The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
VAIL OF THE SEA GULLS.
SAVANNAH BALL BOYS MADE
MONKEYS OF TIE CHARLESTONs.


Team From the Field OF Victory-He
Says the Charleston Folks Thought
Savannah Had a Team of Amateurs
The News and Courier's Story Of the
Waterloo-The savannahs Dubbed
"Hoke Smiths Champions"
Manager Manning and his team Of ball
tossers returned last night from Charleston
feeling jubilant over the manner in which
they wiped up the earth with the Sea Gulls
day before yesterday. Each member Of
the club brought back as a souvenir one of
the red ''dead rabbitn circulars, which the
Charlestonians had kindly dedicated to
Savannah in anticipation Of a glorious
victory which never came.
Here is the circular which was scattered
about Charleston's streets, and Of which the
author now no doubt fells ashamed after
the way Savannah turned the tables:
"Savsnnahs dead rabbit club is here
ready to take the same kind of medicine
that Strengthened out the Baltimore Indians.
Come out and see us wipe the ground up
WITH them"
CHARLESTON SURPRISED.
There was no game in Charleston yester-
day afternoon because the heavy rain
turned the park into a big mud puddle.
Manager Manning says the Charleston peo-
pie were under the impression that SaVan-
nRhs team was amateurish, and shat
game with them would be a soft snap, but
they were given a surprising awakening in
seeing an aggregation of men capable of
knocking the "only Colcolough" out of the
box with ease.
The Charleston NelUs and Courier in its
heading Of the article on the ball game,
dubs the Savannahs "The Hoke Smith
Champions" The following is the story
told by that paper of Charleston's w aterloo:
The Savannah base ball team batted
complete victory out of the vanquishers of
Maryland, my Maryland yesterday. 1t
might have been because the clouds that
hung gloomily over the western sky prom
ised abundant rain. 1t might have been be-
cause Mr.. Thomas Colcolough happened to
have an Off day or because the Orioles
were lowering around praying for revenge,
or because MCCARTHY had hurt his finger
and could not take part. But, anyhow, the
big boys from the Forest city sent the ball
flying all over the field just out of the
fielders' hands, and the only original
Charleston twirler was, for a wonder,
forced to yield the box to Gayle.
WE KNEW IT ALL THE TIME.
"The Savannah people have strong
team. No one can deny that. It is very
strong team. They play ball for all they
are worth, and they seem to have a special
grudge against the pitcher and the center
field fence. But they are not 80 strong
that they can make monkeys out Of the Sea
Gulls every day. That they won fair and
square game simply by their batting is a
fact beyond dispute, but there were several
accidents which helped TO run the score up
to its calamitous proportions
"Of the Charlestons' batting and base
running il Is not necessary to speak at
length. They did not distinguish them
selves by any means, but they got In four
men, which was just that many better than
none at all. Their fielding was, with three
exceptions, one of which was both notable
and lamentable, active and spirited.
THE Savannahs played in luck all the
way through. In the first inning Nicholl
took his base on balls. Then two men got
out at first. Klussman hit down to short
and got his base on Hatfield's costly error,
and that was when the damage was done.
ConnaughtoD, Shatfsr and Hurley followed
with clean hits, the second Of which was a
3-bagger, and before the side went out four
runs were scored.
HOW THEY KNOCKED OUT CoLCoLoUGB.
THE next two innings were uneventful.
But in the fourth Coloolough met his
Waterloo. Meekim, Nicholl, McGarr,
Manning, Klussman and Connaughton sue
cessively pounded the ball into all kinds of
shapes, netting ten bases with four earned
runs. Errors and a base in balls let in an
other run in the sixth.
THE fielding of the Savannahs was brill
liant in the extreme. While two errors
were charged up to their account, they were
not OF much consequence alongside of such
batting, Ii seemed that wherever Charles
ton man would send the ball there would
invariably be about six Savannah men right
after it. Almost every long fly that was
hit went straight into the special territory
OF some of Savannahs', felders. They caught
standing and sitting and running and climb
ing up the fence and In every conceivable
inning darkness ended the game The sad
story is briefly told"
TO TACKLE BALTIMORE TOMORROW.
Tomorrow Savannahians will have a
chance to see the local club on the home
diamond with Baltimore, and after the lat
ters experience in Charleston Manager
Manning does not think there is much doubt
about Savannah's ability TO knock out the
Indians. The three games will no doubt be
quite exciting and ought to attract a big
crowd TO the park. The boys deserve 10
after the manner in which they held aloft
Savannah's colors in the City by the Sea.
The Baltimore team will arrive Tonight.
Tomorrow game will be called promptly
at o'clock. The admission will be 25 cents
and tickets can be purchased at Gazan e.
Byck's and }. B. Fernandez's cigar stores.
The following will be the composition of
the two teams:
Baltimore. Savannah.
Robinson c. Hurley c,
Cob,