The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-10
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
OPENING OF TaB SEASON IL SIX
CITIES TODAY.

| Great Interest Taken IN the Coming
Contests-The First in Standing OF
tie Minor Leagues-Club Affairs in
the Hands of Leading Business Men.
ATLANTA, GA, April 0.-To-morrow the
FIRST championship ball game OF the season
OF 1898 will be played by the Southern
League in six cities Of the south. IL is the
opening Of the Southern League season and
! the contests will be watched with great in-
terest, not only through the south, but by
! all lovers Of the game throughout tho en-
tire country. The Southern League ocou-
pies a unique position this season-one it
has never occupied before. Ii is no exagger-
alton to say that 10 is the first Of the minor
Leagues of the country, beiEg second only
to the National League The outlook for a
successful season in the south is all that
could be desired.
The League this year consists of twelve
clubs. and on paper these clubs arc as
nearly equally matched as twelve clubs
could be- The situation in the Eastern
League, coupled with the absence from the
field this year Of the Western League, have
put all the
BEST MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
in the country where the Southern League
managers ouold get them. The result is
that players who have heretofore figured in
the National, Eastern, Western, Southern,
California, Pacific, Northwest and Texas
leagues now meet on common ground in the
same league. This feature ia ono that adds
greatly to the interest in this leagues race
with the lovers OF the GENE outside OF the
league cities. The league is in excellent
standing and the executive head Is Charles
G. Hart OF Atlanta, and in ali the
cities leading business men have charge
OF club affairs. The opening games
will be with umpires ofiiciatilg) Atlanta In
Savannah, Thomas Forster; Chattanooga in
| CharlestoN, William Harrington; Augusta
in Macon, W. NJ. Serad; Montgomery In
Birmingham, Ed Reeder; Nashville in
Memphis Jack Sheridan; New Orleans in
Mobile. Charles Lewis.
The list OF players In the several league
teams shows many names OF men we'll
known is the base ball world, as well as
| quite number of promising youngsters.
The managers are without exception men
of prominence in their profession. IL there
are any mistakes in the appended list it is
| because the contracts have not all been
! sent in.
NAMES or THE PLAYERS.
Tho liat is rs follows:
| Atlenta-W. J. Murray, manager: Con
Murphy, Dixon, Retger, Dewald, Keenan,,
| Motz, Conners, Camp, Ely, Laily, Letcher.
| Wilson, German, Shaw, Dooley, O'Brlen,
Denny, White, Everett, Stafford.
| Rirming William Earle, manager
| Parrot, Southard, Underwood, Stearns,
Egan, Miles, Mcmahon, Ulrioh, Broderick,
| CAM.
Chattanooga-Gus sohmeltz, manager;
| Meuefee, 6elbach, Easton, Stephens,
Nevens, Ryan, McClellsnd, Larett, Walsh,
Abbey.
Charleston-J. J. Carney. manager; Sug-
den. Wiland, Colcoiough, Gayle. Gilleen,
Wheelook, Flaherty, Hatfield, Long, Nc
! Carthy, Lsdd,
MGcon-G. V. Burbridge. manager; Hess,
| BolaGd, Abbey, Hughey, Miller, McCiuirk
Vent. Carroll, Weddege, Gilen. York.
Memphis-Frank Graves, manager; kog"
| eTs, Bolan, WittrOck, Mason, Griliiths,
Cartwright, Phelan. Clingman, Dawkins,
| Goodenough, Frank.
! Mobils-John Kelly, manager; Frost,
| Daniels, Sherwood, Donolly, GragR, Luten-
burg. Mills. Strauss, Trauby, Ettinger,
Hamburg. Gilks.
Montgomery-J. j. McClosky, manager;
| Welch, Donohue, Pappers, Shen. Hassamer,
| Fisher, Minnehan, McCann, George, Rogers,
| Smith.
Nashvillo-Ted Sullivan, manager; Som
mers Kreig, Vickery, Phillips, Gillen,
O'Brien, Mack, Burke, Dowie, Wood, Bur
ren.
New Orlesns-Abner Powell, manager ;
| Baldwin, Luby. Leach. Doran, Jantzen,
Ward, Doyle, Thorpe, Campau, Polhemus
! Savsunah--James Manning, manager;
! Hurley, Connaughton, MeaEim, Petty,
Jamison, Klusman, Wetzel, MoGarr, Cross,
Nicholl, Shaffer.
| CINCINNATI VS.. ST. LOUIS.
! At Cincinnati
| Cincinnati. O 1-9
| st. Louis. ......,,...0 / / ID
PRIN CETON VS.. NAVAL CADETS.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, April 9.-The Prince
| ton University boys defeated the naval
cadets in q base ball game yesterday by a
| score OF to 4.