Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-22
THE WEEK IN THE DIAMOND.
Third Game OF the Savannah d etrOit
SERIES To-day-LOcal and General

pick their men with a view to victory,
and pretty and close contest may be
1 expected.
With the monumental cheek (which lie
her chief characteristic Atlanta is en-
deaYoring TO palm herself of as the moth
er Of base ball in this section OF the couu-
try. The truth Of the matter is that Sa-
yannah, Augusta, Charleston and Colum-
bus we're all In the field long before At
lanta awOke TO the fact that such game
as base ball was in existence. Atlanta
will learn before the league season is
very old that she, and not Savannah, is
the nursling OF the league and most in
need ofcoaching.
The Chattanooga club are all on hand.
Handiboe, the pitcher for the famous
Henleys, is with the Pittsburgs.
An amateur club Of Montezuma wants
to play a couple Of games with Macon.
Atlanta is Dragging about Gunson,
their catcher. Augusta says he can't hit
a bale of hay.
Doyle has sent in his contract as short
/ stop with Memphis, and will, therefore,
not be 0lacklisted.
Manager Harrington, OF the Blues, lett
! Columbus for Mobile TO attend the meet
\ ing the Gulf League.
! j. I. McVay, or Macon, has obtained
! NHE Ntn "a aIb lOi luA uA5uAAk IEAEESuuEuL5
at the base ball park of that city.
The Macons have written to Manager
Harrington, Of Columbus, asking him to
play the Blues in Macon at an early date.
The government employees at Washing
ton have sent in a numerously signed Pc
tition protesting against the SOC. tariff IN
that city.
Horace Phillips, manager of the famous
Pittsburg team, wants 20 make the entire
Southern League circuit without losing
single game.
President Proudfit, of the Southern
League, may possibly attend tuesdays
game in Atlanta, between Pittsburg and
the local club.
The Pittsburg team is regarded as the
coming champion club of the American
association. The salary list of the club is
$50, 900 per year.
Roger Conner, the gigantic first base
man OF the New YOrks, made the unpar-
alleled batting percentage At 81 last sea-
son in 10 games.
Smith, who was reported to have
signed with Augusta, has signed to play
third base for the Toronto club, of the In
ternatiOnal League.
Atlanta plays Pittsburg Tuesday and
Wednesday, Louisville Thursday and the
Columbus Blues Saturday. Louisville
will play Augusta to-day.
The Boston base ball reporters have de-
termined to score all games by the rules
OF 1884, placing wild pitches, passed balls
and bases and called balls in the error
column.
The Boston club will make two long
1 jumps of 1900 miles, going direct to and
| from Kansas City. The Philadelphia
club will make one jump to Kansas City
II 200 miles.
Manager Hart, of the Louisville, says
Charleston is weak and Savannah is
strong. He says Charleston has some
brilliant young players, but they lack old
heads and experience.
Rain prevented the game between the
NashVilles and Memphis Saturday. Black,
the left fielder of the Memphis, is very
| sick. Nashville plays in Memphis Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
The Atlanta management has not, as
yet, answered Columbus as to the pro-
posed visit of the Atlantas to that city,
but if they can so arrange will doubtless
permit the club to take the trip.
Secretary Brown, Of the league, says
Augusta will surprise everybody yet,
that her contracts sent on for the past
week are very strong, and that she will
be found near the front at the close of the
season.
Ed. G. Clark, OF last seasons Columbus,
has signed with Charleston. While
Charleston had his terms, Louisville asked
for them. He gave Louisville the price
and she accepted. In the meantime
Charleston claimed him under his first
offer, and he has signed with them.
Augusta Chroaicle: Cline will never
play short-stop for Atlanta. He may
play brilliantly for a week or so, then he
will 90 all to pieces, and will make enough
errors to last him month. He came to
| Augusta last season with fielding aver
age Of 1000. He went away with it re-
duced TO $50.
Chattanooga Is doing considerable brag-
ging about the heavy hitting nine she
will have. The three men she counts on
doing so much for them played last sea-
son with the Norfolk club, ana Augusta
declares, they did not do any great work
with them. They were released before
the season was half over, and they played
no more last season.
A call has been issued for the captains
OF all colored base ball clubs in Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and
Tennessee that have fair record and de-
sire to enter the Southern League OF Col
Ored Base Ballists 70 send name and ad-
dress at once to 1.-The Manager" of the
Southern League ofColored Base Ballists.
lock box 1913, Jacksonville, Fla.
Shaffer, VINO will pitch this season TOR
Atlanta, pitched for the Lock Ravens in
the Pennsylvania League. He was the
only pitcher the Williamsports couldn't
hit. He pitched a siXteen-inning game
against the WilliamspOrts and beat them
4tO3. He struck out eighteen men, and
they got four hits of him. Bpown, OF Au-
gusta, pitched against him. They got sew
en- hits Off Brown and he struck out four
teen men.
Augusta Chronicle: II our readers will
remember last season, in making up their
states, the other clubs completely ignored
Augusta. She came near winning the
championship. They are doing the same
thing this season. just lookout for an
other surprise before the season is half
gone. There are some players in the diff
ferent clubs who have good individual
records-thaps all they have. They new
or played game 10 better their clubs rec
ord. That's why some Of them are in the
Southern League to-day.
This is What Harry Wright says OF the
chances Of his own and other league
teams for the pennant: sit is too much 10
expect OF a comparatively new team like
the Philadelphia. | will be perfectly
satisfied II we can retain third place, and
that IeXpect to do. | think Chicago will
again win the pennant. They have been
strengthened If anything. New York Is no
stronger and Boston has some expert
ments. Detroit is very strong but like