Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player (no. 19) (1880)

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T1880, = Twentieth Annual Edition. 1880. ‘BEADLE. AND ADAMS. 98 WILLIAM STREET, N. Y. i; The Baltimore News 00., Saaee, Md,

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THE DIME Bast-BAaLt PLAYER Hor 1880. CONTAINING THE REVISED CODE OF RULES OF CHE NATIONAL AND COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONS, TOGETHER WITH CHAPIERS ON PITCHING, BATTING AND FIELDING, AND ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL CLUBS. ALSO, THE RECORDS AND STATISTICS OF THE LEADING COLLEGE CLUBS, WITH POR1RAITS OF THE CHAM- PION PLAYERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA, AND RECORDS OF THE LEAGUE AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCORING. EDITED | ‘BY HENRY CHADWICK. NEW YORK: BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS, 98 WILLIAM STREET.

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DIAGRAM OF THE DIAMOND FIELD, AS ARRANGED FOR THE SEASON OF 1880. Catcher's Fence. 127 feet 4 inches. of

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GEORGE WRIGHT. “ An honest man is the noblest work of God.” the Boston nine from May, 16; to Ost. 1978, with the exception of one year (1876), when be pinyed as ‘pase in a majority of the season's games. He was also captain of the Boston nine during three seasons. In 1879 he managed the - Providenceteam. George Wrigit’s chief characteristics are strict tezrity of character and t good-humor. In these respects ho fen eapdel fessional - , just as he is a model occupant of the oon short-field. A son to bis aged parents, a devoted usband, and a genial com on the field, we but pay him a well

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+, PREFACE. ———_ Tr edition of “ Beapie’s Dore Base-Batt Prayer” for | 4880 is the twentieth which has been published annually since 1861. It was the first complete book of instruction on base- ball published, and it is now generally recognized as a stand- ard work on the game. When our first edition appeared in the spring of 1861, base-ball was, comparatively speaking, in its iufancy. Tue Jeading clubs in existence at that period were located in and around the metropolis. Since then the game has spread to every section of the country. Through the efforts of the once noted Excelsior Club, of Brooklyn, the game in 1861 was popularized west as far as Buffalo and southward to Baltimore. In 1867 the National Club, of Washington, by its grand tour to St. Louis, Chicago and Cin- cinnati, still further extended the game, and in 1869, the year when the noted professional club of Cincinnati traveled from Mune to California in search of new clubs to conqner, the game was thoroughly nationalized, and from that time forth " base-ball became the national field game ef America, as it ever will remain, it having no rival in the affections of American youth. In presenting our readers with the twentieth annual edition of the work, we make a new departure by giving illustrations of several of the leading players of the professional arena who jaye retired with honor from active service in the field; and | We hope to be able each year to publish the portraits of one or more base-ball players who have by their skill as players, and by their conduct as gentlemanly exemplars of the game,

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viii, PREFACE. made themselves worthy of the distinction. This year we present the portraits of the champion short-stop, pitcber, and first-baseman of the professional fraternity, George Wright, Albert G. Spalding, and Joe Start, The edition of 1880 also contains several new features, among which may be named the prominence given to College Club statistics, the players of our colleges being the leading exempiars of legitimate amateur play. The playing rules we have gelected for this work are those of the complete code of the National Association, the only code which governs the majoritiy of the clubs of the country, inasmuch as it is the code adopted by the new College Association, and therefore will govern the entire amateur fraternity.

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THE DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS. Tue National Game of Base-Ball is now undoubtedly the Most popular summer pastime in America In every way is it suited to the American character. It is full of excitement, quickly played, and it no. only requires vigor of constitution, manly courage, and pluck, but also considerable power of judg- ment to excel init. Morcover, Base-Bull, when played 1 its integrity, is entirely free from the objectionatie featr 7es which too frequently characterize ¢‘her promirent sports of, the country. What Cricket is to an Englishman, Base-Ball has become to an American. In England, Cricket has more devoted admirers and more ardent followers than any recreation known to the _ English people. On the Cricket-field—and there only—the Peer and the Peasant meet on equal terms; the possession of courage, nerve, judgment, skill, endurance and activity alone _ giving the palm of superiority. In fact, a more democratic in _ Stitution does not exist in Europe than this self-same Cricket; and as regards its popuiarity, the records of the thousands of games played each year, which include the namesof Lords and _ Commoners, Divines and Lawyers, Legislators and Artisans. _ and Lit'erateurs as well as Mechanics and Laborers, show how _ great a hold it has on the people. If this is the characteristic df Cricket in aristocratic and monarchical Englund, how much _ hore will the same characteristics mark Base-Ball in democrat, > ie and republican America. at Hobo

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-_* The improvements which have been introduced year aftet -- year, have been the result of each season’s practical experience, _ and notof any special theory in connection with the game. In _ 1857 the boyish rule of the bound catch was in vogue, and at _ that time the National Association included about twenty clubs, located within a radius of less than twenty miles of New York. At this period, too, it was little more than a game calculated for exercise during the leisure hours of a. summer afternoon, possessing compuratively few attractions as ulfording means for an exciting contest for the palm o “superiority in athletic skill. Men of forty years of age an. _ _ upward could excel in it, and but a few weeks’ practice at ~ the game was necessary to enable a man to take a creditable position asa player. How different is its position now! What - & change has taken place in ten short years) Now Base-Ball is the equal of Cricket as a scientific game—that is, as a game requiring the mental powers of judgment, calculation and _ quick perception to excel in it—while in its demands upon the vigor, endurance and courage of manhood, its require- _Ments excel those requisite to become equally expert us A » cricketer. In regard toits growth of popularity, the ocean boundaries of the United States are not sufficient to limit its extent; for, like Cricket among Englishmen, Base-Ball has been played by Americans in distant parts of the world, whilé at home it has been permanently established as the National - pastime of the American people. The Game of Base-Ball. Base-Ball is played by nine players. ona side, one side tak- ing the bat, and the other the field. The latter occupy the following positions in the field: Catcher, Pitcher, First, Second and Third Basemen, Short Stop, and Right, Left and Center Ficldsmen, The side that wins the toss, have the choice of taking the bat or the field at their option. — » The batsman etands at the home base, on a line drawn through its center—paralle] to one extending from first to third base— . and extending three feet ou each side of it. When he hits the ball, he starts for the first base, and is succeeded by playet after player until three are put out, at which time the sid ~ aecupying the field take their places at the bat, and, in like manner, play their innings. re <5 When the batsman succeeds in reaching the home base,u — touched by the ball in the hands of an adversary, and after successively touching the first, second and third bases, he is entitled to score one run; and when he hits the ball farenough ~ %

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cs, 9 Pe ee Bee aoe dA | I ag, the game must be continued, innings after innings, until one or other of the contesting. sides obtains the most _-funs. And if any thing occur to ayy + or put a stop to __ the game before five innings on each side have been played, ‘the gume must be drawn. The rules and regulations of the - game define all further particulars in reference to it. Measuring the Ground. There are several methods by which the ground may be correctly measured; the following is as simpfe as any: Having derermined on the point of tbe home base, measure from that point, down the field one hundred and twenty-seven feet four inches, and the end will indicate the position of the second base; then take a cord one hundred and eighty feet long, fasten — one end at the home base, and the other at the second, and then grasp it in the center and extend it first to the right side, which will give the point of the first base, and then to the left, which will indicate the position of the third; this will give the exact measurement, as the string will thus form the sidés of _ a square whose side is ninety feet. On a line from the home - to the second buse, and distant from the former forty-five feet, is the pitcher’s first point, the second point being six feet — further, on the same line. The foul-ball posts are placed on — a line with home and first base, and home and third, and _ should be at least one hundred feet from the bases. As these _ ints are intended solely to assist the umpire in his decisions - in reference to foul balls, they should be high enough from» * the ground, and painted, so as to be distinctly seen from the’ | ‘mpire’s position. Flags are the best for the purpose. oe How to Manage a Field. ; | One of the old customs in the management of a nine—one— | now properly obsolete—was that of changing the positions of _~ the players in the field nearly every inning. As a general — thing, this is the merest child’s play. In the early part of © the season, when engaged in an unimportant match witha weaker nine, a change or two may be allowable, by way of ex- — ‘periment; but under no circumstances, except those of illness if or injury, should a position in a nine—except that of pitcher — Pel hi UI ‘ ——be changed during the playing of a match, or, in fact, du-- r the entire season, unless you can substitute a palpably — ‘superior player; or in case expcricnce proves the inability of ~ ay cne man to properiy play his position in a nine. The — olly of taking a base player olf his base because le fails to id a bull or two, badly thrown or swiftly batted to lim; | P ake base player in the field because the fielder hap difficult ball to hold, or even to miss an easy x

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2 — pnet Baeenite Piven an error in one position, and that, too, in oné he is familiar _~ with, is going to do better in one he is not at home in, and if he does not, whence the advantage of tho change? for, as the game is now played, every position in the field requires to be equally well played to insure success ina match. There is one chance, however, that is legitimate and frequently ad- _ vanlageous, namcly: A Change ot Pitchers. Tn the management of your nine, nothing shows your pos wssion of good judgment more than your tactics in regard tc the pitching depurtment. In the first place, a first-class team ~ always has two pitchers in it, and also two catchers, euch fa- ~ miliar with one man’s pitching, and it is in your management _ of these batteries that much of your success willlie. Put your ‘swift pitcher to work first, oat keep him in at least three in- nings, even if he be hit away at the start; for it will require that time to allow wee oppenents to become accustomed to the range of the balls, and therefore they will be more likely to strike too quick for a slower delivery when a change is mide. In reference to a change of pitching we pre-suppose a ‘proper support of the pitching in the field; should the pitcher oot be supported well, however, no change is likely to be of benefit, especially one of from swift to slow pitching, the ef- fectiveness of slow pitching depending greatly upon the skill displayed by the ficld in making catches. Supposing, how- ever, that with good support in the field the swift pitching is being easily punished, and runs are being made too fast, if your pitcher is one who can not drop his pace well without giving more chances at the bat, you should at once bring in your slow or medium-paced pitcher, and at the same time prepare your field for catclies by placing your basemen out further, Jet- ling the short-stop nearly cover second base, and the second - baseman play at right short well out, and extending your out- _ fielders about ten yards or so. Your slow pitcher should be | an active fielder, as he will have to cover the in-field well, _ for the baseman will have to lay out well for high balls be- hat ' Qween the’ in-field and the out-field. If your change-pitehe _ fear gan now and’ then send in a hot one without any apparen + — _ change of délivery, his pitching will be all the more effective, ' when he does so, however, he should draw in his basemen closer by a private signal. The pitcher should always have p- private signals, so as to be able to cull them in closer, or | plaice them out seetiter, or neurer the foul ball-li me oeca- sion may require, without giving’ notice to your adv , n your pee folios also to watch weil the a tor ba 80 a6 move in the direction le faces irihe lot feluer ‘fo bie rogulat posttton PAE Re ao av understanding with your two sets of ficldersin regard to x > 7

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DIME HASH-BALL PLAYER. ws ‘the batsman facing for a hit close to the first base, let hin _ gO nearer to the center field, and the center field nearer to nat and the latter fielder close to if not beyond the foul- ine. : When you find that your adversaries have in their nine two or three men fond of making showy hits, or of hitting at the ' first ball that comes close to them as hard as they can, lay your out-ficlder in readiness for long fly-balls, extend your base- mien for high balls short of the out-field, and then tell your pitcher to send him in a nice one where he wants it, and in nine cases out of ten, if igo men are well trained, the “splendidly hit ball” will be held as nicely as you want it, Be careful, however, that you are not lempted to draw in your men too much for low hits; you should consult with our pitcher every inning so as to hive the nine work accord- ig to his pitching. In fa¢t, the pitcher should be allowed to place his men if he have any special object in view, or de- sires to play any- particular points, It is in paying particular attentions to the strategical points of a game that victories are achieved, and not in depending solely on the strength of ‘your nine either at the bat or in the field. a an On Captaining a Nine. The success of a nine—especially a. professional team—de- pends largely upon the ability of the player who has been placed in command of the nine, for the season. The Captain of a nine must not depend entirely upon his pla ing skill or _ his ability as a tactician for his success in ruling his men, the - one tessential being tocommand the respect and obedience of hisnine. If he does not possess these essentials, he is not fit “to occupy the position. The ability to command this respect _ necessitates the possession of integrity of character, urbanily _ of temper, and a proper consideration for the feelings of the "players under his control; with these qualities a moderate de- ; of the other essentials will suffice to make a man a good Saptain. Without them, the most expert player in the coun- . try would fail. i Never take into your nine a member expelled from another club, unless his expulsion can be shown to have been a merely revengeful act, and an sy punishment. € ita regular rule fora nine to practice in their posi-. tions at least twice a week, in match or practice-games, In Practicing a nine, Jet every man retain his regular position, and do not let out-fielders pluy on the bases, or the basemen in the out-tield. In order to excite emulation in the nine, have special re- wards of prizes for the best score of times the first base is. made by clean bits. No prizes should be given for rung. made, 2 ' : ser > , “oe he << im re + aoe ™ as, in the effort to excel in this respect, players will, \ *

