Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-04
GEORGIA SPORTING NOTES.
A New Deal at Augusta-FitzgeraId a
COlumbus-A Coming Walk.

CO1AAADuh-SA &OIilhS ain
Andrews is Captain and Hager Man.
ager of the Columbus team.
Macon Is practcing daily and although
keeping ither quiet is said to be very
strong.
Cincinnatrs Clippers against Columbus
was the bill a. Columbus for yesterday
and to-day.
The Clipper, of Cincinnati, went down
before the Atlantas Thursday to the tune
of II to y.
The Escambia Rifles of Pensacola, Fla,
are working hard in preparation for the
Interstate drill at Mobile.
Prince, of Boston, the champion by
cycli7t, i'll probably maze a tour OF the
State for exhibition and competitive con-
test purposes
A base bali clue will be formed at the
State University of athens, and series
of lively inter collegiate games will be
played 20 decide the championship.
The Tate City Athletic Club is arrang-
ing for three days walking match in
Atlanta for the LIST of May. 1t will be
open to the professional pedestrians of
the South.
An amateur base ball association is
talked Of among the Villages of Northern
Georgia. The amateurs of Augusta,
Mac-n, Columbus and Savannah are also
organizing.
In a 5-miIe race at Pen lcola, Fla,
Prince, OF Boston, the champion bicyclist,
beat fast trotting horse of the city 30
! feet. Morgan, a Canadian wheeiman,
, rode three heats of mile each against
| trotter. Nj ryan won the first, and u =
! horse the second heat. The third was a
| tie. Prince m lie his five miles in IS
/ minutes and 3 seconds.
| The Columbus Erqairer in noting the
! arrival in that ty of Fitzgerald, the ! Ill
! player, says that he is a whole team in
! himself "Fitz.' wi. be remembered as
a member of last years DiXies. He'd Sa-
vannah have had team this year ~ itZ y
would have been entrusted with the seec-
tior of the line and made its captain. He
is popular on or of the field, and is I'M
| questiUnably king Of the Georgia dia-
mond. A host of clubs were after him
| and he Will doubtless do a great deal to
! help Columbus along IN her race for the
! pennant.
Thursday the old factional fight between
the Clnch and Brown members of the
! Augusta Athletic Association broke out
atresh, and tn agreement mentioned in
yesterdays News was declared off by the
Chnch clique. Subsequent parleying re-
suited in the Browns stockholders buy
liz Ollb LlG AAltlNu luINlIcp GAlbiACly anu III
every particular for 5000. THIS turns
over the grounds and the players and
everything belonging to the Clinch Club,
or to the Augusta Athletic Association,
to the latter association, which is now
composed only of the Browns, and the
entire withdrawal of the Clinch. The
Clinch are relieved from any future
responsibility in connection with
the association, and the Browns
run it alone. The Browns and
the Clinch each had $1,000 capital
stock when they consolidated. The total
stock Of 50, 900 will be maintained. The
$1,000 of the Chnch will be sold at once to
the Browns stockholders, and more than
two-thirds of it is already placed. If any
of it remains untaken this will be sold to
friends outside, but increasing the num-
Der of stockholders will be avoided if pos
sible. Leary, of New Haven, a capital
third baseman, has been wired to come
ahead and a right fielder was ordered out
yesterday. Rigid practice will be enforced
each day, and the weak men will be re-
leased Immediately. On April 10 Augusta
| will meet the Atlantas.