The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-09


Says the Detroit Free Press: Base ball,
once the game of the country. is journey
ing toward the mythical happy hunting
grounds. and the intervening space is not
great. The game which people raved over,
which occupied more space in the daily pa
pers than anything will in she future, must
be content with publicity in the few cities
where 1t remains In favor, and where efforts
are being made to put life into what is al
most corpse. The causes have been ex-
planned too many times, and they now
stand forth as warning beacon to other
sports, yet pugilists, wheelmen and even
horsemen are carefully overlooking them.
The National League will try 1t again and
the game will be kept alive snother year i,
at least, but should the decline continue ie
is doubtful il the men who have been losing
money since the revolt will support the
down trodden players much longer. ANA
teur base ball seems also to have been
affected by the rising sentiment against the
game, as the games last year were patron
ICED on very few occasions. An effort will
be made to perfect a new western circuit
this year, and In that case there may be
some exciting playing"
The St. Louis Browns will make an ex-
tended trip through the south in the spring,
playing all the Southern League olnbS from
Memphis to New Orleans.
"Umpires for the Southern League, says
President Young. ''have been turned over
to me. and there is hardly q mail that does
not bring me an application for one of these
positions. 1t must he borne in mind that in
making my selections for these places care
will be observed TO get only the best men
possible"
Frisco clergyman attacked foot ball
and said: II would merely suggest from a
clergyman's standpoint that base ball ia
better for young men than foot ball. We
do not live In the age OF Greece or Rome.
We live, thanks be to God, in a Christian
land"
playing base ball on Sunday" says
President Young of the National League,
must be regulated by the communities in
which the clubs composing our organization
have their existence, but do not think that
the people of the east will ever look with
favor upon such proposition. So far as
the western cities are concerned, however,
il is entirely different. Their people de-
mand sport OF an interesting nature, par
ticularly on Sundays, when so many thou
sands Of their population have leisure time
on their hands. 1t is mainly to meet this
demand that the National League consented
TO counteaance Sunday base ball playing at
ShiCdBOAu huuiIiOu 10 eSC. LOUIS, LOulBvlll6
and CINCINNATI, and it will be In the
nature of an experiment. In the
first-named city next season. All the
pros and cons OF this subject were
carefully considered by the National League
at its recent meeting. and the conclusion
was reached after long discussion TO allow
each city to do as it might be deemed best
for the interest of the game and the stock
holders Of the respective clubs Naturally
enough. the eastern magnates opposed Sum
day base ball contests because their patrons
did not favor them, while on behalf OF the
west 1t was conclusively demonst rated that
Sunday was the best day of the week 81 far
as receipts at the gate were concerned. I'm
all probA bility only four out of the twelve
cluos composing the National Le5 que will
go into an arrangement for playing the ma
tional game on the Sabbath day. Thus far
the clubs sgnifying their intention to play
Sunday games are Chicago, Cincinnati,
Louisville and st. Louis"