Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-08
BASE Ball IN rHE SOUTH.
Notes About the Coming Games and
the Players.

the Players.
Frank Mitchell, AtIanta's ambldexter
pitcher, beat the Detroits in three games
last season. He is very swift.
Guy Hecker says the fight for the PEN
nant in the Southern league will be be-
tween Savannah, Nashville aud Atlanta.
Atlanta claims to have the heaviest
batting team in the league. Savannah
Will PROBABLY show them thing or two
when actual WELDING Of the willow sup
plants idle vaporing.
A committee TO revise the rules of the
Southern League has been called to meet
In Atlanta on Feb. 9. Haas, OF Savan-
nan, chairman, Brown, of Atlanta, and
Wellburn, OF Macon.
Memphis has signed Aleck Voss, who
Will be remembered as the skeleton
pitcher" Of the NashYilles last season,
and Macon has signed William Smith, a
New Orleans pitcher. Both are good
men.
Gus smeltz and Hon. Patrick Cahill,
both OF whom will be remembered as con-
nected with last seasons Atlanta club,
have kindly cheered up the spirits of the
Atlanta clubs directors by telling them
that they are ''dead sure to win" the pen
nant.
The schedule committee called for Feb.
10, IS composed OF the following gentle
men: Brown of Atlanta, chairman, May
Derry OF NASHVILLE, Haas of Savannah, Bry-
an OF Charleston, and WellDurn of Macon.
Inc managers OF each club will perhaps
be present.
The following is the record which At
lanta gives the men comprising her team:
Lynch is Of the Philadelphia league team.
Williams, catcher of the champion
Henley club of Ohio, and caught Handi-
"a arnx4F ..sA - 81 49,
Club, and Gunson Is said to be the most
promising young catcher in the State of
pennsylvania. Kinber has pitched pro-
reasonably for the past six years, part
OF the time with Bro0klyns and BostOns,
and last year for the celebrated Virginia
team. He pitched nearly all the games of
virginia against such teams as Provi-
dence, Boston, New York, and beat them
all. Mitchell pitched for the Sandusky,
o., nine last season, and did up the
Detrolts, they making only three hits
during the game; also beat the Cincin-
natl and indianapolis team. Conway
pitched for the BroOklyns the latter part
OF last season and was very successful.
Shafer pitched for the Lockhavens, of
Pennsylvania, the best club in Pennsyl-
vania, and beat every club that visited
that city, including the Philadelphia,
Athletics, Baltimores, and all the Eastern
ACas NC JVdAnos Ollut 10 VI Iut l1Oul6NlllG
club, and was considered one of the best
and hardest players, and was only left off
last year by Louisville on account of hav-
ing sprained his leg, which has entirely
recovered, as was proven by his brilliant
playing at the end of last season with the
Columbus Ga. team, where the lnimita-
BILE Monk Cline gained much notoriety by
singing "a dollar for hit" Mcdonald,
Atlanta's big first baseman, is only 6 feet
n he ~ a.
225 pounds. He is a tremendous
hitter and has a batting aver
age of $50 Striker, the second baseman,
has played for the past FIVE years with
the Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, and
is considered one of the best second base
men in the United States. He is a fine
fielder, dandy base runner and good
batter. Lyons played third base for the
Columbus team all OF last season, and
then was taken by the Providence nine
and played third for them. LYONS batted
well in the Southern league, and the
training he received with the Providence
nine was much benefit to him. He is a
strong batter and q Better base runner,
Moore, Atlanta's left fielder, the "slug-
ger" of the league, played this position
for the celebrated National Club, of
Washington, and was considered the best
batsman in the country, aiwavs being
applauded when going to the bat by the
Washinguonians.E Bradley, our centre
fielder, the Boston correspondent of the
Sporting Life says, is the best fielder and
thrOwer in the Eastern country, and has
few equals in that position in the United
States. He is a good batter and excel
lent base runner. Purcell. our captain
and manager, is a genuine slngeer and
first-class base runner. The entire team
has been selected with an eye first TO bat
ting, secondly to base running. In both
respects this team will compare favorably
with any American Association team.
and much stronger in batting than a GOOD
many OF them.