Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player (no. 20) (1881)

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BASE-BALL P PLAYER BEADLE AND ADAMS, 98 WILLIAM STREET, N. ° ‘The Albany News Co., Albany, N.Y.

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1881, Ee eee 1881, F— Base-Ball Uniforms and Outfits, Prices Greatly Reduced on About All Our Stock, Base-Ball Caps, Eight Corners, with Star on Top or Corded Seams. See CoLorep FasHion Suvet, 26x36, price 10c. s ries il, Made of Best Merino, any style, Nos. 152 to 157; 164 and 165 ot : ‘se “Uniform Flannel, “ ae ae 30 = Second quality Flannel, “* “ “6 60 Base-Ball Jockey-Shaped Caps, with Star on Top or Corded Seams. : Pe Made of Best Merino, any style, Nos, 158 to 163; 166 and_167.....$9 00 = “Opera Flannel, = * Leeper een ty e “ Uniform Flannel, -: e hu ear on 4 Best English Worsted Webbing Belts, Style No. “ Red Center with White Border... 49, Blue Webbing Belts lettered with name of Extra Long Base-Ball Hose and Leggings, Extra Long American Hose, any style on col'd page, 2d quality 6 00 Nore.—The numbers as above quoted on Belts, Caps and the styles on our colored fashion sheet. In ordering, a ey igo send samples by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, or by express C.0. D. Clubs ordering six or nine Caps, Belts or Hose at a time are enti ta eine We are furnishing Clubs with complete outfits, consisting of Shi To a Belt, Hose and Shoes, at the reduced price of $7.0) for the cheapest, and shi foe ee B oatgy 3 COE eee the abo will fend samples of the Flannel and elt, Webbing, of which we make the above suits, also m full instructions how to order, on application. easurement blanks and PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, 124 and 126 Nassaza Street, N. Y. Sam by Per Heavy English all Worsted Hose, Solid Colored or Striped... ta 4 wall sac o . . “ “ “ with Cotton Feet se 24 00 ; i “ “ “ “ es “ “ Leggings on Feet (See : our Fashion Sheet), Nos. 833 to 836 .--.--. --.666. 0. see 21 00 200 Extra Heavy Base-Ball Hose, extralong . .--..... Wisc. ISO 123 Extra Long American Hose, any style on col’d page, Ist quality 9 00 100 Ld with We

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THE DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER For 1882. CONTAINING THE REVISED CODE OF PLAYING RULES APPLICABLE TO THE PROFESSIONAL, AMATEUR AND COLLEGE CLUBS OF THE COUNTRY FOR 1881, TOGETHER WITH A REVIEW OF THE SEASON’S WORK IN THE PROFES- SIONAL, COLLEGE AND AMATEUR ARENAS, BATTING AND PITCHING AVERAGES AND THE COLLEGE CLUB STATISTICS ALSO THE LEAGUE CLUB RECORDS FOR 1880. NEW YORE: BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS, — No. 98 WILLIAM STREET.

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>V j H e?F.- 5 = rt ™ > 7 ot ory Ti : - ; "2 ONS ie ge » rs é X a Se 2 *. F "‘Eatored qocording to Ast of Congrass.in the your 1881, by BEADLE AND ADAMS, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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DIAGRAM OF THE DIAMOND FIELD, AS ARRANGED FOR THE SEASON OF 1881. f os

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PREFACE. For the past twenty years has BeapLe’s Drive Book oF BaseE-Bauu, been issued at the commencement of every season, and the twenty yearly editions make up a volume deeply in- teresting to all readers of base-ba!l books. This year begins the third decade of the publishing of this standard work on the game, and it will be found to be fully up,to previous editions. It contains statistics of the amateur championship con- tests of the Long Island Base-Ball Association ; together with those of the College Championships of the National College Association and of the State Association. These records together with those of the League Championship make up an excellent book of reference to add to the previous issues of the Dm Boor or Base-Batu. The design is to make the work as much a book for amateur records as for the professionals.

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THE DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS, Tue National Game of Base-Ball is now undoubteély the most popular summer pastime in America In every way is it suited tothe American character. It is full of excitement, quickly played, and it no. only requires yigor of constitution, manly courage, and pluck, but also considerable power of judg- ment to excel in it. Moreover, Base-Ball, when played in its integrity, is entirely free from the objectionakle featr zes which too frequently characterize ¢‘her promirent sports of the country. What Cricket is to an Englishman, Base-Ball kas 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, judzment, skill, endurance and activity alone wing the palm of superiority. In fact, a more democratic in- stitution does not exist jn Europe than this selfsame Cricket; and as regards its popuiarity, the records of the thousands of queres played each year, which include the namesof Lords and mmoners, Divines and Lawyers, Legislators and Artisans and Litterateurs as well as Mechanics and Laborers, show how great.s hold it bas on the people. If this is the characteristic 2f Cricket in aristocratic and monarchical Englund, how much nore will the same characteristics mark Base-Ball in democrat ic and republican America, Those who remember the leading Base-Ball contests of 1857, at Hoboken, then the head-quarters of the fraternity, and the scene of the principal matches, can not but be impressed with the contrast between the style of play then in vogue, and that which prevails now. The chauge for the better is nearly on a par with the vast increase in popularity Basé-Ball has attained Within the past ten years; and re & few ee eee jome vanished, we trust to see the game so improved as pader fanher changes in its rules unnecessary.

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10 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The improvements which have been introduced year aftes 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 comparatively few attractions as affording 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 as a player. How different is its position now! What a 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 uick perception to excel in it—while in its demands the vigor, endurance and courage of manhood, its require: ments excel those requisite to become equally expert as # 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, while ait 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 on a side, one side tak- ing the bat, and the other the ficld. ‘The latter the following positions in the field: Catcher, Pitcher, 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—parallel to one extending from first to third base— and extending three feet on each side of it. When he hits the ball, he starts for the first base, and is succeeded by player after player until three are put out, at which time the sid occupying the field take their places at the bat, andj in like mannet, play their innings. en the batsman succeeds in reaching the home base, un+ touched by the ball in the hands of an ad , and after successively touching the first, second and third bases, he is entitled to score one run; and when he hits the ball faren to admit of his making the four b: before it is returned, mades whatis termed ahomerun. Nineinnings areplayed on each side, and the party making the test number of runs _ wins the match. In case of a tie, at the close of the ninth ‘in- ‘

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DIME BASH-BALL PLAYER. il nings, the game must be continued, innings after innings, until one or other of the contesting sides obtains the most runs, Andif any thing occur to interrupt or put a stop to the game before five innings on each side have been played, the game 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 simple as any: Having determined on the point of the 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 im 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 tlre exact measurement, as the string will thus form the sides of & square whose si/ie is ninety feet. On a line from the home to the second buse, and distant from the. former jifty 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 reference to foul balls, they should be high enough from the ground, and painted, so as to be distinctly seen from the umpire’s position. Flags are the best for the purpose, 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 ortwo may be allowable, by way of ex- periment; but under no circumstances, except those of illnesg or injury, should a position in a nine—except that of pitcher —be changed during the playing of a match, or, in fact, du- ring the entire season, unless you can substitute a palpably superior player; or in case experience proves the arene 6S any cne man to properly play his position in a nine. The folly of taking a4 base player off his base because he fails to hvid a ball or two, badly thrown or swiftly batted to him; or of puttirg a base player in the field because the fielder hap- - pens to drep a difficult ball to hold, or even to miss an casy atch, is so apparent to any ordinary observer, that we are sur- Witenes adopted by any but captains of weak judgment Wh have you-to suppese that the player committing

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19 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, an error in one position, and that, too, in one 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 the change? for, as the game is now played, every position in the field requires to be equally well played to insure success in a match. There is one change, however, thut is legitimate and frequently advan- tageous, namely ; A Change of Pitchers. In the management of your nine, nothing shows your pos- session of good jadgment more than your tactics in regard to the pitching department. In the first place, a first-class team always has two pitchers in it, and also two catchers, each fa- miliar with one man’s pitching, and itis in your management of these batteries that much of your success will lie. The pitcher should always have an understanding with your two sets of fielders in regard to private signals, so as to be able to call them in closer, or place them out further, or nearer the foul-ball lines, as occasion may require, withuut giving notice to your adversaries. Warn your out-fielders also to watch well the batsman, so as to be ready to move in the direction he faces for butting. Thus, if the left fielder is in his regular position, and he sees the batsman facing for a hit close to the tirst base, let him go nearer to the center field, and the center field nearer to right, and the latter fielder close te if not beyond the foul-ball line. Vhen you find that your adversaries have in their nine two or three men foud of making showy hits, or of hitting at the first ball that comes close to them as hard as they can, lay our out-fielder in readiness for long fly-balls, extend your »asemen for high balis short of the out-field, and then tell your pitcher to send lim in a nice one where he wanis it, and in nine cases out of ten, if your men are well trained, the “ splendidly hit ball” wiil be held as nicely us you want it. Be careful, however, that you are not tempted to draw in your men too much for low hits; you should consult with que pitcher every Anping, so as to huve the nine work accord- ng to his pitching. In fact, the pitcher should be allowed to pluce his men, if he have any special a, ap in view, or de- sires to play any particular points. . It is in paying particular attention to the strategical points ofa game that victories are achieved, and not in depending solely on the strength of your nive either at the bat or in the field. 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 we ofa mime must wot depend outirely upex his playing od

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, 18 his ability as a tactician for his success in ruling his men, the One great essential being to command the respect and obedience of his nine. If he does not possess these essentials, he is not fit to occupy the position. The ability 10 command this respect necessitates the possession of integrity of character, urbanity of temper, and a proper consideration for the feelings of the players under his control; with these qualities a moderate de- gree of the other essentials will suffice to make’ a man a good captain. Without them, the nrost expert player in the coun- try awould fail. 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 immperivus.way in which some men use their brief authority, shows their own smallness of mind ang low cliaracter more than any thingelse. 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 von; tests either to show a player’s ability, or to develop his weak points. It is merely folly to estimate a player's skill by either his fine play in one game, or his poor displiy in another. Then, again, due:allowance should be made forJack of practice. Re- member, too, that your steady, earnest workers, who play with a will in every game, are worth two of your dasby, 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. —

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14 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. ON SCORING IN BASE-BALL The system of scoring now in vogue throughout the country wes first introduced by the author of this book in 1867, and sincé then it has been very generally adopted. The scorer of a base-ball match has either to perform a very zimple 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 being placed ht the foot of the column of each inning. This record only jfives the simple scores of outs and runsin the game. To score a game, however, in such a manner as to provide correct and reliable data fora true estimate of the skil! of each player at the bat and in the field in a game, involves consider- able more work. We shall now proceed to describe in fail our latest and improved system of scoring in base-ball maatches, 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 errors 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 ran, 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 nis good batting, and yet, by the inferior batting of his successur, he may be easily put out at second base from being forced off. It will be seen therefore that while in the one case he scores a run on a poor hit, in the other he is charged with an out on @ ; one. This shows how unreliable the score of outs and yams is as a criterion of good batting. y

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 15 The following is the score-sheet of the Atlantic batting and Mutual fielding of the matck of Oct. 12, 1968. 8. Wolters, p. 4. McMahon, Lf. 5. Swandell, 8b. 8, Jewett, r, f. 7. Dockney, 6. Mills, 1b. : a The above score not only gives the outs and runs mnade by each batsman in the game, but 7 also shows how he was put out and by whom. e will explain the first three npiogs way of illustrating the syssem. Pearce was the first striker, he was fielded out by Flanly, who passed the ball to Mills in time to put him out at first base. This is pao we: The 1 on the lower line shows Pearce to be Sut, the tures above them sand i plsog of the name of he HE %

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16 DIDTE BASEBALL PLAYER. fielders putting him out, viz., 9 for Flanly—he being the ninth man on the list—and 6 for Mills, the letter A being in place of the words “‘ first base.” Smith was the second man out, as indicated by the figure 2; and he was put out at first base by the fielding of Devyr and Mills, the figure 2 being in place of Devyr’s name—he being second on the list of fielders—and the 6 tor Mills’ name. The third striker was Start, and he made a run, indicated by the dot(») in the lower corner. Chapman wasithe fourth striker, and he struck out, the figure 3 shows ing him to be third hand out, and the letter K standing for “struck out.” The total score of the inuing is recorded at the foot of the column. a* In;the second fauing. Mills put out Crane at first base; Mills was fielded out by Flanty to Mills at first base; Ferguson scored a run, and Zettlein was third out on a foul bound by DENTS the 7 being in place of Dockney’s name and the let- 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. In the third inning McDonald led off by striking ont, after whieh Pearce, Smith and Start scored runs. Then Chapman Was_put out at second base—shown by the letter B—by * Flanly fielding the ball to Devyr at second base. Crane was left on the second base—shown. by the figure and letter thus )'im the corner—and Mills was third band out by the field- oe of Swandell to Mills at first base. The total score of the inning was 8, 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. Now all this-figuring and abbreviating can be recorded with easé as fast as the movements of the players are made, but though the record shows not only how and by whom each bats- 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 at such data in order to arrive at a correct estimate of a batsman’s skill in the game, we use our system, of recording bases.on hits, a system, by the way, we have used in our reporting for ten years past, but it was only in 1867 that we gave it publicity to any extent. The system.for recording all the detaits of the batting and fielding of a base-ball match which we have employed in re- porting the game for the past twenty-five years, is quite sim- ple. ..Tecording a game on the regulation score sheet we -proeeed as follows: _. Under the head, of “ Batsmen” we place the name of the batting nine, and opposite, undir the head of “ Fielders,” we eon a of es ne te ning. These nanies we wy r Se ¢.0f the book, rew thei order sumer mB uve esd ered we he Bag

