The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-04
FOOT BALLGAME
THE UNIVERSITY BOYS TO TACKLE
A SAVANNAH TEAM.

The Contest to Take Place Here St.
Pstrick's Dsy-The Object to Raise
Funds to Send Some Deserving
Young Man to the University for
an Education Special Excursion
Trains VIII Be Run to Give Peo-
pie a Chance to See the States
Greatest Sporting Event.
A great game OF foot ball Is IN prospect
for Savannah on st. Patrick's day. The
University Club Of Athens and the Savan-
nah foot ball team will meet each other
here 1t will be battle of giants.
Without doubt 1t will be the biggest game
of foot ball this section has ever known 4,
and it will attract attention from one end
of the state TO the other.
The university team has wide reputa-
ton, gained from past victories, and the
Savannah teams have been resting on their
laurels for year because they could secure
none to contest them. The match is being
arranged under the auspices of the Uni
versity Club of Savannah and the object in
view is a worthy one.
IN AID OF EDUCATION.
Il is to raise sufficient funds to send some
deserving young man from Savannah to
the state university at Athens. Maj. P. W,
Meldrim suggested the idea and the Uni
versitY Club took hold Of it and will carry it
through to success.
Mai Meldrim has been in corre-
spondence with the leaders of the university
team and also the faculty of the institution
and has secured the consent of the latter to
the game.
The university team is exceedingly
anxious to play under the circum-
stances. The Savannah team has
been conferred with and have agreed
to play without further remuneration than
the actual expenses incurred In the game.
All the gate money, except the small amount
required for expenses, will go in the fund to
send some youth to the university.
TUE COLLEGE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL COME.
The University Club proposes to make the
occasion an event of its kind not to be for-
gotten. Arrangements are being made with
the Central railroad TO run a special train
to Athens to bring down the university
team and all the students who can come,
probably $50 or more, and besides all the
girls from the Lucy Cobb Institute,
the home school, who can get away. The
girls were allowed to 60 to the foot ball
game in Atlanta, and, Maj. Meldrim says,
he sees no reason why they should not be
allowed to come to Savannah. The whole
faculty Of the schools can come along with
the scholars II they wish. With the citi-
zens of Athens who will come along to wit
ness the game the special train will prob
ably bring several hundred passengers Co
Savannah.
IT WILL ATTRACT LOTS OBJ VISITORS.
Hundreds of others will come from every
section Of the state to witness the game.
The special train will be decorated with the
university colors and the ground upon
| which the game is to be played will be
decorated with the same colors.
Ssvannah's team will be made up from
the different foot ball clubs Of the city. II
will go to work at once to get in shape for
| the game.
The material Of the home team will be
| first-class in every respect. There will be
several college graduates on the team who
are familiar with foot ball from past exper-
fence and the remainder will be made Ut
largely of members Of the old Catholic
| Library team
1t has not yet been decided where the
| game will take place, but 1t will probably
| be either at the Bolton street park or the
bicycle grounds. 1t will be great game
and it is expected not less than 10, 600 people
| will sea IT,