Year: 1859

Tho nearest created among the general public by tic
report Of proposed base bali match between nine OF tho
celebrated English crcketrs this country and moe
OF the most accomplished players Of this CITY and Brook
yn, 30 great that append for the information az our
readers full and explicit description Of the two games
Of cricket and base ball. will be seen that there not
the aghtest probability Of ouch match taking place at
the present time


We have the authority the English cricketers FOR


adicng IN toto the statements lately made reference
10 contemplated base ball match Our reporter saw
them at the railroad station yesterday afternoon just
they the point Of leaving Philadelphia and they
assured him that the statements made Of their having
fersd TO play match for certain amount Of money Of
having received specimen base ball ba. aud book of in
s.ructons, &c., aisc In every respect They
play for money they have received challenge TO
play match at base ball. offered one they here
invitation from tho representatives Of Cricket Clubs in
Montreal and New York. with whom they acquaint
ed TO play series Of four matches at cricket and ty
never purpcsed entering into match at game with
which they unacquainted. They think due 10 tho
courtesy with which they treated In New York to
make this public acknowledgment and they should feel
grat6ed, possibly could be arranged, 70 arrange
match at base bali with the Now York playcrs their n
nted stay in this country would allow tssm. But hmust
be remembered that they nsver play for money; and
mAkCu
not responsible for anything that may bo done. They
commence the fourth Of their arranged series Of matches
on this continent at Hamon O. W. tomorrow at eleven
o'clock A. n When this game Is terminated they pro
ceed to Rochester, where they play match Wesnes-
day and the succeeding days.


For the sakc Of the uninated In cricket aud base ball.
and they the greater number regards both games,
but particularly cricket which scarcely known at al by
Americans-we propose 70 give explanation Of tho
two games and to compare and contrast them In those
points in which they are similar and different


Cricket has bcen only recently introduced into this
country, the Gret clnb-tho st. Georgcs--haung been
established here about twenty years ago. From
this sprang a few other clubs, both in the United
States and in Canada. But the whole, tho game
has not extended much, and that for two reasons:
FIRST, because base ba-an American national game-was
IN possession IKE cricket to be superseded by
II; and, secondly, in the points which differs from
cricket is suited to the genius Of the people. s
stence cricket could become national sport in
America- is too slow intricate and podding game for
our 20 ahead people


Crcket--which is derived from the old Saxon word
crscc stick bats purely English game, and base
ball-though originally imported from England when
England was more s'morrien than she Is now-is pecu
larly American, who the old country Is not SO gene
raj as II was formerly.


Base ball has been from time ihmemorial favorite
and popular recreation in this country; but II Is only
within the Inst fifteen years that the game has been syste
matzed aad clubs formed for tho purpose Of playing At
stated periods and under code Of written laws. The
Knckerbocker Club Of New York. organized in ls45
the rst and since then clubs have sprung up
in this city and Brooklyn and throughout the country.
But the great increase has been within the last three
four years. Till 1864 there only -four clubs organized
here and In that year two In 1859 convention
Of the cinbs Of New York and It's vicinity was
held for the purpose Of establishing o uniform
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In the last year second convention held when
solution adopted declaring the Convention permanent
constitution and bylaws adopted and the society
was duly organized as The National Association OF Base
Ball Players Tho first annual meeting Of tho aesoca-
ton hold at the Cooper Institute tho 9th OF March
Of the present year. Fifty clubs represented and
enroled-thc greater number being of New York and
Brooklyn. We suppose the number since has been
nearly doubled The most distinguished clubs at present
are the Knickcrbocker of New York. the Union of Nor
risana the EXCELSIOR the star and the Putnam Of BROOK
lyn. Perhaps the Excelsior is the best Of all.


The good eject produced tho health and strength
and morals Of the young engaged i'll this outdoor
ercse the theme Of all who with them
It has taken them from the unhealthy hans of dissipation
indoors and given them taste for manly sports which
fail to have beneficial effect not only in the ply
sica dcveopement Of citizens, but on tho national
character. No refreshmcnts' allowed on the
sion Of matches which visited by Thousands Of spec
tators, including large number Of ladies'.


Base ball. which Is played by nine on each sde is so
called from the game being played by ball struck with
bat whereupon the striker runs to points called "bases
Of which there are four, at the four corners of
TNoh hat,n
OF striker standing one corner called the homo
last base after striking away the ball. for the first
base, which is his right hand; he get there be-
fore the ball caught he far sae If IL is caught he
s Put out but not and IL he thinks he has time TO
run the second base, he for that too, and like
wise 10 the third and fourth, home If he get
any OF these before he is touched with the ball III the
hand Of his opponent he is safe and If be makes good
the last base he counts and retires and of his
companions on the side takes the bat and follows
his example till three put ont and that is called an
inning, and the outs then In and make their
inning, and alternately, till nine innings made
by cach and that ends the game, the party counting
most winning IT, Thus in base bali every man gets the
ba, three time. in all to make his In cricket every
only gets the bat twice. In cricket there
ba.men. III base ball only


The bases thirty PAGES ninety feet apart so that





each before he counts In cricket the successful
rnnnirg Of sixty feet counts The FIRST second and
third bases are, ought 70 be- bags, painted
white and filled with sand sawdust, covering each q
sIacc equal 10 square foot The home base Is marked
by 1at circular iron plate painted white The pitcher
point that Is the spot from which the player pitches the
ball to tho baiman striker likewise designated by
circular iron plate painted white, and is within the square,


fifteen yards forty five feet from the home base and in


direct le with the second fnrthcs base. There is
great ait in pitching, and the pitchers position
ii base ball corresponds with the bowler's in cricket,
ihoreh not quite 90 important. The ball must be
pitched. ,erked, thrown. that Is, the hand
Is held down 10 tie hp below II, and II must
be aimed for tho centre Of the hce base at the bat
must not touch the ground before ii reaches the
ba.,nan but Tho art Of pitching consists in throwing
with such force that the batman has not time to wind
lis bat 30 hit hard close to his person that he
can only hit feeble blow, which enables OF his
antagonists 10 get the ball before he has time to reach
tho lFs base The baman strikes overland at the ball.
In cricket ha strikes undcrhand, because the bali Is
thrown 'ow and must strike the ground before reaches