satisfied, and expressed
hst tsct repeatedly. Bradley #as In perfect
ria .nd apparently as effective as ever in bis
LIE HexM find that, 50 far from there being
.Frjudre against him here, the public are pre-
usd to look on him favorably for his ability
1t year. NcTey surprised the audience Who
hi not seen his catching, By Ills accuracy and
fl&, andaboEe al, by the accuracy OF his
knowing, 50 fir as can be judged from prac-
tit, be is BY long odds the best catcher who
e1r played In Chicago. Spalding and Bradley
aenedt to be equally at home On first, and
neither OF them made an error in that position.
Rhes Tas the only one OF the band ct pilgrims
xtq could net show up as usual.
The 1hadow Of the great flag over
BIZ had YES TOO much for him, and be left the
record Of no clean hits and one muff-which he
~ not duplicate in championship game- ::
1Ae Fairbanks played Z strong and sharp
fielding game and made as good record against
tae champions as any amateur club has right
n expect. Brown held the big battcrs down
.eJ *al, snd the play shown by Cohlen, Fur
lesE, md Burke vas very good. The latter made
!at most brilliant stop and throw Of the day.
Following is
THE SCORE.