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eee ee ‘ ———— ’ ps "ah . = DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. _ i — freyuently run each other out. Neither should prizes: be | - given for home runs, for the reason that the class of bats- | men who strive to excel in scoring home runs generally have | the poorest average of bases on hils, they scoring about one } home run to six°or seven outs. ; In your treatment of professionals, let them be made to feel. that they are members of the club, and not merely hired men, Some Captains are in the habit of speaking to their profession- als as if they were so many slaves. This is poor policy in” every respect, and the imperious way in which some men use | their brief authority, shows their own smallness of mind aud | Jow character more than any thing else. A really manly Cap- / tain never abuses his authority in this way. In training up a new nine, never judge of a man’s skill by ‘his playing one or two games only. It takes a series of con- “tests either to show a player’s ability, or to develop his weak noints. It is merely folly to estimate a player's skill by either Tis fine play in one game, or his poor display in another. Then, again, due allowance should be made for lack of practice, Re- member, too, that your steady, earnest workers, who play with a will in every game, are worth two of your dashy, brilliant players, who shine one day, and play listlessly the next. Above all, avoid quick-tempered men, as they lose more games than they help to win. The Positions in the Field. The players of a nine in Base-Ball may be divided into two — _efasses, in-ficlders and out-fielders, and these are subdivided — into five other classes, viz.: catchers, pitchers, base-players, short-stops, and out-fielders, each class requiring different de-— crees of skill in their positions, though each must necessarily ~ possess certain attributes alike. The class we shall first com- ment upon will be the base-players; and in referring to these — important members of 2 nine, we propose giving a few hints on the base-play of professional players. Each base requires its ocenpant to be well driiled in the peculiarities of the posi- tion, for it is now well known that each hase presents different opportunities for players to exhibit their skill. For instance, the first-baseman must be a sure catch and a man fearless ir fucing the swiftest thrown balls; but special activity in fielding is less requisite at this position than at the other bases. At ™ the second base, however, activity, is the first requisite, while ‘at the third base the most judgment in catching high foul- balls and the swiftest and longest throwing done in the in- field are the leading features of the play in that position, -- Another difference, too, is, that while at the first base the primary object of the pluyer is to hold the ball while onde “pase, ai the second and third bases uctivity in touching play~ ersisthe feature, = ; 32 eS eee — > : Be - Fr, ~€

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In appealing for stances where the ground is less favorable for fielding in one ~ of the out-field positions than it is in another, in which case — the most active man is required in the poorest part of the field. _ In locating themselves in the out-field, these players should” rather stand out too far than too close in, for they can better run in to catch a short high ball, than to back out for a long Ligh one overhead. The out-fielders should always have ap _ undersianding with the pitcher or catcher, so as to be able to | _ mov to any particular position by private signal,

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ne Pee . iz THE DELIVERY OF THE BALL TO THE BAT, The now established rules governing the delivery of the bal! to the bat allows the pitcher either to voss the ball to the bat, to pitch it, to send it in with a sharp jerk, or give it an addi- tional impetus in speed by the peculiar action of the wrist or elbow, known as an underhand throw. In doing this his arm must swing nearly perpendicularly at the side of the body, for, if he extends it from his side, so that the hand holding the ball is raised above tbe hip, it becomes “a round arm” delivery, and that is prohibited. Ina match game between the Mutuals and Cleveland nines, - gome years ago, James White was sent in to pitch in place of - Pratt; but, although his style of delivery did not in reality differ from that of either of the regular swift pitchers of the clubs of the season, his speed was so great that the umpire de- cided his delivery to be that of an underhand throw. This fact made it evident that, with the rule worded as it was, a power for partial decisions was given to the umpire which would act greatly to the detriment of the game. Besides which, knowing that wrist and elbow throwing by an under- hand delivery had been practically in vogue since Creighton’s days, we thought it time to ric the code of this dead-letter Jaw. Hence the amendment introduced and adopted in 1872. Umpires must, therefore, remember that they can not now rule out any style of delivery save that of an cverhand throw— made with the arm passing above the hip or on a level with it. There is one important fact which the fraternity must not lose sight of in considering the question of how the ball shall be delivered to the bat, and that is that the degree of speed with which it is sent in must always be limited by the ability of the ar. who occupies the position of catcher to catch and stop - the ball. This is a fixed rule in base-ball, and it can not be ; ‘|mperative for the style of delivery to be marked by accuracy of aim and a thorough command of the ball. _ It follows, there- q os = ° _ > 2 e B Ss s eS = ° 2 Gj og Lo} = 3 eas So @ i=) ° =r} 2 e a ~] =m = i" ) Ke oes 3 ee

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ag; . ime ae = a oa! i St eae’ Pia + on 4 ee! © = oh ES 9 hs 7, - DIME BASE-RALL FLAYER 17 eee SIRES Sees ry > ' Ss os the swiftly thrown ball, to say nothing of the impossi- bility of his pane it so as to throw to bases in time, or even to catch the ball. In wording the sections of the rule govern- ing the pitching, therefore, the point aimed at was to make it as clear as possible what constituted a legitimate delivery, and what style it was that was not allowable. The rule in _»¥ vogue in 1871 was as follows: _* All balls thrown or jerked to the bat, or which are not * delivered with a straightarm, swinging perpendicularly at the side of the pitcher’s body, shall be regarded as foully delivereé “0 ' alls, and all such balls shall be called and bases shall be taker on them, as in the case of unfair ba)ls, and in the order of * their delivery. If the pitcher persists in delivering such balls, the umpire, afier warning him of the penalty, shall declare the game forfeited by a score of 9 to 0.” is strictly prohibited every species of throwing, and ad- mitted only - the ball being ‘‘ pitched "—or tossed in swiftly —to the bat. _ Since the days of Creighton, however, swift pitchers, (sc called) have sent the ball in by a wrist and elbow underhand ' throw, it being simply impossible to give the ball the great _ speed imparted to it by the style of delivery hitherto in vogue, except through the medium of that quick, jerking and whip- like movement of the lower arm, which constitutes an under- hand throw. This being the fact, the question in amending _ Wus simply one involving the introduction of just such a rule ts would not be regarded as a dead-letter law, as had been ~ the case in regard to the rules previously governing the delivery _ of the ball to the bat; hence the FN ate only of actual -_ overhand throwing, and that style of delivery known in cricket as “ round-arm bowling.” : In rezard to a clause prohibiting a “jerk,” it was regarded _ as simply unnecessary, as it can be easily shown that no man ; ean obtain the requisite command of the ball by a jerk suffi- , Cient to escape the penalty for delivering “ unfair balls,” viz.,/" those sent in out of the legitimate reach of the bat. Besides z - which, even supposing that a player might be found who ye jerk the ball accurately to the bat, most assuredly suc He ~ sg method of delivery could never exceed in speed the under bg i fond throwing style, and therefore there would be no motive = _ to adopt it; and were it allowed, the simple fact that it would “never be indulged in except at too heavy a cost of calledand | balls, to say nothing of the facility of punishing such a delivery which the absence of the command of the bull Sn Ervagemad lead to, it would contain initselfitsown n. ‘On the Use of Ardent Spirits in Training. si man now desirous of using his physical and méntal their utmost advantage, must ignore first, intempe- _

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=. ews : er eee ree ae ance ir eating, and second, refuse to allow a drop of alcohol: _ ¥ Tic. Fe, Wehtiker in the form of spirits, whe or beer, to ts pass down his throat. We are not preaching “ temperance a * to the fraternity, but telling them facts, hard, neontrovertible | facts, which experience is gradually proving to those who . have charge of the training of athletes for feats of physical — skill or endurance s | That able Americay. essayist, Mr. James Parton, had anar ticle in the Atlantic Monthly for August, 1868, which is oneot | __ the most convincing essays on the evils of liquor drinking we _ have ever read. In fact, if any man can read it cede and not be thoroughly convinced of the injurious effects of al- coholic drinks on the healthy system, he must be either too a weak to escape the rule of prejudice, or too much the slaveof | appetite to allow reason to havesway. Our object, in referring ~ to the article in question, is to call the attention of those who ’ train for athletic feats in general, and of the ball-playing fra- _ ternity in particular, to the worse than useless effects of alco- ~ holic drinks—whether in the form of spirits, wine, or becr— _ fe, r training, or as an incentive of extra exertion in any contest | BS) in which physical skill or physical endurance is to be tried. _ Mr. Parton brings strong testimony to bear upon the pointof | _ the alleged invigorating qualities of alcoholic drinks. On this . - branch of his topic he says: “ Every man that ever trained for 4 supreme exertion of strength knows that Tom Sayers spoke the iruth when he said: ‘I’m no teetotaler; but when Pye any business to do, there’s nothing like water and the @umb- _ oe bells.” Richard Cobden, whose powers were subjected to a | : < WN _ far severer trial than a pugilist ever dreamed of, whose labors by night and day, during the cornaw. struggle, were exces- ' sive and continuous beyond those of any other member of the House of Commons, bears similar testimony: ‘The more work _ _ LT have to do, the more I have resorted to the pump or the tea- pot.’ On this branch of thesubject all the testimony is against alcoholic drinks. Whenever the point has been tested—and it _ “= has often been tested—the truth has been confirmed, thathe __ who would do his very best and most, whether in rowing, lift ing, running, speaking or writing, must not admit into his sys- | tein one drop of alcohol. ‘Trainers used to allow their men _ pint of beer per day, and severe trainers half a pint; but no _ the knowiug ones have cut off even that moderate allowane » sud-brought theirmen down to cold water, and not too much — e soundest digesters requiring little liquid of any jow.by his happy publication lately of the cor- i

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER F 19 “put one in both hands.’ I have a long list of references on this point; but in these boat-racing, p ene days, the fact has become too familiar to require proof. One morning Horace Greeley, teetotaler, came to his office after an absence of several days, and found letters and arrears of work that would. lave been appalling to any man but him. He shuthim- self in at 10 a.m, ami wrote steadily, without leaving the room, till 11 Pp. x.—thirteen hours. When he had finished ho jiad some difficulty in getting down-stairs, owing to the stiff- ness of his joints, caused by the long inaction; but he was as fresh and siniling the next morning as though he had done Aothing extraordindry. Are any of us drinkers of wine ang beer cupable of such a feat? Then, during the war, when he wis writing his history, he performed every day for two years, two days’ work—one from nine to four, on his book; the other, from seven to eleven, on the Tribune ; and, in ad- dition, he did more than would tire an ordinary man in the wiy of correspondence and public speaking. I may also re- mind the reader that Mr. Beecher, who, of all others in the United States, expends most vitality, both with tongue and pen, aud who does his work with least fatigue and most gayety of heart, is another of Franklin’s ‘water Americans.’” . How many ball-players there are who, at match after match are deluded into the notion that by drinking whisky in the midst of their game, they thereby impart new vigor to their bodies, clear their judgnftnt and sight, and inspirit them to greater-endurance, when the undeniable fact is, that the li- quor they drink does the very reverse of all these things, as it neither nourishes the system nor clears the sight; on the con- trary, inflames the stomach, clouds the brain, and actually Weakens the whole man. y

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20 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. ON SCORING IN BASE-BALL _. Thesystem of scoring now in vogue throughout the country was first introduced by the author of this book in 1867, and since then it has been very generally adopted. The scorer of a base-ball match has either to perform a very simple task, or he has a duty to attend to which requires his lose attention to every movement of the players in the field. To record the simple outs and runs of a match requires only the use of the figures 1, 2, and 3 for the purpose of recording the outs made by each player; and only a dot (.) for each run Scored; these are added up at the close of the match, and the total of each placed opposite the name of the bateman making them, the score of the runs made each innings teing placed at the foot of the column of each inning. This record only fives the simple scores of outs and runs in the game. To score @ game, however, in such a manner as to provide correct and reliable data for a true estimate of the skill of ¢ach player at the bat and in the field in a game, involves cousider- able more work. We shall now proceed to describe in full our latest and improved system of scoring in base-ball soatches, by means of which a full and correct analysis of each player’s skill can be readily arrived at, at the close of each season. The only true estimate of a batsman’s skill, is that based on the number of times he makes his bases on hits, not by errora - of the fielders, but by what is known as “clean” hitting. For instance, if a batsman hits a ball to the short stop, which the latter stops easily but throws wildly to the first base, the bats- man may thereby get home on the error and score his ron, while he would not be really entitled to his first base by his hit. On the other hand he may, by a sharply-hit ground-ball, be enabled to reach his first base in safety by means of hia — is good batting, and yet, by the inferior batting of his successur, _ ke may be easily put out at second base from being forced off. _ It will be seen therefore that while in the one case he scoresa un on @ poor hit, in the other he is charged with an out on a E good one. ae Sects, baw senretaiie tee, send <a __ Fina lans'a criterion of good batting | . ieee a. “