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DIME. BASE-DALL TLAYRE a7 nine on one page, as the fielding nine on the other, and the fielding nine as the batsmen—the names of the two contes nines thus appearing on the book twice, once\as batsmen, an once as fielders. 3 Each fielder is numbered from 1 to 8, and in recording, in the square of each inving, by whont 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 a ganie are now used by all scorers throughout the country, the system having been in- Fs dorsed by the National Association in 1864 A—put out on first base. L F—put ont by foul fly-catches. B ¥ “second base. “RO “between the bases. Cc rs “third base. 9-H R home runs. . / H «~*~ home base. K put out by three strikes. | F “by fly-catches. ' The above, at first sixht, Would appear Lo be a complicated alphabet to remem!er, but when. the key is applied it will be at Once seen that a boy could easily impress it on his memory in & few mintites.” The explanation is simply this—we use the first three letters of the alphabet to indicate the three basés; the first letter of the words “ Home” and *‘ Fly,” and the letter of the words‘ Bound,” “ Foul” and “Struck.” For some years there has been a decided waste of figuring over the record-seores of base-bill 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 — of a player. Now, what comprises a player’s averages?) The answer is his aver- age of base-hits and his average of chances for putting players out—or assisting to put them out—arrived at by compari the chances offered to those accepted. The figures requi for this data are simply the record of times at the bat and base-hits made—not total, but only single—to cover the bat» ting, and the chances offered and chances accepted to cover the fielding. The scoré of runs is immaterial, as it really has but little to do with the base-ruuning, 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 sent round by hits or fielding errors is the rule. Add to this the seore of runs made each inning, and a sum score showing runs earned, times, first bases made by fielding errors, and total fielding errors, and your record-score is com- plete as far as data for averages is concerned. -The important question as to what are to be considered . base-hits-and what not, also what are to be regarded as chances offered, remains to be answered, aud it caa only be answered by ay established

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18 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. tule governing each special play. The new score is as fot- lows; it is that of a game played on the ice at Prospect Park on Feb. 15, 1879. e ot ol Is s|2] Sls Swrra’s Swe. |3 (5) 4) °)*!) Barwie’s se |2/5/2/°{5 ~|Zlslala =/Z/s)sla <4 [SO }O FIR Oj Smith, c........| 5) 3} 4/13)11)/Barnie, c....... 4) 1) 1/11/11 Cassidy, s.8....| 5| 2} 1] 6! 6||Nelson, s.s..... 4) 1] 0) 7) 5 Doescher, 3d b..| 5| 2] 2 i 3||Campbell, ist b.| 4| 3| 1| 8 7 Lavin, 1st b....} 5! 2) 1/14/14}//McDonald, 3d bj 4! 0} 0/10) 7 Ryan, 2d b..... 5) 1) 2| 4) 4|| Winslow, 2d b..| 4) 2} 2) 1) 1 aye, c.f..... 5} of 0°0| ollDitmars,'r. £ 4; 2) 1) 1)1 PPIEEIE,: Dans osc: 5} 0} 1) 0) 0|/Gilmore, p..... 4 110) 4,3 raef, r, 4; 1) 0} 0| 0}/Bethel, c f..... 4,0) 1' 0,0 Anderson, |. f 8) 0} 0} 3) 3)i/Dunn, 1. f...... 4) 1] 1] 2) 2 Totals....... [42|11]11]43/41]] Totals ....... 86|11 7laaja7 Smith’s Side. ...........00++ 10380121 0 811 Barnie’s Side..... etrane S's, 02004310038 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, 18. Umpire, Mr. Chad- wick. Time, ih. 30m. ‘ ; By this record-score it will be seen that while every error in fielding, as well as every — 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 ba. is‘hit to the short-stop which is sent with such force that he is not able to do an: eae 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 tlie next ball hit is sent to short-stop, and is welj held and thrown accurately to the first-baseman, but is mutted 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 ‘-yariations. 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 out, and therefore cannot be justly ch as Chances ‘an@ yet they are errors to a extent. =

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DIME BASE-BALL. PLAYER. 19 THE SEASON OF 1880. < THE LEAGUE PITOHING. The most skillful pitching ever seen in the professional arena was that which marked the season of 1880. Not only Was greater speed shown and more variations of the “curve” delivery than ever before, but there was more strategic— “head-work ”—pitching exhibited, as a general rule, than in any previous season’s work in the annals of the game. By the word “ pitching” we of course mean the existing method of delivering the ball, which is neither more nor less than an underhand throw, and not a square pitch at all; for by regu- larly pitching the ball, though great speed could be obtained, nosuch accuracy of aim or thorough command of the ballas is attainable by the underhand throw could be secured. The marked improvement exhibited by curve-pitchers this season, not only in their command of the ball, but also in their en- durance, is, of course, due to their increased training and practice in this method of delivery. When the old school of pitchers n to take up the curve, they brought into play a new set of muscles, and to overtax these with the same amount of work as the muscles trained in the old method could endure was likely to disable them from work in the tion. Those of the pitchers who got into the curve- elivery by degrees and without overwork were, of course, best ‘able to stand the season’s pressure, and the most effec- tive pitchers for 1881—all other essentials being equal—will be those who have trained their pitching muscles the most intelligently. Take, for instance, 1 man accustomed to the simple exercise of rolling a ball straight down a bowling- alley, and let him begin the exercise of giving a bias to the ball—in other words, “ putting a twist on it”—and at once it will be found that he is bringing into active play a new set of muscles; und in order to get thorough work out of these new muscles they must be judiciously trained, and not over- taxed by working them as much as those muscles which have been naturally exercised for years. This is the principle governing thevuse of the two different sets of muscles brought oe : active exercise by the two methods of delivering the te the bat im base-ball, vizy ‘hoequace-pltshyarbiou si

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20 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. quires only the ordinary use of the muscles of the arm, and the underhand throw, which brings in a new set of muscles, and these untrained, into active play. It will be readily seen by this that each year’s training in the curve-delivery—provided no strain has been incurred, brings the player nearer the goal of a perfect delivery, especially in the power of en- during the fatigue of the exercise. A feature of the club.management of the Chicago team of 1880 was the constant change of pitchers, not in regard to the substitution of another pitcher whén one becomes punished, - but in order to avoid giving one pitcher too much work in his position. The duties of a curve-pitcher, required to send the ball in with great speed and with variations of the bias im- parted. to the ball, are too arduous to be jong sustained with- out injury to his power of effective delivery; hence the im- portance of the frequent changing of pitchers, even to the ex- tent of one pitching im one inning and another in the next, and then again of giving a pitcher a rest of aday off. By this system of careful training or nursing-of his muscles he will be enabled to pitch through-an entire season without injury, whereas by overtaxing him—as too many pitchers have been —half the effectiveness of his delivery is lost. It has long been a rule with club-managers to have a change-pitcher in . their team; but the past season’s experience has proven pretty conclusively that two regular pitchers, as well as a reserve- man, are a necessity for a first-class team. The Chicago management this past season has shown fhis pretty con- clusively, for a large share of their success is due to the judg- ment shown in nursing their “batteries.” . Of course, there will be exceptional cases, where a man of strong physique will be found capable of enduring an unusual strain on his pitching muscles; but, as a geen rule, it will be found that two regular pitchers will needed to thoroughly do the work of a championship campaign, with a third in reserve in ease of even gre - The record for the season is appended: FIFTY GAMES AND OVER. GAMES. AV. -E. RB. AY. B. H. Ward, Providence. ....... 67 1.23 7.55 Corcoran, Chicago....... 59 1.28 76 White, Cincinnati....... 61 1.39 8.81 McCormick, Cleveland... 72 1.40 8.04 Richmond, Worcester.... 71 1.56 TAT. Bond, Boston. ....04..5.. 58 1.63 9.15... Welch, Tro ree whee . 62 2.00 - 4 it ‘Gian: Bulaln. ce: te > 9.24 is? = . .

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DIME BASE-BALT, PLAYER: ot TWENTY. GAMES AND. OVER. AV. E. R. AV: B. By Bradley, Providence 1.04 6.50 Goldsmith, Chicago : TA1 26 7.23 Corey, Worcester........ 1.60 5.82 Foley, Boston ........- “\ 927 8:12 Purcell, Cincinnati...-... 2.42 10.57 TEN GAMES AND. OVER. GAMES. AV. E. RB Av. Bi mH Keefe, Troy............+. 12 0.75 &:83. Weidman, Buffalo........ 17 1.23: 8.17 Gardner, Cleveland....... 10 2.00 8.80 It will be seen that of the eight first mentioned pitchers Corcoran had the smallest percentage of base-hits, and Bond the highest. This simply shows that Corcoran had the bet- ter general fielding support. The only criterion of the real effectiveness of the pitching lies in the record of earned runs. A pitcher may have a ‘record of twenty odd base-bits in a match, and not a single earned run charged against him, the base-hits being made after three chances for outs had been given before a run was scored. Therefore base-hits are but a secondary record in the estimate of a pitcher's skill. In the list of pitchers who pitched in twenty games and over, Brad- ley takes the lead ; while in those who pitched in ten games and over, Keefe has the best record. THE MANAGEMENT OF 1880. The best managed team of 1880 was the Chicago team under Anson’s management. In the first place, it was about the only nine that was kept intact from May to October. Some of the League clubs experimented with nearly twenty players during the season, others with from eighteen down to . baker’s dozen; but Chicago was the only one which, in a large liajority of matches, was kept down to its original ten. Then agnin, the team was, for the first time since 1876, run asa team, and not asa mere picked nine. There“is a great differ- ence between nine players putin the field as a regularly trained and practiced team—one made to play in every game “* for the side,” and not for an individual record—and a picked nine who are selected simply for their individual merits “as fine players in each special position. ‘Hitherto incompetent club-managers have gone in solely for picked nines at the commencement of each ntign a and the invariable result has been failure. The great strengib of Harry Wright's, to é

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22 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. management has been that he nearly always contrived to i a team in the field, instead of a mere picked nine. He failed to do this in 1876, owing to circumstances not under his con- trol, and during 1879 and 1880 he was evidently unable to carry out his original plan; especially was this the case last season, when, for the first time, a divided management,con- trolled the Boston Club. Thirdly, the Chicago manager in 1880 introduced a new plan of working the club-batteries, which experience has shown to be an excellent one. Hither- to it has been a well-known-point in play to change the pitcher in a match when he is being easily “ punished,”— that is, when runs are being earned from his pitching, and not merely base-hits made from it. But the plan of having two regular batteries in working order and of using them in alternate games is a new one, and in the case of Chicago it has proved to be very successful ; so much so, indeed, that no club-team of 1881 can be said to be fully organized unless it has two regular batteries, besides a reserve pitcher. A full team for a campaign, run as campaigns are now, must contain a dozen players, and of these there should be two ee with two catchers to suit the pitchers and who are umiliar with their peculiarities. The Chicago Club never did a wiser thing than in retaining the services of players who have done such excellent team-work together as the champions of 1880. -There is still another thing that has contributed to the successful working of that team, and that is the selection of men who possessed brains as well as hands, arms and legs. Hlead-work is a great incentive in the play of a nine designed to wia the pennant. There are plenty of players who can throw, catch, and play finely under ordinary circumstances, but who in critical emergencies are entirely unequal to the per formance of what is technically known as head-work. Just - in proportion as the other League teams of 1880 lacked all these primary elements of a well-managed nine, just so did they stand on the record. There is one more point we have to refer to in the make-up of the Chicago team of 1880, and that, is, for the first time since 1876 the “imbibing ele- ment.” was eliminated. It is difficult, unfortunately, to get together a full team of temperate players; but a competent management will always see to it that the weakness is not allowed to be exhibited between April and October. A man- ager who allows a player of drinking propensities to enter his team in 1881 will find it a costly experiment before the season is over. The experience of the past season has again proved the fact that it does not work well, as a general rule, to have the manager of the club a player in the team. Itis true that Anson and. Ferguson did well last season in their double et 4 as these were sseepiions cases. It is sleet in- wWarjobly the.case that when a club manager becon g a plefer there wil be occasions when his play will Geos into

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DIME BASE-RBALL PLAYER. 23 collision with his position asa manager. In other words, he cannot be as free to act as a Manager while occupying a field- position as he can when watching the team and taking notes of every play made. The saving of the salary of one man, howeyer, appears to be too great a consideration with clubs generally to allow of this position of independent manage- ment. That itis the best policy we know, and but for the additional cost it would be followed out. ‘ As hitherto, the campaign of 1880 was but little different from its predecessors inthe matter of placing men—and especially players—in the position of club-manngers, which deprives them of the real power of fully controlling their team. This plan is worse than useless. No club-team can possibly succeed in which it is followed. It is not only un- just to the nominal inanager, but it is demoralizing in its effect on the players, as it deatseys discipline. No team can possibly be successfully run which is under the control or which is really run by elub-directors, though nominally os a regularly-appointed manager. George Wright ran the Pro- vidence nine in 1879, and took it right up to the goal of the championship. It was run by a divided management in 1880, and it lost the laurels won in. 1879. Boston fell to sixth position in the race of 1880 from exactly the same cause, for it was made plainly evident that Harry Wright did not have everything to say. Experience, therefore, may be justly said to haye proved that among many of the requisites ne- cessary for the running of a successful professional team the most prominent We the thorough training and discipline which an individual management can alone yield, the elimi- nation of the imbibing element from the team, the possession of two regular batteries, and the full enforcement of the rule of playing for the side, and the prohibition of that of playing for a record. : . The Buffalo and Cincinnati clubs practically had no man- agement, and the result was that, with good players in the field, they closed the season last in the race. No team can run itself—that is, without a responsible head to keepit under some control; and no club-directors can replace a competent manager in controlling a team. There was quite a difference, | however, between the nines of these two clubs. The Buffalo* was weakened by cliqueism, in active operation from first to last. The trouble with the Cincinnati was that it had no head. There were more intelligence anc unity in the Cin- cinnati team than in that of Buffalo, but it lacked proper di- ‘ection and control, and here the strength of the players was acriticed. To follow out the plan adopted in Buffalo and Cincinnatimand ever-in ‘Troy in the early part of the season —in 1881-will be but to duplicate the financial loss the club of ee i J Suffered in 1880. 4 th

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24 DIME. BASE-BALL PLAYER. THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. ' The League championship season of 1880 was not a suc- cessful one financially though creditably noteworthy in other respects; inasmuch as for the first time in the history of the League no club disbanded before the League season ended, and ueither was the season’s play disgraced by the retirement of any team from the field on account of alleged unfair de- cisions by the umpire. The full record of the games played places Chicago in the van, with Providence occupying second place and Cleveland third. The struggle for fourth place was close, bat. Troy won. it, and, though Boston tied Worcester for fifth place, the latter won by having fewer defeats and the best percentage of victories, leaving the Bostons oecupants ‘of sixth place for the first time in ten years. Buffalo stood seventh and Cincinnati last. The record is as follows: | S ° 2! a oe 3 ~ mA 4 2 2 oa 8 tang 8 4 onuss: |3/2|2) |g|z\6|2| lelelesizer3 ‘ SleielSisiels! ¢ [SlelPsiskSins =| S/SiEls AE eizl2is>i8 |s7 SMSF RRO Fe RAs F ie Chicago...... 8}10|10 a1 10 67 |84 = .79| 44 46 Providence... . 4 ° 6| 7}10/10) 52 |84) 3) .64| 55 | 59 Cleveland..... “3 6) 7} 9) 9} 47 1841 35 24 | 27 POY. esc... a. 5 ait |10 41 (83) 0} .49| 19 | 19 Worcester... .. | Sf 8] Bf 40 (83) 2) .4g)cc-} Boston........ 5)°7| 4)... 9} 7) 40/84) 2} 47) 40 | 54 Buffalo. ....... ‘3 1i9 25 |83| 2|°.30| 44 | 46 Cincinnati.... 2.25 ree OO Seven drawn games were played, and the Cincinnati club had three games unfinished, oné each with Worcester, Troy and Buffalo. All the other clubs played their full schedule So ne tenes nae tem tan 2 gene een ave Reese =

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DME BASE-BALL PLAYER. e5 The comparative averages are as follows: 3 2 a — | at = | i) nt ES ere te 2094 416) 786 22261325 516 Buffalos. .. ". ./2824 840) 689 2107/1288) 592 Chicagos. . .. -:- 8190, 532] 851/2292/1440, 539+ Cincinnatis. . .../2752) 298} 647\2162'1161) 575 Cievelands. . .- ./8068, 887] 718 2277/1342, 513 Providence “1ig070) 418) 797 2282/1475) 453 BORGES Sticks So 7 sadesta nee |3098; 891} 731 2188/1229) 543 Woreesters ici es, cncst'ee 3433 13059, 3911 7312191/1400, 441 The appended monthly record shows how each club pro- gressed from first to last: s eV oe} a8 t n . CLUBS. S| s = 2/3 a3 eis izisigis- . wis ts oF L. | |w{L. Chicago ....c...sc0 0s 411) 611 B15 5 le7lt7| 0 Providence. ......... 711) 6 9 811) 3/13) 8 152/82) 0 Cleveland............ 9) 8|10| 5 6/1013) 8 /47/87| 0 M.S ee 5| 9110 Ay) 4, 813 41/42) 1 Worecester............ 10) 8| 7) 6/10 10| 9/40/43) 1 Boston .vc<%. see 8} 7/10) 6| 811 9 40/44 0 Buffalo......... 9) 6)11| 4/10, 4|16 25/58 1 Cincinnati... 13| 5112 4/11! 6113 21/60. 3 . The record of the series won, lost and tied by each club is:

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26 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The winners of the professional championship during the past ten years have been: Year. Victories. Defeats. ' 4871 Athletic) = =§«- «wee e eee eeeeeee 23 s 1872 Boston | = ee eww eeeeee eee 39 8 1873 Boston }N’t’l Assn........-- oo+- 48 16 1874 Boston | ~~ ewe ewe eee ee cere 52 18 1875 Boston J | en eeeeeeeeeeees 71 8 1876 Chicago J} eeeeeeeee sere 50 14 1877 Boston | ——_.sweeseeeeeeees 81 18 1878 Boston League ........--+--- 41 19 1879 Provid’ce Se ot aeawace aere's 59 25 1880 Chicago J vse weer cesses 67 17 en gy: ee

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27 . DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. THE CHAMPIONSHIP REOORD. Jusive the records of the championship contests from 1871 to 1876 inc RECORD FOR 1871. al arena, g are the profession The following in ‘dom sourey | SFRGRLAS™O pIOjyoy | HPSS AT . "eS aoryoy | 025259 69 0 92 O a) UBIDADG | AMR RMH A Ort ‘zoyemrdey | 992 4 to “Rriv *qengnyy | 9° > svat C2 6S wt rt ‘odvoigg | tARAMHOS “uojsog | ™ PMHAAGRNOS ‘onermy | *MRROOCSSCS Ol 9118115/15'191211211185 Tid RECORD FOR 1872. . eee . ct!) en i he Athletic. 00.65. cei ee hee weeede E PO. e eee 8 1 ee ie ieiii g ane 4 tae S gSSberuy sagcucnd é TOM soup | BSH APOONS e£ euoeN | HAR AAOHHOR : | ‘qdus{o | MRA AMO reS aes. Lad | CO wd isis COR HAR | R —T—) oe eee: ele RS eee ap ae me od | ne i as. Sa -Oo *9 ~~ Fy 3322886 s2ngeesa BSaserserasx & Ba £32 Soo | gaiqouaoa 6!

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER RECORD FOR 1873. _ [IOAL satunsy | SQRARREoee iE pany Auvyy | Ses Seses ite ‘DINosay | WKO KAT TS |S TOWUIHSR AY | PPSKSO TS ‘OHunppy | Cees eR “‘OHaiiy | SVP | jenn, | CVS seAtoo | se *a10UI [Rg | FS HRS Sola 1 0.0 37/31 niqdapuyg | ;eeARRSS [ts rt : a eee Peps 4 ee Ser 8 Se ae ‘ Sighth © tisasusa POE fod Soh hy oh IRON I Meee bug Gy ne Tet Pe tk 5 eA RE ER i eee ee 3 ee Yh CR athe ease hae oS 8 Ce MATL stg iSE ss bse -2 one mn oea s2bSSaece 8 — aadeadeee 6 ’ HOM, SOME) | RR ES ‘ALOU [UE | POA AMOS UD AE 8 a ) hyd onutpy |. ee ee 180: “U0 a | RECORD FOR 1874 “ee ee - +. ea 9g 4 an at id dled ddeda ded td eid

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. RECORD FOR 1875. hing M | AOS FOMRORSSS 7] “URTV | SRSOREREASSS :o | By {wratajyaag | FXrORe Rees :SS |S ‘uoduyseM | PORBROSHAR (SSSR ed,yooig pay | MOOR MRS ESOSn |X ‘uoAuH MON | SEO R VAT OFS |B mn | GOEPeRM sseoooe 1B ‘OsdudTTO | PE OSKHE PASCO SS |B [Sow BBSSSSSS | ‘sINO'T aq [Fe *WWORNOSSSOSS i “prosugy | 2% OHARA SSSSS [HR Ona TV | QD -HARABWSOSSHSS is “UO WsOET oO 10M sorts | EBBSESAO VT Fearn 1g 5 prhher tiBapts Pee Pea Sale: - tiga (SBh8 34 k so 5S oem Zsess coe Sze g, 2 282 g gegreseegeeas 8 SARELORAREOME S RECORD FOR 1876. mo Ing | LELLAAES ‘pohtnduyn | “2 Oo See padurd | SSS23 *UMBICT | oConoo*nno BSIRSAA® | “1yeautoUulD | SeRSDHIO is “ona | PADAOWD +9 | retowoio pee “aqasinory | FPS 19 CUR “aowog | P2© OAM O TSH MPO ts 9 ‘plo pluvy tigigiig Qe 2 Sees PEREPER 6a- saad 21 €3Je

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DIME BaSE-BALL PLAYER. THE RECORD OF 1877. Mo AA SoM, anges’ & Tpuaapuyy | FERS 2: ‘ovary | fen : ‘sNOT Ig | PSO? oO a *PAOPIABYT | reo oe Li) ~*OI[LASINO'T ie Saw CLUB. ‘uoisog | SSR eee eere * Games Lost... ......--- The above is the record as played. counted in making the award. Louisville... Hartford.... St. Louis... Chicago .. Cincinnati ........ Boston... 5 Below is the record as nom sony | BRAS osu | [PO : Tanoqag | P23? ‘posse | ‘O[[AS{NOT L? eae cs chal CLUB. ‘uoisog | Boston...... Louisville. . Hartford. . ag #6 tee wwe rt nee THE RECORD OF 1878. Maoist | Beuese | ‘podvig | SSSsss Peers jeuloduurwt pu o 8 Jel © lis Indianapolis.....-...+00+- Milwaukee.......+,...-0+-+-

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 31 THE RECORD OF 1879. $s {| $3 2 | (clelztel lg} lalsiggiee CLUBS. ZBlElS| Ml Sis|18] - 2 Siociss SiSE\SISIElSIE| Slzlelse iso Ris als Olea) FAR a= i Providence 8l 6| 7/10] 8/10|10| 59) 1)84).705] 55 | 23 . Boston... ..| 9 4) 71011] 9} 54) 0/84).628] 49 | 2v Buffalo. ..... 2. 3|..| 6} 7| S\11| 5] 46) 1\78|.592| 44 | 32 Chicago. .. 8} 6|..| 3} 8| 8} 8) 46; 4)79|.565) 44 | 32 Cincinnati. 5| 3) 8|..| 8} 9|-8| 43) 1/80|.513) 88 | 36 Cleveland... 9) 4| 4! 4). .| 5] 4| 27) 0/82|.311] 24 | 53 BOOP bdeatyes ce 1] 1\ 3| 2) 6l..| 4) 19) 2175).253| 19 | 56 Syracuse....... 3} 3} 1} 4) 7] 2). 1/70|.357) 15 | 27 ~ 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 basing sustained one more defeat than 1e the Buffalo Club; but by the counting of the game Cincinnati vs. Chicago, Aug. 13, claimed by the Chicagos as forfeited 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 occupies the position given it in the above table. 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, ’75 and °76 it was ten games, The Athletics won the pennant in 1871; the Bostons in 1872, °78, "74 and ’75; and the Chicagos in 1876. The champion team of 1871 wasas follows: Malone, catcher ; McBride, pitcher; Fisler, first base; Reach, second base; Meyerle, third buse ; Radcliffe, short-stop ; Cuthbert, left-field ; éensenderfer, center-field ; Huebell, right-field; with Bechtel a i Tom Pratt as assistants. > ‘The champion team of 1872 wasas follows: McVey, catcher, Spalding, pitcher; Gould, first base; Barnes, second base; Schafer, third base; George Wright, short-stop; Leonard, left-field; Harry Wright, center-field; F. Rogers, right-field; e: , assistant, : eS champion team for 1873 wasas follows: White, catcher; er; yr res pa i Barnes, seco ~— ter, base; Geo, ort-stop; ’ ) ; H. Wright, center-fleld; Sweeny, right-field ; “Birdsall, assistant : eer =

