The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
ON ITS LAST LEGS NOW.
The Southern League Likely TO Wind
Up With TO-Day'S Games.

Savannah 70 Play Augusta This After
noon and viii 20 TO Macon To-Mor-
row-Manning Tells His Men to Pack
up Their Traps as They Will Hardly
Come Back Again-Charleston Gives
up the Ghost-Atlanta Talks Loud.
1t is beyond question now that the last
hours of the Southern League are not
very distant. This is conceded on all
| sides. Charleston has thrown up the
sponge, Augustus back is broken, though
Manager Stallings wears a smiling face,
Chattanooga is almost gone and Macon
and Atlanta are on the verge of the pit,
ready to drop in with the rest Savan-
nah has stuck and will stick to the last,
but, of course, the Dead Rabbits, with no
worlds to conquer, wouldn't cut very
much of a figure trying to run
the league all by themselves. 1t
is reported that Augusta will
disband here, after to-day's game, but
Stallings denies this. He says that his
club will go back to Augusta and be
ready to meet Charleston tomorrow.
But there will be no Charleston to meet.
Atlanta is talking very big and says
that the Gate City is in to stay and is all
right etc. But al reports indicate that
Atlanta is like most of the teams.
THE LAST GAME HERE.
The game to-day at the park between
Savannah and Augusta will probably be
the last professional ball in this city until
next season. The fans will, of course,
all turn out to bid the boys
farewell. Manager Manning says he will
take the team to Macon, where there will
be three games. He has instructed all
his men to pack up and take their trap
pings and baggage with them, as 1t is
hardly probable that any of them will
come back after the Macon series Man
ming will attend the league meeting at
Atlanta Friday. He thinks this meeting
Will simply result in general diSband-
ment. while hope that there will be
some way in which we can patch up
things and play on, >" said he, Il do not
think there is much reason to believe that
the league will last any longer than this
week"
THE BEST CITY IN THE SOUTH.
Savannah, he said, is undoubtedly the
best base ball city in the south, and next
year he will have fine team here. Man
ming will never go6into another twelve
club league. Next year the leagne will be
composed, very probably, of Savannah,
Charleston, Augusta, Atlanta, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville, Macon and Columbus.
the season TO be five months, with but one
championship. These are all good ball
teams, and the circuit would be an excel
lent one, there being no long jumps
AS the boys who have delighted the
fans on the diamond and off the diamond
are about to leave it will be interesting to
know where they hail from. The players
will go to their respective homes as soon
as the league goes, where they all have
employment in one business or another.
Manager Manning will go direct to his
home in Fall River, Mass, where he first
learned to play town ball" He
will remain with his people about
two weeks, then he will visit
Chicago and take in the worlds fair.
After that he will so back to Fall River
and re-enter the drug business.
MANNING's FUTURE.
It is whispered very quietly that Mr..
Manning has become very, very tired of
single blessedness and is going to try his
hand in another direction. In other words
when he comes back again it is not unlike
~ that he will be accompanied by Mrs.
Manning. He is already receiving con-
CALCULATIONS in advance.
Billy Quarles home is at Petersburg,
Va. "COnny' Connaughton is from Clin-
ton, Mass, Jerry Hurley from Boston,
IA AohAAhl nun CINCINNATI. NlCuOll ana
George from Wheeling, West Va, Burns
from Quincy, ILL.,, and Holohan from Kan
sas City, Mo
The people of Savannah and the fans in
particular. will part with the
players with many regrets. Mann
ing and his men have conducted
themselves in a most gentlemanly man
ner, and their leaving so soon will not be
pleasant news to any one here. 1t is
hoped that the most of the old players
will come back next year and whOop IN
things on the diamond for tho Forest
City.
Manager Manning says none of the
boys will have their shoes tapped" as
cross ties will not be in it this year The
boys will recline lazily in buffet cars.
THROWS UP THE SPONGE.
Charleston, Aug. S.-Basebal expired
here to-day. The Macon club had been
here since Sunday waiting to play again,
but was prevented by rain. The grounds
were in order this afternoon, and a crowd
was in attenda6ce 1t was announced
that the Macon club had left for home
where it would disband. The Charles
ton club was then disbanded. 1.-The game
is over for this season" said Mr.. Carney,
and our boys are going away. Several Of
them have secured good positions in the
Eastern league. Everybody has been
paid up in fun, and the Charleston club
owes not one dollar in the city. l |
shall leave on Fridays steamer, and
don't expect to play any more this sea-
SON"
AS to the collapse of the league Carney |
said: "The long jumps, the size of the
leage, twelve club BIS, was too much, and |
the double series. think season with |
one series, beginning about April 10 and |
closing Aug. !, with eight clubs, would !
have been very successful"
Soma Atlanta TILL