Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-20
BASE BALL IN DISGRACE.
ATLANTA ATTEMPTS TO STEAL
THE SAVANNAH GAMES.

The Directors Refuse to Allow the club
to Play, aud IL viii be brought Home
The Players Arrested &tthe Depot ~
They srs Taking the TraIn-the Pub
lie Disgusted with Atlanta's Conduct
The End of Base b all la the South.
The savannahs shook the red clay Of
Atlanta from their feet last night and
will reach home this morning. major
ity OF the excursionists who went up on
Tuesday night viii come back with them.
TIE action of the directors in refusing to
permit the cub to play the rest OF the
games is universally approved. At
lanta. ignoring her agreement to give
savannah the choice of umpire, attempted.
by running in local umpire appointed
by President PrOudfit, to capture yester-
days game. This the Savannah manage
ment refused to submit to. The Atlanta
club then took the field. Nine balls were
pitched, and the umpire declared the game
0 to 0 IN Atlanta's favor.
DISAPPOINTED CROWD.
The 200 or 800 people who were at the
Theatre here were disappointed in not
seeing n game, but every one approved
the course the directors pursued. the
treatment that the CLUB has received in
Atlanta is such that 1t could not remain
there with any selt-respect.
The Atlanta club boosted at the begin
ming of the season that it would have the
peDnant il it bad to steal 1t. The manage
ment OF the club has encouraged means
that would not be tolerated in any other
league. When it became evident that
Savannah would win, and the pennant
four games that were to have been
played this week. the Atlanta
directors determined that under no cir
cumstances should Savannah be allowed
a game.
DISPOsING OF THE UMPIRE.
There is not a doubt in the minds of the
public that McQuade, the league umpire
who was directed TO umpire the games,
was gotten out of the way by
friends of the Atlanta club so
that local umpire could be chosen. The
Savannah directors saw through the move
at once. They consented, however, to al
low Atlanta the choice OF umpire Tor two
games, with the understanding that they
were TO have the choice for the other two.
The Atlanta directors agreed TO this and
selected GunsOn to umpire the opening
game Of the series.
savannah all along insisted upon a
league umpire. Yesterday President
Proudht appointed Whitlock, an old AT
lanta player, in McQuade's place. The
Savannah directors, having conceded to
Atlanta the choice of umpire for We'd
nesday's game, claimed the right to Sc
lect their umpire yesterday.
WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD.
Atlanta, however, refused TO carry out
her part of the agreement, claiming that
a ,irA Ia1 han tn1
The scheme was so Transparent, and it's
purpose was SO clearly seen, that the
Savannah directors decided TO withdraw
rather than to submit to what was
planned for a clear steal. The club is eX-
pected home this morning and will be
met at the depot with band and escorted
to the Pulaski House. This afternoon
game Will be played between picked
mines, and next week the club will leave
to play the Macon and Nashville games.
THE PUBLIC DIsGUsTED.
The course that Atlanta mas pursued and
the means that were adopted to prevent
the Savannah team from winning, are
vigorously condemned. 1t IS generally
believed that with fair showing Savan-
nan would have won two and possibly
three of the four games there. Secretary
Haas telegraphed the directors here
Immediately after the umpire de-
clared the game In Atlanta's
favor that he would bring the team home
at once. The stand he has taken IN re-
tusing to submit to the steal planned by
the Atlanta management is approved by
every one. The public Is disguised with
Atlanta and the course she has pursued
all the way through.
HELD IN ATLANTA,
An Atlanta special late last night says
| that five of the Savannah players were ar
| rested just as they were taking the train
| for home. They do not know what they
were arrested for, only that their arrest
was caused by the night watchman
| at the depot, who claimed that he
thought there was going TO be row. This
may cause their detention in Atlanta, and
| will doubtless result in the pOstpOnement
| of the game which was to have been
| played here this afternoon. There seems
from what information could be gathered
! that there was no cause for the
mems arrest, and it Is believed
that 1t is the result of the feeling that ex-
lists between the two clubs. 1t is now
| pretty generally understood that Atlanta
| will play no more games in the South this
! year. The club is stated to be abou,
bankrupt, and it was depending upon the
receipts from the present series of games
! to pull it through the season. The loss
OF THE amount may result in the disband.
ment OF the club at once.
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