The most noteworthy contest of the season in the League championship arena in 1888, was the game played at the Polo Grounds on September 4, between the New York and Philadelphia teams. In this game eleven innings had been completed without either side being able to score a single run when sunset obliged the umpire to call the game on account of darkness. The turnstile count showed that 9,505 people had passed through the gates. It was a pitchers' contest from start to finish, both Keefe and Sanders doing great work in the curving line. But ten base hits were made in the eleven innings, six against Sanders and but four against Keefe. O'Rourke, Richardson and Andrews led the little batting that was done. The fielding play was of a phenomenal order, brilliant stops, catches and throws occurring in every inning, and being loudly applauded. The Philadelphians all but had the game in the tenth inning, but over anxiety lost them the chance. Farrar was on third and might have scored on Mulvey's fly to Slattery. He left the base, however, before the ball was caught, and was promptly declared out. The score was: NEW YORK. | T.| R.| B.| P.| A.| E. --------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- Slattery, cf | 5| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0 Ewing, c | 5| 0| 0| 8| 3| 0 Tiernan, rf | 5| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0 Connor, 1b | 3| 0| 0| 15| 0| 0 Ward, ss | 4| 0| 0| 2| 3| 1 Richardson, 2b| 4| 0| 2| 3| 2| 0 Whitney, 3b | 3| 0| 1| 1| 5| 1 O'Rourke, lf | 4| 0| 2| 1| 1| 0 Keefe, p | 4| 0| 1| 1| 10| 0 +---+---+---+---+---+--- Totals | 37| 0| 6| 33| 25| 2 PHILADELPHIA. | T.| R.| B.| P.| A.| E. -------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- Andrew, 3 cf | 5| 0| 2| 1| 0| 0 Fogarty, rf | 4| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0 Farrar, 1b | 4| 0| 0| 12| 1| 0 Delahanty, lf| 4| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0 Mulvey, 3b | 4| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0 Sanders, p | 4| 0| 0| 1| 7| 0 Schriver, c | 4| 0| 1| 9| 4| 0 Irwin, ss | 4| 0| 0| 5| 4| 0 Bastian, 1b | 3| 0| 0| 2| 3| 0 +---+---+---+---+---+--- Totals | 36| 0| 4| 33| 18| 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 NewYork 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 Two-base hit--O'Rourke. Double plays--Keefe and Connor, Farrar and Sanders. First base on balls--Connor, Whitney, Bastain. First base on errors--Philadelphia, 1. Struck out--Tiernan, Whitney, Keefe, 2; Andrews, Fogarty, 2: Delehanty, Mulvey, Sanders, Schriver, Irwin. Wild pitches-- Keefe, 2; Sanders, 1. Time--Two hours. Umpire--Kelly. REMARKABLE EVENTS. LONGEST GAME.--Played at Boston May 11, 1877, between the Harvard College nine and the Manchester professional team, twenty-four innings, score 0 to 0. BEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.--Played August 17, 1882, at Providence, between the Providence and Detroit teams, eighteen innings, score 1 to 0-- _seventeen innings without a run!_