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rae and . ‘The following is the score-sheet of the Atlantic batting ag ‘Aust “6 _ Matual fielding ofthe matc® of Oct. 12, 1868. J 4 ‘yomor ‘sg 2 ‘ouyoog *, ‘a1 ‘SII 9 bans & ié 48 TPpusmg *¢ Al las JT ‘aoysHOW + ‘d ‘s10710,. *g ‘a's “kiog -—— _—— | —- | | —S- J —__ | -—_—_ § & I & 19. /€ 6@/4 T ps} * gq * * * * 1 neta (ueemeeeed Geena? tema? ed a a —— —_—- | Ss | | | | SE eel | cea Ge, | nn! nT > by was put oe Oe is in ree was the first stri ‘pIvuogon 6 ‘upii}9Z 8 ‘nosn Sag ‘3 d the ball to Mil is is described as follows the outs and runs made Pearce to be the firat man also shows how he h ‘SII “9 ain the first three in ee who gives but it ‘oumip *s ‘avuideqg “¢ me, ‘e will ex the lower line shows e score not. only an in the lon The aboy each batsm: ios “ Fn a above them stand in place of the names of the

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¥ ~ _ fielders putting him out, viz., 9 for Flanly—he being the ninth — : min on the list—and 6 for Mills, the letter A being in place of “a the words ‘first base.”. Smith was the second man ont, a8 indicated by the figure 2; and he was put out at first base by the ficlding of Devyr and Mills, the figure 2 being in place of Devyr's name—lre being second on the list of fielders—and the 6tfor Mills’ name. ‘The third striker was Start, and he made a run, indicated by the dot (.) in the lower corner. Chapman _ was the fourth striker, and he struck out, the figure 3 show- ~ ~~ ing him to be third hand out, and the letter K standing for - ~ struck ont.” The total score of the inning is recorded at the » foot of the column. _ Inthe second inning Mills put out Crane at first base; Mills was ficlded out by Flanly to Mills at first base; Ferguson rf scored a run, and Zettlein was third out on a foul bound by Dockney, the 7 being in place of Dockney’s name and the Iet- ters L D standing in place of the words “foul bound.” The total score of the inning is recorded as before, and below is the grand total of the game as far as played, Tn the third inning McDonald led off by striking ont, after which Pearce, Smith and Start scored runs. Then Chapman ~* was put out at second base—shown by the letter B—by - _ Fianly fielding the ball to Devyr at second base. Crane was left on the second base—shown by the figure and letter thus (2d) in the corner—and Mills was third hand out by the field- ing of Swandell to Mills at first base. The total score of the inning was 3, and the grand total of the Atlantic at the close of the inning was 5, shown by the figures at the foot of the : column of the inning. an f Now all this figuring and abbreviating can be recorded with ease as fast as the movements of the players are made, but _ : though the record shows not only how and by whom each bats- - 8 : man was put out, and also his outs and runs, it does not show + how he made his bases, whether by good hits or poor fielding, —_ and asit is very important to get atsuch data in orderto arrive — at a correct estimate of a batsman’s skill in the game, we nse trot

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"nine on one page, as the fielding nine on the other, and the b = nop, Reel as the batsmen—the names of the two contestins nines thus xppearing on the book twice, once as batsmen, aud | _- once as fielders. Exch fielder is numbered from 1 to 9, and in recording, in the square of each in:.iag, by whom players are put-out, these figures are used to indicate the names of the fielders who put him out. The following abbreviations of words used to record the movements of each player during » game are now used by | all scorers thronghout the country, the system having been in- , i > dorsed by the National Association in 1864, > A—put out on first base. L F—put out by foul fly-catches. . B = “ second base. RO “ between the bases. Cc * “ third base. HR home runs. if = « home base. K put out by three strikes, > F “by fly-catches. The above, at first sight, would appear to be a complicated alphabet to remember, but when the key is applied it will be - at once seen that a boy could easily impress iton his memory in a few minutes. The explanation is simply this—we use the first three letters of the alphabet to indicate the three bases ; the first letter of the words “‘ Home” and “‘ Fly,” and the Jast » ‘letter of the words “ Bound,” “ Foul” and “ Struck.” ps © sent round by hits or fielding errors is the rule. Add to this For some years there has been a decided waste of figuring over the record-scores of bise-ball matches. Experience has shown that all that is essential in the record-score of a match for publication is just the amount of figures necessary for data in making up the season’s averages of a player. Now, what comprises a player’s averages? ‘The answer is his aver- age of bave-hits and his average of chances for putting players out—-or assisting to put them out—arrived at by comparing the chances offered to those accepted. The figures required for this duta are simply the record of times at the bat and base-hits made—not total, but only single—to cover the bate » ting, and the chances offered and chances accepted to cover the fielding. The score of runs is immaterial, as it really has but little to do with the base-running, inasmuch as a runner is sent round his bases by hits or errors ten times to twice that — he steals his way round. Stealing bases is exceptional ; being 4 ‘the score of runs made each inning, and a Piggy?! score ‘showing runs earned, times, first bases made by fielding. errors, and total fielding errers, and your record-score is com- plete as far as data for averagesis concerned. The important ~ an kon 53 fa what are to be pevailere erage ome ids “not, what are to be regar as.chances of »Temains | : ty catablished: . a = to be answered, and it can only be answered by an ¢

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i r; ‘> 2 4 ae , Ee a | <3 =|=|] jei3 Ssrra’s Srpz. Srgiaie|® BARNIE’S SIDE Slelz/213 4|4 |S |5|5 <4/a|e\5|5 Smith, c........| 5} 3) 4/13)11||Baynie,c....... 4; 1) 2t1)11 Cassidy, s. 8....| 5| 2) 1) 6) 6|Nelson, s, s..... 41 1, 0) 7, 5 Doescher, 3d b. .| 5| 2) 2| 3) 3)|\Campbell, 1st b.| 4) 3) 1) 8) 7 Lavin, ist b....| 5! 2) 1/14114/|MeDonald, 3d b| 4 0} 0)10)_7 Ryan, 2db..... | 1| 2| 4) 4l| Winslow, 2d b..| 4) 2) 2) 1! 1 Bavaye, c.f..... 5] 01 0} O| O\|Ditmars,'r. f....} 4 2) 1 1} 1 Girard, p......- 5] 0! 1) 0; 0|/Gilmore, p..... 4) 1 0 4\3 ~Graef, r. f......} 4{ 1] 0} 0} 0)/Bethel, c f..... 4,0, 4 OO Anderson, 1. f...| 3; 0| 0| 3} 3i|Dunn, 1. f...... 4 1] 1] 2) 2 | fotals....... [42|11|11]48/41}] Totals ...... 36,11] 7|44)87 OE aa a ae 103: 012 10 38—T1 Barnie’s Side-.............. 0200100 3 1—7 First base by errors—Smith’s side, 1; Barnie’s side,6. Runs earned—Smith’s side, 2; Barnie’s side,4. Total fielding er- rors—Smith’s side, 5; Barnie’s side, 13. Umpire, Mr. Chad- wick. Time, ih. 30m. ay this record-score it will be seen that while every error in fielding, as well as every good play made which bears upon the record of chances offered and accepted for putting opponents out, is duly recorded, no errors are direct) charged to each player. For instance, suppose a hot line balt - js hit to the short-stop which is sent with such force that he. is not able to do anything but stop it, neither catching it on the fly nor being able to field in time to throw the runner out. In such a case the batsman is credited with a base-hit. Sup- pose, also, that the next ball hit is sent to short-stop, and is well held and thrown accurately to the first-baseman, but is muffed by the latter. In this case the short-stop is credited with a-chance offered and accepted, while the first-baseman is charged with a chance offered and missed. This is the prin- ciple of the method, and it can readily be carried out in all its variations. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule which will have to be particularized, such as passed balls and \ wildly-pitched balls, which are not chances offered for putting aes out, and therefore cannot be justly charged as chances. = iy

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Sy yp e = “THE COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP. * YALE vs. HARVARD. Up to 1879 everything in the college championship contests , of each season went on as smoothly as the absence of any - College Association rules to govern such matcbes would ad-¥ - mit of. But Jast season a barrier to further success was in- - troduced by the Brown University Club by their playing a i professional pitcher in their college nine in direct violation of the old established rule governing strictly amateur nines. i ‘The question as to which college nine is the champion team of 1879 is one which has not as yet been satisfactorily answered. The Brown nine claims the best percentage of won games, - Yale winning 8 and losing 4. But Yale won the most games. «= To add to the difficulty Harvard, though beaten by Brown, _ Won the series of games with Yale. But the Harvard team, ’ it is stated, was not strictly a legitimate one, that is, all its "Players were not regarded as eligible under the rules of cus- _ tomary usage. However that may be, one thing is certain, y and that is that every gamein which the Brown team played Richmond, after he had become the professional pitcher of the Worcester club, is null and void. This would therefore leave : ae the question to be decided between the Yale and Harvard ‘ elubs. In regard to the Harvard team the College Chronicle in = Teferring to the subject, says: - = “The point involved is this: that though the return to the nine of Mr. Ernst, who bas since graduation been in good es =y faith a member of the Harvard Medical School, may be merely ar matter of taste,the return of Mr. Tyng to the Harvard ‘Law School, in order thereby to obtain a technical right to a on the nine, js in efféct a breach of intercollegiate comity.” In regard to the question of the college championship, we - eandidly think that, in accordance with the customary rules which have been tacitly obeyed by the leading college clubs », the fact of the defeat of the Yale nine in three games it of the aaortses with the cera Wecgetninibed 7 o~

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championship. “That is the way we figure it out. The record, by the best figures we can get at, is as follows: 2 0 Sau 0 | 8 Ol... 1 I rince (0 0) 1)..) 0 ; 0} 1/0 PMR MUN Leg! 5Gin jo: 05s SS Sas taehd'a Sel Wats 0 o| 1 ol él. as 7 Games lost.......... Ret ee | 4) 3! 6 6.23 It is a curious fact that Ilarvard and Yale have both made 27 runs in their series together this season. THE HARVARD AND YALE RECORDS. The record of games played by the Harvard team of 1879 is as follows: April 12, New Bedford vs. lace e'c0e 8's Se eee April 14 Boston vs. Harvard .....+.s000-éseidd pam bas 16 e | April 16, Harvard: vs. Beacons ive. daviey scan cenkaant 5. 4 April 23) Harvard vs. Beacon.. ..... ...es0ce Pe eS 6 6 April 26, Harvard vs. Dartmouth...........0.eees00: 5 2 Muy-.1,Beacon:vs. Harvard. ¢sssed] 3 hss ees $.5-13 May 3 Brown vs, Hurvard.......... icine s Gupte 21. B Muay 6, Clinton vs: Harvard...... Pei mber ees ee ye May 8, Pinto ws, Harvaril >. 4)2-iss0.o+0sa seeeene Sc oe May 10; Mote wa. Hurvard. <2 ugy veces cubis bee ecre 11 5 Many17, Harvard. va. Yalo «010... rss cane ees phe evs 2. 0 May 21, Brown ys. Harvard............- secant sacs eee May 93) Princeton ys, Harvard. ...........ec00s ee ee May 24) Harvard vs, Prineetan:..... Ties eee 8.2 May 28, Harvard vs, Dartieuth 11 . dune. 2, Harvard vs. Priaceton*...... Pee Pre zee ; a

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iad MONS: 43 wee ee Harvard vs, Holyoke} Sr Ceres Tee. 0 PIREREVOECE VS. .Y UG; acct 5 -6.c 0 cte-seme aban Low | ae + 13 innings. _ Won, 11; lost, 13; tied, 2-26. Runs—Harvard, 134; op- ponents, 180. First-base hits—Harvard, 176; opponents, 215. a 174, opponents, 155. ; -Harvard won but two games against professional nines and — lost six. HS oe re That of the Yale nine is also appended: S April li, Yule vs. Springfield April 12! Yale vs. Holyoke April 23, aie Oe MONIOF >a 25.. <c~ bs bbe aoe tee emer OO, Yale vs: Springfield... ss .. 1. cc esn sees Cae PeeMIO RAE TINCELOD, ~.¥.o.25.<5.2s vacee easton 7, VER ea ee ae oe ~ May 14, Yale vs. aad 17, Yale vs. May 24° Yule vs. ay 80, Yale vs. ay 81, Yale vs, June 5. Yale vs. ne 11, Yale vs. Fane 3 ih Yale vs. May 10, Yale vs. 1 7 Yale vs. Ka, Yale ys. "13, Yule vs. Harvard.. Holyoke. . Harvard Amherst Brown ee er Jersey.City.. ..4.5 wets ele Springfield... 2. Roig Sie gh a eee eee Browns’. 5s Magiavets cians tale eed TOLER Gas pane cvs sae week gis igh 2 Pies, Ege ih ert Pe pe Peart reyes 1 will be seen that Yule was defeated nine times byt pro- : onal nines, and won only three such games. - Sroorwr cdr wwe _ WwISimMOMMOH Aco

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Ee ae ge ny RS a ~ The averages of the two clubs for 1879 are as follows: q HARVARD. BATTING AVERAGES. Total P. C. of B. B.H. toT.atB. Sars aes C3 65 21 26 B23 POA enn br 5 5s 505. 17 71 18 24 258 MDOTIGRE. os... oss cone 26 112 27 32 241 Saas Qt 101 22 24 217 POM s 6 oe ciadkie s00 soos 24 86 18 21 209 hte. LOWS. <6 oe F 29 6 9 207 Saree 14 61 12 16 197 J. 8. Howe........... 8 31 6 8 193 4 Nunn -23 99 15 18 151 VCO ee yf 27 4 4 148 ES re 25 92 13 18 141 Ee oes Vo 0 oo © 12 44 6 7 136 1 MAOWIEN 55... osc se 10 42 5 6 119 Nine others........... 21 71 3 3 048 ys OT A 931 176 «211 178 FIELDING AVERAGES, Total Men Total Put Out. TT. As. Errors. Ch. Ac. Peete rient,1at-b.........0.-. 174 4 9 MieA, HOWwe, C., Cf. 2.52.5 25 10 3 Coolidge, 2d d Date bere a ou vi 73 15 Mette Dy. fesse ese o es - 82 11 menage. C.. p., ete. 2.222... 43 14 Oo mstead, Ist Se I eR Pe 134 4 20 Nunn, s. a Sere 25 68 16 Alger, c OS Ae Rae 41 83 14 Holden*, r. Jf; 8d b.. Ba 6g 15 6 Winsor, c. f., r. f., ¢., p.. 29 44 18 Cohen, Sd'b., tr. f.......... 29 46 21 Folsom, c., p., 0 f........ 5 5 ¢. mee Howe, 1 tf... cos 3- ss 4 0 8 Nine others:............. 30 16 17

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og ze ‘is = tees me, opie. 4 YALE. Parker, 80 3d b......... Bank's o pes : 5/ Hutchison, Say See ae Ee 24| 24 : 6.Lamb, s1, Se ae eee 124) 22 ' OOS Se: Se eee |24; 21 | 10 Walden, ’81, 2d b.............224- 24) 17) 17| 24) .70 ; 7\Hopkins, SER ME is os Abs ons Sante 23! 21 23) 14, -91 Bemtark, "£0, 0. foo. cc... ecacec se cel 21] 18! 22) 12, .82) .57 TiCamp, ’80, 1. f..-..:..--..0. «--- 22] 15| 27] | 68) 28 aWntecn, MESES Seay Saeea 12} 13} 17! 39:1.08/3.25 13 Smith, "80, me eo. Welle wate capa sas | 8| 5] 5} 26) .62)3.25. =» 12'Stanton, RR is | 8} 2} 2] 11) .66/3.66 SR ere 2} 6) Cy) 4/3.002.00°— S Booth, 79, S., 2.20.02... 6s ee ees } 1) 1 1 7\1.00/7.00 8 i SS ea eee 1}; 3} 3) 0)3.000.00 — EO ae eee Li] 3 : oe ; I ea aos 207/26 : Total by opponents ............- 170 a1603 im No averages of either the Princeton or Brown teams were sent us and therefore they are not published. 3 2 PLAYERS IN COLLEGE NINES OF 1879. i The following is the list of the regular nines of the six ait: 4 ce entered for the championship of 1879: | DARTMOUTH. ay Cram, ¢. Rundiett, p. S Partridge, 1st b. aay Mayer, 2d b. | Sutcliffe, 3d b. cal fe 4

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HARVARD. Tyng, ¢. Schenck, ¢. Watson, . Ernst, p. Horton, p. Lamh, p. Wriztt, Ist b. Wigton, Ist b. Hopkins, 1st b. Coolidge, 2d b. Snook, 2d b. Wilden, 2d b. ~ Cohen, 3b. Pennock, 8d b. Pa 3d b. Elliott, s. s. Warren, s. $s i On, S. S. Olmstead, 1. f. Vane Dyke. 1. f. C ae Folsom, c.f. McNair, c.f. =e iat. + Alger, r. f. Duffield, r. f. Ripley, rv. f. COLLEGE GAMES. | One of the most exciting contests of the college season was ~~ the match between the Yale and Brown teams, played at New Faven, at Hamilton Park, on May 80th, when the Yale nine — defeated the Browns, though the Jatter were aided by the ser- vices of the professional pitcher and catcher of the Worcester Club. The playing of both clubs for the first five innings ~ “Was excellent, not a man being able to get further than third base. The sixth inning closed without either side having . made a run, In the seventh inping, however, Smith and _ ~ Ripley crossed the home-p!ate for Yale by errors on the part of Dilts, Winslow and Richmond, Clark being the only man to make a safe hit. The Brown nine came near scoring in this inning, Dilts leading off with a base-hit and going to ‘second of Smith’s érror, and to third on awild pitch. Greene _ ~ struck out and Dilts attempted to ster] home, but was put out - by Lamb and Smith, closing the inning withouta run. The next two innings resuJted in blanks for both sides, and the — _ Yale players came out victorious amid great enthusiasm by a» : score of 2 to 0. Winslow and Richmond proved a sirong “battery, as did Smith and Lamb, not a ran being earned off either pitcher. The general field-support, too, was excellent, — especially that of Tada, Dilts, Hutchison, Walden and — _ Parker in their respective positions, A Ae od i

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a ee ”" °? a =F = DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 31 (=.0:., 0, 0: Onat es — oS eo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tso-base hits—Knight, Lamb. Struck out—Yale, 6; Wor- esters 2. Passed Watson, 4; Bushong, 1. Double- psy —Arwin and Sullivan. Sacrifice hii—Whitney. Umpire {liltyer. Time, 2h.

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$s ports a. g alslg ES é Z hele 22 oLups. |S/ElS|HElsI518! 2/E18 eS SielSllelZi\SiE| Slelsiss lat a a _ Providence.....|.. 8| 6) 7/10! 8/10/10) 59! 1/84|.705 23 ton. . 4}..| 9| 4| 7{10\11) 9| 54! 084). 29 = Boffalo........ 6) 8]..| 6 7| 811] 5) 46 1/78) .592 82 oe OlNICaO...2.--- ars 6}..| 3) 8) 8 8) 46 4/79). 82 * Cincinnati... ... 2} 5] 3] 8}..| 8} 9) 8) 43) 1/80). 36 ~ Cleveland...... 4| 2| 4) 4| 4!..) 5} 4) 27) olsalait 53 ee Dray iis .5s ces 2| i] 1| 3/ 2] 6)..| 4) 19) 2175). 56 _ Byracuse....... a 3] 8 i 4 7 2 | 22) 1/70 27 Games Lost. .|25,30]32/33)37|55/56|48 316: It will be seen by the above figures that in the recorded "games played, won and lost, Chicago occupies fourth place, Owing to that club’s having sustained one more defeat than - the Buffalo Club; but by the counting of the game Cincinnati vs, Chicago, Aug. 13, claimed by the Chicagos as forfeited h by the Cincinnatis, the Chicagos take third place in the count, according to the decision of the League Board of Directors. By the record of games played, however, the Chicago Club t occupies the position given it in the ubove table, ; f In 1871 the series was best three in five games, In 1872 the series was five games. In 1873 it was nine, and in 1874, "7 and ’76 it wus ten games. The Athletics won the pennant in ae =4 ~ Bostons in 1872, "73, 74 and ’75; and the Chicagos m1 4 a Thechampion team of 1871 was.as follows: Malone, catcher; / McBride, pitcher; Fisler, first base; Reach, second base; a Meyerle, third base; Radcliffe, short-stop ; Cuthbert, left-field ; ,)Sensenderfer, center-field; Huebell, right-field; with Bechtel and Tom Pratt as assistants. : ' |. ® ‘The champion team of 1872 was as follows: McVey, catcher; c Spalding, pitcher; Gould, first base; Barnes, second base; | - Schafer, third base; George Wright, shert-stop ; Leonard, left-field; Harry Wright, center-ficld; F. Rogers, right-fleld; Birdsall, assistant. oe hee Ba Ty

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DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. 87 ‘The champion team for 1874 was as follows: White, catcher ; Spalding, pitcher; O'Rourke, first base; Barnes, second base; Schafer, third base; George Wright, short-stop; Leonard, left- field; Harry Wright, center-ficld; MeVey, right-field; Hall tnd Beals, ussistants. The champion team for 1875 was as follows : White, catcher ; ding, pitcher; McVey, first base ; Barnes, second base; Schater, third base; Geo. Wright, short-stop; Leonard, left- field; O'Rourke, center-field ; Manning, right-field; Beals, H Wright and Heiffert, assistants. The champion <eam for 1876 was as follows: White, catcher ; | Spalding, pitcher; McVey, first: base; Barnes, second base; Anson, third base; Peters. short-stop ; Glenn, left-field ; Hines, eenter-field ; Addy, right-ficld, Bulaskie as assistant. The champion te:m of 1877 wasas follows : Brown, catcher ; d, pitcher; White, first base; Geo. Wright, second base; Morrell, third base; Sutton, short-stop; Leonard, left-field; ae : e, conter-field; Schafer, right-field; W.. White, assis- | The champion team of 1878 was as follows: Snyder, catcher; | Bond, pitcher; Morrell, first base; Burdock, second base; tton, third base ; George Wrizht, short-stop ; Leonard, left- field ; O’Rourke, center-field ; and Manning, right-field. The series of gantes in 1877 and 1878 was twelve games. The champion nine of 1879 was as follows: Gross, catcher; Ward, pitcher; Start, first base; Farrell, second. base ; McGeary, . third base; George Wright, short-stop ; York, left-field ; Hines, | Center-fiell; and James O’Rourke, right-field, with Braun, \ { \ and Mathews, as assistants. The following is the number of victories and defeats of the clubs that have won the championship since the first pro- fessional association was or, Victories. ~ Defeats, 22 7 Athletic... ... 2) it Reme 1871 RN ss ole sad fan os 0S 1872 39 2 Sa eee 1873 43 16 Bostons. .. . Bae 1874 52 18 : ion EEE AP ee a 71 : beiawra eso, <2, EY ty 50 1 EE SSR 1877 81 18 SEE 1878 41 19 SS ea eee 1879 59 25 In @iancing over the record of the League championship games of 1879 we find that out of the 316 games played— Sega of the drawn matches—there were 85. model games % : - ‘

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os pee Schenck ‘and leoe—277 single: ime ~ smear dou ne rm The record is ee | #3 CLUBS. aAclslzlz = S\s| Fels é zS/2/8\= : Slalsisio PROMOH....0.. bso Liw'aia ne 0's wo temas ocd 0 0} 01 to a x2 ed | Cleveland. . Providence... : racuse.... f The record of the single-figure games in 1879 is as follows: 318 m = } . — 2|s|$|2i2 AGS Re SisSplo ae Boston... 7 2) 8 0 Sr Se ere ys at 8 6 PNCOR Os oe 95 sins F essere esses vee 8 4 Cincinnati.. is | 6-2 Le 5 42 44

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June 19, Boston vs. Cincinnati, at Boston....... 2... 6 _ July 21, Boston vs. Cleveland, at Cleveland......... | July 28, Boston vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse........... ~Juiy 30, Beston vs. Troy, at Troy..... .. ......... Ang. 2, Boston va. Troy, at Troy....5.............5 Ang. 6, Boston vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse.. ......... _ Aug. 15, Boston vs. Syracuse, at Boston............. Aug. 21, Boston vs. Troy, at Boston............ 2... | Sept. 8, Boston vs. Chicago, at Boston.............. | Sept. 9, Boston vs. Chicago, at Boston............... _ May 20, Buffalo vs. Syracuse, at Buffalo..... ... Pe | June 14, Buffalo vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse........... June 25, eee ys. Cleveland, at Buffalo............ July 1, Buffalo vs. Cleveland, at Clieveland.......... Ang. 11, Buffalo vs. Cleveland, at Cleveland.......... _ Aug. 12, Buffalo vs. Cleveland, at Cleveland,......... Ang. 26, Buffalo vs. Cincinnati, at Cincinnati....,....4 Sept. 22, Buffalo vs. Cincinnati, at Buffalo............ 3 Muy 28, Chicago vs. Boston, at Boston............... 6 May 30, Chicago vs. Boston, at Boston............... 8 __ July 15,-Chicago vs. Troy, at Chicago...............11 _ duly 16, Chicago vs. Troy, at Chicago................ 4 ' Ang. 2, Chicago vs. Cleveland, at Chicago........... 7 ~ July 21, Cincinnati vs. Troy, at Cincinnati.......... 10 _ duly 15, Cincivnati vs. Providence, at Chicago........ 9 ~ Ang. 12, Cincinnati vs. Chicago, at Cincinnati......,. 5 _ Sept. 6, Cincinnati vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse.........6 Aug. 15, Cleveland vs. Chicago, at Cleveland.......... 2 » Sept. 9, Cleveland vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse......... 5 ~ May 30, Providence vs. Buffalo, at Providence.;..... 4 _ dune 6, Providence vs. Chicago, at Providence,....., 8 ~ May 28, Syracuse vs. Cleveland, at Syracuse......... 4 * July 2, Syracuse vs. Troy, at Syracuse.... ......... 4 ~ Ang. 14, Syracuse vs. Boston, at Boston.............. 4 ~ Ang. 21, Syracuse ys. Providence, at Providence...... 7 “May 16, Troy vs. Buffalo, at Buffalo................. 1 - June 23, Troy vs. Syracuse, at Troy............... ..-6 STS i SL as. eocoooscoooessocec|sosooosesocoescoocsacoeseoosssso 4 rT 4 4a

