, 1877-03-18

brooklyn Club. of Brooklyn" on removing to tha
city, has since .ppearcd that the "a
team :. The Hartford Club Of brooklyn" This
object ia, Of course, to. retain the prestige ant
well known that It's name and reputation are gnar:
anteeB both of skill and honesty. 1t seems thai
Ferguson has chosen wisely; be could not afford to
ford nane and could not hope to make the gen
! eral public understand the change ii season
II he called bis toam anything else than its old
and has very properly declined to undertake to iii
the cloud of any club namc.
The Brooklyn Eagle, which spcaks With auttor.
.Atlantic comes up, says Of Fergusons team thai
twill charge only 25 GENTS admission to it, games
with clubs outside the League also TINT it expects
clubs IN turn after theit, games IN Brooklyn. Il
doesn't clearly appear how the Eagle can be right
IN this last matter, lnasmuch as such games would
Art, IL. J, and Ferguson is too wizc to waste .
championship game on small city. 1t looks as Il
the assertion was based on \ lively guess, backed
by earnest ignorance Of the rules
The Hartford Courant gives the following ex.
p1anatton ofwhy Ferguson's team moved to Brook
1yn.
The trouble Ia. been IN Hartford tbs. too many peo-
nens of the Club and certain c:aes ha.e been dis.
s sss9 ns
q" ss Fhs
aas tc the oil OH rnas A1a s mss etpa a G - oa % 5 r.
erest of Hartford people, and all will be glad to reolce
SECTION FOUR.
ID ta4 Editor Qf The Tribune.
CHICAGO, March Ill see that some critic who
acts as buse- ball oracle for newspaper, has put
the seal Of his condemnation upon a new scoring
rule Of the League that gives the batsman special
credit Of all the bases that actually follow his ef~
fort at the bat. Since the publication OF the new
League book have studied tie rules carefully, and
hayI1r hnafl
that has been madc In the scoring system. as 1t
1urn ishes the batsnan Incentive TO work for his
side that has never before been offered him,
The critic cites IN exceptional case in which he
says the batsman struck .. ball which WAS mis-
judged and then thrown wildly, allowing two base
f b4d
he thereby got credit for eight total bases, while it
Was not the hit but the fielding error that yielded
the buses II the critics position is sound, then
s'Bobb's" side, because ''Bobb should hare been
third out" In point Of fact, a run made on
fielding error in game OF base counts precise
the sama in the scora AZ one made on - clean
home run, " in the same way that scratch " in
billiards counts as much As brilliant ''roundthe
and billiards IN this particular is that in The former
game "scratch might be prevented by the oppo-
nent's skillful play.
.'The score of i modern Kame Of base ball in
cludes two distinct records, one Of the number OF
runs uaale by the two sides, matter how: the
other the individual record Of the players, showing
a Sa sDd ~ the sa Ths ee sn
radical mistake Of assuming that it was the field
ing error and not tue .,hit ~ that yielded the
the sssdne error" r. i could nc not s lave been made.
Now, the fact ia that both the bateman and the
fielder contributed 10 the actual result In this case
thus thus recorded. The rms made are credited, under
Sec 2. The fielding error IL charged against the
player who committed it, under Sec. :. "Bobb''
has failed to make ''hrst base hit therefore he
gets no credit under Sec 8, hut he has done aomc-
thing for his side, and he receives credit for it m
der Sec. f.
tional, and may add that It IS the least merite-
rious one to which the rule is applicable The
rule operates directly upon three classes Of cascs,
are made. A is on 3 basc-no matter which-when
= makes clean hit on which easily comes
home, has done nothing that requires akill.-
the ball is in the field, and the rule gives the
6ases thus made to B, without whose hit they could
not have been made, while 4 Is amply compensated
d, having gained hrst base, t.steals" to second.
In thi. case he is under no obligation to the man
then ut The bat, and the base being the result OF
The third case Is the most meritorious Of ALL and
Is TINT in which the batsnan sacrifices hmee1f for
the good Of his sidc is on third one hand is OUT
the air to the outleld; the bali Is caught, but 4
1t is singular that the same authority that
giving an assist " to fielder for .
oppose giving the base to 3. without whose ''as-
sistance'' A could not have scored the run in this
case. But the best effect OF this rule is likely to
be found in the increased animation it will infuse
into the game, Every spectator of game Of baee-
ball has seen striker pop up little fly" OF hit
the ball into inaelders hands, and then walk OF
10 the bcpchcs without making An effort to gain
irst base. This rule offers him special inccn-
i've to strive to gain the base, and, If his effort
e e sse &c w6SS
s thrown, who ehall say that the striker is not
making legitimate point in play against the OPP
Whichever critics may say, 1t seems evident that
his rule will be found to give fresh impetus the
.amc, and that The record Of base" " will eventu
lily be accepted US the true criterion Of the buts-
mans skill. SConKE-
THE SEASON OPENED IN ST. LOUIS.
Spec5nl Dtspoteh to The Tribune.
sr: LOUIS, No:: March II. -Re1nscn. the last OF
hls morning, and will take his place At centre
led in the game with. the indianapolis Club |
Wednesday next. It has been decided that the St.
an % in left - neld cd and nd . sroft on IN @ frst
,.se, their batting being considered necessary to
ne success Of the team. With the men placed in !
'rowns defeated strong picked nine this after
loon by q score Of II to !, Nichols presenting |
hem with their tally on wild pitch Dattin
nycd magnificent game at third base. Capp,
latin, Force, Croft, and Dorgan led at the hat.
sKMiPgoFRss1oNAL SCRAPS.
MExrHrs, Tenn, March 17.-Base-ball: Mem
his Reds, s; Indianapolis. :.
Joe EllicF writes to the Coarier-Journas to say
bat he ts not under contract to my club.
Tho citizens Of New Bedford, Mass. stricken
'itn the baseball Fever, are negotiating for
.am.
The Enquirer hears that it is contemplated to
eorsanize the Ludlow Club on semi professional
asis-
The Syracuse Courier denies that McGlynn has
:ceived an offer from the Stars, and adds that he
not likely to.