Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-08

NAMES or THE PLAYERS AND
THE WEEICs PROGRAMME.

idenee club in the City--Hecker not o
Hand-The BenedioJs of the Savannah
? Liners from Other Diamonds.
As foreshadowed in the MoBSIN
NEWS Yesterday, the Louisville, ny
club reached here yesterday aiternoo
and quartered at the Pulaski house. Tn
club is under the management OF Jane
A. Hart, one Of the most wideawake ger
tlemen in his position in the country
Following is list of the players now her
and their positions in the game:
Ksrius, catcher and first base.
Cross, catcher.
| Cook, catcher.
Strauss, catcher and first base.
Ramsey, pitcher.
ReccIHs, pitcher and first base.
Ely, pitcher.
Mack, second base.
Werlich, third base.
White, short stop.
MaskfeY, left field.
| Browning, centre field.
! Wolf, right field.
| To-day and tomorrow the visitors and
| the home team will be ia practice twice a
! day at the base ball park with closed
/ gates preparatory to the opening game OF
the exhibition series on Wednesday.
The only playing members of the visit
ing organization not here are Guy Heck
eT. the famous pitcher, and j. }. Smith,
Ocularly nicknamed Big Smith, on ac-
jcount Of his height, a first baseman said
70 be the best on the Pacific coast. Nearly
every season for several years past Smith
has signed to come East, but when play
ing time came he invariably broke his
contract, being unable to tear himself
away from the attractions OF his natal
section. Manager Hart says that he must
come East this year or be blackIisted.
Hecker is detained home by the bust
ness Of the Hecker Base Ball Supply Com
pany, in which he is interested with his
brother. He recently made a tour of
many Of the Southern League cities in the
interest OF his house.
NOTES FROM THE DIAMOND.
BrosnaD will be Captain of the Charles
ton team.
Nashville has eight pitchers under co n
tract and still she is not satisfied.
The Atlanta management has not yet
decided whether they will play Peak or
Stricken on second base.
G. J. Doyle, it is said, will be black
listed il he does not sign a contract with
Memphis in the next 10 days.
Chattanooga is very enthusiastic over
her club, andis already claiming that the
flag will float there next year.
Ramsey and kerFins will be the battery
for Louisville at Atlanta on March Is, and
Kimber and Lynch will act for Atlanta.
Manager Purcell, of Atlanta, will ar
rive in that city Tuesday night, accom-
panied by Stricken, GunsOn, Peak and
Kimber.
Manager Morton, Capt. Strict, Pitcher
Nolan and Catcher StOckwell are the only
married men connected with the Savan-
nah club.
The opening game of the season be-
tween the professionals and the Etiwans
at Charleston will take place on Saturday
Of this week.
The LOuisvilles will play in all the
Southern League cities, returning home
April 3 to open the local exhibition season
with the Memphis Reds.
Atlanta will blacklist Donahue and Har-
die next week. They gave no terms, and re-
fused to sign. Augusta will blacklist
Dard and Troy unless they sign.
The price of admission to all league
games will be 25c. and l0c. extra for seat
on the grand stand. Season tickets
for the tifty-siX games Will be sold at
$12 80.
jack Brennan, of the Southern League
staff of umpires, has been secured to
ofliciate at all the exhibition games TO be
played In Nashville, at the opening of the
season.
Three of LouIsville's players were in the
Southern League last year; pitcher Ram
sey with Chattanooga, second baseman
Mack with Macon, and pitcher Reccius
with Atlanta.
John l.. Sneed, the manager of the
Memphis club, says that the race between
Memphis and Nashville will be very eX-
citing, but that he intends to lead Nash
vile this season.
Jevne, who played centredeld for At
/ lanta last year, will come South with
/ the Chicago Blues, and will give his
1 friends chance to see him play in the
exhibition games.
! Z. II. Decker, one of the catchers sign
/ ed by Macon early in the season and then
released, has Just been taken from the
blacklist by the board of arbitration, and
Macon will at once resign him.
The Charleston players have com.
menced to report for duty. Collins, Ian.
ser, Gilman, and McAleer have already
! arrived, and the others are expected in
time to go into regular practice to-day.
Nashville, and possibly Memphis, will
| follow Savannah's example and compel
\ ladies to pay an admission fee, Atlanta.
| and probably all the other cities, will not
| depart from last seasons rule, believing
! tnat free admission or ladies' will in the
end prove the most profitable card.
! Arthur Erwin, who will play short
/ stop with Philadelphia this season.
reached this city yesterday by steamer
/ from Boston with party of friends. He
| Will practice here for the ensuing week
and on Tuesday OF next week join the
/ other members of his club at Charleston.
/ where Manager Wright will put the clut
through a course OF sprouts for week or
more. Erwin has been with the Provi
I dence League Club for the past three
years, and is one OF the best short felders
aud most gentlemanly players in the pro.
fession.
The directors Of the Macon association
are taking active steps in preparing fOl
the approaching season. Saturday the
| clty's road machine was taken TO bast
ball park, and the ground was made "a
level as floor. In the next few days The
improvements in the grand stand Will b,
commenced. The directors have con
tracts with nine men. J. W. Beeler, whit
is said to be a phenomenal pitcher, ar
rived in the city Friday night. Harter
COrcoran and Walsh were expected yes
terday. Negotiations are still pending
with several men, among them being
fine pitcher and a noted catcher. Whel
completed the club viii consist Of four
teen men.
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