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ALBERT G. SPALDING. - The second of our illustrated sketelhes of noteworthy base- ball players is that celebrated strategic pitcher of the pro- fessional class of the fraternity familiarly known as “Al - Spalding,” who was in the champion nine of the Boston Clab from 1871 to 1875, inclusive, and was the pitcher and manzgrr, _ of the Chicago nine when they won the championship pen-— | nant in 1876. Since that year he has been practically out of the arena, being now the proprietor of an excellent sporting _ goods establistiment in Ciicago. ‘ ~ “Al heyan playing ball in a junior nine at Rockford, IIL, in 1863, and he played as a junior until 1866, when he was — hosen pitcher of the Forest City nine of Rockford, then the amateur rivals of the Chicago Excelsiors. We first saw Mr. 2 ck: z= ne play in the contest which took place at Dexter Chicayo, July 25, 1867, between the Forest City nine of F ford and the Washingion Nationals, then on & tour Xl - Ag

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er: ‘ . So St OA “= 2 * , 4 Vest. In the former nine Spalding was pitcher, Ross I 3arnes acted as short-stop, and Addy played at second base, — Previously the Nationals had easily defeated the clubs of Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Si. Louis. A special — interest was taken in this game by the Chieago people inas- much as the Excelsiors of that city—the rivals of the Rockford Nine—were to play the Nationals the next day. To the sur- se and chagrin of the Nationals they were defeated by the orest City nine, by the following score: © Forest City......... 285018 0 1 4-29 National............ 85038 0 7 8 0 2-23 Base hits—Forest City, 17; National, 21. | Earned runs—Forest City, 4; National, 3. | The victory was largely due to Spalding’s pitching. The Buccess of the Excelsior’s rivals set the latter wild to duplicate the victory, but the next day the Nationals played a splendid game, and won by the fullowing score: National..........+- 7521 518 10 1—49 Excelsior. ......-+-- 002000 10 1—4 Base hits—National, 37; Excelsior, 6. Earned runs—National, 9; Excelsior, 1. Tt was this vietory which brought Spalding into notice. Harry Wrightsoon saw into the merits of Spalding, and after _ AT bad_ still more distinguished himself as piteher_of the ~ Forest City professionals of 1870, he was selected by Harry as ~ the pitcher of the new Boston nine of 1871, and it was in this é elu that Spalding won his reputation as the most successful Strategist in base-ball pitching ever known to the professional i. fraternity. It was Spa'ding who visited England early in the ~~ P= ng of 1874 as the avant courier of the Boston and Athletic Clubs, and his able management of the affairs of the team Was noteworthy. We quote from the description of the players of the visiting teams contained in the bise-ball book . Of 1875, as follows: “Spalding is justly regarded of the most f etre ealding. ie justly, Tre in judgment, command. of Te ul, hock, ; nerve, ition he has no a ene while his educa- place generality This does but simple justice to this: model professional pitcher, who is one of the most peatenseniy and intelligent — ers of h t st demeanor, and of marked executive ability, even outside his special position he stands as a most creditable exemplar y of character,

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__—s« PITOHING AVERAGES. : The pitching averages of the pitchers of the National As- sociation clubs of 1879, who played in ten games and over are given below. They are the official figures of the Secretary _ of the National Association, Mr. Jas. A. Williams. {4e qe SoUNT, OF oni of | EREBES SRSZSE EODDHHOONRM x f Saekessssee . . ont £/° Poa! ey el ah ata ecb 4 |ourey 0} epeur Hepa | SRESRZSCSRRS Ps stood So See eee ire) EB [auouoldo 4, | sSSanaseaes é FUE seg jo on | SSBSARRTRRS “4 p e EERRESS & jarwsunidoy | SEERRZESESE B ‘BOUIUH JO “ON | RRSERRASSSAR Pa yavy | MFO woor aoe & : ; a aenaheld orcester, net AO N. Bed.

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= “PROFESSIONAL TEAM CAPTAINS. Re as IY -_- “Who shall we have to captain the nine ?” was the general egeery at the meetings of club-stockbolders last spring when e teams of 1879 were being organized; and the practical ~~ _ answer made to the question was one which had an important ~ ‘bearing on the welfare and success of each team during the — * season's campaign. *‘‘ Let the men select their own captain,” Was one response; “ The manager had better appoint the enp- tain,” was another; while in a third case the leading official — Of the club took upon himself the responsibility of »ppointing _ the captain. The difficulty in the way of cither one of these plans succeeding was the fact that in too many cases there . ‘Was no mun in the team competent to fill the bill properly, If one of the players from among whom tbe captain had to _ Ve selected was found able to act as cuptain from his knowl- _-tdge of the rules of the game and of points of play, he was also generally found to be deficient ‘n otber and equally essen- tial qualifications for the position—thatis, he either lacked the . _ power to control his team by possessing their confidence and or be had not the requisite coolness and nerve in try- r he needed tbat important essen-.~ Hence the captaincy of teams, in ~ | hands unfitted for the duties de- To be able to captain a first-class to do something scarcely one o? Let us glance for a moment at — ry in a first-rate captain of a nine, hether the club-team about esses any player competent to fill the +. No position in a professional pine marked and peculiar abilities as that of a first- simply uses moys his men, nee at best. There is a vast the field-work done by a team

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f " opinions in the field-play of the team which respect ané es-\ Fr power to control players is something which tempts a man to captain because the penalty of disobedience is a forfeiture salary, and that prompt assent to the captain’s plans an; teem of the officer in power alone exact. The possession o show his true disposition when he Jeust expects it; and just here, in this one thing, comes in a test as to whether this, that or the other man is fitted to act as captain. Look at a regiment Of soldiers with its ten captains, and note the differ- ence in the action of the compunies under their command. While all are bound by army rules to « certain strict obedi- ence to the commands of their captain, how differently are these commands obeyed! With one captain how prompt to each beck and call is every man in the ranks, while with an- other nothing but the letter of the law is obeyed. Just so is it in the captaincy of professional nines; and hence it is that so much importance is attached to the selection of the cap-— tain. Of course, when you have a manager who, to a certa’ extent, practically performs many of the duties of field-cap- tain, the nominal captain becomes the mere vehicle for carry- ing out the behests of the man really at the head. Butin cuses where the manager is not sufficiently posted fo interfere — ~ with the field-work in a match, then the selection of the cap- tain becomes a very important matter. having ex-captains or ex-man:gers in your team; or if this | cannot be avoided, see to it that no loophole be left for ] @ ex-cuptain oF et a3 pica? sae:

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ae in baat ther important matter for consideration is that the | | player selected for captain should possess determination of — | character. An effective captain must know no such word as _ ¥acillation, The captain—like the woman—* who hesitates — is Jost.” Let him be a man who, aftet once having decided, abides by that decision; not, of course, with that mule-like obstinacy which admits of no advice or instruction, but with ‘that prompt determination which marks a man of strong character. 55 ee Now, it will be readily seen that the requisites alluded to | tL above are suchas but few players possess, That is just what We pointed out in. the beginning, and it is to show what char- — Acteristics ure needed in an efficient man for the position that — We hope to present the rules to govern the selection, Sull one more point and we have done with our model ea) dain. While it is, of course, proper that, the captain sliould he held to a due responsibility for the conduct of his men on the field--the club-manager should attend to them off the field —this should only be done when he is given full power to act, and not when be is made only nominal] ptain through a the interference of the manager, or some club official, or stock- al _ holder, who, by his petting of one or more men of the team, » practically nullifies the orders of the captain. To placeaman _ in command of a nine and then allow this, that or the other — ts club official to instruct players what to do in the field, or to insist upon the men being placed or appointed to their re. _ Spective positions in opposition to the captain’s wishes, at the _ Same time holding the captain responsible for the faulty pier: 4 bag badly governed a team, isa gross act of injustice: The — :, : is, no club team can be successfully organized or pe ae A ‘vl Tun while the club board of directors or any other club 0 SS z #re allowed to interfere outside the line of their special duties, The club-manager finds his duties confined to the disbursement ; of expenses, the collection of receipts, and. the looking after — the general welfare of the team, and, in fact, “running the ps team” outside of the field, while the captain runs the team ou the field, and there only. : } | : : 4 : ¥ aa) = | Dei acs: sage he cSt an, * - foe

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ate oe ae DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. eae el : . é “CRICKETERS VS. BALL-PLAYERS, ~ A noteworthy contest of the season was the match at base- ball, played on Oct. 16th, on the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, hetween the English cricket-players under Daft, and George r “Wright's Providence nine. A more amusing match had not occurred on the same grounds since the old ‘* maffin” games _, were played, over a dozen years ago. Whatever blunders of _~_ play or inaptitude for cricket the base-ball players who were -_hoyices in the English game, had displayed the day before, - they were as nothing compared with the failure of the ma-* jority of the cricketers to comprehend the mysteries of base- ball, or to play the game even up to the mark of third-rate _ Dase-ball players. The odds Geurge Wright gave Daft’s team were more than double those received by the ball-players in the cricket match, inasmuch as they not only gave the _ Gricketers ten men in the field to nine, and five outs to the » regulation three, but they gave them the services of two good _ professional players in the two prominent positions of pitcher and catcher. ‘ ‘The game ng at 8:25 Pp. M., with the Cricketers at the bat, and, after Knowdell and Schenck—ihe two ball-players -* given them—-had been disposed of, the fan began. Toattempt to describe the match in detail wonld fill a page. It was - amusing enough to see the futile efforts of the Cricketers to | hit Mathews’s curved pitching ; but that was nothing to the | fun created by the efforts to put the Providence team ont when the Cricketers went to the field, especially when the ball-team ran their bases. The richest scene of the contest | Oecurred in the third inning: Farrell was on second base when O’Rourke hit a ball to Emmett, who, seein Farrell running to third, threw the ball on the call to Selby, who _ Canght Farrell napping between the bases. While the Jatfer ~ was running backward and forward between second and third bases, O’Rourke ran down to second base, and was of course | Caught between first and second at the same time, After chasing Farrell up and down for a while, Selby held the ball and began to inquire into the position, holding it ready, how- ever, to use at once. By this time all the fielders had collected around the base runners, who coolly stood off the bases wail- | ing events, the crowd shouting with laughter. At last, after two or three attempts to run the players out, O'Rourke got buick safe to first base, and Farrell made his third. Thescene | at the time was worthy the pencil of Nast, for not only were | ull the Cricketers around the ball-players, literally surround- | ing the enemy, but they were ull talking at once in broad ~ | Yorkshire and Nottingham dialect. Three times did this rnn- | out business give the crowd work for their risible muscles. fen

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Selby—a noted English sprint-runner—ran out Mathews, the others all escaped. In the fourth inning Ulyett wona nd of applause by # pretty running catch of a fly-ball from ss’s bat at left fieldjand he made another in the Afth © & Goieesbary and Emmett made a neat play, too, in putting Tout O'Rourke at first base. In fact, these three, together with ee ‘Selby and Bates, were the only players of the cricket team in the ‘match who showed any aptitude for base-bail. Barnes _ Was useless at right field,acd Pinder and Morley but little Deiter in the positions they occupied. At the bat Barnes was. Tncky enough to make a base-hit, as did Shrewsbury; but the “Others found it almost impossible to hit a ball, and yetit - looked quite easy to them. The Providence nine simply ‘toyed with the cricketers, running bases carelessly, fielding _ loosely—except Sammy Wright—and not batting. _ Neither Schenck nor Knowdell had any assistance from their cricket — fielders, the latter playing their own game, and consequently, _ bases were run on them with impunity. The conclusion ar- tived at from the two days’ play was that a party of eleven — amateur ball-players who never played cricket, and without Lee any one to direct them, could go into a cricket match and make a better show at the English ganie than the most noted _ nine professional cricketers could in a base-bal] match. ‘After the match was over, the Cricketers were asked their _ opinion of base-ball; those who had played well in the mateh spoke favorably of it, while those who had failed ran it down, ~ just as base-ball-players do cricket when they cannot play — that game. The score of the match as played—six innings ~ va! by the cricketers and five by the ball-players—is as follows: we _R. 1p. po.A.E. | B. PLAYERS. T. R. 1B. PO.A.EL 015 0 1|G. Wright,3b4 12 210 000 0 1! Hineycf....4 30000 — 0 11 2 2} Gross,c. 4°, TAPS eee 0 0 1 1 4] McClellan,r.f£3.1-0 001 — 00 0.0 2| Farrell, 2db...3 2.0 511 00 4 1 1] C’Rourke,1b..3 2 011 01 102 1 1{8. Wright,s.s3 211 89 _ Bates,¢. f....3 0 0 0 0 0| Mathews, p...3 2.20 26— Barnes, r. f..3 0 1.0 1 0] Cramer, 1 f..3 100 21 Sclby, 3d b...3 0 0.1 0 4 za = “Totals.<. .83 1 3.14 616]. Totals..... 8015 630164 — AOS EN SRE. | ae | 1 0 OL ee see Heereeeeces 1 8 6 0 5 —15 “= First base on errors—Cricketers, 4; Ball-players, 10. Um- — Mr. Pike of the Albany Club. Time, th. 50m, ra

