Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-20

signed the following men; weighing and
Wilhams( p, battery OF the Heuleys, Of
Richmond, Ind, last season; ROurke and
Strothers,, of last years gainesville, o.,
club; Broshan, Alyord, Meister, Gilman
and McAlesr win y. Bryan. of the Wa
verify House, Charleston, 5. c., is mana
ger.
Philadelphia Sporting LIE: Purcell,
the manager of the Atlanta club, returned
from Atlanta last week, where he had
gone for consultation, much pleased with
his trip. He was well received and roy
ally treated. he Is putting together a
strong team for that city. He is particu-
larly stuck on getting a heavy batting
team, and in that policy is sustained by
the hackers of the club, who are all adj
mirers of smuggling. Batting wins is
Billy's motto.
Cincinnati Enquirer: W. II. Phelps,
the Vice President of the Atlanta club,
was in the city the other day and signed
Denny Lyons to play third base the COM
Ing season. Monk Cline, of Louisville,
was also signed Tor second base. Both
Lyons and Cline were under contract TO
the Columbus, Ga, club, but when the
latter sold its franchise TO Memphis they
considered themselves released. Mr.
Phelps assured them he would stand be-
tween them and any trouble that might
arise.
Last years champion seam Of the
Southern League-the Arlantas-will be
widely scattered the coming season.
Schmelz, Cahitl, Bauer and Mappes will
be in St. Louis; McVey viii probably be
in Brooklyn, although not vet signed;
DundoE Is wanted in Atlanta and Nash
vile, but has not yet signed; sullivan
and Clark, the battery who did SO much
towards winning the pennaut for At
lanta, are in Cincinnati, unsigned;
o. Brien goes to Jersey City, Bittman to
Nashville, Cleveland also goes to Nash
vile, and Goldsby is to manage the same
club. Jevne and Silch are unsigned, the
former IN Chicago and the latter in st.
Louis. Henke, their great first baseman,
was killed in game with the Nashyilles
on Aug. 1.
-Four of the players reserved by the
Columbus club will 20 TO Memphis. They
are Andrews, captain and first baseman;
Smith, pitcher; Krehmeyer, catcher, and
Hamburg, left fielder. As the boys would
say, they are all daisies" Andrews haV-
ing the best record of first baseman in the
league, except two or three who only
played q few games in that position.
krehmeyer led the batting over the best
sluggers in the association. Hamburg
was only eXcelled as left fielder by Zell,
of the Macons, and Is a heavy hitter.
Smith also made good record as a pitch
er during the short time he PLAYED. They
will also have Brennan, and probably
Phelan, who played there last year.
Baker, the fine pitcher who was signed
by Manager Sneed before the complca-
lions arose, was released shortly after
Memphis was ruled out, AID will not play
there the coming season.
William Phelps, VINO has Just returned
from trip to Louisville IN the interest of
the Atlanta Baseball Association, claims
to have succeeded is signing Denny Lyons
ana Monk Cline for Atlanta, and made
dead sci for Moye, the Louisville pitcher.
lie says OF the latter; "MOye is just 20
years Old, and tips the beam AT $50 pounds.
lie mas been pitching about two years.
lie is a larger man than Hecker, better
pitcher, and the equal Of Ramsay. He is
batter-the hardest hitting pitcher IN
the country. He sticks to the box and
sends in the most marvellous curves and
the swiftest ball ever saw. He rubs
the ball in his left hand just a little and
delivers it quick as a flash. To give you
some idea OF his pitching and batting II is
only necessary to say that in two games
with the st. Louis Champions last sum
mer they got but three hits of him, and in
the two games MOye himself made four
hits. Atlanta is negotiating for MOye.
Wednesday will tell the tale. New Or
leans is very anxious TO get in the South
ern league this season, and is on q still
hunt to buy franchise"
Speaking of the Atlanta club cores
pOndent says: 1.-TWO good catchers have
been secured in HardIe, the California
catcher, who has been receiving the won
derful lncelFs delivery, and Chas Will
liams, Of the famous Henley Club Of Rich
mond. Ind, who caught Handiboe, now
with Pittshurg. A third catcher is Tom
Lynch, of last years Philadelphia LEAGUE
Club. He is said TO be good catcher and
a particularly fine batter The only pitch
er so far secured is Sam Kimber, Of last
seasons Virginia Club. His reputation
is such that praise here would be super
iuous. Suffice 1t to say that he is one Of
the best in the business. Several other
good Lwlrlels are now under cOnsidera-
ton The infeld il not yet quite com
pleled, third basemau being still lack
ing. Mcdonald, the big first baseman Of
the Lancasters, viii guard hrst base. He
is sure catcher, good on badly thrown
balls, and a fine batter. Elias Peak, a
Philadelphia and an Eastern league
player, is the second baseman. He is one
OF the best men In his position, and a fair
batsman. DOnanue, the lightning short
stop of the California coast. VIII guard
short field. He is known in san Francis
co as the Mascot, and is a great slugger,
besides being the best short stop out there.
Our outhed viii be the boss Of the
league from every point Of view, as the
three men engaged are fine fielders, good
base runners, and very heavy batters. 1t
is as follows: Manager Purcell, left field !;
Nick Bradley, Of Jersey City, centre field,
and Henry Moore. OF the Washington Ma
tI0nals, right field. Two Of these men,
Purcell and Moore, are the heaviest bat
ters ever brought South, and Nick Brad
ley is likely to prove the best base runner
in the league.
An Augusta correspondent writes OF
the base ball situation In that city and
elsewhere as follows: The people have
great confidence in Billy Harbridge's
ability as a g0oG judge Of base ball flesh.
find that Harbridge is only manager in
name, as O'Brien is 10 take the rens in
hand Msrch ]. heard to-day that Kilroy
was TO play here next season, providing
he proved failure with Barnie. / see
that Chattanooga has offered it's franchise
Tor sale and has placed the figure A. 1880
"a very modest sum. They are lucky
enough 10 get IL. / think they knew all
the time they we're not going 20 remain,
and were simply playing bluff. Poor
Memphis has again been selected rs the
yictim-S2 500 for Sulivan's gang Of
Kansas CITY hyenas last season, and
81 600 for Columbus franchise this year.
The captain, however, appears % nave an
uni m ted purse.an as long as be is willing
% stand 10 whose business Is ~ / met
Billy Purcell az Atlanta before len that