Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-07
BACK TO FIRST PLACE.
THE HOME CLUB AGAIN AT THE
HEAD OF THE LEAGUE.

The Chattanooga Defeated Is to B
shenkle Batted out or the Box in Two
InDtngs-The Visitors Yield I Otal OF
~ Bases to Savannah's Bttsmen-The
Eleventh Game Savannah Has Won
from ChattanooEa-The Atlanta Game
To-Day.
The home club defeated Chattanooga
yesterday by a score Of 10 to 3. The vic
tory puts savannah once more at the
mead OF the league. II will be a nip and
tuck race between Savannah and Atlanta
during the next four games to see which
shall lead at the end Of the week. II
the two clubs divide games there is a
chance that Nashville Will step IN and
take fret place. Savannah will play to
WIN every game and is heavily backed.
Atlanta is determined to win the pen
nant, let como what may, and both clubs
will play their strongest teams. The
home club is stronger now than at any
time since it was organized. 1t has been
playing a steady game, and Will make a
big sat to hold first place.
There we're not over 800 people at yes
terday's game. Moriarity and Gillen
were the home battery. TWAS announced
that SutclItfe would catch, but he failed
to arrive. and Gillen was put in. The Wis
itors presented their midget boXmap
Shenkel and McCung. Shenkel was
batted out of the box and in the THIRD inn
ing Kent was put in and pitched the rest
OF the game.
In the two innings that Shenkle pitched
he yielded six single base hits. two
doubles, hit one man and gave four men
bases on balls. The locals netted nine
runs while be was in the box. Kent
yielded eleven hits with total OF thirteen
bases, and struck out two men. MORT
arlty was very effective. the visitors got
but four hits off OF mis- delivery. He struck
out four men. The fielding by both clubs
was better than it was in Mondays game.
Only three errors were charged to the
home team.
There were number OF brilliant plays
that in closely contested game would
nave won great applause. Miller made
one OF the prettiest pickups that has been
made on the grounds. In the third inning
Cross hit the ball for what everybody
thought was a base hit. 1t went Whirling
over the pitchers head in the direction OF
left field. Miller was playing We'll out
and made a running grab for it just
as 1t touched the ground. A second
later the ball was in the first baseman's
hands. Cross was stralning every muscle,
but the ball was there first. The specta-
tors in the grand stand cheered and APP
plauded and Joe was compelled to lit his
can in acknowledgment. 1t was one OF
the prettiest fielding plays that has ever
been seen here. HOtaling made beauti-
ful running catch OF fly by Hart in the
fifth inning. Almost the next ball that
was pitched went sailing in the direc-
ton OF the centre field fence,
but HOtaling was there and
the hit didn't count. Hart made beau
tlful one-handed catch of "a fly in right
field, and Shenkle IN centre got under a
high fly by Hotaling and ielded the ball
in fine shape.
In spite OF the onesidedness of the game
there was brilliant playing on both sides.
Only five of the fifteen runs that Savan-
nah made were earned. The visitors err
rors were costly, and were made at criti-
cal points. McClung caught we'll and had
but one passed ball. He is a good back
stop, and with more practice will do
splendid work. The following is the score