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uines, the match being drawn. The score was as follows : CoMMERC'L. BR 1B. PO. A. E NAMELESS. R&. 1B. PO. A. Donahue, 1. f...0 0 8 8 1| Lee, 2d b.....- 00323 8 BUC divs oo 0 2 2 6 0 2) Scribner,s.s.-0 1 1 5 Sweeney,c.f...1 1 1 1 1{| Nelson,c. f....1 1 1 2 Connelly, s.s...0 2 0 0 Oj} Smith, c...... ee ee ee Hatfield, 2d b..0 0 1 5 0] Bunce, f.....0 0 1 1 Pelz, 3d b..... 0 0 O O 1] Dentiam, 1st b.0 016 0 Cartwright, 1b.1 116 0 0 | Grierson, 3d b.0 0 4 0 Neering, r.f....0 0 2 0 0| Jackson, p,... 3. 25 i Housling, p..-.0 0 1 0 1) Benner,r.f.,..1 1 1 6 Totals....... 4 6 30 9 6 Totals..... 4 73023 7 Commercial. .... . 2 00 0 10 0 0 1 O47 Nameless.......50 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 O47 ; The committee having authority to award the pennant de- /eided the question by the appended tables: | = Seip a a, Ae ERS Pape 2 =|3) i SSIS ISl sts CI UBS Sissel ale ats™ BAAR REISER LARS kAlzlo —— ee eee er Polytechnic........ ve divs sen -de-daofoa)2) 2) O 9 OE OE Nameless........ TEA ER poh We ; ij..| 2) 1) 2.2) Sat NAS EES SS ee a eee 0, 0..| 0 0 0) 0+ Gommercial..........0.eeee cee ee oe Loh} di..| 1] OB! EMR Ag Nod vids CETUS bo (aks oles Doe | 00 1) 1.1 0,2 7 SERIES 55 osbc.5. 0 a'ssneess pets 0000 O-af 02 » . Games Tost.....3...- bbe tar ae 5 ee 1. 3)-6 2 5 2 19) The Barrett and Commercial clubs not having played one zeme with all the other clubs, are thereby thrown out. The } Putnam and Dauntless clubs not haviog played their full quota of games together, but having played one game with all | ++ other clubs, the Polytechnic and Nameless can only be

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 49 ¢redited with one game each out of the number played with them. The corrected schedule is as follows: Polytechnic. | Nameless. Dauntless. THE GAME IN THE SOUTH. One of the best played professional games ever witnessed in the South took place at New Orleans on February 8th, 1880, the occasion being the opening of the Crescent City ball rronnds in that city. The contestants in the match were anuger Bancropt’s new Worcester club team, and the team of the New Orlean’s professional club known as the J. §, Wright. The visitors were tired out by their long journey, not having bad any rest after their arrival, they stepping, as it were, from the train to the ball-field. The Wrights, on the contrary, were in good trim. The game was u series of ‘blanks, and, ss each succceding inning was finished without any runs béing scored, the interest increased, and every move- ment was anxiously watched. The nearest approach to scoriny was in the third inning, when Reilly of the visitors made a fine hit which gained bim second base, and he stole third, but was caught out while endeavoring to run home. The game was one of the finest ever played in New Orleans, there heing only two errors made, ichols and Burnett won the Janrels of the day. Nichols, by liis superior pitching, kept his opponents from making more than two safe hits. Kee eS considering his stiffness, also played in fine form, and suecced- edin striking ont. 13 of his opponents. The result was entire- ly unexpected, The game was called on the ninth inning, on uccount of darkness. The following is the score; Sees”

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\ | 50 DIME BASH-BALL PLAYER. Worcester, T. R.1B Po. A.z.| J 8. Wr'at. 7. R. 18, Po.a. BL Wood, 1. f...4 01000 Fickerson,cf.4 0 0 100 Knight, r. f..4 0 0 1 0 0] Nichols, m.:3 0-123 84 Ward, 3db..4 00 0 1 0} Benneit,c...2 00 6 3 0 Brown,c. f..3 0.0 1 0 0|Lorchr.f...4-01 100 Sullivan, 1b..4 0 0 6 O O/ Irwin, 24 b..8 001 80 Creamer, 2b.3 0 0 3 1 0| O’Doud,s.s-4 01 610 Wright, s.3..3 0 0 0 0 0| Liva’duis,3b.4 00 8 20 Reilly, c.....3 0 016 2 0} Nick, 1 f....4 00100 "Keefe, b....3 0 1 017 0| Connors, 1b4 0 012 0 1 Totals..... 31.0 2 2721 0 Totals..... 32 08 2717 38 - Worvester.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—O J.S8. Wright. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 First base on called balls—Worcester, 3; Wright, 1. First base on errors—Worcester, 1. Struck out—Worcester, 3; Wright, 138. Two-base hits—Reilly and Nichols. Umpire, D. Meck, R. E. Lee Club. Time, 2h. 80m. On Feb 12th the visiting Worcester team eet a match with the team of the Lone Star club of New Orleans. Both teams had received accessions to their playing strength, and a close contest was anticipated. . Ward of the ehampion Providence team pitched in the Worcester nine, and Keefe of the Albanys in the other. The Lone Stars led up to the third inning when the Worcesters tied their score, and from that time until darkness stopped play not a run was added to the score on either side. In the tenth inning Brennan and Tracy came into collision while endeavoring to make a catch, and the latter was hurt #0 badly as to prevent him playing any further in the game. As it was quite dark at the end of the tenth inming, the game was called with the score as appended : WORCESTER, T. R. 18. PO. A.B. | Lone Svar. T. R 1B, PO. A E. Wood,1.f...4 0 0 0 00] Bennett,c.f£.4 11 30 1 Knight, r.f£.4 0 0 0 00 Reilly,c...400 321 ‘Ward, p.....4 0 1.0181] Nichols,s.s.4 0-0 15 0 Brown,c.f. 4 1 1 0 01) Keefe,p....4 01 15 1 Sulivan,3b..4 0 1 0 10] Tracy,r.t..460 10 0 Greamer,2b.4 0 0 4 00] Brevnan,2b.4 00 2441 Wrigbt,s.s.4 0 1 1 40] Collins, 3¢b4 01 21 69 Foley, lstb. 4 0 011 01] Tennyson,1b.4 50 116 0 0 Bushong,c. 4.0 114 O1 Redon, 1. f..4 00 10 0 Totals..,..36 1 5 30234! Totals....86 14 3017 4 Worecester...0 0 1 ee, eee |) 0. . 6785 mone Stars. .1-—-0)-0.- 0. <0. 0 0. 0 =O) 04 First base by errors—W orcester, 1; Lone Star, 1. Struck out | —Worcester, 1; Lone Star, 12. Wild pitch—Keefe, Umpire, | D. Mack of the R. E. Lee Club. Time, 2h. 4 - | aS =

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eee oe JOE START. THE third illustrated sketch of noteworthy base-ball players is Joe Start, or “reliable Joe,” as be is familiarly called by the raternity at large. The firs! time we saw Joe play in a match Was on the occasion of the contest between the old Atlantie. nine and the old Enterprise nine of Brooklyn. Joe was the ‘first-buseman of the Enterprise Club, and one of his come _ panions was Jack Chapman, who played at short field in the ‘sume match. This was on the 16th of July, 1860—nincteen § years ago. The ensuing year saw Start, Chapman and Crane nm the reorganized Atlantic nine, these young players oceupy- ‘ing the positions in the A‘lantic nine previously held by rice, Peter O'Brien, and Archy MeMahon, viz., first buse, from second base in the Atlantic nine Crane took that position, Jeftand center fields. Afterward, when John Oliver retired ©

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‘be remained with the Atlantics until 1871, when " -— fharley Smith, Ferguson, and Joe went into the Mutual Club _ nd there Joe remained until 1876, when he joined Ferguson & iu the Hartford nine where he remained until 1878, when he | - cause he can always be relied upon for honest and faithful | service, and is well known to be beyond the reach of tempta-_ tion at the hands of the gambling pool ring vultures of the ‘ Rimest by who are ever on the watch for victims. Joe is nM onest by instinct and not by calculation. He acis honestly ecause it is his nature, and not because it is “ the best policy.” _~ The good name he bears in this one great essential of a pro- fessional base-ball player, points a lesson to the fraternity they ~ would do well to profit by. It gives him the means ip these. hard times, of living comfortably, besides enabling him to ' support a widowed mother to whom he has ever been a duti- - ful son. ¢ Contrast the position of the honest player enabled to earn _ a salary of $2,000.0 year, with the pitiful position of the player expelled for ‘‘crookedness” who cannot earn six dollurs a _ week at hardlabor. The one honored and esteemed by the fraternity, the other looked upon with loathing and contempt “by every honest map. All honor to Joe Start, the old A r tic first-baseman. ;

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‘THE PLAYING RULES OF 1880. i ~The following are the playing rules of the National Associ ntion of professional players adopted by the Convention in ~ New York in February, 1880, which rules wil! govern all the 2 clubs in the country, professional and amateur, outside of the Bes -eight clubs of the League Association, the National CoHege ane : _ Association having adopted the National rules for their champ- co jonship games of 1880. The only important difference between — a these and the League rules is that the National rulesdonotad- ' mit of the boys’ rule of the bound catch, and that they do allow — aT ™% a batsman to use either the round bat or the new four-sided bat. In all other essentials the rules are the same in both ‘ iT _ Associations. Bx» . ~ RULE FIRST.—Tae Marertats OF THE GAME, | a -. §$xerrox 1. The ball must weigh not less than five nor more a _ than five and one-quarter ounces avoirdupois. It mast meas. ‘ure not less than nine nor more than nine and one-quarter — - * eae : Inches in circumference. It must be composed of woolen yarn, ~~ and of two horse-hide covers, inside and nntside, with yarn be: ween saidcovers. Itshall contain one ounce of round mold- ed rubber, vulcanized; and a ball made according to the above “ specifications and stamped “ National Association,” and gaar- — ~anteed, shall be the only lawful ball for use in all games — “fn the Association ; and further, that no other ball shall be — Jegat during 1880. By vote of deleyates, the “ Mabn National Association Ball ” was adopted, each ball to be in single box, — wrapped in foil, with a band aro&nd each box, with the — “autograph of maker on each band. The maker shall furnish a sample and specifications to the Secretary, which shall be the standard for all balls furnished by said maker. All — “balls used “by this Association shall be furnished by the — ufacturer, direct, at the same price as lust year. eae | Sec. 2. In all games, the ball or balls played with shall be | farnished by the home club, and shall become the property of the winning club. a ene = - Sec. 3. When the ball becomes out of shape, or cut or rip- eae sw Ms » rs

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ped so as to expose the yarn, or in any way so injured as | a 2 unfit for fair use, a new ball shall be called for by the an _ pire at the end of an even inning, at the request of either ~ tain, Should the ball be lost during a game, the ump shall, at the expiration of five minutes, call for a new ball. Sec. 4. The bat must. be round or four-sided, and must not _ exceed two and one-half inches in diameter in the widest part. It must be made wholly of wood, and shall not exceed _ . forty-two inches in length. s _ Sec. 5. The bases must be four in number, and they must ‘ _ placed and securely fastened upon cach corner of a squareg ve sides of which are respectively thirty yards. Tlie must be so constricted and placed as to be distinctly seen by ~ the umpire. The first, second and third bases must cover a _- space equal to fifteen inches square, and the home base one - square foot of surface. The first, second and third bases - shall be cunvas-bags, painted white, and filled with some soft material. The home base shall be of white marble or stone, ‘so fixed in the ground us to be even with the surface and _ wholly within the diamond. One corner of said base shall face the pitcher’s position, and two sides shall form part of ! foul lines, . _ Bec. 6, The base from which the ball is struck shall be de-— signated the home base, and must be directly opposite the _. second base. Tie first base must always be that upqn the | Fight hand, and the third base that upon the left hand side of the striker when occupying his position at the home base. In all match games, lines connecting the home and first | bases, and the home and third bases, and also the - lines of the striker’s and pitcher’s positions, shall be marked | by the use of chalk or other suitable material, so as to be dis- | tinetly seen by the umpire. The line of the home base shall extend four feet on each side of the base, and shall be drawn — _ through its center and parallel with a line extending from | first to third base. The foul lines from first and third bases — ~ to home base shall be continued as straight lines to the limits | of the field, beyond and back of said home base. The triangu-" Jar space thus laid off behind the home base shall be for the = ye ive use of the catcher, umpire and batsman; and no _ player of the side ‘‘ at bat,” (except the batsman) shall be per- _ _ mitted to occupy any portion of such triangular space, rO- lines marked i tlie same way as the foul lines, and berated "with said foul lines, shall be drawn, one fifteen feet and the other fifty feet distant from them and terminate at the lines _ nding the triangular space aforesaid. er

