Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-09
THE WORLD OF SPORT.
The Race for the National League Pen.
nant-Detroit Still Leads.

Special Correspondence of the M1NER
CHICAGO, June 2.-The past fortnight has
been filled with surprises in the struggle
among the clubs of the National Leaguefor
p%ennant 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 Nationals shut
us out by a score OF 7 to 0, was as laugh
able as was the defeat OF the Washington
lads the day following by a score OF 2Oto0,
and our defeat yesterday Tuesday, by
Philadelphia in which the Quaker City | DIS
did us up to the tune OF 3 to 0, is another
lose which even the most ardent admirers
OF that brilliant aggregation of young play
ers had scarcely dared to expect. Notwith-
standing these defeats. however, the Whites
are holding their own in the race.
D. troit is receiving its first serious set
back at the hands OF the giants this week,
and getting a taste OF the same medicine
they themselves administered to the New
Workers. when the latter visited Detroit.
There seems to be one fault with the De-
t~roiters for their last W defeats. They
are playing their best men at each position
and each man is playing an almost fault
less game. Take Tuesdays game for in
instance. In this there were but three err
rors charged to each team, Crane having
made all of the three for Detroit at second
base, and Ward two at short, and Keefe
one in the pitchers box for the giants.
Neither pitcher Jared badly at the hands OF
opposing batsman, but kee!e was hit for
eleven bases to Baldwin and Richardson's
having chang d during the game
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 ball
playing, upon the part Of two magniti-
cently-organized mines, and the tea.n that
has been a trif1e the more fortunate in
punching its hits, and a bit quicker in get
ting 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 steal;ng-this all important
factor in successful ball playing-than ever
before, and it strikes your correspondent
thai right here has lain the secret OF their
success against the Detroits. The Michigan
men, while playing in excellent unison, and
showing brilliant work both at the field
and at bat, have o as yet attained that
degree OF proficiency in base running that
has made the Chicago club famous. Getting
to third upon what, by an ordinary player,
might be regarded as only a two base hit,
or taking in second from first, a Ia Kelly,
Gore or Pfeffer is what cunts in base ball,
and slowly the other clubs in the League
ha We been compelled to realize this. | never
witnessed more daring work between bases
than l did by those Philadelphia colts IN
their last series upon our home grounds.
and even ten feet OF sheer sliding over
the runs was apparently no very staggering
undertaking to them, and the only wonder
to me is that they did not cripple them
selves through their recklessness, but they
didn't, and won SO much applause 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 | have written here,
YOU strapping, healthy lads out IN the
country with ball playing procllvltles, ana
when your team is playing ball with an
onnosing club just steal every base you
can get. Should you get to first on a sale
hit. an error, or by any other means, dance
away from your base six or eight feet M
worry the pitcher all you car The chances
are that he ma.
THROW WILD
+o first or hat he will send the man at bat
to base on ba lie, and give you second by
the operatiop. II in your Judgment your
iaos are active enough to get you there,
Start for second as soon as the bali leaves
the pitchers hand for the home plate; VI
course the catcher, if he takes the ball as
he is expected to do, viii throw to SECOND
;,,st as PROMPTLY as he can do 1T IN an enort
- ont Won off there. Glance over your left
shoulder as you run, and if you see the hali
coming high. and into the baseman's out
stretched hands. wait until you gat WITHIN
s;r feet of the bag, then give one clean
spring forward-taking are to Jump mp ,o ha11
double yourself up like an i 1rdt r ha ssma nat'
anu and plump upon the bag. This is ball
nl% ngt that the people like to witness ssaa a9d
in,t G'n sacb P tremendous rounds OF cheering
, upon the home grounds ,1s ~ this shs year sscs as Ths
one nas' III will show the position OF
t q,ao c,1,bs as they stand up to to-day: