, 1877-10-03
SPORTING EVENTS.
4 Game in Which CincinnaH's Phenom.
euon Was Reduced to Less
than Ordinary.
The Famous 1kifiemcn Now Press
enE and to Arrive in
Chicago.
Thoronghbreds Which Achieved Distinction
at Jerome Park and Louisville.
DASE-DALL.

ANOTHER e1ScfssAT1 PITCHER *MAsuxp.
The Chtcagn Club are through with Mitchell
for the year, and the players arc ready to give
him Testimonial! to tho cftccs that be Is tho
easiest pitcher in the country to hit. In four
gnmes (onc nulT SIX Innings tong) they have
made tifty-scycn hits OFT hfnl,-au average Of
over fourteen 10 n game, md mitch better than
they havc tcen able IL do wtttnny other pites,cr.
Tho truth appears 10 lc that Mitchell Is effect
I've onlyssvhen well supported. lie wns goNl
otc when III the Springfield, O., Cl"b, AMI we'll
hacked uu ly The kind Of players he had around
him; but he Is gradually ttrnpplng from that
standard to tho lcvef Of tho Ciuclhnatis, anil in
short time Ia likely to lte rs Useless as they
arc. It WIS 4 great mistake of tho managers
that they did not hire the whole spr1ngIcl't nine
when they lid Mitchell. Then thcs woutd
have hal sumo men who might hare
developed into ball-p'ayors That is past hop.
ing for with their present lot. TIC fnlting-uit
OF Mitchell Is shown In figures e7en palmer
than in words. When he first ca,nu out, and
belorc Tic Cincinnati languor stole over him,
he played aga.rat the f.ousvilses In four games,
and they mado on'y tvcnty-four hits tsix to
gasne) OIL him. Then lso met tho St. Louis,
an! they got sescn h.ts to Kanc. Then lIe
fell up against tho Whites. uni they made four.
tcCH HE III " NAlHcs 4NOH+ ~ ktlC 1fUsLbH6 ECt
hold Of him they arc likely TO make forty-four
hits straight away. Tho cneryatinI influence
of Cincinnati dir Is really oxirnr,i,lary: n.nuna
the pitchers who hnye gnne tlcrn with good
rcnutat'ons, and Left without my reputation
at all, may be nan1c,1 Fisher, Williams Dean,
Mathews, ans! Cummings. Even Manning
hasn't boon able to pitch siucn hc struck Csncin-
natl.
But all this has no special connection With
yestcr1lay's game, which was o,e of tho hest
dIsrtopn r,,ntth ttr his WhttHa thfa tnar nnt n
great improvement on tho sttpshud gaines With
boston. In tho first inning MeVey hit we'll to
centre, was advanced by Ansot', and scored 0fl
Matnin2'a had return 81 psfrfs' ny: II tAo
mntretl short lily which wa. really MltcheIl'A,
md this led tho war for bseltts by uasncs uni
McVcY. whcl, lot lit Two runs. Two moro wcro
gained of fumb1e by Pike, md tbs score
the third inning. srnl'ling led OF with n
urec-baer. md Egglce let him In
viii. single. The latter rcachc:l home
on i}arl,cs' two-bascr, both runs being earned.
striker RI to sccond. After Peters had nlade 4
sacrifice hit, llitra md SpalilnE toliowcti each
other with thrce-basoEs, tho latter tailylng on
tiic t!rst whi.cwnsh of tic :tlc toi!owe,i IN
tho sixth inning snaiding worked oil tho wnY
around on snglu l,nscr, Ai,irl by Manning's
wild throw. III the last lnning Eggler was
hally uluifcn ny UOoth anti lscis, anu Alcsey
followed Will. clean hits, twn runs coming In
and fetching tho scuro up to IL to end with.
There isn't much history or description for
thu batting Of tho other side. TIE only item
that counted was tremendous eky-scraper by
Pike. which scaled tho west fcncciaud gavc nj,
oasy l,utno-ru. The rest of the hitting WINS weak
aud came In at tho wrong time. The Entlo
was credit to young lsets, WIN showed himself
an excellent pitcher. Not little credit ts duu,
however, to tho Hue support Eiyen the pitching.
Aside from bull nuflud BY uarncs bccalsc It
was too easy, there were no errors outside tho
pitching and catching. What hns t,ccn said In
dIcatcs that the Cincinnati fielding was not good.
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