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ame shall consist of nine innings to each . constitute a fuli side. Should the score the game shall end. All Anings shall be concluded when the third hand is put out. ‘Sec. 2. The home club shall first take the bat. The elders of each club shall take any position in the field thi 4 aptain May assign them, with the exception of pitcher sho must deliver the ball from. his appointed position, Sec. 3. No player taking part in a game shall be replaced by another after the commencement of the second inning, ex- jept for reason of illness or injury. Sec. 4. No game shall be considered as played unless five nings on each side shall be completed. Should darkness or ain intervene before the third hand is put out in the closing art of the fifth inning of a game,-the umpire shall declare “no game.” Src. 5. Should rain commence to fail during the progress fa match game, the umpire must note the time it began; and tould it continue for five minutes, he shall, at the request of ither captain, suspend play. Should the rain continue to fill for thirty minutes after play has been suspended, the ~ game shall terminate, ; _ Sec. 6. When the umpire calls “ play,” the game must at once be proceeded with. Should either party fail to take heir appointed positions in the game, or to commence play as juested, the umpire shall, at the expiration of five minutes, leclare the game forfeited by the nine that refuses to play. hen the umpire calls “time,” play shall be suspended until e calls “ play ” again, and during the terim no player shalt “put ont, base be run, or run bescoreu. The umpire shall uspend play only for illness or an accident or injury to him- elf or a player, or on account of rain or lost ball. ic fae See. 7. The umpire, in any match game, shall, in case of rain of darkness, determine when play shall be sus- pended ; and, if the game cannot be fairly concluded, it shall be decided by the score of the last even inning played, unless one nine shall have completed their inning, and the other nine shall have equaled or exceeded the score of their Oppo- - nts in their incompleted innings, in which case the be decided by the total score obtained, which score shull ‘recorded as the score of the game. Sec. 8. When the side last.at the bat in the ninth or an u nent inning shall score the winning run, the game shail te. 3 aes z - Na

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Sec. 9. When the umpire calls “game ” it shall end; but _ when he merely suspends play for any stated period, it may be resumed at the point at which it was suspended, pro- oe such suspension does not extend beyond the day of the match. RULE I1.—Discreurz. Bec. 1. Any player, manager or umpire whoshall, in any” way be interested in any bet or wager on any game, or who shall purchase, or have purchased for him, in any game in which he takes part, any “ pool” or chance, sold or given: away, shall be expelled. 4 . Sec. 2. Any player who shall conspire with any person whatever, against the interests of his club, or by any con- duct manifest a disposition to obstruct the management of his , club, may be expelled by his club. # Sec. 8. The club is entitled to the best services of the; pers, and if any player becomes indifferent or careless iny is play, or from any cause becomes unuble to render service y; satisfactory to his club, the club nay, at its option, refuse to, pay salary for such time or cancel the contract of such player. RULE FOURTH.—Prrcarme. Section 1. The pitcher's position shall be within a space. of ground, four feet wide by six feet. long, the front, or four feet line of which shall be distant forty-five feet from the center of the home base, andthe center of the square shall be equidistant from the. first and the third bases. Each cor- ner of the square shall be marked by a flat iron plate or stone, “six inches square, fixed in the ground even with the surface. Sec. 2. The player who delivers the ball to the bat must — - do so while wholly within the lines of the pitcher’s position. -He must remain within them until the ball has left his hand, and he shall not make any motion to deliver the bajl to the bat while any part of his person is outside the lines of the pitcher’s position. The ball must be delivered to the ie _with the arm swinging nearly perpendicular at the side of the hody, and the hand in swinging forward must pass below the — hip. The pitcher, when taking his position to*deliver the ball, must face the batsman, and shall not, while delivering | the ball, turn his back to the striker. %: <j Sec. 3. ‘Should the pitcher deliver the ball by an overhand — throw, a “ foul balk ” shall be declared. a outward swing

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yas ae 4 34s? “ 8 ox oe ‘ ; - Src. 4. When a ‘* foul balk” iscalled, the umpire shall warn @ Piteher of the penalty incurred by such unfair delivery ; nd should such deliv -y be continued until threo foil balks have been called in one ining, or six in the entire game, the “umpire shall declure thi game forfeited. Sec. 5. Should the pitcher make any motion to deliver the to the bat, and fail so to deliver it—except the ball be ac- videntally dropped—or should he unnecessurily delay thy - Jame by not delivering the bull to the bat, or should he, whe in the act of delivering the bail, overstep the bounds ot | ea the umpire shall call a “ balk,” and players occupy the bases siiall take one base each. ' So. 6. Every ball fairly delivered and sent in to the bat Over the home base and at the hight called for by the batsman Shall be considered a good ball. Src. 7. All balls delivered to the bat which are not sent in Over the home base and at the hight called for by the bats- Main, shall be considered unfair balls, and every ball so > delivered must be called. When “eight balls” have been — Called, the striker shall take first base, and all players who are by forced to leave a base shall take one base. Neither a “ball” nor a “strike” shall be called until the ball has Passed the home base. Seo. 8. All balls delivered to the bat which shaligtouch the~ = Striker’s bat without being struck at, or his (the batsman’s) Person while standing in his position, or which shall hit the Person of the umpire—unless they be passed balls—shall be Considered dead balls, and shall be so called by the umpire ; and no players shall be put out, base be run, or run be scored ~ 9h any sach ball; but if a dead ball be also an unfair ball, it - Shall be counted as one of the eight unfair balls;which shall 4 \ entitle the striker to a base. If the umpire shall be satisfied t the pitcher, in delivering the ball, shall have so de- livered it as to bave intentionally caused the same to strike _ the batter, the umpire shall fine the pitcher therefor in asum : Rot less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. | PF 2h. rt . RULE FIFTH.—Barrine DEPARTMENT. =| an front of-and three ieet behind the line of the home base, ey 1 with its nearest line distant one foot from the home ~ ‘Src. 2. The batsmen must take their positions in the order” eS which lirected by the captain of their club; and has had one time at the bal, the striking orde! 2 . <ePnek fs

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{hus established shall not be changed during the game. the first inning the first striker in each inning shall batsman whose name follows that of the last man wi completed his turn (time) at the bat-in the preceding in Src. 8. Any batsman failing to take his position at the | in his order of striking—unless by reason of illness or injtu or by consent of the captains of the contesting nines—sh, be declared out, unless the error be discovered before a f: ball has been struck or the striker been put out. Sec. 4. Any batsman failing to take his position at the within one minute after the umpire has called for the strike shall be declared out. Sc. 5. The batsman on taking his position must call fo - either a “ high ball,’ a “low ball,” or a“ fair ball,” and the um pire shall notify the pitcher to deliver the ball as required such call shall not be changed after the first ball delivered. Src. 6. A “ high bail” shall be one sent in above the belt o the batsman but not higher than his shoulder. A “low ball” shall be one sent in at the hight of the belt, or between that hicht and the knee, but not higher than his belt. A “fair bali” shall be one between the range of shoulder-high and th< knee of the striker. All the above must be over the home base, and, when fairly delivered, shall be considered fair balls ail to the bat. Src. 7. Should the batsman fail tostrike at the ball he calls for, or should he strike at and fail to hit the ball, the umpire | shall call ‘‘ one strike,” and “two strikes” should he again | fail. When two strikes have been called, should the batsm=n ” not strike at the next “ good ball,” the umpire shall warn him by calling “ good ball.” But should he strike at and fail to hit the ball, or should he fail to strike at or hit the next ball, “ three strikes” must be called, and the batsman mustru~ toward the first base, as in the case of hitting a fair ball. : Src. 8. The batsman, when in the act of striking at the ball, must stand wholly within the lines of his position. Src. 9. Should the batsman step outside the lines of his po- sition when he strikes at the ball, the umpire shall call * foul strike and out,” and base-runners shall return to the tiiey occupied when the ball was struck at or hit. Src. 10. The foul lines shall be unlimited in length, and shail run from the right and left hand corners of the bome base through the center of the first and third bases to the foul posts, which shall be located at the boundary of the field, awa. within the range of home and first base, und home and th base. Said lines shall be marked, aud on the inside, from base to base, with chalk, or some other white substance, so as ‘to be plainly seen by the umpire. ?

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1 from a fair stroke of the bat first: g ground, the person of # player, or any other ob- | fect, either in front of or on the foul-ball lines, or the first or Usird base, it shall be considered fair. If the ball, from a fair ne of the bat, first touches the ground, the person of a yer, or any other object beliind the foul-ball lines, it shall declared fonl, and the ball so hit shall be called foul by the umpire, even before touching the ground, if it be seen ing aa: : ir The following are exceptions to the foregging section: Ali Is batted directly to the ground that bound or roll within - e foul lines between home and first or home and third bases, thout first touching the person of a player, shall be con- red fair, Atl balls batted directly to the ground that — ound or roll outside the foul lines between home and first, or ome and third bases, without first touching the person of a “player, shall be considered foul. In either of these cases the t point of contact between the batted ball and the ground iall not be regurded. If a batted ball strikes the batsman while standing in his position it shall be declared dead, and not in play until settled in the hands of. the pitcher, and the batsman shall not be declared out. _ Sec. 12. When the ba'sman has fairly struck a fair ball he shall vacate his position, and he shall then be considered a Dase-runner until he is put out or scores his run. Sec. 13. The batsman shail be declared out by the umpire -as follows: If a fair or foul ball be caught before touching the ground _orany object other than the player, provided it be not caught in a player’s hat or cap. Tf a foul ball be similarly held, before touching the ground. _ if a fair ball be securely held by a fielder itis touching first base with any part of his person, before the base-runner touches said base. __ If, after three strikes have been called he fails to touch first base before the ball is legally held there. If, after three strikes have been called, the ball be cauglit before touching the ground. , _ If he plainly attempts to hinder the catcher from catchings. the ball, evidently without effort to make a fair strike, or makes a “ foul strike.” a -_- RULE SIXTH.—Rowstve rue Bases, u TION 1. Players running bases must touch each base ular order, viz: first, second, third and home bases; when obliged to return to bases they have oceupied they retouch them in reverse order, both when ranning om foul balls. In the latter cage the base-ranner musi re-

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Pee Sse ne te ee : ce a ee ey eee AS = eae : Saree ty ~ 2a eS A 2 he tothe base where he belongs on the ron and et ata walk, : No base shall be considered as having been occupied or held until it has been touched. : = Sec. 2. No player running the bases shall be forced to va- cate the base he occupies unless the baisman becomes a base- = _ Tunner, Should the first base be occupied by a base-runner when a fair ball is stritck, the base-runner shall cease 10 be entitled to hold said base until the player running to first base shall be put out. The same rule shall apply in the case of the occupancy of the other bases under similar circumstances, No base-runner shall’ be forced to vacate the base he occupies if the base-runner succeeding him is not thus obliged to vacate his base. Sxc. 3. Players forced to vacate their bases may be put out by any fielders in the same manner as when running to first base. Sec. 4. The player running to first base shall be at liberty to overrun said base without his being put out for being off “ the base, after first touching it, provided that in so overrun- ning the base, he make no attempt to run to second base. In such cnse he must return at once and retouch first base, ‘ane after retouching said base he can be put out as atany~— other base. If, in so overrunning first base he also attempts to run to second base, be shall forfeit such exemption from being put out. Sec. 5. Any player running a base who shall run beyond 5 ‘three feet from the line from base to hase, in order to avoid being touched by the ball in the hands of a fielder, shall be declared out by the umpire, with or without appeal; but in _ case a fielder be occupying the runner’s proper path, attempt-— ing to field a batted ball, then the runner shall run out of the. path and behind said fielder, and shall not be declared out . for so doing. + SEc. 6. One run shall be scored every time a base-runner, after having regularly touched the first three bases, shall touc : “the home buse before three hands are out, and players sh score in the order of going to the bat, unless previously pot. + ‘out. If the third hand out is forced out, or is put out before - reaching first base, a run shall not be scored. ee Sec. 7, When a ‘‘balk” is called -by the umpire, every player running the bases shall take one base without being put’ - out, and shall do'so.on the run. wa Src, 8. When “eight balls” have been called by the um- * pire, the batsman shall take one base, provided he do so on 7 sea er given 4 ong ica

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 61 lerrtin to other bases besides the base given, but only at the _\ risk of being put out in so running. a - : ~ Sec. 9. A base-runner shall be considered as holding a base, f ’ viz. : entitled to occupy it, until he shall have regularly touched the next base in order. 4 Sec. 10. No base shall be run or run be scored when a fair *» or foul ball hus been caught or momentarily held before touch- _«f ing the ground, unless the base held, when the ball was hit, is retouched by the base-runner after the ball has been so caught or held by the fielder. Sxo. 11. No run or base can be made upon a foul ball that shall touch the ground before being caught or held by a fielder, aud any player running bases shall return, without being put out, to the base he occupied when the ball was struck, and re- main on such base uuti] the ball is held by the pitcher. Sec. 12; Any player running the bases on fair or foul balls, caught before touching the ground, must return to the hbase he occupied before the ball was struck, and retouch such base before attempting to make another or score a run, and said player shall be liable to be put out in so returning, as in the ease of running to first base when a fair ball is hit and not caught flying. Sec. 13. If the player running the bases is prevented from making a base by the obstruction of an adversary, he shall be enti Pa to that base and shall not be put out. é “Sxc. 14. No player shall be allowed a substitute in running \ the bases, except for illness or injury incurred in the game c on a ai played; and-such substitute sliall take such ill or injured player's place only after he reaches first base. The supposing cxptain shall select the man to run as substitute. Src. 15. Any player running the bases shall be declared } outif, at any time, while the ball is in play, he is touched by \ the ball! in the hand ofa fielder, without some part of his per- / gon is touching a base. The ball must be held by the player after toucliing the ruuner. If a ball be held by a fielder on the first base before the base-runner, afler hitting a fair ball, touches that base, he shall be declared out. If a buse-runner shall have touched the base he is running | for before being touched with the ball in the hands of a ‘| fielder, and such base shall break from its fastening, he shall | be entitled to such base. A Ateebeos ronner failing to touch the base he runs for shall » be decrured out if the ball be held by a fielder, while touching suid base, before the base-runner returns and touches it. Any base-runn-t who shall in any way interfere with or ) ‘pbsiruct a fielder while attempting to catch a fair fly-ball, or a \ a

