Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-25
ON TRACK AND DIAMOND.
SAVANNAH TO GET INTO THE
LEAGUE IN THIRTY DAYS.

birmingham Defeats Atlanta Macon
Proves Too Strong for Nashville
Augusta Gives Memphis Waterloo
Columbus Has Walk over with
CAattanoOga-Other Games-The Mem
phIs Races.
ATLANTA, April 24.-The News cor
respondent has it from an authentic
source that there will be a vacancy IN the
league within 30 days, when the Savan-
nans will have an opportunity of coming
In
ATLANTA's SECOND pEFE
BIRMINGHAM. April 24,-I'he first game
TODAY OF the series between birmingham
and Atlanta proved close and exciting,
resulting i'm favor of the home team by
score of 9 to :. At the end of the ninth
inning the game was a tie, with seven
runs To the credit of each team. In the
tenth inning. when Birmingham mad
two men out, Sullivan gave two
men bases, making three ON bases.
Murphy then made a base hit, and two OF
the runners came in. Atlanta got
goose egg in the last inning-one man
struck out. one went out on a fly, and the
other was put out at first base. Parsons
and Crebsley were the battery for BIZ
mingham. For the first four innings
Dundon and McNey were Atlantas bat
terry, but at the opening of the fifth inning
they gave way to sullivan and Clarke.
MACON DEFEATS NASHVILLE.
MACON. GA, April 2A-FOur hundred
people witnessed the game of base ball
today between Macon and Nashville.
The Macons out-playcd the visitors at
every point, and the fact was made
apparent that they are no match for the
home team. In the first inning Mcheon,
of the Nashvlles, sprained his foot,
and had to be carried from the field. The
visitors made a good impression on the
people. Not single demurrer was
made to the decisions of the umpire dur
ing the game. The following was the
score by innings:
Macon .......-.2 0 lib
Nashvile........-.I o l 0 2 o.
Earned runs-Macon 3. Nashville ?.
TWO-base hlts-MacOn 4.
Home runs Macon 3, Nashville 2.
Struck out-MacOn g. Nashville 3.
BIG VICTORY FOR COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS. GA, April 24.-In the base
ball game to-day Columbu defeated Chat
tanooga by a score Of Is to l. Collins, Of
the home nine, made nome runs. Lam
dis and Kappel were the battery for
Columbus and Ramsey and Monroe for
Chattanooga. The score by innings was
as follows:
Columbus .........0 0 0 o 4 3-13
Chattanooga 90 0 o.
Earned runs Columbus ., Chattanooga l.
Double plays-Columbus !. Chattanooga /.
Three base hits-ChattanOoga ?.
Struck out-Landis 4, Ramsey ),
Passed balls-MOnroe 3.
Time Of game-2 hours.
Umpire-Green.
AN AUGUSTA TRIUMPH.
AUGUSTA. GA, April 24.-Augusta de-
feated Memphis easily today. The home
team pounded the Memphis pitcher IN
mercifully. A total of q bases were made
on hits. The score by innings was as fol-
lows:
Augusta ..........4 0 20 . 2-l6
Memphis. .......-. 0 l 0 0 ! / 3
HalTord and Sixsmith were Augustus bat
ter. and Werden and Bell that of Memphis.
Base hits-Augusta 10. Memphis 5.
Errors-Augusta 5, Memphis g..
GAMES ELSEWHERE.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The following
games were played to-day:
At elphia-Philadelphia II, Newark 6.
AtNew York-MetrOpoitan S. Athletic T..
At Notwithstanding 5, Baltimore G.
At PrOVidence--PT Providence l6, Brown O.
NATURALIZATION tLeague) z. Hartford /.
At Cincinnati-Cincinnati 6, Pittsburg Z;
16 innings.
At st. Louis-St. Louis y, Lousville2 ..
At Springfield, Mass. Springfield II, Tren-