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82 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 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-field; McVey, right-field; Hall and Beals, assistants. The champion team for 1875 was as follows: White, catcher; Spalding, pitcher; McVey, first base; Barnes, second base ; Schafer, third base ;Geo. Wright, short-stop; Leonard, left- field; O'Rourke, center-field; Manning, right-field; Beals, H. Wright and Heiffert, assistants. The champion team 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, center-tield; Addy, right-field, Bulaskie as assistant. The champion team of 1877 was as follows: Brown, catcher; Bond, pitcher; White, first base; Geo. Wright, second base; Morrell; third base; Sutton, short-stop; Leonard, left-field; O'Rourke, center-fie!d; Schafer, right-field ; W. White, assis- tant. The champion team of 1878 was as follows: Snyder, catcher; Bond, pitcher; Morrell, first base; Burdock, second base ; §utton, third base; George Wright, short-stop; Leonard, left- field ; O’Rourke, center-field ; and Manning, right-field. : The series of games in 1877 and 1878 was twelve games. The champion niné of 1879 was as follows: Gross, catcher; Ward, pitcher; Start, first base; Farrell, second base; Me- Geary, third base; George Wright, short-stop; York, left- field; Hines, center-field; and James O'Rourke, right-field, with Braun, Hagen 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 organized : sta Bx. —= MNCs cc ca's bine to stce ste s Radtons. oral sls payee eases 39 8 Bostons..........- 43 16 Bostons...... 52 is Bostons...... ve 8 CHICA RO. soisic ss cae eset oe csete 50 Me BRORE ONG saci esbd win, + Be a'rintr.on -LOOU 67 17 The series of games in 1880 was twelve, and the champion — team was asrfollows: Flint, catcher; Corcoran, pitcher; — Anson, first base;. Quest, second base; Williamson, eH ; oti pricks nis Dal mple, left-field; Gore, center- ee: t dsmith, ct mevach Hee orm cheat’? 5 Li tn Sa ae

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THE COLLEGE ARENA. COLLEGE CLUB RECORDS. Tue college season of 1880 was not as satisfactory as it might have been. with better legislation at the hands. of the College Association; but still it was a good one to a certain extent. The championship question was left in abeyance in one respect inasmuch. as, though the Princetons won association honors, the Yales bore off the palm generally. s Early in the season we thought Princeton would have almost a walk-over; for, while the Jersey nine were getting into train- ing by defeating semi-professional teams at Princeton, the Harvards, Browns and Dartmouths were getting thrashed out of their boots by the Eastern League teams. As the sea- the =o apeonne: however, Dartmouth began to get up nearer t nt; then the Browns made a good rally, and finally the moos et mete a lively appearance. The tern tour of. e Psincetons, too, did not yield the success anticipated; and wher it was seen that they were done Brown at Providence, taken into camp at Amberst, and knoeked out of time at New Haven, the orange colors did not look as bright as they- did early in-May Finally, however, Princeton won the Association pennant by the appended record, which does not include forfeited games, | Dartmouth, | Princeton. | Amherst. eee ee eee eee ee ee err re es er Bs eine oo SUNN L ie cole ps Waele d WF ais F PB eco ec vert beble deve wets ow EC eee eed ee & | wren | Won.

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33 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. ‘Whatever doubts there may have been as to which ¢lnub ‘won the Association championship, there was no doubt what- ever as to which nine was last on the list. ‘‘He who was first shall be last,” and this is the position the Harvards occupied in 1880. When we think of the honors won by Tyng, Ernst, Thayer, e¢ al., and then look at the record of 1880, it nn was cold weather for the Harvards last season. The gall was not that the Magentas were last, but that the Blue of Yale should be first. The record of Yale for 1880 is one unprecedented in the history of their club: : April 7, Yale vs. Worcester, at New Haven..... 2...11 to April 14,- Worcester vs. Yale, at New Haven... y . April 21, Yale vs. Albany, at New Haven... April 28, Yale vs. Monitor, at New Haven.. 15 May 1, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven. . --13 May. 5, Yale vs. Breoklyn, at New Haven.........14 May» .8, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven......... 5 May 12, Yale vs. Princeton (forfeit), at Princeton.. 9 May 13, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven.. 0021 May 22, Yale vs. Amherst, at New Haven. May 26, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven. May 29, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge... 2 June 2, Yale vs. Brocton, at New Haven... oanhh June 5, Yale vs. Amherst, at New Haven.. TS June 9, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven......... 8 June 11, Yale vs. Worcester, at New Haven........ 3 June. 14, Yale vs. Baltimore, at New Hayen........ 9 June 17; Albany ys. Yale, at New Haven........... 7 June 18, Chicago vs. Yale, at New Haven.......... 12 June 21, Brocton vs. Yale, at New Haven,...... ... 7 June 23, Yale vs. Brocton, at New Haven,........... 4 June 28, Harvard vs. Yale, at New Haven.......... 3 all a SHH RD OTA TATED ACO LOD HO HA COIR En The Harvard record, too, is an unprecedented one but un- luckily in quite the opposite direction: April 8, Worcester vs. Harvard, at Worcester (5inn.)..9 to 5 April 10, Boston vs. Harvard, at Boston.............. 23. «10 April 21, Boston vs. Harvard, at Boston...........-.. 14 0 April 22, Harvard vs. Beacon, at Cambridge... se 4 April 24, Harvard vs Clinton, at Cambridge... 4 April 28, Beacon vs. Harvard, at Cambridge........ 4 April 29, Boston vs. Harvard, at Boston...... - - 13.9 May 5, Brocton vs. Harvard, at Boston....-----++-+ 8 2

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, R June 26, Brocton vs. Harvard, at Springfield.........17 June 28, Harvard vs. Yale, at New Haven..........- 3- ka! 1, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge......-.. iP ere, it will be seen, are but seven victories—four over an amateur nide and three with cofiege’ teams—out of twenty- two games. The nine were defeated in every professional maich and in every college game save three. We append the full record of the Princeton Club for 1880: CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. May 6, Harvard vs. Beacon, at Cambridge. ...,.... 7 to.8 May 8, Dartmouth vs. Harvard, at Hanover........18 5 May 12, Harvard vs. Amherst, at Amherst..........1 9 May 15, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven........... 4 May 21, Princeton vs. Harvard, at Princeton 6 May 22, Princeton vs. Harvard, at Princeton ) 5 May 25, Harvard vs. Brown, at Providence.......... 5 3 May 29, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge............2 1 June i, Beacon vs. Harvard, at Cambridge.......... PR: June 4, Princeton vs. Harvard, at Cambridge;...... > BE June 22, Harvard vs. Beacon, at Boston...........-. 3 “ 1 0 May 8, Princeton. ....... 1G, .% DOWD <.~. pesncdia hebh oO May 21, Princeton........ 195i RARE VEUO.« narsin sie < t,o Fd 6 Sune 1, Princeton........ 2... -Dartmouth.. ..5..2... 005 ® June 3, Princeton........ 2....Brown......... . adhaSs 4 June 4. Princeton.. June 7, Princeton.. June 12, Princeton. . 2 June 22, Princeton........ 9.... Amherst =e Se sg: ne i ea ee twee eee eee 0 Total, Princeton... 65 Opponents. ... 2.2.2... 26 Games played, 8; wor, 6; lost, 2. OTHER THAN CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. April 3, Princeton........ 6. ....Southwark.. 22.0. .5.... April 7%, Princeton........ 3... Athletic, ..2.0..500..... April 10, Princeton. ....... ic. Athletic. 0a... April 16, Princeton........ 12... .Lafayette College. April 30, Princeten....... a@ca. Baltimotex< vig d..555t May | 1, Princeton....:... 14... Lafayette Colleze. May — 7, Princeton........10....Philadelphia........'. Laws May 10, Princeton.... ... 4... Brooklyf..g2 oJ. eon May 15, Princeton........ 12... .Brooklyn. ....00.-+-.00+ 2 May 22, Princeton........ 9.... Harvard University.... 5 June 5, Princeton........ 7....Harvard University....- 2 Fume 9, Princeton eweccows Riewk Ble. ..deee serene eee & “Total, Princeton... ..95 Opponentis.......+++.++.B8

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a" 36 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Ganies played, 12; won, 10; lost, 2. Total games played during season, 20; won, 16; lost, 4 Championship games played on home grounds, 3; won, 3. Championship games played on others’ grounds, 4; won, 2. > Chapplonehty games played on neutral grounds, 1; won, 1. Other games played on home grounds, 9; won, 8. Other games played on others’ grounds, 8; won 2. Total games.played on home grounds, 12; won 1i. ‘Total games played on foreign grounds, 8; won, 5. Runs earned in other than championship games, Princeton, 23 ; opponents, 8. Pore runs ‘arned in all games, Princeton, 85; oppo- nents, 5. The Yale team—the real champions of the past season—are credited with the appended averages: a Toran B. Hirrs. Fre.prxe. 1,.G.:H. Clarke........ 430 871 2. B. B. Lamb........ Se 346 561 910 S.W. Parkers. 09s ¢55-%57 326 455 $30 4. W. F. Hutchison......... 824 A41 730 6. H.-J. -Walden...62223 0.2. 270 337 891 6. W. J. Badger....... ees 0208 3844 871 9. A. B.-Plate. 66.22 20S les 286 327 -7eT 8. R.-W. Watson... 0.2.2... 206 282 903 9. S: C. Hopkins. ... --..... 197 222 939° 10. W. G. Camp..222)5...... 189 210 863 Here is the Yale record of victories and defeats in playing with professional nines—a record unprecedented in the history of the Yale University Club: VICTORIES. April 7, Yale vs. Worcester, at New Haven (6 in’gs).11 to April 21, Yale vs. Albany, at New Haven...........- 12 April 28, Yale vs. Monitor, at New Haven...... -A5 May. 1, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven.. May 5, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven. . - May 8, Yale vs. Brooklyn, at New Haven May 26, Yale ys. Brooklyn, at New Haven... 17 June 2, Yale vs. Brocton, at New Haven. ... ee June 11, Yale vs. Worcester, at New Huven.,........ 3 June 14, Yale vs. Baltimore, at New Haven.«........ 9 we er DEFEATS. April 14, Worcester, vs. Yale, at New Haven....-- eek Ete) me 17, Albany vs. Yale, at New Haven.........-.. 7 = Tune 19) Chicago vs. Yale, at New Haven... seeeeeet ses 13

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NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP, The official table of the series of contests between the seven clubs which entered for the New York State Intercollegiate championship has been sent us, and appended will be found the fall record, which, of course, includes forfeited games. D. H. McNally says that the championship of the State for 1880 was won by the Union College nine, they leading all competitors in total wongames. The inability of the Cornell team to play out their schedule was a drawback to the suc- cess of the series, as they began play very promisingly for ultimate success. The official record is as follows: ele} alg CLUBS. |S 215/818). ES SES EIS oot a kd Raja So een pote eso snasehae RPT ters 1} 2} 1) 2) 2i8 | 1 41 21 6 Oe ee Cee ee Tj..} 1) 2} 2)°6 1 1. .} 1p ay Madison... . Ay O} 1... dr8 Syracuse..... 0} 0} 1) 1)..):2 5i 7° 8180 THE AMATEUR ARENA. ——— —___ THE LONG ISLAND AMATEUR ASSOCIATION. The above named association was organized in Brook on May 7th, -1880, and it is designed to aceomplish for the metropolis and its vicinity, what the old National Association , did about twenty odd years ago, Under the auspices of this 4 tion an amateur clu r we associa b i ‘contested f ‘Gt Prospect’ Park dutiog’ the suntace of teep which ed 6

