Clipping:The Atlantics lose to a country club; rumors of throwing the game as an excuse
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| Date | Sunday, June 21, 1868 |
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| Text | [Atlantics vs. Niagaras of Buffalo 6/16/1868] We regret to notice that there is a disposition evinced by partisans as well as rivals of the club to attribute this defeat to causes anything but creditable to the club; some regarding it as less disgraceful to have lost the game by fraudulent arrangement than by inferior play. This latter opinion, however, is only entertained by the class who judge others by their own standard, and who know that they themselves would rather be charged with smart knavery than want of skill. Be this as it may, as we witnessed the play of the Atlantics, and their conduct on the tour up to the time of their departure from Buffalo, we are enabled to state what the causes of defeat really were, and to pronounce the charges of fraud or intemperance as among the causes of the defeat of the nine as false. Those who know us are cognizant of the fact that we should not hesitate to expose any discreditable conduct had any been committed, but we have to state that we never traveled with a party who behaved more quietly, or more in a way to do themselves and their club credit, by their deportment than the Atlantics have done on this trip; and, in regard to the game on June 16, we have the proof on our scorebook that, on the part of the Atlantics, it was one of the best fielding games they have played this year. The truth is, the Niagaras entered the fight with nothing to lose and all to gain; and they happened to play just as the Nationals did with the Excelsiors at Chicago–this is, they played one of those exceptional games which mark a club’s career about once in a series of years. They never played so well before, and will not be likely to play another such a game this season. As for the conduct of the Atlantics, they have won golden opinions from all. Not a man of the nine has given way to any intemperate indulgence; and as for any throwing of the game, that is a gross libel; for all their friends bet high on their winning at large odds, and all lost. We warrant there will be no second defeat on the tour; and this one will do the club no harm, except that they will have to wait another season to equal the Eckford score of 1863. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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