Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-22
BASE HITs am HoME noNs.
Daisy Cutters and Sky -'ap~rs ScOoped
In on southern Diamonds.

Daisy Cutters and Sky-s-'ap~rs Scooped
In on southern Diamonds.
All the Macon players are single men.
Macon has not yet decided on a man
ager.
Augusta is very proud Of her team and
Intends to make a dash for the flag.
President Proud6t has appointed Green,
McQuade, Cushman and Brennan as UNI
pires.
The $500 forfeit is to be deposited by
March with the league treasurer at Ma
con, Ga.
Strict, who will be with Savannah. in
one game last year made i've hits which
netted IA bases.
1t is said that Stricken and Bradley are
two OF she best base runners in the
Southern lague.
Manager Purcell, Of Atlanta, will ar
rive about March /, and has notified the
team to report for practice March 10.
Nashville has signed +. Smith, a young
leiC-handed pitcher of Pittsburg, from
which she is expecting wonders this
summer.
Shaffer, AClanta's brag pitcher, played
a sixteen inning game last season against
tne Williamsports, and they made only
FOUR hits of him.
Chattanooga is having very little to say,
except she persists in the fact that she
intends to win the penuant, and her citi-
zens are very enthusiastic.
The pennant will be in Atlanta in few
days. 1t is 20 feet long, 10 feet at the flag
stan, tapering down to 3, blue field /,
white border and white letters.
Charleston is turning loose some OF her
weak men and is beginning to strengthen
her nine, and the pu bile will yet say that
she ls not the ''Birmingham pudding"
In O'Day, Savannah has MascOtte.
He pitched for the Washington Nationals
against the New YORK league giants last
year, and be held them down to i've hits
Mclaughlin, the Calitoruia catcher to
play with Savannah, MAS tIe tiHest back
stop on the Phclhc coast, and san Fran
cisc99nefed hg money to keep him in the
Lucus ard Manager Sehmeitz are Of the
oplnlon that q, pitcher should have regu-
lar catcher, and not be computed to throw
to one llls1n one day5aud to aRother the
next. IN hoo, - rgT' guq IF
Manager Lewis has Sbellhases agree
ment 10 play with ChhttahDes "a the COM
ing seasOmg 80 Nashville. ShAwever, per-
suaded the young man 10 Jumphis con-
tract. .,. e--~z
Charleston win be at home on July 4,
and Will play the Augustus there on that
day, A grand excursion with cheap rates
10 SulliVan's island, and fireworks in the
evening, is talked Of
Charleston has signed two excellent
players in Norris O'Neill and II. NJ.
Rooms. The latter is said TO be a fine
third baseman and promises TO show up
exceedingly well during the season.
The players signed by the Southern
tlculRr, and the general public are begin.
ming to look at the organization as quite
rival Of the American Association.
Atlantas blowing makes Savannah
laugh. The Capital City has kindly con-
ceded that Memphis will stand second at
the close of the season. As Savannah is
sure to win the pennant, Atlanta must be
looking for place down near the bottom.
Manager Sneed says that he is going to
take the Memphis team on a Western trip
before the league season opens, instead OF
playing exhibition games at home. He
will take in Louisville, Indianapolis,
Omaha, Leayenworth, Kansas City, st.
10, Denver and Pueblo.
The following players will constitute
the nine which will represent Charleston
in the diamond this season: Weyhingand
Thyme, pitchers; Lapser and O'Neill,
catchers; Strothers, first base; Brosnan,
second base; Rooms, third base; Collins,
short stop; Gilman and McAleer. ielders.
The men have all been ordered to report
for duty by March 5, at which time they
will go into training.
A difficulty which the Charleston club
Will have to contend against is that most
| of the people there are not familiar enough
| with base ball to take any active interest
1 In the game at first, but those who know
the fasciuati0ns Of the diamond field say
| that before the season is half over the
| people will have become as enthusiastic
over ball playing as they were in Augusta
| and Atlanta last summer.