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88 “DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. a= attractive series of games which were free to the public and were witnessed by a large concourse of spectators at every match, The record of the games played is as fellows)” May 29, Commercial vs. Lafayetie.......-.-..-.---- 10 to 9 May 29, Dauntless vs. Putnam......,..--..---+%+5- 16 14 May 31, Commercial vs. Dauntless.........-.-..--- 8 4 June 5, Nameless vs. Dauntless. ...........2.-5----- Cob June 5, Putnam ys. Commercial. ......-.....-..--- 18° «12 June 5, Polytechnic vs. Lafayette?..............-- 4 Sa | June 12, Nameless vs. Commercial... .........---- 13° 4 June 12, Pulnam vs Polytechnic. .-..........-.-.-- 19 «616 ‘June 12, Star vs. Lafayette ........... SYS Abeaee 21 6 -June 19, Nameless vs. Putmam.......-...-..-.-.--- 23 5 June 19, Commercial vs. Star.....¥..-...2...-.---- 23 8 June 19, Polytechnic ys. Dauntless -.........-...-.- 16° 8 June 26, Nameless vs. Star... 2.2... -eeereews ee ess 12 % June 26, Dauntless vs. Lafayette. ...........-....-- 26S June 26, Commercial vs. Polytechnic. .............. 4 #65 July 8, Nameless vs. Lafayette... . ..... ....2..-..-.-5.---- 34° 8 July 10, Polytechnic vs. Numeless.........0.-.262+5 2 0 July 17, Dauntless ys. Putnam... 2. .... 6.565 .505-- SF ® July 17, Polytechnic vs. Star. ............--ss++--- 16 «OS July 17, Commercial vs. Lafayette... ........+-+-<.- 23 4 July 24, Commercial vs. Polytechnic........-...--- ors July 24, Putiiam vs. Nameless... ..........00++--:55- 7 July 24, Dauntless vs. Lafayette. .-.....5.0.5.5-25- 3s 6 July 31, Nameless vs. Lafayette..-....-.25.+5<¢-5:- 19 4 July 31, Commercial vs. Star....... 3 ae ee July 81, Polytechnic vs. Putnam... 26 10 Aug. 7, Nameless ys. Commercial....+......- : Soe Aug. 7, Dauntless vs. Polytechnic, forfeited......... 9 0 Aug. 17, Lafayette vs. Star, forfeited...........-.-- ae Aug. 14, Nameless-vs. Star. ¢. 0.25.4. 46+ ee eee eee \ Aug. 14, Commercial vs. Dauntless. - . .. ee cries Aug. 14, Putnam vs. Lafayette... .......++++eee0-e 14 6 Aug. 21, Nameless vs. Dauntless..........-++--++-+- 3° 2 Aug: 21, Putnam vs, Stars........-.. bhi aie iad. ¢ 8 4 Aug, 21, Lafayette vs. Polytechnic. .....-.-.....--- aS: Ae Aug. 28, Nameless vs. Polytechnic........+.--...-.. 1° 7 Aug, 28, Commercial vs. Putnam...... wines shee: ook Aug. 28, Dauntless vs. Stat......+-.seeseeeeeeeeeee @ 7 ~The result of the contest for the pennant was the <3 of “the Namneleso Club, of Brooklyp, aa winner of the silver ball

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“DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 89 and the championship, the Commercials standing second and the Putnams third. The record in full is: =] | (sl | | zl |otel. estelSletelr | |i. CLUBS asec S/Sl=(Fle le SiSELS : JO | JP fo IR ae eRe tree Ae ' 2} 1] 2 1) 2) gii10' 0112 Commerer al igs icci seo 192s ne ao Oj+»} 1} 2} 2} 2) 21-9, 1118 utmam......... ets Pee 4 1/i)..| 0| 1] 2 2!) 7 0112 Sat ae 0) 0 2)..) 1] 2 2) 7, 4\18 Polytechnic. - =. soe eco eee 1 0} 1 aj.) 1.1) 5011 EER beret henry en ea 0} O| 0} OF 1)../ 1) 2 Ol12 oS Ee eg ape a len eas 0} O| 0, 0} O} 1../| 4 O11 Games lost...2..... 0.0.2. 2. .} 218 3 3) 6|18 1041 The best played game of the series was that which took place July 10, between the Nameless nine and a nine selected by the Polytechatic Club, which included Clare the Witoka pitcher of 1878 and ’79, Flynn of the same club, and De Gar- mendier, the captain of the Alert nine of Seton Hall. NTECHNIC, R. 1B. Po. A. E. | NAMELEsS. R. 1B. PO. A. BL cNamee,c...0 1 8 4 1] Bunce, 1b..... 1 12-.0.0 McKee, 1.f. . 0-38 (0 a a 00 010 O'Flynn, 8b...1 1 2-0 0, Spencer,s.s...0 0 1 614 are, r.f......0 1° 0 0 '0| Smith, c....... Oo1n +3 Spalding, 2b...0 1 5 1.1] Nelson, c.f...0 0 1 00 allett, p.....1 0 0 0 0}Denham, p....0 0 6 3 0 Wilson, ib... 0 0 5 2 O| Westvelt,).f..0 1 0 00 Polhemus,.c. f.0 1 8 0 0] Benner, r.f....0 2. 0 0 0 _ Channing, s.s.0 0 1 8 O| Harbordt,3b...0 0 2 114 Totals... ... 2 5 2710 2 Totals. ..... 0 5 2712 4 Polytechnic:,.;0°; 0° 0 2...1.- 0. .0:. 0 0+8 Nameless ...... CO Oe GOs" O72 e Oe First base by errors—Polytechnic, 4; Nameless, 1, Earned runs—Polytechnic, 1; Nameless, 0. Umpire, Mr. Mill. Time, 1 hour, 20 minutes,

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a DIME BAGE-BALL PLAYER. REMARKABLE GAMES. The record of matches of 1877 excelled in games marked by scores of 0 to 0. They were as follows: May 13, Harvard vs. Manchester, at Boston (24 inn.)..0 to May 1, Star vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis (15 inn.).. 22... 0 Oct. 1, Auburn vs. Rochester, at Rochester (11 inn.). .0 July 7, Sprinefield vs. Buckeye, at Columbus (11 inn.).0 July 6, ee vs. Indianapolis, at Indianapolis = MOINES act. ces Sece en Fe ig tage eT July 18, Lowell vs. Rhode Island, at Providence (10 CSE) UU): pa Apes SS as ae ee ee ooo fo eo°o° 0 Aug. 38, Rochester vs. Buffalo, at Buffalo (10 innings)..0 Sept. 25, Buffelo vs. Rochester, at Buffalo 0 Among the most closely-contested games of the League sea- son of 1880 were the following matches, which were marked by scores of L100 only. The best was the fourteen-inning game of July 16 at Providence, R. I., which the Buffalo team won, that team leading in winning more of these 1 to 0 matches, than any other club in the League. May 7, Buffalo vs. Cleveland, at Buffalo (5).......... 1tod July 5, Buffalo vs. Worcester, at Buffalo (10).......... 0 July 16, Buffalo vs. Providence, at Providence (14).....1 0 Aus. 20, Buffalo vs. Worcester, at Buffalo............. kT May _5, Providence vs. Boston, at'Providence....:....1 0 May 20, Providence vs. Boston, at Providence......... oD Sept. 9, Providence vs. Troy, at Troy.............-.. f=) Auz. 21, Cleveland vs. Troy, at Cleveland. .......... poke Sept. 6, Cleveland vs. Cincinnati, ‘at Cleveland........ 1 0 Sept. 2, Chicngo vs. Troy, at Chicago. ........-...... 1 0 May 18, Cincinuati-vs. Cleveland, at Cineinnati........1 0 June 12, Worcester vs. Cleveland, at Worcester. ..... 20 Aug. 5, Troy vs, Cincinnati, at Troy ...2..........- > es

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. THE LEAGUE AVERAGES FOR 1880. The following are the batting and fielding averages of League players made out by Mr. Steades, of the Boston Herald. The table vives the ficlling averages regardless of the posi- lions a player may have filled: Ee ck 3g EL $3 TirGore/Ohicagos....-.55.5.0002 060% esse TF a A SY a a ae 83 { Dalrymple, Chicagos..............04 Chicévos. ......02.6cesevecses $ Burns, Chicagos........... Saneee ey 84 Hines, Providence..............04... 85 Cel Toned | Bostone so vs. s\n. sons oo kd 66: Reet Clevelands.......... vent otera 85 Moynahan, Buffalos...... ASS tS Eves 27 104 Hornung, Buffalos..............2085 + 85 Parcell, Cincinnatis. .... 2.0 ..0000 6677 11 Foley, Bostong...........0...0000be0% 18 13> WelelifTroyse........: 0. AT aire 65 13 Dunlap, Clevelands........... ao else 85 14 Kelley; Ghickgos. .......-......0003 65 84 Farrell, Providence.......... oditcheA NE 80 15 James O’Ronrke, Bostons............4 86 16 Goldsmith, Cliicagos........... 4.0.42. B+ Clapp, Cincinnatis......... A ee ee 80 x} Burdock, Bostons

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42° ' DIMB BASE-BALL PLAYER. 4 PLa - g YERS. $ é $3 Dickerson, Worcesters, Troys........- 61 MOH AGUA PHOV Ria e os oe cv vcce 8 vir e~ eee ots 47 BOOT CO 00), ee ee ae ee ge 12 20 = Cassidy, Tropes s. (23 iad het ld 82 27. Williamson, Chicagos, ......%..+..++-+. 75 Button, BOMONB. Corcoran, Olaicagoa, ..... .0is0-s0...00.0n0 asd 49 Leonard, Cincinnatis.......... wee 48 Stearns, Buffujos .........-..... 28 50 McGeary, Clevelands, Providence 48 Smith, Cincinnatis.............. .-83 J. Reilly, Cincinnatis. ............- .74 51 | Trott; BOstons. ..5..-cseecsececes evened 39 Gardner, Clevelands....... Biko tas 10 GR York Providence. -. ......22<0 00.0008 .53 53 Say, Cincinnatis.......... ee PEG Hulu, TORE. anc once aces yashs xe 60 85 Mack, Buffalos.......... S clocs 5 RRR 130.5 SEE E mye “~ ree ao BESEREEER: 237 See: EEE | enw REE sx he BeeseSesseszaees c=} nol ue

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Bai : Sg 33 PLAYERS. ; z $8 56} Bushong, Worcesters... ......+...... 40 Mansell, Cincinnatis.... ........:.... 53 57 Houck, Bostons, Providence........... 61 Creamer, Worcesters. 26.6.6. .2 00. oe cee 85 58+ Force, Buffalos......... ere ol! Sommers, Cincinnatis,.... PMs 1 Pie PWR TOM Ee ooo ain salere eno Gait 5 > ayn i go) Bergh, Bostons......... Weis <Sactesie ee { Poorman, Chieagos, Buffalo....,..... 26 61 Gilligan, Clevelands...............0.. 30 ees IE OUMORS O55 oi cins's 95's 02 05 one Os 74 63 Corey, Worcester........ SREP SES TLE 41 64 W. White, AMOINNAG. a 5 os oc 5.k odor 62 QW SIOMONB 20 woo. 6 eens oes whee we « 36 06 | Kennedy, Clevelands................. 66 McGuunigle, Buffalos................. 9 67 Fulmer, Buffalos........: Po aide cna stat il 68 Tobin, Troys, Worcesters............. 38 69 Radbonfne, Buffalos 70 Driscoll, Buffalos ae MArKin: Troyes 030. goo ct oe es 130 eee eels OWICAEOR.. 5... «5s ses vase ve seen s 128 73 “Crave; Buffalosy. occ 0s. ee cide cece 125 74 Latham, Buffalos..:....... 2.65.40. 124 % = Wheeler, Cincinnatis.................. 107 76 Weidman, Buffalos........-...00.+00- 101 77 Wright, Cincinnatis....:.............. + 2G S 2 ees ' 4 ¥ ates Oak OF hadetr 4

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44 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. THE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. The Canadian championship of 1880 was won by the Maple Leaf clab of Guelph as will be seen by the appended record sent in by the president of the Canudian Association : “ Herewith I inclose you a correct schedule of champion- ship games played during the season; also the full record of the Maple Leat's Canadian games. Truly yours, Gzo. SLEE- MAN, President, C. A. A. B. B. P.” CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, 1880. s ° 81 CO mt me CO dD Aug. 1, Leafs vs. Mutual, at Guelph,............... 1 Aug. 12, Leafs vs. Active, at Guelph......../........ Aug. 27, Leafs vs. Browns, at Guelph*..............~ Sept. 8, Leas vs. Active, at Guelpht.............. ? FULL RECORD OF THE MAPLE LEAF’S CANADIAN GAMES, 1880. s 0 “ S e ) © A @ co F ~ eo e “IED Om CIN OCT a 2 Aug. 27, Leafs vs. Active, at Woodstockt+............ 2 Sept. 8, Leafs vs. Active, at Guelpht................ 0 - Sept. 16, Leafs vs. Empire, at Guelph................ 10 Swe ee

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 5 PROFESSIONALISM IN NEW YORK. The marked success of the experiment of introducing pro- fessional ball-playing at the Polo Grounds in New York city, during the fall of 1880, very plainly pointed out the fact that the time was propitious for a revival of professional play in ‘this city. In fact, we may more properly say for the intro- duction. of professional play in New York city, for the advent of the Metropolitan Club team in September, 1880, in New York, was really the first time we ever had a professional team play on an inclosed ground in this city. Previous to that event Brooklyn, with her Union and Capitoline grounds, had almost monopolized professional play. It is true that New York had its Mutual Club, but most of its games were played in Brooklyn. The old Union Club of Morrisania could not well be called a New York club, its grounds being at Tre- mont. But now that the professional Capitoline Ground has been destroyed, and the old Union soon will be, the Polo Ground looms up as the coming professional base-ball field of * the metropolis, and the only one, by the way, likely to be at command. The ficld is easy to reach, being located midway bettveen the stationsof the Sixth and Tlird avenue elevated roads. As far, therefore, as the convenience of the ground for patronage is concerned, nothing could be better. All tbat is wanted to insure the success of a professional club at the Polo Grounds is that it should not only be a strong and rep- resentative nine in its make-up, but especially that it should he one to be relied upon for honest work. Unfortunately, the -» ty history of professionalism in the metropolis is darkened ith the records of crooked work. This was in the days of _volselling. Though it is indulged in sub rosa, no such open business of the kind as that which demoralized the old Mu- tual nine can now prevail. For the past three or four years we have had a sort of interregnum in professional. ball-play- * ing in the metropolis, and one result has been to clear the city atmosphere of the old air of crookedness. The patrons of base-ball are hungry for the resumption of professional “contesis here, and will support the game liberally.

