Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
FULL OF PRETTY PLAYS.
SAVANNAH WINS THE GAME
FROM NASHVILLE.

Little BiiIy Taylor the = lunpest pitcher
Ever on the Local Diamond-O'Day
Gets in Another Great Game-ailler
Brings Down the Stands on One
Handed sparkler-Marr Saves a Shut
out.
| Savannah and Nashville played game
of BAH yesterday which was interesting
! throughout, and was well played by both
! clubs despite the numerous errors charged
| to the visitors. The crowd in attendance
was much better than is usually the case
on Saturday. The conduct Of the Nash
villes on the field was excellent, and
as an evidence OF their appreciation Of
the fact the spectators literally APP
| plauded the good plays OF the visitors,
and on two occasions compelled Goldsby
to lift his cap. Eugene Moriarity being
mcap aeitated by fever from playing, John
Moriarty was put in centre field, while
Hotaling went to right. Savannah's bat
terry was O'Day and Gillen, and Nash
vile's Taylor and Hellman. Taylor is the
most flesEy man ever seen in the local
box, and his appearance pro
V0kUd considerable gOOd-natured
| laughter. peculiar double movement
| in delivering the ball to the bat which
| enables him to hold runners very close to
| the bases is the feature Of his pitching.
! He was very effective against Savannah,
however, as Is testified by the record Of
struck outs. O'Day's record was in keep
! ing with the great work which he has
been doing for many weeks past.
| Both pitchers were admirably
supported, Gillen's WORK, however,
| being the best. The features of the first
inning were Collins base stealing and the
| catching ot SOwders between second and
! third by O'Day, assisted by the basemen.
| In the second inning O'Day played the
some trick on o. BrIen, leaving him dOdg-
! Ing between first and second, where lie
WAS eventually caught after Miller mad
made great catch OF widely thrown ball
| win one hand on the jump. Both Mil
| Ter and O'Day were Obliged to acknOwl-
| edge the plaudits which greeted their
work. Neither side was able
to score until savannah landed a run in
the fourth inning. Strict was the first
man at the bat and was given first base
| ON being hit by the ball. He stole second
and scored on SATELLITES safe grounder to
centre field, Sutcliffe reaching second on
the throw from centre 10 the home plate,
in an attempt to cut off Strict. The iu-
ming closed with Sutcltfe left on third and
GiIlen on second. In Nashvile's fourth
inning Mari reached first on
uiJ dllet ODlUsDy uhu diIGduN
been put out. SOwders iOl-
lowed Mari with a grOundeF towards
third base, on which Strict threw HIM out
| at nvst while Mari was endeaYOring TO
make both second and third on the cut.
Field threw the ball across the diamond
to Miller ON third, however. beading MARI
off and making one OF the prettiest double
PLAYS Of the season. In The fifth inning
GoidsUy made u magnificent jumping
! nj "a "a "a ~
plauded. In the same inning Hotaing
also made fine catch OF a line fly.
In the sixth inning Sutcliie reached
first on Marr's muff of a fly and reached
third on Miller's bit to right field, NJ illef
making second on Marr's throw to head
Sutcitte off at third. Sutclitfe scored on
O'Day's fly and out 10 MARI. Miller was
subsequently, caught while rushing Tor
home on what WAS at first thought to be a
passed ball, but which bounded above
IIellman's head and fell into bis hands in
front of the plate. GIilen struck out and
retired the side.
In the seventh inning Field reached first
on an error by Hillery, stole second, went
TO third on a bad throw to second by Tay-
Tor, and scored on Bittman's tumble of a
hit by Collins, which also gave Collins his
base. Collins stole second and third. and
was put out while trying to reach the
plate on MOrIarity's out on a fly to Colds
by, whose throw home was a very pretty
one. In the seventh inning Hotaling
surprised himself and everybody else
by dropping a fly. This is the second
error OF the kind be has made since the
league season opened, and his magnificent
record as the best fielder and manager in
the league ought to have been sufficient to
silence any attempt to guy him from the
bleaching boards.
In the same inning MARI and Hnlery
exchanged places on account of the
latter's ineffective playing at third.
In the eighth inning TaylOr's safe base
hit gave him an oppoi tunity to exhibit his
powers az sprinter which was the occa-
sion for considerable good natured ap-
plause.
In the ninth inning Gillen got first on a
tumble by MARI at third, was advanced to
third by Hotaling's twO-base hit to right
field. and scored on TaylOts tumble OF a
hit by Field. Field was caught stealing
second, Collins struck out aud MOriarity
and the side were retired by Butman's
clover capture OF a hot liner, with Hotal-
ing LETT on third.
Nashville scored her only run in the
ninth inning. Mari made il by getting
first on a safe hit 10 centre field, stealing
second. reaching third ON bad throw Ia
second, and scoring ON Sowders' long fly
to HOtalng.
The official score follows
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