The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-27
TO TACKLE THE INDIANS.
SAVANNAH AND BALTIMORE TO
CROSS BATS TODAY.

CROSS BATS TODAY.
Good Ball Promised to Savannahians
for Three Days-Maneger Manning
Thinks His Team Capable OF Doing
Up Baltimore-The Boys Fun of Oon-
fdence Sincs Whipping Charleston.
Interesting Southern League News.
Unless rain interferes this afternoon Sa-
vannRhians will have an opportunity of
seeing what their base ball club can do on
the home diamond with the Baltimore
Indians of the National League The boys
are in splendid trim and their big victory
over the Charleston Sea Gulls last Friday
has imbued them with great deal of conf
dence in their ability to match the Bati-
mores. They will play ball for all 1t is
worth during the series and the lovers Of
the game here will be treated to exhibitions
which will recall the great Savannah team
of 1886
Manager Manning says every man on the
team understands thoroughly the playing
of the others, and that the nine work to-
gsther better than any club he has ever
played with or managed. Every day he
grows more confident of Savannah7s quitting
at the end Of the season at tine top Of the
list.
Manager Manning accepts the new name,
"Hoke Smiths Champions, which the
Charleston NelOs and Courier has bestowed
on his club, and says that il the Savannahs
prove as successful in hustling after the
base ball pennant as Mr.. Secretary Smith
did in hustling after seat ia President
Cleveland's cabinet the people will have no
reason to complain.
TO PLAY In THE NEW UNIFORM.
The Savannahs will appear in to-day's
game in their new uniform, which is dark
blue with black trimmings aud black stock
ings and the word Savannah" in white
letters half-circled across the breast. The
game will be called promptly at O'Clock.
Everybody who likes base ball should 90
out and encourage the boys to
success by a large attendance. There will
be ample and comfortable accommodations
for 1900 people, The new bleachers and
the grand stand afford magnificent view
of the diamond, and police will DO in at.
tendance to see that the best Of order is
preserved. Manager Manning especially
invites the ladies 70 the game. They will
be admitted free. The general price Of ad-
mission Is % cents.
The Baltimore club arrived last night
from Charleston and is at the Pulaski. The
Indians" are a splendid looking set of men.
Southern League Gossip.
The Sporting Life this week had al ex-
cellent cut Of Manager Manning Of Savan-
nah's big team.
Birmingham will give the six ladies who
name the six winning teams on the opeu-
ing day season tickets.
Manager Murray OF Atlanta has signed
Keenan, of last seasons Chattanooga team.
Keenan, was regarded as one OF the best of
Southern League pitchers.
Catcher Spies, Pitcher Balsz and Second
Baseman Sharp, on whom Manager STALL
ings of Augusta so confidently depended,
have signed to play with San Francisco.
Altmeyer and Murray of the Atlanta
team, and Manager Schmelz OF Chatta-
nooga, were in New Orleans during the
fighting carnival and attended all the con-
tests
1t looks like trouble ahead for the Atlanta
team Motz and DeWald are claimed by
the Oaklands, and Short Stop Shelbeck is
reported as having signed with the Los An
geles club.
Nashville is raving over Gillen and Con-
ley. They have a right, too, for when he
signed the speedy little twirler and the long
in the league.
The Southern League will not have to
give up the reserved men taken from the
New England League, as the latter had no
right TO reservation, having failed to pay
for protection.
Joe Dowie, who played with the New
Orleans team last season, and who was con-
sidered the star third bsseman of the South
ern League, plays this season with Ted Sui
livan's team at Nashville.
The uniform Of the Macon team will be
of a bottle-Rreen color with maroon trim.
mings. Different colored caps will be worn
by the batteries, infield and outfield, so that
a players position can be readily distin-
guished.
Macon has released Pitcher Bailey. Rirm-
ingham has resigned Short Stop McMa-
hon. Atlanta has signed First Baseman
Motz and Catchers Richardson and Dixon.
Montgomery has signed Outfelders Minne-
han and jack McCann.
Catcher Wilson, Short Everett and Will
sons wife have arrived In Augusta. They
were in the wreck on the Nancy Hauks, but
none of them were hurt Everett had on
a derby hat when he went in the wreck and
came out with sick hat.
Rumor was current last week that Ward
of the New Orleans team would not be per-
mtted to play in that city as Baltimore
wanted him. On investigation, the above
rumor was found TO be without any founda-
ton whatever Ward had only signed with
| Baltimore for the season of 1892, and, con-
| sequently, is at liberty to sign with whom
| he pleases for the coming season.
That the Southern League clubs are not
made up of sticks and worthless castoffs is
| amply demonstrated by the stubborn way
in which Charleston held its own with the
! Pittsburg team when the two clubs tied on