Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
TILE RAT AND BALL.
The Arrival of the Brennans-Iheir
Game with the Dixies TO-Day-How
They Downed the Browns at Augusta
A Close Match Anticipated.

The Arrival OF the BrehhAhs-Ah eH
Game with the Dixies TO-Day-How
They DOwned the Browns at Augusta
A Close Match Anticipated.
The leading event of the base ball season
in this city Will be the tournament games
of the Savannah clubs with the famous
Brennans. of New Orleans, this week.
The series will open to-day with the
Dixies and the Brennans in the field, and
one Of the most exciting and closely con-
tested games yet played in the South is
ANTICIPATED. Tomorrow they will play
the Forest Citys, and on Wednesday
picked nine from the Forest Citys and
Dixies.
The Brennans arrived from Augusta
Yesterday afternoon. and arr quartered at
the Marshall House. They are fine
body of base ball men. Captain Bren-
nan. the business manager, from whom
the club takes its name, called at the
MORNING NEWS office last night.
The game will be called promptly at
! O'Clock, cars on the Whitaker street
line running directly to the park.
1t will be seen that the prices OF admls-
sion TO the gamesas 80 cents. Boys over
10 years - cents, and under 10 years 10
cents. This latter arrangement Is made
ally have free tickets over and under the
fence. an opportunity of seeing the game
without the fear of the police.
The DiXies have been in active practice
and in the reorganization of the club a
strong playing nine Is secured. They will
give the Brennans a hard match. Con-
siderable money Is placed on the game,
and its result will be awaited with great
interest. The grounds at the park are in
excellent condition, and large crowd Of
spectators is expected.
The Chronicle, in its report Of the game
at Augusta on Saturday, says:
lone of the largest crowds of the season
assembled on the base ball grounds to wit
ness the match game between the Bren-
mans and the Browns. The Brennans
won the toss and went out. The first IN
ming opened up very prettily. Hull max
ing a fine hit which met him at first base,
however; Heard putting a heavy fly into
left felder's hands and Nixon striking
out. The Brennans came 20 the bat when
WOulfe made a base hit and started
to second. where he fell before
Roulette: Farrell struck out and
Hull. although he dropped a ball
thrown to first, dOwned LambOur while
playing OFF the bag. The prompt eXecu-
ton Of the Browns was loudly cheered.
and the Brennans opened their eyes and
resolved to put in some professional ticks.
Johnson and Hoops next went out before
LambOur's sure catching on first base.
and jackson retired on foul. The Bren-
mans came to the bat the second time and
made things hum. Brennan, Butler,
Mundinger and Irwin made runs, Roulette
fumbling at second base and one or two
wild throws following Hoops made a
beautiful catch in right field and was
loudly cheered, but a runner from third
VINO left after the fly was saved, stole
home before Hoops returned his ball.
stub now. in behalf of the Browns, got
out at first; Gerhardt and Roulette re-
firing on strikes. In the third inning
Heard worked slowly in short stop and
allowed one or two men to get to first.
Brennan. Droller and MundInger scoring
this inning. In the fourth inning Hull
and Heard made base hits and each got as
far as second base where they went out,
while Riley retired on fly. An unfOrtu-
nate accident happened to the Browns in
the third inning. Nixon. who had been
playing superbly. with the single eXcep-
tiOn Of a mutf at the plate. had his right
thumb split open, and had to retire. G r
hardt took his place and played well
throughout the game. The Browns gave
the Brennans another whitewash in the
fourth inning. Stub saving in fine fly,
and johnson and Heard, who had been
doing some slow work, fully retrieving
their regulations by putting out two play
ers on third. johnson and Jackson next
retired on strikes and Hoops on a fly.
The Brennans managed to get Irwin
i'm on the fifth inning. which Heard closed
10y making a superb back catch of a line
ball at short stop. The Browns also did
some capital work in the sixth inning.
three men in succession retiring-Bren-
nan in a foul and Butler and Droller from
flies to Reilly and Heard, Reilly playing
centre field. WOulfe and MundingeT man.
aged to score in the seventh inning. ROu-
lette put his man out very prettily on
second. but made bad throw to Heard
on first. johnson scOOped IN a
pretty fly, and wound up the inning.
The eighth inning opened by Hull knock
inc a long fly to WOulfe, at centre
field, who mutfed it. Hull made his sec
ond and Hoops got to first, but three men
struck out and they were left on base.
Hoops, Stub and Roulette now caught
three flies in succession. retiring their
men handsomely, Roulette also doing some
fine work in the way of trapping ground
ers in the neighborhoOd of second. The
ninth inning was shut up and the record
closed for the Browns at the bat by Ian
dry taking in fly hot from Hubs bat and
double playing at first. The Brennans
waived their ninth inning, and the score
was announced in their favor by 10 to o.
The Browns played a good game
with the exception of the sec
ond and third innings, and jackson
pitched evenly and swiftly through the
nine innings. Hull played an exception
ally tine game and the Browns lost no.
thing by their defeat at the hands Of pro-
fessiOnals. The Brennans are almost per-
feet players. They move well together,
and are sure. swift and cool. Their
throwing is remarkably true and their
batting fair. They have evidently been
used to great manual labor and outdoor
exercise. and are as active as cats and as
quick as lightning. The battery pitch
and catch was excellent, and it was like
getting a ball through a canebrake to try
10 bat it out Of the diamond"
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