DATE. |CONTESTING CLUBS. |CITIES. |PITCHERS. |SCORES. -------+-------------------+----------+----------+------- July 30|Athletic vs. Boston|Liverpool |McBride, | | | |Spalding | | | |10in. | 14-11 " 31|Boston vs. Athletic| " |Spalding, | | | |McBride | 23-18 Aug. 1 |Athletic vs. Boston|Manchester|McBride, | | | |Spalding | 13-12 " 3 |Boston vs. Athletic|London |Spalding, | | | |McBride | 24-7 " 6 | " " " | " |Spalding, | | | |McMullen | 14-11 " 8 |Athletic vs. Boston|Richmond |McBride, | | | |Spalding | 11-3 " 10|Boston vs. Athletic|Crystal |Spalding, | | | Pal. |McBride | 17-8 " 11|Athletic vs. Boston| " |McBride, | | | |Spalding | 19-8 " 13|Boston vs. Athletic|Kensington|Spalding, | | | |McBride | 16-6 " 14|Spalding's Nine vs.| " |Spalding, | |McMullen's Nine | |McMullen | 14-11 " 15|Boston vs. Athletic|Sheffield | " , " | 19-8 " 17| " " " | " | " , " | 18-17 " 20|Athletic vs. Boston|Manchester|McBride, | | | |Spalding | 7-2 " 24|Boston vs. Athletic|Dublin |Spalding, | | | |McBride | 12-7 " 25|Athletic vs. Boston| " |McMullen, | | | |H. Wright | 13-4 Boston victories 8, Athletic victories 6. In the percentage of base hits of those who played in a majority of the games on the Boston side McVey led with .435, Leonard being second, with .418, and George Hall third, with .364, Barnes, O'Rourke, Schafer, Harry and George Wright and Spalding following in order. On the Athletic side Anson led with .437, McGeary being second, with .388, and McMullen third, with .367. McBride, Clapp, Murnam, Sutter, Gedner and Battin following in order, the latter having a percentage of .323. Sensenderfer only played in 9 games, Kent in 8, Fisler in 5, and Beals in 4. All the others played in 10 games and over. In the description of the players of the team given in the London papers at the time of their visit the following paragraph appeared, quoted from Mr. Chadwick's comments in the _Clipper_: