Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29
THE Ease BALL WORLD.
Savannah to Play Pittsburg Again To-
Dsy-Southern League Record to Date.

Savannah to Play Pittsburg Again To-
Dsy-sOuthern League Record to Date.
Savannah will play her eighth game Of
the exhibition series today with Pitts
burg, and will play to win. The visitors
will put up their crack battery, and the
home team Will probably put up Meriarity
and Gillen. Pittsburg is said to have the
winning team of the American Ass0cia-
ton. 1t is made OF crack players, strong
in the field and at the bat, and hard to get
away with. The game will begin prompt
| ly at $3.50 O'Clock.
In the eight games that Savannah has
played she has won but two, but she has
paved ball every time.
She was beaten twice by Louisville as
follows: Savannah b, Louisville 10; Sa-
vannah 7, Louisville -. She defeated De.
troit twice and lost two games TO Detroit
as follows: Savannah Q, Detroits 2; Sa-
Vannah IL, Detroits 8; Savannah q, De-
troits ID; Savannah 2, Detroits 8, and lost
one game to fittsburg by score OF 8 TO 4.
The record OF her players is showing
that any club might be proud of. Her
playing in the five games with Detroit
was surprise even 81 the club itself.
The record of the Southern League
Clubs up 10 date ranks them we'll up with
the crack clubs OF the country. Atlanta
has won five out OF the six games she has
played. She defeated Louisville three
games as follows: Atlanta 6, Louisville
3; Atlanta 8, Louisville 4; Atlanta y,
Louisville 10. She defeated Pittsburg one
and lost one to Pittsburg as follows:
Pittsburg 16. Atlanta 9; PittSburg 8, At
lanta II. Her score with the Chicago
Blues was to 2 in her favor at the end OF
five innings.
Nashville has played only one game
with Northern club, Plttsburg, and won
by score of ID to 6, She has played
three games with Memphis, Of watch she
won two and Memphis one.
Augusta has won one of the five games
she has played, defeating Louisville by 5
to 3. She was beaten by Louisville 8 to
nothing. Detroit then defeated her three
games by scores OF 3 to-, ITO II, and IA
to L
Macon has not won q game. She was
beaten by DetFoit21 toe; by Louisville IS
to 8; and by Pittsbnrg ID to 4.
Charleston has not won game. She
was beaten twice by Louisville asfOllOws:
Charleston 3, Louisville Z; Charleston 3,
Louisville II. Twice by Philadelphia ON
scores of 8 to 3, and Is to 3.
Chattanooga has played one game with
Louisville and lost It by a score of 6 to 2.
Memphis has not yet met Northern
club.
ShOkI oIOfOs
Memphis has released James d. NIGEL
roy.
Atlanta will play the Chicago Blues to-
day.
Parker, Augustus new second base
man, is the tallest player in the Southern
league.
Ramsey and Reccius are OF the opinion
shat Augusta has the strongest Southern
league team.
1t was rumored that Manager Harring-
ton will be called to Charleston to take
charge of the Charleston club.
Chattanooga is well satisfied with her
team, and says that she will surprise the
public when the league games open.
1t is said that Macon has already Sc
cured one of the finest batteries that will
be presented on a Southern League dia-
mOad.
Phe Nashville base ball admirers are
anxious to have Hecker pitch one of the
games during the Nashville-Louisville
series.
Atlanta says that the Chicago Blues
have some very hard hitters in their
team, and their coaching and base run
ming is excellent. Their game with At
lanta Saturday stood 5 and in favor OF
Atlanta at the end of the fifth inning,
when the game was called ON account Of
ram.
The Nashville Banner says: The North
eFn clubs, it seems, have net struck any
thing very soft in the Southern League.
DetrOiS has been badly beaten by SaVan-
nah. the LOuisFilles have been pounded
all over the field by Atlanta and Augusta,
and the crack PittsbUrg team has been
Overwhelmingly defeated by the Nash
villes and Atlantas. We await with i'm
patience the coming of the champion
Chicag0s.