The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-16
TO LEAVE SAVANNAH OUT.
The Scheme For Next Seasons South
eTl League.

The Holders of the Franchises to Meet
in Chattanooga the First Monday in
November-Savannah and Charles
ton Looked Upon AS Too Far Away
to Figure in the Next LeaRue-An
All Around Change in Managers.
Savannah is interested in the base ball
situation just now. What about next
season." is being asked by base ball men
almost every day.
The holders of the Southern League
franchises will meet in Chattanooga
on the first Monday in Noyem Der for
the purpose of arranging next years
plans. There are at present only
nine clubs in the league, Birming-
ham, Nashville and Charleston having
forfeited their franchises by desertiOn
early in August. While nothing definite
is known as yet it is generally under
stood that there will be a league next
year.
The question is whether or not there
will be twelve or eight clubs in the cir
cult Some of the magnates favor drop
ping Savannah and Augusta and running
the league with eight clubs, taking either
jackson, Miss, or Columbus, Ca, to COM
plete the circuit. Others favor taking
back Nashville and letting Savannah and
Augusta go.
1t is generally agreed that a twelve
club league would be impracticable if it
included Charleston and Savannah, be-
cause the jumps would necessarily be too
long.
The Southern League of 1894, according
to the Sporting News, will probably be
composed of the cities of Nashville, Chat
tanooga and Memphis, in the state of
Tennessee; Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and
Columbus, in Georgia; Montgomery and
Mobile, in Alabama, and New Orleans.
This leaves Savannah out of it. 1t re-
mains to be seen, though, whether the
best paying town, and practically the
best ball town in the south will be left
out or not. 1t seems pretty well
settled that Jimmy Manning, who
managed the Savannahs, will take charge
of the Kansas City club of the Western
League, Long, of Charleston, will put
club in Milwaukee, Murray, of Atlanta,
may also go into the Western League.
Stallings will probably return to Cali
fornia, Gus Schmelz, of Chattanooga, will
go TO Washington. The latter is already
beginning to collect material for 1894
The Washington club will be composed
entirely of young players when it appears
again. Ted Sullivan will hardly try to
inject himself into southern base ball
failure. Beard may go back to Macon
and McCloskey to Montgomery
1t will thus be seen that there is almost
an entire change about in managers, and
what will be the outcome of the Chatta-
nooga meeting remains to be seen. The
New Orleans franchise has passed out of
the hands Of Genshnger, and is now con-
trolled solely by Henry Powers. Mr.
Genslinger has left New Orleans perma-
nently, and will establish a club at ST.
Paul. Mimi. MIR. Powers has not decided
upon a manager as yet. He may take
Abner Powell. Powell will spend the
winter in New Orleans. In case he does
not manage the New Orleans club will
probably go back to Oregon, where he has
interests.
Base ball has never fourished in the
south later than August, whereas earlier
in the season it is well patronized. 1t is
highly probable, therefore, that the COM
ing season win be changed to commence
about the middle or latter part of March
and terminate early in September.