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bi : Se _- fowl ball, sbali be declared ont. If he willf fresh c ee -. fielder from fielding a ball, he shall be Sey eat and, if a - batted fair ball strike him, he shall be declared out. = - Tfa base-runner, in running from home to first base, shall run inside the foul line, or more than three feet outside of it, he shall be declared out, , : RULE SEVENTH.—Tue Umrrre anp His Duties. Section. 1. Two clubs may, by mutual agreement, select any min to umpire any game or games, provided that such Agreement be in writing, and the man, so selected, agrees, * not Jess than four days before such game, or the first of such games, to act as such umpire. Zé Sec. 2. Each club entering for the championship of ' this Association shall send to the secretary, on or before April 1, the names of any persons of good repute and con- sidered competent to act as umpires; a list of all persons so nominated shall be prepared by the secretary, and sub- mitted to exch club, which shall then select therefrom a ~ number equal to three times the number of clubs entered for such championship, and shall transmit a list thereof to the secretary, and the required number having the greatest num- ber of approvals shall constitute the staff of championship k umpires. =. Sec. 8. Each club, a member of this Association, except - as herein before piovided, shall nominate to the secretary, in, writing, not more than five nor less than three persons, who . _ ~ shall act as umpires during the season, The secretary shall * inform each club of such nomination. Each visiting club is to nominate, within seventy-two hours of each game, the um- pire for such game, out of such umpires nominated by the - home club, or from the umpires of the nearest club a mem- - ber of this Association. In case the umpire is selected from the nearest club, his traveling expenses shall be paid by the visiting club. -The fee of the umpire, in all cases, is to be prid by the home club. If any vacancy shall occur by de- clination or other cause, and in case any umpire shallbeob- jected toin writing to the secretary of the Association by three _ association clubs after the commencement of the champijon- — - ship season, the home club shall appoint an umpire to replace the same. Any club failing at any time tocomply with the — — requirements of this rule, shall be fined twenty-five (25) dol- ~ | Jars for each offense, payable to the secretary of the Associa- tion. Any club, may atany time withdraw any of ils umpires. — | Sec. 4. The umpire shali not be changed during the progress _ of a match game, except for reason of illness or injury,orby _» the consent of the captains of the two contesting nines, in ere aes See. 5, Before the commencement of a match, the umpire . game, — a 5 Sew

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ees ek oan ye & - IME BASE BALL PLAYER. : ) those applicable to the positions of batsmen and teher, are strictly observed. Also that the fence in the rear _ of the catcher’s position is distant not less than ninety feet from the home base, except it mark the boundary line of the “field, in which case the umpire, for every ball passing the catcher and touching the fence, shall give each base-runner one base without his being put out. . ; Before calling ‘‘ play,” the umpire shall ask the captain of _ the home club whether there are any special ground rules to be enforced, and if there are, he shall see that they are duly en- forced, provided they do not conflict with any rules of the game. Src. 6. No decision rendered by the umpire on any point of play in pase-running, shall be reversed upon the testimony of any of the players. But if it shall be shown by the captain of either of the contesting clubs that the umpire has palpably misinterpreted the rules, or given an erroneous degision, he ghall reverse said decision. ; Sec. 7. No person not engaged in the game shall be per- mitted to occupy any position within the lines of the field of contest, or im any Way interrupt the umpire during the pro- gress of the game. No player except the captain or player expressly designated by {him, shall address the umpire con- —_ _ cerning any point of play in dispute, and any violation ef ~ this rule shall subject the offender to an immediate reprimands by the umpire. “ x 66 Src. 8. The umpire shall require the players on the baty — _ ting side who are not at the bat or running the basesto keep ata distance of not less than fifty feet from the line of home $ ~~ and first base and home and third base, or further off, if he — so decide. The captain und one assistant only shall. be per- ~ mitted to coach players running the bases, and they must not = ieee within fifteen feet of the foul lines. ec. 9. Should any fielder stop or eatch the ball with his hat, exp, or any part of his dress, the umpire should call “ dead ball,” and the base-runners shall each be entitled to two bases for any fair-hit ball so stopped or caught. Should the ball »»e stopped by any person not engaged in the game, the um- ‘ire must call “ dead ball,” and players running bases at-the - time shall be entitled to the bases they were running for, and ‘the ball be regarded as dead until settled in the hands of the pitcher while standing within the lines of his position, and the player at the bat shall. vacate the position and not obstruct vie catcher when a pall is returned from the field for the pur- pose of putting out a player at the home base. ~~ Sec..10. Any match game in which the umpire shall de- - elareé any section of this code of rules to have been willfully © violated shall at once be declared by him to have been for- a feite i by the club at fault. _» ~_ Sec. 11. No manager, captain or player-shall address the _ _ Spectators, except in case of necessary explanation. eS ee

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: om Ys i PAGES 2 Sons oe Pee | EIGHTH.—Tur Umpme’s Junrsprertox ann ~ as Re Powrrs. Fe Coreg Be Shae The gentleman selected to fill the position of umpire, must — ‘ep coustantly in mind the fact that upon his sound disere- tion and promptness in conducting the game, and compelling ad layers to observe the spirit as well as the letter of the rules, es argely depends the merit of the game as an exhibition, and _ ‘the satisfaction of spectators therewith He must. make his decisions distinct and clear, remembering that every spec- tator is anxious to hear each decision. He must keep the} _ contesting nines playing constantly from the commencement” ___ Of the game to its termination, allowing such delays only as “are rendered unavoidable by accident, injury or rain. He must, until the completion of the game, require the players of -_ @achi side to promptly take their positions on the field as soon as the third hand is put ont, and must require the first striker of the opposite side to be in his position at the bat as ~ soon as the fielders are in their places. __ The players of the side ‘at bat” occupy the portion of ___ the field allotted to them, subject to the condition that, Urey must’ ot preety vacate any portion thereof that may be in the way of tie ballyor any fielder attempting to catch or field it. The \. “angular space behind the home base is reserved for the ex- asive use of the umpire, catcher and batsman, and the um- rire must prohibit any player of the side “ at bat ” from eross- ing thesame at any time while the ball is in the hands of or “passing between the pitcher or catcher while standing im their ositions. ‘The umpire is master of the field, subject to the rules of this Association, from the commencement to the termination of the game; and must compel the players to observe the fovisions of this Ariicle, and of all other Articles of the | Praying Rules; and he is hereby invested with authority to order any player to do, or omit to do, any act necessary to give force and effect to any and all of: such provisions, and ower to inflict upon any player, disobeying any such order, - i fine of ‘not less than five dollars, or more than ten “dollars for each offense; and to impose a similar fine upon any player who shall use abusive, threatening or improper an to the umpire, spectators, or other player. The — mpite shall at ouce notify the captain of the offending players ~ de of the infliction of any fine herein provided for, and _ aid captain shall at once pay, or arrange for paymentof said fine to the home club, who shall at once remit ii to the secre iy; and unless said fine is paid or arranged to be paid, the forfeited, : odie’ sot ees 2% * iy

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RULE TX.—Scorrre. Roe | In order to promote uniformity in scoring championship. games, the following instructions, suggestions and definitions — are made for the benefit of scores of National Association Clubs, and they are required to make the scores mentioned in See. 9, Art. XIIL, of the Association Constitution, in accord- unce therewith, Sagas Srorron 1. The first item in the tabulated score, after the player’s name and position, shall be the number of times — he has been at bat during the game. Any time or times where the player has been sent to base on called balls shall not beipeladed. in this column. : Src. 2. In the second column should be set down the runs made by each player. ; Sec. 3 Im the third column should be placed the first- base hits made by each player. A buse-hit should be scored in the following cases: ; 5 - When the ball from the bat strikes the greund between the foul lines and out of the reach of the fielders. - When a hit ball is partially or wholly stopped by a fielder in motion, but such player cannot recover himself in time to handle the ball before the striker reaches first base, am When the ball is hit so sharply to an infielder that he can- e ‘ot handle it in time to put outa man. In case of duubt ~ or this class of hits, score a buse-hit, and exempy fielder TF ee 7 ‘ m the charge of an error. : - When a ballis hitso slowly toward a fielder that he cannot reach it before the batsman is safe. 4. In the fourth columu should be placed to the it of each player, the tolal number of bases run during game, whether upon hi's, errors, called balls, or in any other the __way where he is not put out; but he shal! not be credited with _ abase run when he forces out another player. ont: Fre.prna. Sc. 5. The number of opponents put out by each player _ shall be set down in the fifth column. Where a striker is | _ #iven out by the umpire for a foul strike, or becaus he struck gut of his turn, the put-out shall be scored to the catcher. ; Sec. 6. The number of times a player assists shall be — own in the sixth column. An assist should be given to — player who handles the ball in a run-out or otier play — the kind. e / \ aa assist should be given to a player who makes a play in — ae unet Oat, even if the player who sbovid com the play fails, through no fault of the player asiistivg. a 2 ost : fae? | Summed “ J : t > ~ rie ah So) : £ - i et « , — 2. | Rex 4

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eect, SVN is ; RULE X.—Recorps or THE Game. es ie club shall furvish the visiting club with a copy * "é. . J <- ” RULE XL. : on of these rules shall be construed as conflicting a __ ecting, any article of the Constitution tos

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“Model” Regulation Base-Ball Bat Chabs or dealers, when ordering Bats from us, can depend upon receivi stock, clear of knots or imperfections. .When you order, order by num given beiow; also the length required. Men’s Bats are 36, 38 and 40 inch and Boys’ Bats are from 26 to 34 inches long. We will sell half-dozen Bat dozen rates, and you can select different styles. Remit cash with order. P. &S, Model Ash Bats, 36 to 40 in., assorted..........000eseeees i “Bass Wood Bats, light, 36 to 40 in., assorted...... * ‘“* Oiled Spruce Bats, clear fine stock, 36 to 40 in..... ' Philadelphia Model light waxed Ash (see cut)....-..-.... Fal Polished genuine ow sia deeaccl gl Sressacee tae Lg Re eer t ye reer ss ricer eso. * Selected Waxed Ash Bats, handle wound with waxed co; “ Hill's Patent Fluted Bat, light and read Hetpere At % seoge o's PS op 30 pt Bae o>“ e “Spring Bat, selected Ash.. No. 10. bas American Willow, Full French Polished.......... --- ; wo. 1“ “Wound handle and Full Poiished.. iS Boys’ Ash. Fie tev 98 to: 86 tine si foci tat tains os + - ad No. ia,“ Se er a pepe Fee Se We make this Cap of either Rep, Wart or Gray Flannel, and trim to match in any Price per doz., $9; less than half-doz., $1 The above, with Silk Ribbon Badges 1} name of Club stamped thereon in Gold Let $2 a dozen extra. No. 300, Base-Baut Hats, Hats made in the best manner of the best trimmed ‘with any color Silk ribbon, eac per doz., $15. No. 3003¢. Same quality, with Flat Crown of round, each $1.50; per doz., $15, | Hats Nos. 168 and 170 on fashion oles Ba) as the above. The above, of second quality Plagne! a mings, each $1.25; per doz., $12. No. 300 P. Same shape as No. 300, made lining, weight 1 0z., each $1.25.; per doz,, $ Tnckies 10c, for our new 200-page catalogue, 700 illustrations. Address, bean & SNYDER, Manufacture: 124 Nasean Street, I No. 200, Counece Car.

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1880, NOTICE 1880. BASE-BALL PLAYERS. We have to thank the Base-Ball Players of the country for their liberal an ronage for the past season, as well as for the many flattering testimonials we haye received from tie bd throughout the country In regard to the lasting merits of our Base Bails, We still continue to merit the patrouage of the frater- nity by ported them this season what is, without doubt, the t made Balls are offered. * f P . Lacrosse, - Skates. i Reduced Wholesale Price List. = eit : Peck & Snyder’s Double Cover League, White: .-. -.. -- os .-5) 28 nase $14 Peck & Snyder's New Treble Ball, wound Red or White, for Match Games, ié by 1 Peck & Snyder's Professional Dead Ked Balls, Peck & Snyder's seg “White ““t: beets 2 rae |} Peck & Snyder's Amateur Red or White Balls, for Practice Games .... -- Peck & Snyder's Bouuding Rock, or Atlantic Balls... ... TR Ir er 9q Peck & Snyder's Star, or New York Regulation....-.-. --24-+-;+--+2e+- 007" Peck & ényder’s Pracu.ce, or Junior Balls... ... <2... .04-.eeee esse see eec eee: Peek & Snyder's Bagle, Regulation size. --.....- Tis « 3. 7 i ee “We send sample Bells by mail, postpaid, at above rates, with 6 cents each ese, CATCHER’S MASK. To's Protector has been used by some of our prominent catghers for the past year, and has proved to be a decided success, They are made of wire and cushioned with soft | leather, after the style of the French fencing-mask, filled =} with the best curled hair. They are light and easy to adjust. | PRICE, EACH, $3.00 ufactrrs, 124 Hasse St. | & ECK & SMNDER , Ma bd a