The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-28
THE TWO FOOT BALL TEAMS.
How the Men WIN Line Up for To-
morrow's Contest.

The savannah foot ball team held its
81. regular practice meeting last night,
-.-r all the men are in exceptionally good
.-.-, They will meet tonight for their
srsl drill and for the purpose of practic-
a., the signals. as well as to talk over
.r. prospects Of the game, and the prob
,sf,f,v is that they will put up one of the
tss+ games Savannah has ever seen when
.esv meet the Athens men on the grid
iron tomorrow afternoon.
1-,5t ball has been all the talk for the
loo TWO or three days among Savan-
rsrfans. and the outlook is that the
grand stands and bleachers at the Boil
+.r street park will have to support a
1srrar crowd than has been seen there
since Jimmy Manning brought his team
here for its first game of base ball
I-yorvbody and his brother and uncle
and aunt is going to see the game, and the
unlock is that the Athens boys will be
Given a warm and hearty reception. The
T-rfyersity Club men are going to at
tend in a body and the grand stand is
s,fng to be decorated with the colors
of both teams. The fine work of the
Athens men in their recent games has
,,uf them pretty near the top of the list
among the clubs of this section of the
south. and for this and other reasons
the game will be decidedly interesting.
In a letter to Manager Finney Manager
Moreno of the Athens team writes: while
we have won all the games played except
the first, yet the 90 score of last Thanks
Giving is still on our minds, and though
we thing we have chance to win, we
are expecting the hardest game of the sea-
son. our season 1 suppose will end after
thursdays game, as we have no more
games scheduled"
The Athens team will arrive by the Cen
trail tomorrow morning and will be met at
the depot by a delegation composed of Sa-
yannah players and University alumnae
The team will stop at the Pulaski house.
which will be decorated with the colors of
the two teams in honor of the occasion
Many of the proprietors of stores in the
CITY have expressed their intention of
decorating with the colors of the Athens
and Savannah teams, and, the city will
have a gala appearance. Manager Moreno
of the Athens team will probably be down
tonight to make all arrangements for
the game, and a large delegation from
Athens is expected to accompany the
University boys. The two teams will line
up tomorrow afternoon as follows:
Athens. Savannah.
clark .......... Left End. ....,...,.. Gordon
Watkins. ..-. Left Tackle ....,..,.... Keenan,
Price Left Guard. Conner
Nally .....,.,..Left Centera.......... Hicks
Kent .......... Right Guard. ....,.... Wyness
Fleming, ..... Right Tackle.o.B. Williams
Spain, F.......! Right En- ...... .LeMaistre
Butler ........Q Quarter Back.......... Ryals
Shaekelford Left Half Baek..... Walker
Halsey hight Half Back, Brady
Stubss ........ Full Back.......H. Hipkins
Athens substitutes will be w. Spain,
Morris, Snider and Killorin. The average
weight of the team is ISL pounds. r. Win
ston who coached Yales team for three
years has been training the Athens men,
and will come down with them The colors
Of the Athens team are red and black.
The substitutes of the Savannah team
will be Nydegger, Krenson, Winters, F.
Williams and Crawford. The average
weight Of the men is 159 pounds. The colors
Of the Savannah team are brown and
white, and they viii appear in their new
uniforms of these colors,