Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-13
IN THE BASE BALL WORLD.
The Cotton Exchange Board of Trade
Game This Afternoon.

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The Cotton Exchange-Board of Trade
game Will take place at the Base Ball
Park this afternoon. The game will be
called at $3.50 O'Clock. The teams are as
follows:
Cotton Exchange-H. NJ. Conner CT;
J.. Is. Duckworth, LIST b.; George L. Cope,
Jr., c.; j. FL. Hunter, S. g.; B. X. Copper
"a D.. q. Il. Smith, p; W. w. williamson
H.; Il. L. Conner, +. f.; ID. l. Mclntire,
Board OF Trade-J. x. Clarke, c. f.; f.
NJ. Hull, I'd b.; II. t. Moore, p.; Beirne
Gordon, LIST b.; Wallace Cunning. s, s.; j,
,. Thomas, Sd b.; j. W, Moore. |. f.; Will
liam j. Middleton, c.; c. d. Russell, r. f.
The price of admission to the park Will
be . cents for gentlemen. Ladies will
be admitted free. The proceeds will be
devoted TO purchasing new uniforms for
the Savannah Base Ball Club. The pur-
pose to which the proceeds are TO be de-
voted will doubtless of Itself draw large
crowd, and the game will, without ques-
ton, be one of the most attractive, to say
the least, of any that will be played here
! this season.
SHORT STOPS.
The Savannahs were measured for
their new uniforms yesterday.
''Tricky" Nichols, who pitched with
Savannah last year, has signed with
Brockton, Mass.
Manager Morton is back from Ohio
where he went two weeks ago, called by
the sudden illness of his wife.
Mr.. John A. Brown, secretary of the
Chicago team, is an old Macon man. He
formerly ran on the Central road between
Atlanta and Macon.
The st. Louis ladies are said to take less
interest in base ball than those OF any
other city in the country. Manager
Scbmelz is now scheming 10 overcome
this Indifference.
A certain small boy of Macon plays a
pretty little game at the base ball park
whenever games are played there. He
objects to paving the entrance fee of 25c.,
and to avoid doing so purchases DC. worth
OF ice, tells the gatekeepeT that it is for
the players, marches in, puts the ice in
the water bucket, and then sits down and
enjoys the game.
With the issue dated April II the Sport
lhg Life makes its appearance in enlarged
form and printed for the first time on It's
new Scott perfecting press. This is also
the date of it's fourth anniversary The
sporting Life is by far the best and most
widely read base ball paper published in
the country, and is in every way deserv-
ing OF its great prosperity.
Pete Browning. the tall centre fielder
and champion slugger of the Louisvilles,
celebrated the victory oyer the Detroits
Thursday, says the COurier-JOurnal, by
lndulging in glorious drunk. He i'm
blbed unknown quantities of intOxicants
after the game, and at night spread ter
ror through the city. His victorious war
whoop could be heard for several miles,
and so frightened the policemen that they
took shelter in their hiding places. Man
ager Hart found the player at late hour,
and Immediately assessed him with a fine
OF $25. The next morning Pete did not
report for duty, and was fined s. more.
The management also refused to
permit him to play In the next game.
Browning's behavior is regretted very
much by the whole team. Manager Hart
is disguised with bin, and says that he
will make his next fine $50. and the next
500. Besides this, he will deny him the
privilege of playing. Ii these measures
do not succeed, he will be black-listed, but
not released, while his salary WIll be taken
from him. Manager Hart has the right
idea, and every lover OF the game will APP
plaud his movement. One drunkard can
ruin whole team, and his example Will
spread if not checked.