New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-11
CLOSE OF THE BALL SEASON.
CAUSES OF NEW-YORK'S DEFEAT TALK
WITH MANAGER MUTRIE.


championships The year has been a remarkable
one for baseball, aud the game has grown steadily
i'll popularity aud now undoubtedly has more fol-
lowers THAI ever before The feature Of the season
has been the struggle for the much-cOvctcd League
championship between tls Chicago and New York
clubs, and the gallant fgut between these two
clubs for the trophy has been watched with the
greatest interest. even in cities where no League
clubs have been situated. The result from the hlst
of May until October uncertain, and tho fol
lowers of the local club aid rot give up hope until
last week. when the vcxed question was settled,
and the Garden City's representative team was
crowned the champion The other clubs in the
League never had chance ana the battle from
the first was between these two clubs.
Chicago gets the pennant flag yet local enthus-
lasts still claim that their club is superior to the
Chicago team and point TO the record Of the local
niue TO bear them out. Ncw-YOrk wins the series -
nine or more games out of sxteen-from every club,
the Chicago nine losing its series to NewYork.
III the games between the clubs the local nine cap
tured ten Of the sixteen contests, and the extra
game played at Louisville on neutral grounds was
also captured by the New-York men. Chicago gets
the pcnnant whether it has the best club or not,
but they owe more to the other Western clubs than
they will probably ever acknowledge
The New-York club was hailed as the coming
champion even before the season opened. James
Mutre was to manage the club. and he had rep
utatOn second to no manager i'll the country.
Mutre felt confident OF the final success Of his club,
and probably laid his plans accordingly and got
beaten. The local players were also sure of cap
, turing the penuant. This feeling proved costly,
and several games which should have gone III New
York's list of games won were lost through over
confidence. The chances of the club were greatly
lcsseued when the changes in the pitching rules
al IL.
ill-uck, a great factor i'll baseball, and oycr-con-
fdence ruined what remaining chances they bad,
and finally beat them.
Had the restrictions the pitcher not been
moved but remained rule during the whole season
instead of only month, nothing could nave
beaten the local club Wclch, Kceic and Richard
son, the pitchers of the Ncw-YOrk club. found
these restrictions inst to their liking, and their
effectiveness was not impaired The Chicago,
Providence and one or two other clubs found that
their pit hers lost ;puc of their force Ey the new
rule and after "a months trial the old style was
adopted again. the restrictions were removed, and
the pitchers could dance around in their little
square space as much as they pleased.
It also expected that the heavy battcrS OF the
local club would fairly lat their way TO the front
With such men as OROurke, COnnOr, Ewing. Ester
brook Dorgdn and Gillespie following each other, it
was said that defeat was impossible These men
with the exception Of EsterhrOOk have welded the
bat with great effect this year and they arc all near
the front IN the batting record Conner leading the
country Like nearly all heavy batterS, however,
when n little single safe hit was wanted they could
not make it, and such weak battlrs as Ward and
Gcrhardt got the club out OF many tight place by
placing the bali safely just whcle safe hit was
most needed. These TWO men do not stand near the
head in batting. but they have done rs much 10
win games all the heavy .sluggcrs' combined.
In "A game OF l to Ward will be pretty sure t. get
the run and if Gerhardt don't make hit lie will ut
least advance Ward a base by sacrifice.
Nothing can be sad against the fielding of the
New-York nine, tor it has done better work in that
respect than any other team AS heavy batting
club. the Ncw-lork inen lead tie country. As base
runners, they have as club no suPcrlors and lead
ihg all other clubs all the principal points OF the
game. they nevertheless do not capture that little
cOstless hut highly coveted pcmant. In the pitch
ing department Welch and Keelc can Outgcne:al
any two pitchers belonging TO one nine.
Manager Mutric has already startled the West by
his wild uteranccs about next years championship.
lie says that he will strengthen his club in possibly
two positions and will win the League trophy
of SsG TO dead certainty. Mr.. Mutfie said III
the early paft od Inc Ie;1h season oa' ne nau Inc
the pocket had n hole iii it, A telegram from the
West saws that Manager Mutrle is " az Groke ny
over the result and that his players feel their de-
feat kccnly. They can only blame each other, for
the public las given them better support than
Gascb Ill nme ever received before. In speaking OF
his reception III Chicago recently Mutrle sad there
10 Chicago man
{" must saw that we have been treated mayniti-
Gently by your people and the umDi:ing has been
all that could wish thus far. do regret however
that we should have played under ground RUE
the game The White Stockings were fortunate III
therein lay the fatal difference. Many fly did we
knock ont TO left field that day. but they persist
emily refused to drop into the crowd, and we were
tie losers. in the to | game Gu Wednesday
would have tel or beaten you, had that ground
1ule been IN vogue. for Kelly cOud never have
gotten ORGuTke's ny to right III the sixth inning,
and VRouIke would have scored on COnnor's h"se
hit, which followed. Again. in the following game,
Sunday cOuld never have gotten COnnOr's fly which
came So near breaking his head against the right
field wall lad the crowd been there. and tins
would have brought O'Rourke IN and put COnnOr
"Your boys rafting hall players. but they are
lucky, wonderfully lucky, and luck goes long
slave the White Stockings in your opinion,
demonstrated their superiority over your team at
any point IN theplayY
swell that is hardly fair question. / expected
some heavy batting from our boys, and you Will
notice that not one of our hard hittcrs made "a
decent showing. Twelve hits in tie first three
games were all we made. Think of il! Why, that |
wouldn't win a game from any club. / will say, !
however That believe the tW o teams more evenly |
matched than any others in the country in all |
points that 90 20 make up the game"
" How are our pitchers compared with your |
Great without doubt. Mccormick particularly |
is pitching the games If his fe better ball by far
than ever saw him pitch before. Clarkson-well, |
Kccfe / regard one of the greatest pair of |
pitchers IN the business. and when enter the |
field with them next year, Look out! Yon will see !
The Ncw-IOrk. team play 20 per cent better ball |
next year than thcy have this. Next year we will |
lake the Pennant and have games to spare. But,
BAY" said the New-Yorkcr suddenly, there is one
Z" Who is tbatf'
"KclIy. | think nc is ono of the finest all around
players ever saw on n ball field. There is nothing
be can't do well Batting basc-running fielding
and throwng-all seem 10 lie right to his style and
liking, while as n catcher his only superior is
Ewing, and the two regard as the best brace of
catchcrs in the business If bad Kelly think 1
would stop looking for material right there
The meetings of the League and American Associa-
tion at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Friday and Sat
nrday of this week will he watched With interest
No trouble is expected. ana the greatest harmony
and good feeling will pievaiI. Both organizations
have at last recognized that fight would he
greatly detrimental TO the interests of each. Each
body will hold meeting, and aftcrwaId n Joint
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