Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-10
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
What is Going On in Turf; Base
Ball and Pugilistio Circles.
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Opening Of the Base Ball Season in six
Cities.

Opening Of the Base Ball Season In eiz
| Cities.
ATLANTA, Ga. April 10.-The first champion
| shfp ball game Of the season Of 80 will b.
played today by the Southern League in six cities
of the south. 1t Is the opening Of the Southern
League season and contests will be watched with
! great interest not only through the south but
by ball lovers throughout the entire country.
The Southern League occupiesa unique position
this season, one it has never occupied before.
It Is no exaggeration TO say that it is first Of
the minor leagues Of the country. being second
only to the National League.
The outlook for q successful season in the
south is all that could be desired The league
this year consists Of twelve clubs, and on paper
these clubs are 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, has
put all the best minor league players in the
country where the Southern League managers
could get them The result is that the players
who have heretofore figured in the National,
Eastern, Western. Southern, California, Pacific,
Northwest. j. and /. and Texas leagues now
meet on common ground in the same league.
This feature is one that adds greatly to the
interest in this leagues race with the lovers OF
the game outside Of league cities. The league
is in excellent standing, and the executive head
is Chas. C. Hart of Atlanta, and in all the cities
leading business men have charge Of club
affairs.
The opening games will be (with umpires
officiating): Atlanta in Savannah, Thomas
Forster; Chattanooga in Charleston, William
Montgomery in birmingham, Ed Reeder; Nash
vile in Memphis, Jack Sheridan; New Orleans
in Mobile. Charles Lewis.
The list of players in the several league teams
shows many names OF men well known in tho
bs5e ball world. as well as quite number Of
49,. H.
without exception men of prominence in their
profession. If there are any mistakes in the
appended list it is because contracts have not
all been sent in.
The list is as follows:
Atlanta-W. J. Murray, manager; Con Muir
Corners, Camp. Ely, Lally. Letcher.
Augusta-Geo. Stallings, manager; Wilson,
| German. Shaw, Dooley, O'Brien, Denny,
White, Everett, Stafford.
Birmingham-Wm. Earle, manager; Barrott
Southland, Underwood, stearns. Eagan, Niles,
Mcmahon, Ulrich, Broderick, GAM.
Chattanooga-Gus Schmeltz, manager; Sell
bach, Menefee, Easton, Stephens, Nevins, Ryan,
McClelland, Barrett, Walsh, Abbey.
Charlesson-J. ]. Carney, manager; Sudgen,
Wiland, Colcolough, Gayle. kiileen, Wheeiock,
Flaherty, Hatfield. Long, Mccarthy, Ladd.
Boland, Abbey, Hughey Miller, McGuirk,
Wentz. Carroll, Weddige, Gillen, York.
Memphis-Frank Graves, manager; Rogers
! Boian, Wittrock, Mason, Griffiths, Cartwright
Phelan, Clingman, Dawkins, Goodenough,
Frank.
Montgomery. J. McClosky, manager
WEIGH, Donohue, Peppers. Shea, Hossamer
Fisher, Mennehan, Mccain, George, Rogers
Smith
| Nashville-Ted Sullivan, manager; sommers
kreig, Vickery, Phillips, Gillen, Brien, Mack
Burke, Dowie, Wood, Burrell.
New Orleans-Abner Powell. manager; Bald
win. Luby, Leach, Doran, Jantzen, Ward
Doyle, Thorpe, Campau, Polhemus.
Savannah-James Manning, manager; Hur
ley, Connaughton, Meakin, Petty, Jamison
| klusman, Wetzel, McGarr, Cross, Nichol,
| Shaffer.
Mobile-John Kelly, manager; Frost, Dan.
iels: Sherwood, Donnely, Gragg, Lutenburg
Mills, Strauss, Trauby, Gettinger, Hamburg
Gilks.