The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-16
TO BE HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
Savannah's Pennant Winners TO Eegir
Practice Feb. /.

Savannah's Pennant Winners TO Begin
Practice Feb. 1.
Manager Manning OF Savannah's new
base ball team will have his men here ready
to begin practice Feb. !. He writes that it
will be one Of the strongest sggrsgations In
the Southern League. aud he believes Sa-
vannah will fly the psnnsnt of '93.
Mr.. Long, the organizer OF the assocla-
tion, Is meeting with fine success in the sale
of season tickets. He predicts that the
game will be splendidly patronized. Mr..
Long is making arrangements with several
northern and western clubs, which are
coming south for early practice, to play a
serier of games with the Savannah team In
February and March. By this means the
local club will be in splendid trim when the
regular season opens.
The league will begin the season Of 1898
under much better conditions than last
year" says President Young Of the ma
tional. There Is q debt of about 800 600 to
be paid off, the balance due on the purchase
of the ex-assooiation clubs Last year
some $4,000 was paid. and accordingly
there will be 500, 900 less to meet this year
Then the club salary lists will be reduced
from 1000 to $1,000 for each player. !
am in favor of increasing the distance be-
tween the batsman and the pitcher. Let us
try that for a year. and If the dominance Of
the pitcher over the batter is still too
marked then increase the distance more the
following year. l am opposed to any en-
largement Of the diamond"
Charles Ewing, brother Of the noted
New York player, Buck Ewing, was mar
ried last week 70 Miss Nina Holiday OF Gin
cinnati.
Manager-Csptain Ward Of the Brooklyn
club is going to retire from base ball.
Manager Hanlon has arranged dates with
Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Macon and
Nashville for the Baltimores southern trip.
He says: I'VE have planned for q south
ern trip, and on March 20 the team will
play its fret game at Charleston. From
there the club will 90 to Savannah, and
then 20 Nashville, where they will open the
grounds that Ted Sullivan has been fitting
up"
A game Of base ball on Toe was played
the other day at Chicago between the
Chioagos and East Ends. Tom Burns
Jantzen. Jimmy Ryan, Sutclifre, Hudson
and Arson played With the former and
Caruthers was on the latter side.
Harry Wright has been in the base ball
business for thirty-five years.
The plan Of having the duties OF man
ager aud captain separated and reformed
by two men, has so mauifestly many al
vantages over the other one, that Il Is in
vogue In a majority of the professional
clubs. In the National League and Ameri-
can Association. for example, only five
clubs employed playsr-msnagers, namely /:
Chicago. Baltimore, Cincinnati, BROOKLYN
and Cleveland, and in the cases Of several
Of these clubs some official OF the club &C
companies the team on its trip away from
home 10 look after the finances. A cap
tain's efficiency il seriously impaired II he is
obliged 30 keep ono eye on his men and the
other eye on the ticket Office, aud a. The
same time play his own pOsition satisfac-
toriy. The policy Of having one mAn espo.
cially engaged 10 look after tho business
affairs Of the team, and thus leave the cap
taiu free 30 devote all his attention and
energies 20 handling the men on the field,
appears % be the wissst at least, IL 10 90 re-
ghrded by the base ball profession.
Dr. Bulls Cough syrup, the old reliable, will
ours sEsry case q cough Or oold.-aL