The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-19
Around the Bases

Mobile will be in the Southern league
next season, sure. The wires for her entry
are already being worked.
The Young Savannah base ball club de-
fea;ed the Young Hendys yesterday after
noon by a score of IL to 8.
Two of the Chicago players were out late
in Washington, Friday night, missed the
train, and barely reached Philadelphia in
time to participate in Saturdays game.
which, by the way, Chicago lost. 1t cost
one of the delinquents $3.50 and the other
800.
Madison (Fla.) is stirred up over base ball.
A Madison correspondent writes in regard
to mention in the News day or two ago
of the game between the Stars of Madison
and the Suwannees Of Live Oak: The score
was stated to be 81 TO 10 in favor of the
Suwannees. The official score. it seems,
was 20 to 10 in favor of the Stars. The
Stars played under many disadvantages.
too.
1t is more profitable to raise base ball
players for the market than to raise horses
or cattle. In the last two years the receipts
of the Chicago club for players sold have
the club is only $4,000. 1t was Anson's
training and daily practice that made the
men worth $30, 900. No doubt he wiz have
another lot to dispose of at big prices next
year.
Southern league affairs seem shaky. II
is current talk about Birmingham that the
local team is ready to give up the ghost.
An important consultation was held in
Birmingham on Saturday at which repre-
sentatives of New Orleans, Charleston and
Birmingham were present The affairs of
the league were discussed at length. Not
one of the clubs-with the possible excep-
ton of New Orleans-is paying expenses.
All are behind with salaries, and altogether
the outlook is squally. Ii is to be hoped
that the clubs can weather the season, even
If they have to follow Charleston's example
and release expensive players in order to
cut down the salary list
Atlanta is in big stew about the treat
ment that it says the Atlanta players have
received. This is what the Constitution
says about 1t: "The terrible roasting which
the club got in Columbus at the hands of
umpires taken from the local club has been
supplemented by queer practice in both Sa-
vannah and Augusta. In Savannah the
home club won the first game through the
kindly assistance of the umpire, who aided
them in making three runs in the ninth
inning. The next day Savannah lost Green
and Shrek, two Of tleir best men, and i'm
mediately concluded that the grounds were
too wet to permit of play, although they
before. On the third day Atlanta
succeeded il getting a fair Shake from
the umpircs and won. Even then Savan-
nah tried to rattle the Atlanta club by
letting in free a host Of small boys, who got
as close as possible to the base line and sp mt
the time guying the players. But the worst
treatment was in Augu ia. The second day
only four innings were played, rain putting
a stop the to game. When Manager Glenn
went to set tie up and draw his saare of the
gate receipts, the Augusta management
coolly informed him thar as five innings had
not been played he was not entitled to any
portion of the receipts. The money was
not refunded to the spectators, but Augusta
kept it. This comes mighty near being
downright robbery The Atlanta manage
ment will of course take steps to get the
amount due.