The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-30
THE AMERICAN BASEBALL PLAYERS.
Tho Game Did Not Moot with Favor in
Birmingham, Eng.

Tho Game Did Not Moot with Favor In
Birmingham, Eng.
From an English Exchange
On Monday midday tho members Of tho
American Baseball Clubs, who are on a
tour OF the world for the purpose Of giving
exhibitions OF the famous American game,
arrived IN birmingham 10 fulfill an engage /
ment at the County Cricket Ground,
Edgbaston. Tho players aud their attend
ants travelled from London In the special !
diving saloons which they have char
| tered Tor their use during their tour in
! this country. In accordance with Ameri.
can notions, the travelling convcnicnccs Of
the baseball players are Of the most olabo.
rate character. The teams were met Mt
| New street 10y several prominent members
Ol the Narwickship County Cricket Club,
aud subsequently lunchcd at the Queens
llu,ol. The novelty Of the game, aided 10y
graphic picionll advertisements, proved
| sufficient 10 induce rumc 100 persons To
visit the County Ground; but the YER
diet passed 10y tie popular portion
Of the spectators was lar from en-
thnsiaslic, and "a regards the Mid
lands there Is u strong doubt whether
baseball playing would ever claim much
attention from the sport patronizing pub.
. lie When the teams made their appear.
. aucc on the field they were accorded a
4 cheer and the tine physique Of several Of
y the playCw evoked some comment on tht
a. probabilities Of the game. Everything he.
Ing entirely strange TO the vast majority o.
the spectators, Ia the hrsi innings some lin,
:. play was passed without receiving any
j. Iccogniiion, except from the few cnthus
Z asts, anl subsequent strokes oi Ices bril-
u liancy were applaudcd. II soon bccamC
apparent that the interest In the game Wal
limited, TOT IN one portion of the ground
hall dozen young fellows commenced /
game Of the well known FOUNDERS. OF whicl
I, baseball seems 10 be a magLiilcd edition
aud IN another quarter n number oi spec
taton were INDUCING in football with NJ
improyscd hall, In the FIRST innings th'
Chicago tcam who were opposing Al
America, ecorcd four points, while thci
opponents failed 10 make any progress IL
the first two Of their innings In the thin,
innings All America scored one point. an,
followed this up by adding three pc nls II
the next innings. Thus odds wcrc equal
izcd in the fourth innings. This
however, failed TO arouse anything
like interest ON the part OF TN
spectators; and when the limi
OF nino innings each lad beef
reached, aud the score still stood equal,
large number OF the spectators began Il
move of, much 10 the surprise aud dis
gust OF the Americans, who looked upol
tile latter Few innings as exceedingly good
An enthusiastic Yankee, who lad beef
following the details Of the game viii
great mnutcncss aud devotion, exclaimed
a. he observed the people leaving th
ground ~ the tenth inning WIS about I
be commenced "Woll, In New York
10000 people would have gone nigh ma,
over this" To an ordinary indvidui
there seemed very little To provoke mad
ncss in the scene. However, each tear
played another innings each, aud iho =,
result was that no scorc was made. Will
there was some little hesitation NJ I
whether further innings should be- played
q an apparently displcascd spectator bawlc
.ss out, "Chuck II up" The advice VAS 70
he lowed, aud the match ended In draw
cs Notwithstanding the notccably uninic
j" csiing features OF the game for larp
number Of the spectators, the caichin
IA aud fielding Of either team was superb. "a
F. players In the ouliicld positions scarccl
missing single catch.