Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
IN TIE BASE BALL WORLD.
Atlanta Talks About Her Team-A Hard
Fight About to Begin.


Atlanta is inclined to believe that she
has the strongest team in the Southern
League. Savannah, she saws, cot two
games from Detroit while Atlanta got
none, but, she goes on to say, Savannah
had the advantage of playing Detroit the
first games OF the season, and Of having
twonew men put up, and adds: "We 40
not believe savannah or any other South
ern club could have possibly beaten De-
troits when Atlanta played them; but adj
hitting that Savannah beat them twice,
and that Atlanta was beaten by them
three times, Atlanta beat Louisville three
straights, while Augusta was beaten two
straights by them. Atlanta beat Pitts
burg the best two out OF three, while Sa-
vannah was beaten three straights by
PIttsbug. No Southern club beside Allan
Ia beat Pittsburg "A single game, while At
lanta beat her the best two
out OF three. We believe that
Atlanta is the strongest team"
Part Of this is true and part is not true.
Savannah was not defeated three
straight games by Pittsburg. Only two
games were played and in one of them
Plttsburg put up Morris her crack pitch
er, whose equal with perhaps one eXcep-
ton, Baldwin, Atlanta has not yet seen.
Atlanta played Pittsburg with her weak
est batteries. Savannah does NOT pretend
to say that Atlanta has not strong team.
Visiting clubs say she is strong and her
record shows it. she made a brilliant
record last year and there is not one in
the Southern League but that believes she
will make a brilliant record this year.
There is going to be harder,hght though,
Tor the pennant, than ever has waged be-
fore,
SHORT STOPS.
Macon, it is said, will get Serad and
Crowley, of the Buffalo club.
The Columbus team left tonight for
Augusta, where they will play to-day and
tomorrow,
Augusta says that with Suck, Sutcliffe
and Manning she now has unquestiOnably
the team of the Southern League.
Manager Phillips, of the Detroits, says
the race for the pennant will be very
close betw cen Atlanta, Augusta, Savan-
nah and Nashville.
The Pittsburgh Chicago game at Atlanta
to-day has excited great deal of interest.
Plttsburg will pitch Morris against Clark
son for the ChieagOs.
Manager Watkins tells Atlanta that
RiOrdan, of Augusta, is the best pitcher
the DetrOits have met, and that if Macon
cts the man she IS after, she will have
the strongest club IN the league.
Manager Schmelz, of last seasons At
lantas, has gotten together a great team
in ST. Louis. He has already played the
/ st. Louis Browns tie game and won the
/ play of. Cahill distinguished himself in
/ both games.
| President Prcudft would not consent
| to release Manager Cushman from his en-
gagement as umpire, so that he could ac-
| cept the management OF the Charleston
team. until the latter had telegraphed him
/ the mama of "A pnmnpfpuf gnppageor
The Official Guide of the National
/ League for 1856 is ont. Ii is one of the
most complete publications OF the kind
| ever issued, and contains a vast amount
| of valuable information pertaining to
/ base ball, in addition TO the records of
/ last season and the rules for the present
season.
The Louisville base ball club returned
/ to Louisville on Thursday from its South
ern tour. The bad weather prevented
/ eleven out oftwenty-twO scheduled games
! from being played and caused loss of
/ 81 800 to the club. Manager Hart eX-
/ presses himself as being well satisfied
with the work OF the players and says
they are in excellent form.
Umpire Cushman, OF the Southern
/ League, who has been in Augusta Tor
some time, has accepted the position OF
manager Of the Charleston team, and will
\ take charge OF the team To-Day. Manager
| Cushman Is spoken OF in the highest
terms by those who know him, and has
the reputation OF being "A competent base
ball man. lie acted as umpire for the
/ Southern League last year, and gave such
1 general satisfaction by reason OF the
honesty and good Judgment displayed in
his decisions that he was reappointed by
President ProUdht this season. IL Is
understood that the Charleston team will
be turned over TO him as 1t now stands,
and he Will be given cgrte blanche to do as
he thinks best In releasing old players
and signing new ones.