The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-25
M'CLOSKEY SIGNS JANTZEN.
Another Strong Player Added to the
Savannah Team.

The Question of Grounds Settled by
the Securing Of Bolton Street Park.
McCloskey and Mr.. Parsons Come to
Terms-The Southern Leagues New
Trouble.
The work Of signing players for the
Savannah base ball. team goes merrily
along Manager McCloskey has added
Jantzen to his list and is negotiating with
other good players.
Jantzen caught for New Orleans last
year and will fill the same position on
the Savannah team. He measures feet
inches, and is considered one of the
finest back stops in the country. He is a
hard hitter and can throw the ball without
the least exertion. He will make a good
addition to the team that McCloskey has
already signed.
Mr.. Harry Parsons and Manager Nc
Closkey have been in consultation with
reference to the base ball grounds and it
looks as if the Bolton street park will be
see cted. The grounds will be put in con-
dition and the grand stand and bleaching
boards will be repaired. There was some
hitch in the selection of park. but it is
understood that the railroad appreciated
the benefit it would derive from the
travel and the concessions demanded by
the management of the club have been
made
A QUESTION OF RENT.
The question of rent cut quite figure,
and it was quite surprise to those inter
ested in the welfare of the club There
will probably be no bonus given as in
other cities, but equally satisfactory ar
no no n C wi no
The proposition of the Wheelmen's
Park Association was not seriously CON
sidered. The distance was too great, and
should the Bolton street park not have
been secured efforts would have been
made to use the old Pompeiian grounds on
the line of the Electric railway.
The New York team will probably
reach Savannah the early part of the
month, and remain for about three weeks,
playing exhibition games with picked
mines and also with the Baltimore team,
which will practice at Macon.
MoNTGoMERY's KICK.
There seems to be trouble brewing for
the league. The Montgomery Base Ball
Association is sore over the treatment it
received at the league meeting when the
vacancy made by Augusta was filled by
admitting Macon into the fold. Mont
gomery sent two representatives to the
meeting to present her claims, but they
were not given a hearing until Macon had
been admitted.
1t is claimed that the election Of Macon
was compromise of the injunction suit
begun last summer by that club.
The Montgomery people are indignant
and will probably institute suit against
the league and prevent it from playing in
Alabama. The Montgomery Association
has retained council to look after its in
terests and the league may be consider
ably Inconvenience as a result.
An exchange prints the following good
story told by Fred Dunlap when he was
in the habit of spending his evenings with
such chaice spirits as Jim Mccormick,
Bill Purcell and others in little game of
draw:
In those days light-headed youths who
are struck on ball players were just as
numerous as they are now, and at one of
the sittings a particularly soft-looking
guy Joined the party He was given a
hand, and at the conclusion of the seance
he was about cleaned out. But he was
a dead game sport and made never a
squeal. Turning 10 Mccormick he
said:
Say, jim, I'd like to get square. How
will / know when you're going TO send
man to first on balls2"
This rather took Macs breath away,
but the chance for joke was too good 10
be missed and he said
"Why, easy enough Whenever / wipe
the sweat Of my face drawing his index
finger horizontally across his forehead)
this way, I'll give a base on balls"
Good enough" said the cherub: "Ill
be at the grounds with roll"
1t will be remembered that Mccormick
perspired very profusely-so much so, In
fact, that like Billy Taylor he would
generally take a towel on the field with
him When Mccormick reached the
ground he had forgotten all about the in
cident OF the night before. But not 50
with the young man. He was there with
his wad eager for the fray 20 begin.
As soon as Mac began 10 pitch the per-
SEPARATION began 10 stream from him, and,
unmindful OF the young man and his roll,
drew his finger across bis forehead and
snapped the sweat away.
That was the young mans tip. He inn
med ately bet a tenner that the batsman
would reach GrsL on balls, but II was one