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46 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The record of the Metropolitan team for 1880 from. Sept. 15 to Oct. 16, was as follows: rey VICTORIES. Sept. 15, Metropolitan vs. Union, at Brooklyn ....... 13 to 0 Sept. 16, Metropolitan vs. Union, at Brooklyn......... 15° («OO Sept. 17, Metropolitan vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn... ... 3. 0 Sept. 18, Metropolitan vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn......7 5 Sept. 21, Metropolitan vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn..... 14 4 Sept. 23, Metropolitan vs, Jersey City, at Brooltyn...5 = 1 Sept. 24, Metropolitan vs. Jersey City, at Brooklyn... 8 0 Sept. 25, Metropolitan vs. Jersey City, at Brooklyn...10 4 Sept. 29, Metropolitan vs. National, at Polo Grounds. 4 2 Sept. 30, Metropolitan ys. National, at Polo Grounds. 8 6 Oct. 1, Metropolitan vs. National, at Brooklyn.. ... 7 3 Oct. - 2, Metropolitan vs. Jasper, at Brooklyn....... 12 3 Oct. 7; Metropolitan vs. Worcester, at Polo Gronnds.12 6 Oct. 14, Metropolitan-vs. Troy, at Polo Grounds...... 5 1 Oct. 15, Metropolitan vs. Troy, at Union Grounds... 7 6 Oct. 16, Metropolitan vs. Troy, at Union Grounds... 9 3 DEFEATS. - Sept. 20, Jersey City vs. Metropolitan, at Hoboken... 4 3 Oct. 4, Worcester vs. Metropolitan, at Polo Grounds. 7 3 Oct. 6, Worcester vs. Metropolitan, at Polo Grounds. 8° 7 Oct. 9, Worcester vs. Metropolitan, at Polo Grounds. 4 3 Oct. 11, Troy vs. Metropolitan, at Polo Grounds..... 4 3 Oct. 12, Troy vs. Metropolitan, at Hoboken......... 3 1 Oct. 18, Troy vs. Metropolitan, at Polo Grounds....14 12 DRAWN. Oct. 8, Metropolitan vs. Worcester, at Brooklyn...10 16 _ Itis not worth while giving the averages of their practice- “mutches with the nines they played before they met the Washington Nationals, bat the record of their batting and _ pitching against the strong nines they encountered is worth publishing. Wedo not give the individual averazes of the ~ players, as we are of the opinion that the publication of players’ averages before the close of a season’s play tends to make them, play. for a record, instead of for the side. The ,

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runs scored, base-hits made and runs earned in the g with the National, Worcester and Troy teams are: DEE BASE-BALL PLAYER. R BH. E.R Metropolitan. 4 Metropolitan, 8 Metropolitan. 7 Totals... 19 Metropolitan. 3 Metropolitan. 8 Meiropolitan. 13 Metropolitan. 10 ’ Metropolitan. 3 Totals. . 85 Metropolitan. 3 Metropolitan. 1 Metropolitan. 12 Metropolitan. 5 Metropolitan. 7 Metropolitan. 9 Metropolitan. 37 Metropolitan. 35 Metropolitan. 19 Totals. . 91 4 10 ak | obSSasl a R BH ER 1| Nationak... 2 2 0 0j National.... 6 12 3 21 National.... 8 4 1 8 Totals.. 11 18 4 1| Worcester... 7 If 1 8| Worcester... 8 12 4 8| Worcester:. 6 9 1 8 | Worcester.. 10 9 2 0} Worcester.. 4 8 0 —_— — — os 15 Totals.. 35 49 8 O} Troy. toe. zt 1 Gperc gaeeee™ 3 4 1 5 | Troy....... 14 14 0 3{ Troy-...00- 1 q 0 2, Troyes 6 6 0 i pee 3 5 2 10°} Troy~ rs Woowrowrn ed 2 _ oS art ar 0.3.4 0 > 9 1 First base by errors—Worcester, 2; Metropolitan, 2. Ea rned runs— » orcester, a 4 ‘ee <P ; Metropolitan, 8. Umpire, Mr, 7% *Sesere ; ° 3 _ rte.

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48 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. METROPOL'N. T. R. 1B. PO. A, E. Troy., TR. 18. PO.A. E. Brady,2b....5 0 0 4 5 1] Cuassidy,c.f..4 0 0 30 0 Ward, p.s... 5 2 2 0 0 1] Connors, 1b..4 21 60 0 Farreil, 8b...5 0 O&O 1 1 1] Ferguson,2b4 01 11 0 Ester, 1b;.... 5 11 9 0 O}Gillespie, L £4 00 01 2 Nelson, s.8..5 2 2 2.2 0| Welch,p.....4 01,1 0 1 Hawes,r.f...6 1 1 10 0 Caskins, s. 3.401821 Deasley, ¢ c...4°1 2 4-0 0| Bvans,r.f...4 00 40 0 Kennedy,l.f.4 11 380 6 Ewing, Bb...4 00 48 0 Clinton, ¢. f..4 1 2.8 0 0] Holbert,c...3 11 50 1 Totals..43 91197 8 8|. Totals..85 8 527 7-5 Metropolitan....0 10 0 0 0 7 0 1-9 TOY «Ss. ovgees 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .-3 0-3 Earned runs—Metropolitan, 6; Troy, 2. First base on errors—Metropolitan, 8; Troy, 3. Umpire, Mr. Roche. Time, 2h. Merrovou's.t. &. 1B. Po. A.E. | NATIONAL. T.R.1B. Po. AE. Pike, cf..-.5 0 0 0 01 M’Clellanss.4 1.0 38 65 1 Farrell, 3b.. 41.0 2 21] Mansell,).f.40 0100 Walker, tb.. 4.0 011 1 0| Morrisey, 38b.4 2 21 00 Nelson, ss. 4 0 0 1 4 .0|Derbyp,rf.40 0 101 Hawes, rf..4 3 t 0 0.0] Powell, Ib.. 41 113 01 Deasley, c.-.4 1 0 8 1 A | Boyde, c40°1-2-61 Kenuedy.2b, 411 2 8 0| Baker,c,cf.30 05 02 plates, & t- 41 3 8 0 O|Lynchrf,p300 011 Daly, p .40 0 0 6 0| Smiley, %..3001 40 Totals..87 7 6 27 11 8 Totals. 3 427 10 7 Metropolitan... ....++.9 et Ae PES Ska ee ee! National....... prneyecO ; 0210 0 0 6-8 : ~ Pirst bese by ertore—~Metropolitan, 2; National, 1. Earned yan—-National, 1. Umpire, Mr. Dailey. Time, 2h. 5m. “Their gretitest victory of their brief senson was thet they

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DIME BASE-BALI. PLAYER. 4 Won on Oct. 20, against the Cleveland the score of which we append : 7 MEtROP’?r’N T.R. 1B. PO. A. E CuEvELaxn. T. R. 1B. PO. A.B. Brady, 2b.. 4 1 2 2 8 0} Dunlap,2b.4 10 3 3 0 Ward, 8b... 4 1 1 0 2 1|Schaffer,rf.4 100 00 Foley,p....4 2 10 21 Hotaling,cf. 4 010 0 0 Ester, 1b... 4 0 014 0 8| Glas’co’k,s,s 4-0°0 2 1 0 Nelson, 8.84001 380 Philips, ib. 41110 1 1 Hawes, r.f. 4 0.1.0 0 0} McGeary,8b.4-0 12 2 1 Gilligan,c.. 8 0 0 6 1 1| Kennedy,c. 4019 2 0 Kennedy, 1f.4 0 1 8 0 0|MCorm'’k,p. 4.010 8 1 Clinton,c.f.38 0 0 11 0 Hank's'n.f. 8-001 0 0 Reip) c..-.. 1 0 O'70'0 "0 Totals. ..35 4 6 27 12 6| Totals....85 8 & 2712 3 TOR ta: = F420 +'..3 0 23 0. 0 04 Cleveland. . 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-38 First ais y eiheieiaeapiitéu, 3; Cleveland, 4. Earned runs—Metropolitan, 1; Cleveland, 0. Umpire, Mr. Kelly of the Chicago Club. Time, 1h. 50m. Ame

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BO DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. . THE POPULATION OF BASE-BALL CITIES. The new census gives figures of special interest to pro- -fessional base-ball club-managers, inasmuch as a study of the 5 lation of the several cities where base-bull has hitherto been a flourishing institution, and of cities where the game is , comparatively new, will yield the knowledge of what new fields there yet are to explore and to work as base-bal) pro- ‘fessional mines of gold and silver. In round numbers wegive sshenopnladon of the cight League cities for 1881, and add to them those of cities hitherto worked, as well as of some new places which might be advantageously attended to. > Chicago, 500,000: Boston, 300,000; Cleveland, 160,000; Buffalo, 155,000; Detroit, 116,000; Providence, 104,000; Wor- cester, 59,000; and Troy, 58,000. Of cities which have had base-ball nines the following are named; New York, 1,200,000; Philadelphia, 840,000; Brook- lyn, 566,000; St. Louis, 350,000; Baltimore, 330,000; Cincin- nafi, 255,000 ; Pittsburg, 156,000; Washington, 147,000; New- ark, N. oe 186,000 ; Louisville, 100,000 ; Jersey et 120,000 ; Milwaukee, 115,000 ; Albany, 90,000; Rochester, 89,000; Alle- gheny, Pa., 78,000; Indianapolis, 75,000; New Haven, 62,000; well, 59,000—all but one of these are in excess of Wor- cester and Troy; Syracuse, 51,000; Columbus, 51,000; Hart- ford, 42,000; Lynn, 38,000; Utica, 33,000; Springfield, Mass., 88,000; and Manchester, N. H., 32,000. These figures are worthy the attention of club-managers for 1881.

