Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
CHICAGOLETIER.
The Lake Ctr Justly JubIant over Its
Ban Teams Recent Victories.
Holders Of tho Pennant.
How Detroit was Beaten, aud HOW tho De.
troiters Took Defeat work OF
the Leneuo Teams.


CHICAGO, Ill, July I2.-Not since the
memvrablo games o last year, which de-
cided the struggle for the pennaut be.
tween the New York Giants and the White
STOCKINGS, have Chicagoans witnessed so
great an outpouring of the people ana
such grand bali playing as that which the
series Just closed between our own team
ana the Detroits have Afforded The |
games and the Incidents attendant upon
them can scarcely remain other than
memorable events In the history OF ma
tlonalpastime, In that they have plainly
shown Just what amount Of reserve
power the White Stockings, as they are
now organized possess, as well as
demonstrating TO point that leaves
V 40 room for argument from an
opposing standpoint, the fact that base
Dali Is to-day more firmly planted In the
hearts OK the American people, and more
sworthy the name Of the national plstime
"a America thsn rs, or ever has been, any
other form OF field sport or outdoor
amusement. IL there Is any doubt In
the mincs Of any OF your more prosalc and
anti-amnsementl loving readers upon this
point, see the following lgures furnished
by President Spaldipg, and showing tae
attendance at the games OF the Boston
played last week, which may at least
cause them to ponder; Monday morn
ing, 5000 afternoon, 5000; Tuesday,
20U0i Wednesday, 5000; Thursday, ~,
COOS Friday, 5000j Saturday, lG,000. To-
tai, $1,000 people.
Boston played Monday morning and ai-
ternoon, and yet 1t will be seen, despite
the fact that Boston'a drawing powers
are lessened this year because OF It's be-
Ing losing'club, that on that day total
OF $4,000 persons were present to witness
the game. Friday was a bad day for the
game, as II rained heavily up TO within
an hour or two Of the time play began,
and yet 5000 people readily CHANGED the
risk OF q ducking 10 enjoy their taste for
the pastlme A total Of 81 900 people In
attendance during the week. Is there
any other form OF outdoor amusement IN
the cizllized world to.da, that can make
a showing against these fgures2 AS your
readers doubtless know, lovers OF the
game here and in Detroit have been an
ticipating the series just played with
degree OF interest that has not
been known here this season, and which,
40 Is safe to say, has never before been
experienced In Detroit IN the history Of
that city as a baseball town When the
last series between the two teams was
played there, Chicago went down In force,
and with hurrah that turned the pretty
little city upside down. Our delegation
went down as self-announced "Record
Breakers In that Detroit had not lost
game upon their home grounds up TO that
time this season, and we had absolute
confidence in the ability Of our boys to
check that record then and there, Well,
they did IL. They lost the last two games
Of the series, it il true, but they won the
game they wished most OF all to win, and
The jubilee that was held III Detroit that
night surpassed any demonstration known
before within the records OF the game,
and Detrolt's chngrln at losing the game
which broke their record was keen in
decd, but their victories In the two sue.
ceeding games imbued them with new
confidence, aud soon the game which they
had lost began to be talked Of In Detroit
Az
nOnly scratch victory, any way"
n'rhey wouldn't have beaten us II they
had not have made those ground rules.n
"What could any one expect Of us with
Bennett and Rowe, two Of our best
knocked out. II IL hadn't have been fol
those accidents we should have won three
straight
"Why our boys can play all around
Chicago. | never saw such Chump play
Ing In my life as those fellows did here. y
Gust wait until we so down TO Chicago
Wen give those fellows such licking as
they never got before on their home
grounds or of Of them"
These and other reassurng reflections
were INDUCED la by Detroltors, and to dc
them Justice 1t may be stated there is lit
tie II any doubt but that they were sin
Gere In their estimate OF their clubs pow
ars The only trouble seems to have ald
liz the fact that they either overestimateC
its strength or else possessed but iain
idea Of how strong Chicago really was
For two weeks before the series came of
President Marsh OF the Wolverine clul
and his supporters were making arrange
ments 90 bring down upon Chicago
horde OF Detroit enthusiasts that should
through the very ardor OF their own en-
thuslasm, have spurred their players OF
10 victory, were victory over the Whit,
Stockings practicable with any ball team
In che country to-day. They came witt
tin horns and reed whistlcsi they cam
with cymbals and bazoosi they cam
with tin roosters and bunting, and the
went back with empty pocket-books
Nssddened faces, aud painful realization
1.-THE fact that even "the greatest club Of
rthu can get all IL wants when IL come
iChioaeo to look for Il. The mos
enable side OF the whole aftair to Chi
laus is the absolute confidence OF tn
roit crowd when they came here 4
~biiity OF their team TO win. Lose
a the idea as possibility. Tire
ht Is what they came for, and tire
lht was what they were going I
Wen, they got them--on the nee
from the faces made by some c
poster naunters, as they stood abou
Clifton house Saturday night, waltln
their baggage TO ''come down."
Ather imagine they wish they hadn't 50
hem. In Chicago everybody felt hk
laughing, and we laughed In Detrol
eyerybody-~at least that portion OF every
N body represented by the press--telt Tx
beefng and they beefed. For instauc
Fridays issue Of the Tribune read a
follows, after the visitors had bee
waIloped in the nrat OF the three games
BKIoK WALLS DID n.
The Detroit Flelders Hsmpered by the Bael
yard Ground in Chicago
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