Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-14
WIELDERS OF THE ASH.
DETROIT's LEAGUE TEAM IN
SAVANNAH THIS WEEK.

Four OF the Players Already Here and
the Others to A rive To-dNy-The Rain
Breaks up the LOuisviIle's Games and
the Club leaves for Charieston-The
Weeks Prospects on the Diamond
DOings In Southern League Cities.
The rain sadly interfered with the base
ball busine IS last week. The Louisvilles
who were 10 have played four games here
only played two. They left yesterday ar
ternOon for Charleston, and will play the
CharlestOns tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday. They will then go to At
lanta. The Detroits will be here this
week, and will play the Savannahs on
Thursday and Saturday, and on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
They will go to Macon on Thursday night
and play the Macons on Friday, return
ing here Saturday morning. Four Of the
team arrived last night, and the full team
will be here to-day. Hanlon, centre field,
who is acknowledged to be the best base
runner in America, Richardson, short
stop, and one Of the famous
"big four" Twitchell the phe-
nomenal pitcher and Hall, catcher,
are already here. Manager Morton re-
ceived a telegram from the manager OF
the DetrOits Yesterday afternoon saving
that he had been delayed but would reach
here to-day. The club will go into prac-
tice tomorrow. The DetrOits are one of
the heaviest batting teams in the National
League. Dan Brouthers, with the Buffa-
lOes last year, and one OF the strongest
batters in the league is with the DetrOits
this year, and Savannah will have an OPP
portunity of seeing what a National
League team can do. Manager Watkins
is the youngest of the league managers,
fully managed clubs in the Northwestern
League, and his ability as q manager is
unquestiOnable. Among the notable
players he has brought out are Foutz, OF
the st. Louis Browns; Howard, recently
signed by the st. Louis League; Porter, Of
Brooklyn; Robinson, OF Brooklyn; Myers,
of Buffalo, and Thompson, now of the
Detroit club.
SHORT STOPS.
Macon boasts of BehePs down shoot.
Murray is the lightweight of the Savan-
mains and Strict is the heavyweight.
Smith of New Orleans, who pitched
with Savannah last year, will twirl for
Macon this year.
Alex. Jacobs, pitcher, and W. A.
Rourk, first baseman, have just been
I6A6dS6u DV OHdfl6SCOn.
The grounds were too wet TO permit OF
the proposed game between the members
or the Atlanta team yesterday.
The Savannahs will continue their
daily practice at the park preparatory to
the opening of the regular league season.
Gillen and Nicol proved to be mascOttes
last year. Gillen and Neal might have
done so had bats been crossed the third
time with Louisville.
Catcher Decker has already enlisted the
confidence of the Maconites in his ability
to hold the sphere and shoot it down to
second. 'Cyclone' Miller will be his
pitcher.
Lovers of the game are wondering who
VIII be the first OF the SaVannahs to put
the ball over the centre-field fence in
League game. 1t is rumOred that he will
be given prize.
Atlanta is wasting a good deal of use
less sympathy over SavaDnah's defeats at
the hands OF Louisville. When Louisville
gets through with Atlanta that city will
probably have less to say.
The games with Louisville prove that 1t
will take very strong club to keep the
pennant from Savannah. The nine that
can do it will be able to play a close game
with almost any club in existence.
1t is said that Macon is endeavoring to
buy TwitchelPs release from Detroit, and
it is thought that Charleston will sign
KnOuff, who pitched some great games for
the Athletics, Of Philadelphia last season.
People who are inclined to be disap-
pointed because Savannah failed to de-
feat Louisville should remember that that
club is one Of the strongest clubs in the
country, having stood third in the
American Association record in 1884 and
fourth In at Had CIV Hnnknrgc QrFyn
held out they would have stood q good
chance to have won the association pen
nant last year.
Charleston will have three teams
this week. The Philadelphia's will reach
there Tuesday morning and will play the
Charleston's after the Louisville's, proba-
bly, the last of this week or the first of
next. Erwin, the Philadelphia's short
stop, who has been in Savannah during
the past week, left yesterday with the
Louisville's and will join his club on its
arrival in Charleston.