Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-12
IN THE BASE BALL WORLD.
Getting Ready for the Opening or the
Southern League Season.

Getting Ready for the Opening or the
! Southern League Season.
Charleston will play in Augusta to-day
and tomorrow.
Nashville will play in Atlanta to-day
and tomorrow.
Manager Cushman is bringing Charles
toms team out OF the gloom.
The Loulsville papers contradict the re-
port that wv Is 20 be released.
The ua ,su Of the Augusta club is
similar to tuat Of the Philadelphias.
Chattanooga is not satisfied with the
trial SO far given young McClung, the
catcher.
Louisville lost $500 on its Southern
trip. The Allegheny club has barely met
expenses.
Savannah Will not play Charleston uu-
u the last OF the hrst series Of games,
about the middle Of June.
The Chicagos will play in Macon to-
day. The score OF their first game with
the Macon team was to 4.
The Washington Artillery, OF Charles
ton, has organized a base ball club, aud
wants to play military mines.
Arson, Of the ChicagOe, says that
Memphis has played his team the best
OF any that he has met South.
Nolan in the box. He will probably pitch
IN on OF the Chattanooga games.
Arson says Chicago will he first again
this year, with New York barely second,
and that Detroit won't geta place.
Columbia, ;. c., is anxious for the At
lanta management to allow the Atlantas
TO visit that city and play TWO exhibition
games.
Macon is said to be making efforts to
sign Meegan, the California pitcher, who
played at one time with Virginia, and
later with the Pittsburg club.
The umpires who have been assigned
for the irsJ eight championship game S,
are, McQuade, mt Charleston; Burns, at
Augusta; Brennan, at Macon; Green, at
Savannah.
The Atlantas are required to practice
every morning and afternoon at the
grounds. and Manager Purcell says that
the team is in excellent shape, and will
be ready for the championship series.
In the thrty-three games in which Nc
Keen played for the Cncinnatis last sea-
son he had not one fielding error, but ac-
cepted ninety-eight chances. In these
tbirty-three games he had only nine wild
pitches. That is record hard to beat.
The Virginia State League is organized,
and, from the present indications, il Will
prove a success. Among the cities which
propose entering the league are Lynch
burg, with $4,000 inhabitants; Dlnville,
$1,000; Richmond, 10000; Norfolk, b, 900;
Stanton. 1900, and Roanoke, l4,000.
Atlanta thinks that Purcell, Lynch,
Moore, Cline, Stricken and Lyons will be
AT the top in the batting list OF the SOUTH
ern League. The rest Of the Southern
League will be glad to know that Atlanta
has three players IN her team whom she
thinks will not be At the top of the list.
The Breads base ball club and the
Lafayettes, colored, of Savannah, have
joined the Southern League of COlOred
Bias Baillsts. The league already has
clubs at Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Macon, Augusta, Charleston, savannah,
st. Augustine. Montgomery, Tallahassee,
Pensacola and Jacksonville. the leagues
headquarters are at Jacksonville.
Savannah will rest from base ball until
| Thursday, when the championship sea
son opens. The Chattanooga will arrive
on Wednesday night and will play the
! home team on Thursday, Friday, Satur-
! day and Monday. Memphis viii be the
second league club that Savannah will
| play. She will be here next week, Tues
| day, Wednesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, April %, u, y and "a. Arson, of
the Chicagos, says Memphis has fine
team and can play good ball.
Manager Watkins, of the Detroits, says
that if his own club does not win the pen
nant the ChicagOs will again be the vic
tors. He ranks the Philadelphias as very
superior club this season, mainly on ac-
count of their numerous and excellent
batteries. The New Yorks will be hardly
50 successful as last year, though they
have a magnificent team. Mr.. Watkins
! retutes toe charge that the Detroits run
| bases like elephants, and says that Han
I Ion, Rowe and Crane are the suLeriOrs Of
| Gore, Kelly and Dairy mple, Of the Chi
| cages. Baldwin and Bennett will be the
main battery for the Dstroits this year,
| and it can hardly be eXcelled.
Wants Ban Contest.