The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-12
BALL PLAYING.
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The End Of the League Games
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A Resume Of Drings in the Ball Field
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BALL PLAYING.
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CHICAGO. September 4, 1886.
Correspondence of THE HERALD.
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CHICAGO, September 4, 1886.
Correspondence Of The HERALD.
One more week of baseball in Chicago,
and the season for 1886 in this city
draws to a close. One more week, and
then the crack of the bat as it sends the
leather covered, sphere bounding away
over the green sward; the familiar call
Of the umpire and the shouts of the
excited crowds will have become things
of the past, and the eyes of the thou
sands of lovers of the national game in
Chicago and in the great northwest will
follow the movements of the White
Stockings, as they journey from League
city to League city in the east, fighting
their battle for the League champion
ship to DE decided a month hence. Be
fore they depart for the east, however
we are to have six more games upon the
home grounds weather permitting, and
with her usual good luck. Chicago will
enjoy the advantage of seeing the
season close with the two clubs, who
are making. the closes: race against the
White Stockir gs for the pennant, viz:
New York and Chicago. The Giants
will arrive here Monday morning, Sept
8, and on that day nd the Tuesday and
Wednesday following will play a series
of three games. Close upon their de-
parture will follow the heavy hItters
from Detroit, and on Thursday, Friday
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games of the year in Chicago. There is
no question but that the fight in both
series will be bitter one. Detroit has
seemed to let down a bit in its playing
of late, but it still has the same
material in its range with which 1t has
maintained its magnificent stanU since
the commencement of the season, and
the bitter rivalry which has sprung up
between the two teams this season,
alone promises determined struggle as
the end of the race draws nearer. AS
for New York, the Giants though having
gone through the season thus far with
many discouragements in the disabling
of some OF their best men, have. never
once given up the conviction that they
will be on top when the season closes,
and are now as they have been since the
struggle commenced last May, fighting
hard for every inch of ground they lose
or win. Last year the Giants proved
stumbling block to Chicago clear
through the race, and the result of the
last series between the two clubs on the
New York polo grounds, in which the
White Stockings were knocked out for
three straight games, would seem to
indicate that New York may yet prove
a very dangerous opponent of the
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New Yorkers to an inCalculable degree
should the Giants succeed in whipping
US badly upon our own grounds, and
that Mutrie will put the very best
material he can lay his hands upon in
the field to this end is a pretty well
assured fact. Chicago has the lead at
present, it is true, but not by amargin
that places it beyond the danger line by
any means. It cannot afford to lose
a series or even two out of the series
to either New York Detroit, and
indeed if it can win both series entire ii
wants every game OF them. It has been
the boast of the New Workers for some
weeks past that if they couli keep
within five or six games of the leading
club, they would win the pennant.
Mutrie- bases this prediction upon the
fact that after the season closes in the
west next week, the Giants viii have
twenty-onel games to play upon their
own grounds, finishing the season, there
with st Louis, Oct. 8, and TO- There
is unquestioHably a good of weight in
the argument, too, for New York inEar-
iably plays better game at home than
she does abroad, and Chicago never
makes so poor 9 showing against the
Giants as she does upon the Polo
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therefore, that the Whites will play ball
for all they are worth against these two
clubs next week. realizing "a she does, |
the necessity of going down east with as
big a lead IS she can carry with her. 1t |
the weather proves favorable, and just |
now We are having period OF bright, |
warm sunshine and gentle breezes, the |
proba ability for an immense attendance |
will without doubt be realized. Presi- |
dent Spalding has made every arrange |
ment in anticipation of a large crowd,
and as at the New York games of last |
year, and the Detroit games Of the |
present season. has arranged for some |
4 900 additional seats. which VIII give |
our large and attractive ball park |
seating capacity of nearly IL, 600 people. |
Seats for any game may be secured by |
to President Spalding, and |
by arrangement with the CLUB manage
ment. the Clifton House will offer /
special rates to all visitors, as Will also |
the Briggs House, and the fremont:
In view of the probable c.ose nature OF I
the race from this time forward ana OF |
the almost assured bitterness OF the |
fight next Week,a brief estimate OF the
likely playing strength OF the CLUBS,
Chicago, Detroit and New York may De
of interest. D,
AS for Detroit she will as she has done
in each of the previous games with Cbl-
cago depend mainly upon her immense se
smuggling powers, and if her men once
get to hitting the ball It will be hard to
Check the onslaught. She is, Of course,
strong in fielding points, but Chicago lcagin Is
just as strong, and her base running
abilities are unquestionably better
trained, and more effectively exercised,
so that the probabilities are that the
Wolverines will resort to simply slug
ging and will endeavor by main strength
to pound the Whites pitcher out OF his
box. >,