Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-03
BASE BALL.
A Chapter on the National Game
Minor Matters.


Correspondence OftAe Morning Ne1os.
ATLANTA, Aug. base ball has
struck Atlanta a three-base hit. Although
the Athletics have not been organized
ten days they have crossed bats with two
visiting clubs, playing five games and
scoring glorious victories in three Of them.
The Athletics are now anxious to meet
the DiXies and 0glethorpes, Of Savannah.
The Atlanta club will play the Stars, of
Columbus, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day afternoons of next week, going to
Columbus Wednesday to play the Stars
on their own ground. Base ball has met
a hearty reception in Atlanta. The
games between the Athletics and Browns
were witnessed by from fifteen hundred
to two thousand people.
When the Athletics and Stars met
the audiences were much larger. The
attendance upon each of the three games
ran from $500 to 5000 people. The
grounds belong to the Athletic Associa-
ton as long as it remains in existence,
and will cost the club nothing. The prop
erty is located at Peters Park, and the
ownersshaYe given it to the association
for outdoor sports. The fencing and grand
stand, together with all the grading done,
and other improvements made, have cost
the club about $1,000. 1t has been
determined to make the undertaking a
permanent one. There is much talk here
among base ball enthusiasts favorable to
the formation OF Southern league, en-
bracing, say, the States off South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennes-
see, and other States in this portion of
the Union. Ofcourse it is too late this
season to carry out the programme far
Their than to organize the league and get
ready for next year. The Browns, Of
Chattanooga, which club will be here
Monday and Tuesday next in all prob
ability. to play games with the
Athletics, strongly favor the sugges-
ton Of a Southern association,
and the Knoxville club is ON the same
line. The Stars, Browns and Clinches are
in for it, and no doubt the Dixies and
Oglethorpes will indorse the plan as soon
as it is suggested to them. The formation
of a Southern Association would give new
life to the national game, put better ma
terial in the diamond, and in the end
more money into the treasury of the clubs
that compose the association. Atlanta
intends to take the lead in this matter,
and prominent gentlemen here viii, as
soon as possible, issue a call for
a meeting of the representatives
of the best clubs in the States
named, for the purpose Of taking such
steps as will secure the success Of the
proposed organization. The movements
of the Athletics after their games with
the Stars is yet to be determined upon.
The club was organized to play ball with
all Of the leading clubs of the State, and
will, in view of this, either visit all Of the
principal cities Of Georgia for that pur-
pose, or invite the clubs TO come here and
tackle them. The people of the ''Gate
City" are so enthusiastic over the per-
formances of the home club that it is
likely that an excursion train will be run
to Savannah, Augusta and Columbus
when the club goes to any of these cities
to engage in match games.
hear that bill has been rendered by
two members of the Arbitration Commit
tee appointed to fix the valuation of the
property located near the City Hall Park,
which is to be purchased to add to the
grounds upon which the new capitol is to
be built. This bill is for services render
ed. The committee consists of Frank
Rice, George W. Adsir and j. r; Wyie.
The bills of Rice and Adair are 5000 each.
Wylie did not put in bill for
services, giving as a reason for not
doing so that what he did was
of too little consequence to warrant any
charge. He says that if he had put in d
bill he would have charged not more than
$25. AS it was small matter, he con-
cluded it was not worth charging for.
The Commissioners are required to audit
the bills, and have appointed sub-com-
mittee, with Crane chairman, Ito report
upon the matter, and decide what the
services rendered are worth. The COM
mittee has not yet acted, but it is stated
that they will refuse to pay the sum asked
for, as they consider the bills much larger
than they should be.
Three social events of the matrimonial
order are now booked TO occur here at an
early day-One Of the contracting parties
being from the ranks of the best circle of
Atlanta society. A remarkable feature
in connection with these events soon to
occur is that in each instance the parties
referred to are WidoWers and widows,