The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-13
The Struggle Among the Ma
tiOnal League Clubs.
THE GAMES LOST AND WON
How ta Steal Pases-rhe Secreet Of
Observation-Disclosures Young Bat
tery-GeneraI Notes.
CHICAGO. June ID. 1886.

specisl corresDondence of TIE HERALD
The past fortnigh. has been filed with
surprises in the struggle among the
clubs of the National League for pen
nant honors. and no one of these clubs
has done more in this direction than
has our own White Stocking team. Our
defeat at Washington in which the Ma
tionals shut us out by score of to 0.
was as laughahle as was the defeat of
the Washington lads the day following
by score of 20 TO o. and our defeat
yesterday tuesday by Philadelphia in
which the Quaker City lads did US up to
the tune of to o. is another dose which
even the most ardent admirers OF that
brilliant aggregation OF young players
had scarcely dared 70 expect. Notwith-
standing these defeats, however, the
Whites are holding their own in the
race.
Detroit is receiving its first serious
setback at the hands OF the giants thi
week. and getting a taste of the sam.
medicine they themselves administered
to the New Workers when the latter
visited Detroit. There seems to be no
faul: with the DetroiIers for their last
two defeats. They are playing their
best men at each position, and each
man is playing an almost faultIess
game. Take Tuesdays game for in
stance. In this there were but three
errors charged to each team. Crane
having made all OF the three for De
troit at second base, and Ward two At
short. and Kecfe one in the pitchers
box for the Giants. Neither pitcher
Jared badly at the hands of opposing
batsman. but Reefe was hit for eleven
bases to Baldwin and Richardson's nine
they having changed during the game
and still the New Workers won the
game. There can be no spot upon
which to place the finger OF blame in
such playing as this. 1t is simply ball
playing-good bail playing. upon the
part OF two magniicently organized
mines. and the team that has been a
trife the more fortunateIn punching its
hits, and bit quicker in getting to
bases. has won the reward.
Right here It may be well to say that
New York, under the direction of
CAPTAIN WARD.
is paying far more attention to- base
running and stealing-this all impor-
tant factor in successful bali playing
than ever before. and it strikes your
correspondent that right here has lain
the secret of aheir success against the
Detroits. The Michigan men, while
-. - -rrffanf n and chAU-
ing brilliant work, both at the field and
lat the bat, have not as yet attained
that degiee OF proficiency in base run
ming that has made the Chicago club
famous. Getting TO third upon vhatby
an ordinary player might be regarded
as only q two base hit. or taxing in
second from first, Ia Kelly, Gore, or
Pfeffer is what counts in base ball and
slowly the other clubs IN the League
have been compelled to realize this.
never witnessed more daring WORK be-
tween bases than did by those Phila-
delphia colts in their last series upon
our home grounds. Eight and even
ten feet of sheer sliding over the runs
was apparently no very staggering IN
dertaking to them. and the only won
der TO me Is that they did not cripple
themselves through their recklessness;
but they didn't, and won so much ap-
plause that day that there has been any
amount OF kicking among the home
team about the coldness of Chicago
crowds toward their home team. Just
dwell upon what I have written here,
you strapping, healthy lads out IN the
country with ball playing procliyities,
and when your team is playing ball
with an opposing club. Just steal every
base you can get. Should You get to
first on a safe hit. an error, or BY any
other means, dance away from your
base six or eight feet, aud worry The
pitcher all you c n. The chances are
that he may