The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-21
BASEBALL NEWS NOTES.
A Statement Showing How the South.
ern League Stood at Its Close.

a statement showing How the South
ern League stood at Its Close.
President Nicklin, Of the southern
League, has just completed a compilation
Of the standing Of the league when it
passed into history. Some of the items
shown are quite interesting. For instance,
no less than 81 800 were paid out alone for
basebaus. Another is that the total
amount assessed during all the games
was only S460.
| The expenses of the league, not includ-
| ing individual clubs, but in reference to
the salaries of the umpires and treasurer,
and miscellaneous accounts, were
| IS, 655. 80. ...
The amount received by the league from
the clubs was So, 627. From this amount
was paid $500 for protection from the Ma
| tiOnal league.
The guarantee fund of the league was
SO 900 and the sinking fund, 3 per cent. of
| the gate receipts, amounted to 81 $50.
The total number of players employed
by al the clubs was 100 The highest
! batting average made by any player was
800 and the lowest 106 The total number
| of home runs made during all the league
! games was 246. ,
The clubs in the league at the finish
were Atlanta, Chattanooga, Macon Mont
] ROUltIA. AuGuSlds Now OIltduS, AlOUllC
| and Memphis.
The cities forfeiting their franchises
| were Charleston, Nashville and Birming-
! ham.
This is what they say of Chippy Nc
! Carr in Cleveland: ''McGarr is playing
| third base better than any man in the
| league except Nash. 1t is doubtful if
! Nash is his equal in anything but in the
matter of throwing. In that respect it is
| probable that Nash is the better man of
] the two. Some of the pick-upS and
! throws that McGarr has made in the
! games of the past week have been as good
as the best that ever were seen on the
! Cleveland grounds"
! The only clubs that have won ten games
in a series thus far are the BOstons and
/ BaltimOres. The former beat the Balti-
/ mOres that number, and the latter beat
! Brooklyn the same number. Cleveland
| beat Pittsburg and St. Louis nine games
each. PittsbUg beat Chicago and Gin
cinnati that number, and Chicago lost as
many to St. Louis.
The California League-composed of
teams from San Francisco, Sacramento
| and Oakland-has broken up. The cause
/ is poor attendance at the games. The
| league was organized in 1881, and this is
the first season the full schedule of games
was not completed.
Ward says that Rusie, German, Petty
and Baldwin will do the pitching for the
| New York next season. Davis will be re-
leased. Kelly has given satisfaction to
the manager and captain. 1t seems that
Savannahs crack pitcher is taking well
with the New Workers.
!
stories of the disarmament of the South
ern League clubs. In speaking of the dis
bandment of the Savannah team Sporting
Life says: 1.-The disbanding of the league
at this time does not give the clubs the
right to reserve PLAYERS, so that the clubs
will start off next season on an entirely
new footing. Manning and Beard, how
ever, 90 not anticipate any difficulty in
getting the old teams"
Next season will see the Western Base
| Ball League again in existence. The
league will include eight cities, which
will be selected from the following: st.
Paul, Minneapolis Denver, Kansas City,
Milwaukee. Des MOines, St. Joseph, Sioux
City and Lincoln.
Dots From spprtipg Life and Sporting
News.
Jerry Denny is not keeping up his
4 southern batting gait with Louisville, but
! his fielding is phenomenal and atones for
4 any deficiency i'll batting ability.
Captain Ward never plays ball without
wearing a red flannel sleeve that covers
! his shoulder and upper arm, to prevent
/ cold in the shoulder muscles. He says
4 his arm is good now, and he doesn't care
to take any chances with it. Tim Keefe
also wears a similar sleeve.
The New Yorks have played 26 players
! this season up to date, Cincinnati %,
| Cleveland and St. Louis %. Chicago and
Baltimore %, Louisville q, Pittsburg and
! Brooklyn 10, Washington and Philadel-
phia l6, Boston 15 This makes total of
/ 247, and the season has a month and a
1 half yet to run.
Few, very few, base ball players have
ever made money in the saloon business,
4 but many have been ruined by it. Still
they go up against the fascination as
moth seeks the lighted candle.
In running in on hunted balls and
throwing them to first, Chippy McGarr is
without superior in his position. His
ability to make the play so well seems to
| be in the fact that he picks the bail up
and throws it with the same motion.
/ Nearly all third basemen are obliged to
steady themselves after grasping the ball
before throwing it.
The Southern League was a good or
ganization to develop pitchers. There
has been very little demand for pitchers
from the Eastern League this season.
Was it due to the warmer weather south?
The New Yorks have decided not to
play any game after the close of the
championship season. They will disband
Oct. l.
Cincinnati now has a regular Southern
] League team, six of the new men playing
with thaUclub having been secured from
| the south.
Two weeks salary is due the members
| of the Nashville club.
Memphis does not want to De classed
with the quitters in the Southern League.
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