Rank| PLAYERS. |CLUB. | Distance Thrown. ----+------------+-----------+------------------ 1 | Williamson |Chicago | 399 feet 11 inches. 2 | Griffin |Baltimore | 372 " 8 " 3 | Stovey |Athletic | 369 " 2 " 4 | Vaughn |Louisville | 366 " 9 " 5 | Burns |Brooklyn | 364 " 6 " 6 | O'Brien |Brooklyn | 361 " 5 " 7 | Collins |Brooklyn | 354 " 6 " 8 | Tebeau |Cincinnati | 353 " 0 " 9 | Gilks |Cleveland | 343 " 11 " 10 | Reilly |Cincinnati | 341 " 6 " 11 | Brennan |Kansas City| 339 " 6 " 12 | Stricker |Cleveland | 337 " 8 " 13 | Foutz |Brooklyn | 335 " 4 " 14 | Davis |Kansas City| 333 " 6 " 15 | O'Connor |Cincinnati | 330 " 0 " 16 | McTamany |Kansas City| 327 " 6 " When Williamson threw, the grounds were slippery, but he managed to easily win the $100 prize money and diamond locket. One hundred and thirty- three yards eight inches, was the distance Williamson threw, and he would have done still better and beaten Hatfield's throw, had the conditions been more favorable. The best throw of a cricket ball on record is that of W. F. Torbes, of Eton College, England, in March, 1876, the distance foeing 132 yards. The longest throw of a lacrosse ball is that made by W. B. Kenny, at Melbourne, Australia, in September, 1886, the ball being thrown from his lacrosse stick 446 feet. The longest in America was that of Ross McKenzie, in Montreal, on October, 1882, he throwing the ball 422 feet. THE TRIP TO ENGLAND IN 1874. Mr. Spalding made an effort to introduce base ball in England in 1874, but the experiment proved to be a costly one financially, and it did not result favorably in popularizing the American game in England. The two teams who visited England in July, 1874, included the following players of the Boston and Athletic clubs of that year: BOSTON. POSITIONS. ATHLETIC. ------------------------------------------------- James White Catcher James E. Clapp. A.G. Spalding Pitcher James D. McBride. James O'Rourke First Base West D. Fisler. Ross C. Barnes Second Base Joseph Battin. Henry Shafer Third Base Edward B. Sutton. George Wright Short Stop M.H. McGeary. And. J. Leonard Left Field Albert W. Gedney. Harry Wright Center Field James F. McMullen. Col. C. McVey Right Field A.C. Arisen. George W. Hall Substitute Al. J. Reach. Thomas L. Beals Substitute J.P. Sensenderfer. Sam Wright, Jr Substitute Thomas Murnan.[A] [**Proofreaders note A: "Murnan" might be a typo, as it appears as "Murnam" later on the page.] The record of the games played in England on the trip is as follows: