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NEW YORK LEAGUE TAKES ALL-STAR GAME 6-5
N.Y.L. WITHSTANDS LATE FOUR-RUN RALLY BY N.E.L; CARLTON WINS M.V.P.

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS (Aug. 1, 1864) – The sixth National Base Ball Organization All-Star Game took place on Monday, with the New York League winning by the score of 6-5.

There was not much to report about over the early innings of the contest, with both sides combining for zero runs and two hits over the first four innings.

Scoring in the All-Star game was opened by the N.Y.L. via a three-run rally in the fifth inning, the key moment of which was Edward Huntley’s two-out single that drove in James Caldwell & Jackson Smith. The N.E.L. countered with a run in the bottom half of the fifth thanks to an Albert Gore single, but the N.Y.L. scored twice more in the top of the sixth with a William Sylvester single to make the score 5-1 and place the New Yorkers in what looked like complete control.

In the top of the seventh, the N.Y.L. added another two-out run when Union’s John Carlton hit a triple to right-center field that sent Morris Jennings all the way home from first base, making the score 6-1. The N.E.L. would then mount a furious rally in the bottom half, scoring four times – once via error, twice via Clifford Goodman double, and once more via Walter Banks double – to bring them to within a run.

After the big N.E.L. rally the All-Star Game settled back down. There was a single hit and no runs over the final two innings, and the New York League exited the winners on the afternoon.

The Writers Pool, who were all in attendance, voted Union outfielder John Carlton the All-Star Game M.V.P. He was 2/2 with the bat, and his R.B.I. triple in the top of the seventh inning to bring in the N.Y.L’s sixth run ended up being the difference in the outcome.

The weather was not perfect – 77 degrees and cloudy with a stiff breeze blowing in from left field – but attendance was 15,292 and it was another great day for New York City charities.