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DIME BASE-BALT PLAYER. 81 THE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION. This national association of college clubs met at Springfield on March 12th to finish up the playing rules and to draft the schedule of championship games for 1881. They failed to make up a code of rules for the express use of amateur clubs, but adopted the new rules for 1881 of the League Association as far as they were applicable to college clubs. The conven- tion also decided that a certificate from three members of the Faculty of a college to the effect that the college men were prevented from keeping their match engagement in any of the championship series by orders of the Faculty should be ‘sufficient to escape the penalty of-a forfeited game. The pro- fessionals selected to umpire the college championship games were Fulmer, Sullivan, Mason, Powers, Bradley, Doesher, and Dunnigan. These with Messrs Sumner, Wilbur, Tilden, Burlingame, Jeffers, Murphy, and Wright compose the col- lege corps of umpires for the season. Five names instead of three, are required to be sent in to visiting pines from which to select an umpire. The delegates to the meeting wero Messrs Cooledge, of Harvard; Peabody, of Yale; Winton, of Princeton; Latimer of Amherst; Hazelton of Dartmouth and Thurston of Brown, = * Gee tee. ioe 7.8%. 3 s £4 18 ee ed

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© mma | THE PLAYING RULES OF 1881. There is but one code of playing rules that will govern toa aes clubs during 1881,.and that is the League code. his code, too, hus been adopted in a modified form by the’ College Club Association; but-asa-matter of course, all the rules of the League code bearing upon contracts with man- agers'and players, or which refer to salaries or engagements, ete., are null and void as far as either the college clubs or strictly amateur clubs are concerned. The code of playing rules given in this work is presented in the form adopted by the National Association of 1880, with all the amendments added to each rule which the League clubs adopted at their last convention, Practically, therefore, the appended rules_ are the same as those of the League, as far as the playing points are concerned. The old form, too, has been adhered to in presenting the code, as one best adapted for reference pur- poses. Not.a rule of sng is given in the appended code which is not to be found in the new League code, though it may be in different language and form in some instancea. THE CODE OF 1881. RULE FIRST.—Tus M4rertats oF THE GawE. Section 1. The ball must weigh not less than five nor more than five and one-quarter ounces avoirdupois. It must meas- ure not less than nine nor more than nine and one-quarter inches in circumference. It must be composed of woolen yarn, and of two horse-hide covers, inside and outside, with yarn be- tween said covers. It shall contain one ounce of round mold- ed rubber, vulcanized, and shall be covered with leather. Src. 2. In all games, the ball or balls played with shall be furnished by the home club, and shall become the property of the winning club. Src. 8. When the ball becomes out of shape, or cut or rip- pea so as to expose the yarn, or in any way so injured. as to ya unfit for fair use, a new ball shall be called for by the um- pire at the ond of am even inning, al the request of either cap

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. : 58 tain. Should "the ball be lost during a game, the umpire shall, at the expiration of five minutes, call for a new ball. Sec. 4. The bat’ must be round, und must not exceed two and one-lialf inches in diameter in the widest part. It must be made wholly of wood, and shall not exceed forty-two inches in length. Src. 5. The bases must be four in number, and they must be placed and securely fastened upon each corner of a square the sides of which are respectively me 4 yards, The bases must be so constructed 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 canvas-bags, painted white, and filled with some soft material. The home base*’shall be of white marble or store, so fixed in the ground as 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 shull form part of the foul lines. Src. 6. The base from which the ball is struck shall be de- signated the home base, and must be directly opposite the second base. “Tile first base must always be that upon 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- tinctly 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. Tbe triangu- lar space thus laid off behind the home base shall be for the exclusive 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. Two limes marked “ the same way as the foul lines, und parallel with said foul lines, shall be drawn, one fifteen fect and the other fifty feet distant from them, terminating atthe lines bounding the triangular space aforesaid, RULE SECOND.—Txe Game. Section 1. The game shall consist of nine lonings to éach ‘tide; and nine ‘men Shall constitute a fullside. Should the score at the end of the nine innings be 2 tie, play shall. be continued until a majority of runs for one side upon an equal nawber of

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B4 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. innings shall be declared, when the game shall end. All innings shall be concluded when the third hand is put out. Src. 2. One player of the nine on each side shall be the captain, who shall assign the players their respective positions as he may select, except. the player who is appointed to de- liver the ball to the bat and he must always occupy the pitch- er’s position. The player who delivers the ball may, how- ever, be changed at the option of the captain. = Sec. 8. The choice of innings shall be decided by the toss- ing of a-coin, the winning side to take the bat, Src. 4. No game shall be considered as played unless five innings on each side shall be completed. Should darkness or rain intervene before the third hand is put out in the closing part of the fifth inning of a game, the umpire shall declare ‘no game.” . : Src. 5. The game must. begin when the umpire calls “play.” When he calls ‘‘ time” play shall besuspended until he calls“ play ” again, and during the interim no player shall be put out, base be run, or run be scored. The umpire shall suspend play ouly for an accident to himself or a player, or in case rain falls.so heavily that the spectators are compelled b the severity of the storm to seek shelter, in which case shou the rain continue to fall for half an hour the game shall ter- minate. Src. 6. When the umpire calls “ play,” the game must at once be proceeded with. Should either party fail to take their appointed positions in the game, or to commence play as requested, the umpire shall, at-the expiration of five minutes, declare the game forfeited by the nine that refuses to play. Sec. 7. The umpire, in any match game, shal], in case of rain or 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- nents in their incompleted innings, in which case the game shal! be decided by the total score obtained, which score shall be recorded as the score of the game. * Src. 8. A drawn game shall be declared in the following in- stances. When—after five or more equal innings have been pliyed the score shall be equal. Or if, after a game of five inn- ings on each side has been completed rain or darkness prevents the continuance of the game in a subsequent inning and the side last at the’bat shall have equaled the score of their oppo- nents in their unfinished innings. I _. So. 9. When the side last at the bat in the ninth oran subsequent ipning shall score the winning run, the game sh vterminale, © : ‘et -

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 55 Sec. 10. When the umpire calls “game” jt 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- Miateh. Src. 11. A forfeited game shall be declared by the umpire, whenever the nine of a club fail to appear on the field at the match ; or if, after the game has begun, one side refuses or fails to continue play, unless the umpire has suspended the game or ended it; or if, after suspension one nine fails to re- sume play within five minutes of the time the unipire called “play” again; or if the umpire, after duly warning the pitcher as required by the rules, has oceasion to call three ioul balls on x ; “RULE THIRD.—Discteuine. Sec. 1. Theclub is entitled to the best services of the player, and if any player becomes indifferent or careless in his play, or from any cause becomes unable to render service satisfactory to his club, the club may, at its option, refuse to pay salary for such time or cancel the contract of such ae a Any player, Manager or umpire who shall, in an way be interested in any bet or wager on any game, or whi shall purchase, or have purchased for or given him, in an game in which he takes part, any “pool” or chance, sh expelled., r : ae aren player who shall conspire with any person whatever, wguinst the interests of his club, or by any con- duct misvies & disposition to obstruct the management of his club, may be expelled by. his club. : Src. 4. Noelub shall allow any open betting or pool selling on its grounds, nor in any building it owns or occupies. RULE FOURTH —tye Prrcmxa DEPARTMENT. Sxcrton 1. The pitchers-position shall be within a space of ground, four feet wide by six feet long, the front, or four fed tine of which shall” pe distant fifty feet from the center of the home base, and the center of the square shall be equidistant ee first and the third bases. Each cor- ner of the square rs ons m ‘ bya flat iron plate or stone, ‘six inches ede = : the ground even with the surface. Sec.2. TheP yous delivers the ball to the bat must do so while wholly within the lines of the pitcher's position,

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86 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. He must'remain within them until the ball has left his hand, and he shall not make any motion to deliver the ball to the bat while any part of his person is outside the lines of the pitcher’s position. The bull must be delivered to the bat wiih the arm swinging nearly perpendicular ut the side of the’ body, and the hind in swinging forward must pass below the waist. The piicher, when taking his position to deliver the ball, must face the batsman, aod shall not, while delivering the ball, turn his back to the striker. Sec. 3. Should the pitcher deliver the ball by an overhand throw, a“ foul balk ” shall be declared. Any outward swing of the arm, or any other swing save that of the perpendicular movement referred to in Section 2 of this rule, shall be con- sidered an overhand throw.- ‘ Sec. 4. When a‘‘ foul baik” is called, the umpire; shall warn the pitcher of the penalty incurred by such unfair delivery ; and should such delivery be continued until three foul balica have been called in one inning, or six in the entire game, the umpire shall declure the game forfeited. Src. 5. Should the pitcher make any motion to deliver the ball to the bat, and fail so to deliver it—except the bail be ac- cidentally dropped—or should he unnecessurily delay the game by not delivering the ball to the bat, or should he, when in the act of delivering the ball, overstep the bounds of his position, the umpire shall call a “ balk,” and players occupy- ing the bases shall take one base each. Sec. 6,-Every ball fairly delivered and sent in to the bat over the liome base and at the hight called for by the batsman shal! be considered a fair ball. Sec. 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- man, shall be considered unfair balls, and every ball so delivered must be called. When “seven unfair balls” shall have been called, the striker shall take first base, and all players ‘who are thereby forced to leave a base shall tuke one base. Neither a “ball” nor a “strike” shall be called until the ball has passed the home base. Sec. 8. All balls delivered to the bat which shall touch the striker’s bat without being struck, at, or his (‘be bajsman’s) person while standing in his position, or which shall hit the person of the umpire—uoless they be passed: balls—shall be considered decd balls, and shall be so called by the umpire ; and no players shall be put out, base be ran, Or run be scored on any 8uch ball; but if a dead ball be also an unfair ball, it -shall be counted as one of the eight unfair balls which shall entitle the striker fo a base. If the umpire shal! be satisfied that 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 piicher therefor in a sum ~ not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dolluré.

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“DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 67 RULE FIFTH.—Bartine DEPARTMENT. Section 1. The batsman’s or striker’s position shall be within a space of ground located on either side of the home base, six feet long by three feet wide, extending three feet _in front of and tree leet behind the line of the home base, and with its nearest line distant one foot from the hume base. Sec. 2, The batsman must take his position within the batsmau’s lines—as defined in section 1—in the order named ou the score-book of his club, which must contain the Dating order of both nines, and said order must be observed through-* out the game, except in the case of illness or injury, requiring a substitute, in which case the substitute must take the place of the disabled player in the batting order. Sec. 3. After the first inning the first striker in each in- ning shall be the batsman whose name follows that of the last man who has completed his turn (time) at the bat in the preceding inning. ‘ Sec. 4. Any batsman failing to take his position at the bat in the prescribed order of striking—unless by reason of illness or isjury, shall be declared out, unless the error be discoy- ered before a fair hit has been made. Sec. 5. Any batsman failing to take his position at the bat _ Within one minute after the umpire has called for the striker, shall be declared out, : -_ Sec. 6. The batsman on taking his position must call for either a “ high ball,” a “low ball,” or a “ fair ball,” and the um- pire shull notify the pitcher to deliver the ball as required ; such call shall not be changed after the first ball delivered. Src. 7. A “ high ball” shall be one sent in above the belt of 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 hight and the knee, but not higher than his belt. A “fair ball” shall be one between the range of shoulder-high and the knee of the striker, All the above must be over the home base, and, when fairly delivered,-shal! be considered fair balls to the bat. Sxzc. 8. Should the batsman fail to strike at the first three balls sent in to him at the hight called for and over the home base, and the ball after the third such strike shall be caught before touching the ground, the batsman shall be declared out. Incase the ball on such third strike shall not be caught be- fore touching the ground, the batsman shall then be regurded as a baserunner, and he must at once run for first-base. Src. 9. The batsman, when in the act of striking at the bal eect acon avho. o Within the lines of his peniidow. " nie 10, Shoul the batsman step outside the lines of his po- sinew yon be strikes at the ball, the umpire shall euil “foul

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"38 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. strike and out,” and base-runners shall return ‘to the bases they occupied when the ball was struck at or hit. : _ Sec. 11. If the ball from a fair stroke of the bat first touches the ground, the person of a player, or any other ob- ject, either in front of or on the foul-ball lines, or the first or third base, it shall be considered fair. If the ball, froma fair stroke of the bat, first touches the ground, the person of a player, or any other object behind the foul-ball lines, it shall be declared foul, and the ball so hit shall be called foul by tbe bag et even before touching the ground, if it be scen falling foul. The following are exceptions to the foregoing section: All balls batted directly to the ground that bound or roll within the foul lines between home and first or home and third bases, without first, ipoctiing the person of a player, shall be con- sidered fair. All balls batted directly to the ground that bound 6r roll outside the foul lines between home and first, or home and third bases, without first touching the person of a player, shall be considered foul. In either of these cases the first. point of contact between the batted ball and the ground shall not be regarded. 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. The foul lines shall be unlimited in Jength, and shall run from the right and left hand corners of tiie home base'tbrough the center of the first and third bases to the foul posts, which shall be located ‘at the boundary of the field, and ’ within the range of home and first base, and home and third base. Said lines shall be marked, and on the inside, from _ base to base, with chalk, or some other white substance, so us to be plainly seen by the umpire. Src, 18. When the batsman has fairly struck a fair bal! he shall vacate his position, and he shall then be considered a base-runner until he is put out or scores his run. Sec. 14. The batsman shall be declared out by the umpire as follows: ; If a fair or foul ball be caught before touching the ground eritny object other than the player, provided it be not caught 1a it player’s hat or cap. If a foul ball be similarly held, before touching the ground but once. ' “If @ fair ball be securely held by a fielder while touching first base with any part of his person, before the base-runner touches said base. : ‘If, after three strikes have been called, le fails to touch first base before the ball is legally held there. _If, after three strikes have been called, the ball be caught before touching the ground... og f

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DIME. BASE-BALL PLAYER. oD If he plainly attempts to hinder the catcher from catching the ball, evidently without effort to. make a fair strike, or if he makes a “ foul strike.” y i Sec. 15. Should the ball be caught.either fair or foul after touching any other object than a fielder’s person or the ground, the striker shall not be declared out on such catch. RULE SIXTH.—Ronnive rue Bases. Section 1. Players running bases must touch each bacc in regular order, viz: first, second, third and home bases and when obliged to return to bases they have occupied they must retouch them in reverse order, both when running on finr and foul balls. In the latter case the base-runner must re- turn to the base where he belongs on the run, and not ata walk. No base shall be considered as having been occupied or held until it has been regularly touched. Sec. 2. No player running the bases shall be forced to va- cate the base he occupies unless the batsman becomes a base- runner. Should the first base be occupied by a base-runner when a fair ball is. strnek, the base-runner shall cease to 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 — Se gghcamens succeeding him is not thus obliged to vacate Sec. 3. Players forced to vacate their bases may be put» out by any fielders in the same manner as when running to first base. s ; ; Sec. 4. The player running to first base shall be at li to overrun said’ base without his being put out for being o 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 case he must return at once and retouch first base, anc after retouching said base he can be put out as at any other base. If, in so overrunning first base he also attempts to rum to second base, he shall forfeit such exemption fron; bein t out. Seo. 5. Any player running’a base who shall run beyond. three feet from the line from base to base, in order to avoid beitig 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, attemipt- ing to field a batted ball, then the runner shall run out of the path sufficiently to avoid interference with the fielder, and in: so doing shall not be declared out for running three feet be- Jine. : : ne ana shall be scored every time a base-runner, | Jarly touched the first three bases, shall touch: — — having requir three hands are out. = s

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60° DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. So. 7. Norwun shall be scored after two hands are out, if the runner who is third hand out is put out before reaching first-base, or the third hand out be forced out. © * Src. 8. When a ‘‘balk” is called by the umpire, every player running the bases shall take one base without being put oul, and shall do so on the run. Src. 9. When “seven balls” have been called by the um- pire, the batsman shall take one base—provided he do so on the ran—without being put out; and should any base-runner be forced thereby to vacate his base, he also shall-take one base. Each base-runner thus pees a base shall be at liberty to run to other bases besides the base given, but only at the risk of being put out in so running. Src. 10. A base-runner shall be considered as holding a base, viz. : entitled to oceupy it, until he shall have regularly touched the next base in order. Sec. 11. No base shall be run or run be scored when a fair or foul ball has been caught or momentarily held before touch- 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. Sec. 12. When a ball from a foul hit has struck the ground once before being caught, or the batsman has made a foul strike, the baserunner failing to retouch the base held b: him when the foul hit or foul strike was made, after suc ball has been returned to and held by the pitcher, shall be declared out. (The exemption from being put out which the runner had last year has been removed.) Sec. 18. Any player running the bases on fair or foul balls, caught before touching the ground, must return to the base he occupiéd 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. 14. If the player running the bases is prevented from making a base by the obstruction of an adversary, he shall be entivled to that base and shall not be put ont. Sec. 15. No player shall be allowed a substitute in running the bases. (This is a new rule.) Sec. 16. Any player running the bases shall be declared out if, at any time, while the ball is in play, he is touched by the ball in the-hand of a fielder, without some part of his per- son is touching a base. The ball must be held by the player after touching the runner. -If a ball be held by a fielder on the first base before the base-runner, after hitting a fair ball, touches that base, he shall be declared ont. weir ‘Ifa base-romner shall have touched the base he is running

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DIME BA8SE-BALL PLAYER. e 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. Any base-runner failing to touch the base he runs for shall be declared out if the ball be held by a fielder, while touching said base, before the base-runner returns and touches it. Any base-runuer who shall in any way interfere with or obstruct a fielder while attempting to catch a fair fly-ball, or a foul ball, shall be declared out. If he willfully obstructs a fielder from fielding a ball, he shall be declared out, and, if « batted fair ball strike him, he shall be declared out. Tf a buse-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 Umerre anv His Duries. Secrion. 1. Two clubs may, by mutual agreement, select any man to umpire any game or games, provided that such agreement be in writing, and the man, so selected, agrees, not less-than four days before such game, or the first of such gumes, to act as such umpire. (The College clubs are obliged to send in five names of umpires specially ‘selected to act to the visiting club.) Sec. 2. ‘fhe umpire shall not be changed during the progress of a match game, except for reason of illness or injury, or by the consent of the captains of the two contesting nines, in case he shull have willfully violated the rules of the game. Sec. 3. Before the commencement of a match, the umpire sha!] see that the rules governing the materials of the game, and also those applicable to the positions of batsmen and pitcher, are strictly observed. Also that the fence in the rear of the cateher’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 bal sing the catcher and touching. the fence, shall give each runner one base without his being'put out. J Before calling ‘‘play,” the umpire shall ask the captain of the home ciub 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. Sec. 4. No decision rendered ‘by the umpire on any point of play shall-be reversed) But if it shall be shown by the eaptaia of either of the contesting clubs that the umpire has palpably misinterpreted the rales, or given an erroneous ‘decision, he shall reverse said decision. (This is a new rule.) © Sec. 5. No person not engaged in the shall be 4 ei emitted to oecupy 8By position within the lines of the field of ‘eontest, or in any WAY interrupt the umpire during the pro-

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i) DIME BASE-BALI, PLAYER. 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 of this rule shall subject.the offender to an immediate reprimand by the umpire. * Sec. 6. The umpire shall require the players on the bai- ting side who are not at the bat or running the bases to keep at a 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 and one assistant only shall be per- mitted to coach players running the bases, and they must not upproach within fifteen feet of the foul lines. sec. 7. Should any fielder stop or catch the ball with his hat, cap, 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 be stopped by any person not engaged in the game, the um- pire must call “ dead ball,” and players running bases at the time shall be entitled to the bases oe 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 the catcher when a ball is returned from the field for the pur- pose of putting out a player at the home base. Sec. 8. Any match game.in which the umpire shall de- clare any section of this code of rules to have been willfully violated shall at once be declared by him to have been for- feited by the club at fault. ~ Sec. 9. The gentleman selected to fill the position of umpire, must keep constantly in mind the fact that wpon his sound dis- cretion and promptness in conducting the game, and compel- ling players to observe the spirit as well as the letter of the rules, Jargely 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 each side to a tuke their positions on the field as soon as the third hand is put out, 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. . Sxc. 10. Theplayersot tleside “ at bat” ocenpy the portion of the field allotted to them, subject to the condition that they must raed vacate any portion thereof that may be in the way. jof the ball, or an fielder attempting to catch or field it. The ‘triangular space behind the home base is recarved for the ex- -

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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. es clusive use of the umpire, catcher and batsman, and the um- pire must prohibit any player of the side “at bat” from cross- g the same at any time while the ball is in the hands of or passing between the pitcher or catcher while standing in their positions. Sec, 11.. The umpire is master of the field, subject to the rules of the game, from the commencement to the termination of the game; and_must compel the players to observe the . provisions of tbe Playing 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. RULE EIGHTH.—Sconrine. Seerron 1. The first item in the tabulated score, after the layer’s name and position, shall be the number of times i has been at bat during the game. Any time or times where the player has been sent to base on called balls shall not be included in this column. Sec. 2. In the second column should be set down the runs made by each player. Sec. 3. In-the third column should be placed the first- base hits made by each player. A base-hit should be scored in the following cases: When the ball from the bat strikes the ground fairly and out of the reach of the fielders, : When 4 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. When the ball is hit so sharply to an infielder that he can- not handle it in time to put out a man. In case of doubt over this class of hits, score a base-hit, and exempt fielder from the ¢ e of am error. When a ball is hitso slowly toward a fielder that he cannot reach it before the batsman is safe. Sec. 4. The number of opponents put out by each player ~g all be set down in the fo column. Where a striker is siven out by the umpire for a foul strike, or because he struck por of his turn, the put-out shall be scored to the catcher, Sec. 5. The number of times a player assists shall-be set down in the fifth column. An assist should be given to each player who handles the ball in a run-out or other play of the kind. ; An assist should be given to a player who makes a play in beer Sg a runner out, even if the player ahs should come plete the play fails, through no fault of the player assisting. Stn assist should'nce be given to the player who muffs the

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64 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. ball, or allows It to bound off his body toward a player who then assists or puts out a player. : : And, generally, an assist should be given to each player who handles the bull from the time it leaves the bat until it reaches the player who makes the put-out, or in case of a thrown ball, to each player who throws or handles it cleanly, and in such a way that a put-out results, or would result if no error were made by the receiver, No assist should be given to a pitcher in case of outs on strikes. Sec. 6. In the summary of the game shall also be given the following items: The number put out on three strikes; the number of strikes called ; the number of balls called; the number of sacrifice hits and by whom made; the number of foul balls struck; the number of passed balls; the number of runs earned; and such other items as may be required by the secretary for statistical purposes. THE AMENDMENTS. The amendments made to the rules this season are in brief as follows: The pitcher now delivers the ball fifty feet distant from the home base instead of forty-five feet. Seven “ called balls” give a base, instead of eight. The warning to the striker in calling “ good ball,” is not now given, _The first three balls pitched to him over the base and at the hight called for must be struck at and hit or three strikes must be called. : No base-runner is now exempt from being put out on returning to a base on a foul ball. When ‘‘ time” is called the base-runner must return to the base he left, and remain on it until “ play” is called. The umpire cannot now reverse his decision unless it is in direct violation of the rules, He must decide all catches as he sees them, and not by any testimony. No substitute is now allowed a base-runner in running the bases. No substitute is allowed any place on the field except a regular player be injured.

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Model 4 Regulation Base-Ball Bats, + Clubs or dealers, when ordering Bats from us, can depend upon receiving fine stock, clear of knots or imperfections. When you order, order by numbers as given below; also the length uired, .Men’s Bats are 36,35 and 40 inches long, and Boys’ Bats are from inches long. We will sell half-dozen Bats at the dozen rates, and you can select from different styles. Remit cash with order. Per Doz. No. 1. P. &S. Model Ash Bats, 36 to 40 in., assorted....... Stags ax ae . $20 No. 2 me: «“ Bass Wood Bats, light, 36 to 40 in., assorted... . ---- 2.00 No. 3 * “ Qiled Spruce Bats, clear, fine stock, 36 to 40 in....... 3.00. No. 4 “Philadelphia Model light waxed Ash (see Cee 2.75 No. 5. “Full Polished genuine Willow Bats ... ----. --. ss. 0 5.00 No. 6. ws f a ose Sart ee Se aee saat. No. 7. “Selected Waxed Ash Bats, handle wound with waxed cord.. 5.00 No. & “ Hill’s Patent Fluted Bat, light and strong Ae ee No. 9. = “ « — Spring Bat, selected Ash .......-.-.-.+--5+++5 6.00 No. 10. « American Willow, Full French Polished. .. ..--.--. --+-+++ 5.00 No. 11 ‘Ke = ¥ Wound handle and Full Polished. .....- . 6.00 No. 12. “ Boys’ Ash Bats, 28 to 34 in... . 2... -+ sees 2 veer sete eeee ees 1.25 No. 13 ne “ Bass “ Wto Mim ...... -.-e ese cere c eee tens ee eee 1.00 $2 a dozen, extra. No. 300. Base-Bat. Harts. Hats made in the best manner of the best Flannel, trimmed with any color Silk ribbon, each $1.50; per doz., $15. No. 3003¢. Same quality, with Flat Crown instead of round, each $1.50; per doz., $15. Hats Nos. 168 and 170 on fashion sheet, same price as the above. The above of second quality, Flannel and Trim- mings, each $1.25; per doz., $12. No. 300 P, Same shape as No. 300, made without lining, weight 1 oz., each $1.25; per doz., $12. Inclose 10e. for our new 200-page catalogue, 700 illustrations. Address, PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, 124 and 126 Nassau Street, N. Y. No. 200, Conner Cap.

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. 1881. NOTICE - 1881. ta BASE-BALL PLAYERS. te We have to thank the Base-Ball Players of the country for their liberal pat- ronage for the past season, as well as for the many flattering testimonials that we have received from Players throughout the country in regard to the lasting merits of our Base Balls. e still continue to merit the patronage of the frater- nity by ae them this season what is, without doubt, the best made Balls that are offei Boxing : Fishing Gloves Gymnasium Cutlery, | | Goods, Guns and Boating Revolvers ; | Goods, Cricket and . Base-Ball Archery, i Outfits, Sore i eas Tennis, Peck & der’s Amateur Red or White Balls, _ Practice Games. ...- -.: 9 06 Peck & Snyder's Bounding Rock, or Atlantic Balls..<.-. ...-5.. 6-2. 6-5.008 9.00 Peck & Snyder's Star, or New York Ee eae ee 6 00 Peck & Snyder's Practice, or Junior : 4.00 4 Snyder's Eag 3 00 -OATCHER’S MASK. This Protector ‘has been used by some of our prominent ) catchers for the past, year, and has proved te be a decided TE) succees, They are made of wire and cushioned with soft / leather, after the style of the Fiench fencing-mask, filled with the best curled hair. They are light and se to adjust. PRICE, ‘EACH, $3.00 _PROK SNTMER, Manta 1248126 assa soa StNY..