The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-10
A FIGHT FOR THE FUND.
All The Clubs Holding Ont To Get a
Share Of Il.


ond in the Raoe-Maoon Leads, with
Chattanooga Third.
There is not the slightest doubt now
that the Southern League will end with
saturdays games. There are some Of
the fans wine are still hopeful and think
that some means will be devised by
which matters can be patched up and the
season finished, at least some part of it.
Thisl is only a hope, however, based on
nothing tangible, and it will hardly be
realized.
Savannah will leave here this morning
to play three games with Macon At
lanta win play Chattanooga on the lat
ter's grounds, and Augusta left Savan-
nah last night to await the coming of the
Charleston club to Augusta to play
three scheduled games there. or course
there will be no Charleston club so show
up, Augusta, however, has its eye on
the treasury fund, and will hold to-
gether and claim the three games from
Charleston, or at any rate claim to have a
legitimate club. Three of Augustus
players remained here, and
will leave tomorrow for New York.
Stallings will fill in with amateurs, or, in
fact, anybody, because it really makes no
difference how weak or how strong his
club is, as he has no team to buck against
AFTER THE LEAGUE FUND
The fund in the league treasury, which
is about 81, 200, seems to be the 'tie that
binds, " and most OF the managers have
been tuning their voices ON the coacher's
lines to the familiar old air: blessed be
the tie" etc 1t is patent fact, that no
club cares just now whether it wins or
loses. Just so long as it can call itself a
club, it is all right, and, if it fills it's en-
gagements, then it has a perfect right
to its share of the treasury fund
The league meeting in Atlanta to-mor-
row will, in all likelihood, finish up the
farce, which has been going on for seve-
raj days. At this meeting it
will probably be mutually agreed to close
the season Saturday. There will be
no disbandment of any of the clubs still
in the league, and the money in the hands
of the treasurer will be equally divided
among the remaining teams. There are
now only eight clubs in the league,
Charleston, Nashville and Birmingham
having forfeited their claims by disband-
ing.
Manager Manning, when seen by a
that he would take his team TO Macon to-
day and play three games with the Cen
trail City tossers, and second series
champions.
There viii be no throwing off either
whether the league is at an end or not, y
said he. Owe intend to do Boards ag-
gregation up if we can. | will take Cum
mings along to pitch the first, and pfoba-
bly, the last game. He is u dandy little
I -,
Macon as he did Augusta on Tuesday.
If we just had little more time we'd
knock Macon's pennant expectations into
a cooked hat"
"Will the club come back to Savan-
nah2'
II hardly think So There is little
chance of any more games being played
after the Macon series, and my men will
go to their homes as soon as they can get
off. / will be back Sunday for few DAYS
and think Billy Quarles will return with
me. He is pretty badly smitten, and very
likely will remain here a couple of weeks
before he gOes,to his home in Petersburg
| don't think from present indications
that l will have much trouble in getting
Billy to come back next season.
HAS MADE MONEY.
"Have you made much money this sea-
SOM"
Eyes. / haven't made fortune. but
| certainly am not broke. / came here
and invested my money in the base ball
business, tried hard to please the public
by giving them good, clean ball, and the
people have responded by literally
patroniZing the games. | wish
you would state that their
many kindncsses are greatly appreciated
by me and the entire club. My expenses
have been pretty heavy, but / have pulled
through without any trouble and with
profit to myself. The players salaries
of the Savannah team have amounted to
something like 81 ZOO per month, exclus-
i've of my own salary. Besides that the run
ming expenses are always heavy. Travel
ing expenses, hotel bills, etc, count up in
a lively way at times"
"Will you get any of the old players
back for next yearlH
''Yes think | will The most of them
would like to come back, but you can't
tell what will turn up until the next sea-
son rolls around. / will have good
team here if the people Of Savannah want
good base ball next year"
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
The standing of the clubs of the cas-
tern division is as follows:
l. Macon.
2 Savannah.
g. Chattanooga.
A. Atlanta.
s. Charleston.
g. Augusta.
Jerry Hurley sails to-day for his home
in Boston, where he will resume his oc-
cupation as a boilermaker Jerry was
anxious to 60 as soon as possible, after IL
was certain that the league would end
this week, so Manager Manning let him
off. He says he hopes to play ball here
next season.
Billy Quarles will return Sunday, and
will spend couple of weeks in the city
with friends 1t is whispered that Billy
is very much concerned about a fair indi-
dividual who will probably have some
thing to do with his future, hence his
reluctance to leaving Savan-
nah. When he leaves here
he will go to his home at
Va He viii pitch for the
team which is holding its own
in the tri-city league of Virginia Billy,
like the rest Of the boys, hopes TO show
up here again next season
Dooley, the crack third baseman Of the
Augusta club, who is accompanied by
Mrs Dooley, did not return with the
Fountain City team last night. He
and Mrs. DoOley win sail for New York
tomorrow. Dooley has been playing
great ball for nine years. He says he
does not expect to engage in the national
sport another season. He will 90 into
business in New York city.
L., rl...... Al