Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-09
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Closing flames Of the League Champion
shIp-Present Playing Strength
Of the Teams.
Detroit and New York TO Cross Bats with
the white Stockings this Week
ut Chicago.

CHICAGO, lLls.g otpt' WV i""iS Wv"
OF base ball In Chicago, and the season
for 1886 in this city draws to close. One
more week, and then the crack OF the bat
As Il 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
thousands Of lovers Of the national game
10 Chicago and in the great Northwest
will follow the movements OF the White
Stockings, az they journey from league
city 10 league city In the East, lighting
their battle for the league championship
TO be decided a month hence. Before they
depart for the East, however, we are TO
have six more games upon the home
grounds, weather permitting, and with
her ususl good luck, Chicago will enjoy
the advantage OF seeing the home season
close with the two clubs, who are making
the closest race against the White Stock
ings for the pennant, viz; New York
and Chicago. The Giants will arrive
here Monday morning, September Sand on
that day and the Tuesday and Wednesday
following will play series OF three
games. Close upon their departure will
follow the heavy hitters from Detroit,
and on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
they will play their last games OF the
year In Chicago. There is no question
but that the fight In both series will be a
bitter one. Detroit has seemed to let
down bit In It's playing Of late, but II
still has the same material In its ranks
with which 1t has maintained Its mag
al.
OF the season, and the bitter rivalry which
has sprung up between the two teams
this season, alone promises determined
struggle es the end Of the race draws
nearer. As for New York, the Giants,
though having gone through the
season thus far with many discourage
ments 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 com
menced last May, lighting hard for every
inch Of ground they loose or win. Last
year the Giants proved a stumbling
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 Whites
again this year. 1t would please New
Workers to an incalculable degreee should
the Giants succeed In whipping us badly
upon our own grounds, and that Mutrie
Will put the very best material he can Law
his hands upon in the 1eld to this end Is
a pretty we'll assured fact. Chicago has
the lead at present, IL Is true, but not by
a margin that places II beyond the danger
line by any means. Ii cannot afford to
lose a series or even two out OF the series
TO either New York or Detroit, and in
deed II IL can win both series entire IL
wants every game Of them. II has been
the boast OF the New Workers for some
weeks past that II they could keep within
ave or ak games Of the leading club, they
would win the pennant. Mutrie bases his
prediction upon the fact that after the
season closes In the West next week, the
Giants will have twenty.one games
To play upon their home
grounds, finishing the season
there with st. Louis, October s, 8, and
TO- There Is unquostlonably good deal
OF weight IN the argument, too, for New
York Invariably plays better game at
home than she does abroad, and Chicago
never makes so poor showing against
tho Giants AZ she does upon the Polo
grounds. 1t may be depended upon,
therefore. that the Whites viii play bali
Tor all they are worth against these two
clubs next week, realizing as she does,
the necessity OF going down East with as
Dig lead rs she can carry with her. IL
the weather proves favorable, aud
Just now we are having period OF bright,
warm sunshine and gentle bree yes,
the probabilities for an immense attend.
ance will without doubt be realized.
President Spalding has made every ar
rangement In anticipation OF crowd.
and as at the New York games of last year,
and the Detroit games OF the present
season, has arranged for some 1900 add.
tional seats, which will give our large and
attractive ball park a seating capacity of
nearly 10000 people. Seats for any game
may be secured by telegraphing to Presi-
dent Spaldlng, and by arrangement with
the club management, the Clifton house
VIII ofer special rates TO all visitors, as
Will also the Briggs house aud the Ire.
mont.
~ fASW VI NuV pFbDuDlC Close nature Oh
the race from this time forward and of
the almost assured bitterness of the fight
next week, brief estimate OF the likely
playing strength Of the clubs, Chicago,
Detroit and New York may be OF inter.
est,
As for Detroit she will, as she has done
in each OF the previous games with Chica-
goidepend mainly uponher immense slug
cling powers, and II her men once get 10
hitting the ball II viii DO hard 10 check
the onslaught, She IS OF course strong in
delding. polnts, but Slicag6-is lust rs
strong, and her base running abilities are
nnquestionably better trained and more
effectively exercised, 80 that the
probabilities are that the Wolverines
will resort to simple smuggling, and will
endeavor by main strength TO pound the
Whites pitcher out of his box.
III that's going to be their game, - said
Capt. Arson the other day. when sug-
gested IL to him, 'let Fem 40 H. I've
lust got four pitchers to put In against
'em, GARRISON, Mccormick, Ryan aud
Flynn; II they can slug that quartette
they can have the series.n
Big Dan Brouthers viii Of course hold
down trst for the Wolverines, and when
II Is said that he Is in tlrst-class trim for