America's National Game. Albert G. Spalding
with that of the strong nines of that section.
The following table shows the result of the tour as to games won and lost , with the scores of each:
Forest City 65 to 3 Maple Leaf , Hamilton , Canada
41 to 13 Niagaras , Buffalo , New York
57 to 16 Eckfords , Syracuse , New York
17 to 2 Ontarios , Oswego , New York
21 to 3 Haymakers , Troy , New York
36 to 4 Mutuals , Springfield , Massachusetts
4 to 4 Unions , Morrisania , New York
13 to 21 Mutuals , New York , New York
17 to 16 Atlantic , Brooklyn , New York
10 to 16 Athletics , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
1 to 0 Marylands , Baltimore , Maryland
21 to 11 Pastimes , Baltimore , Maryland
8 to 7 Olympics , Washington , D . C.
10 to 4 Nationals , Washington , D . C.
15 to 6 Jeffersons , Washington , D . C.
24 to 18 Forest Citys , Cleveland , Ohio
14 to 28 White Stockings , Chicago , Illinois
An analysis of the record shows that out of a total of 65 games played the Forest City Club won 51. In these games the Rockford Club made 2,592 runs to 959 for all the other clubs combined — nearly three to one!
In October of this year the Forest City team defeated the great Cincinnati Red Stockings by a score of 12 to 5.
Such, then, was the career of the Forest City Baseball Club. When it is remembered that this organization was composed entirely of young men living in and about Rockford; that the club was strictly an amateur organization, no player receiving salary; it must be conceded that the record here published is unparalleled in the history of the game for a similar club.
Before closing this chapter, which I fully realize has dealt too much with things of which I was myself a part, I desire once more to express my appreciation of the membership of that club, one and all — not only as players; their records speak plainly enough on that point; but as gentlemen and friends whom I shall ever remember with feelings of fraternal regard.
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