Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-20

Savannah Getting Ready for the Base
Ball Season OF IRR


| Manager Morton of the Savannah Base
Ball Club is expected to-day from Detroit.
He will meet the directors of the associa-
ton tonight and discuss the arrangements
| for the coming season.
| Mr.. Morton is man of wide experience
in base ball matters. He successfully
managed the Detroits last season, and has
an acquaintance with all the crack
players of the country. He will have the
| entire management of the Savannah
club, and has been given instructions
! by the directors to select the winning
| nine of the league. The only restriction
| placed upon him is to keep within the
| maximum limit OF salary, which the
| league has fixed at $1,000. AS soon as
| the matter has been discussed by the
directors arrangements will be made for
bringing out the nine. 1t is expected that
! the DetroIts will be here in March, and
will play series OF games.
The matter of recOnsidering the re-
cent action OF the league in ex-
GLIDING Memphis is being discussed
in the Northern part of the State. Even
If Memphis should be readmitted, SaVan-
mans membership will not be in any way
affected, as she went into the league
in the place of Birmingham. The Men,
phis people think they have been lily
principal stockholders of the Memphis
Association, says it was not willful de-
taulter, like Birmingham. Atlanta owed
her $3.50. The league owed Atlanta $3.50.
Memphis paid the league 500 OF the 5000
she owed the league. and Atlanta agreed
to transfer to her 500 OF the amount due
Atlanta by the league. This would have
settled Memphis Indebtedness. Mem
phis, relying on Atlanta's positive prom
icn IN ho
further concern, and went ahead with her
preparations for next season. That At
lanta failed to keep her promise was not
the fault of Memphis. and the latter
ought not to be punished for what was
the fault Of another.
The league itself was behind in carry
ing out its agreements, it having been d.
rected to pay it's Indebtedness to Atlanta
by Nov. /, whereas it did not do so until
the 9TH. II the league had paid Atlanta
on the LIST, sending the full amount of the
| Indebtedness, Atlanta's attention would
have been called to her failure to arrange
Memphis Indebtedness, aud the mistake
could have been rectifed by telegraph.
Columbus is indebted to Memphis $l95,
due on Nov. /. Since Columbus did not
pay Memphis, it did not becsme her
to vote to exclude Memphis. The
| latter knows that Columbus VIII pay, but
Z
that Columbus would have voted to ex-
clude her had Columbus mad her own rep
| resentatiVe in the league meeting at Ma
con. Capt. Carnes thinks that the mat
ter should be reopened, so that justice
may be done his association. 1t is claimed
that Columbus will side will Memphis
| in the event that the matter is reopened.
! 1t is understood that an effort will be
made to secure another meeting of the
! league and an investigation by the direc-
tors. WHAT the result will be remains to
be seen. savannah and Charleston are
both members of the league, and that
I they viii vote to reinstate Memphis to the
exclusion OF either one or the other IS not
| at all probable.
The directors of the Savannah AssOcia-
tion intend to put the winning nine in the
deld, and will see that nothing is left I'M
done that Will bring the pennant here at
the close of the season.