The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-10
READY TO PLAY BALL.
The Guessing Contest at the Opening
Game Tomorrow.

The Guessing Contest at the Opening
Game Tomorrow.
The Southern League base ball season
will start tomorrow. Everything is
ready for the game with Charleston. The
wire netting which keeps the ball out of
the grand stand was put up yesterday af-
ternoon, and the grand stand is now
ready Tor use. The Western Union Tele-
graph Company viii have a line to the
park and the patrons will have every
game which is being played by the South
ern League reported by innings on
blackboard Tor that purpose. The board
can be plainly seen from any part of the
grand stand, and from the bleachers.
ms VIII prove great attraction to the
park.
The charges will not be exactly as
stated. The price for gentlemen is % cents
gate fee, 10 cents for grand stand and 10
cents extra for reserved chair seat.
Ladies will not be charged admission, but
Will nave 10 pay 10 cents for the grand
stand and 10 cents extra for reserved
chair seat. On Thursdays, ladies' day,
ladies' Will be admitted to the grand
stan0 free, but if they wish to use the
chairs they will be charged 10 cents.
There is also slight change in regard to
the guessing on the number Of the audi
ence at to-morrow's game. Guessers will
have to come with their guess written on
card, or slip of paper. The cards, or
paper slips, must also contain the name
and address. There will be a box outside
the park on each side of the gate. One
box Will be marked Ladies'" and the
other Gentlemen Guessers will have
TO drop their guess in the right box be-
fore entering the grounds. AS stated
yesterday, the lady and gentleman guess
ing nearest the number Of people at the
wi oh ,swr,,.
cIudlng ticket TO the grand stand To
assist the guessers, it may be stated that
the park has seating capacity of 5000
ana 1t is expected that its capacity will
be tested tomorrow.
There is one thing certain, and that is
that no city in the south has prettier
base ball park than Savannah. The new
park is voted by all who have seen it, to
be daisy. The ground is perfectly
level, smooth, and hard. The grounds
are 375 feet wide by 400 feet
long, which is considered ample
space for the game. 1t is time that Tub
WEIGH and some of the others
OF Savannah's hard hitters, will occa-
sionally lift ball over the left field
fence, but this will not happen any oftener
than it did on the old grounds last year
II IS the arrangement of the park which
forms its principal attractions.
The grand stand is located in the north
west corner of the grounds, thus shutting
off the sun from the eyes of the specta-
tors in the afternoons, besides being so
arranged to catch the breeze, if there is
any.
One Of the best features of the grand
stand is the 300 opera chairs on the right
side of the stand. These seats will be
sold down town in advance. and can be
reserved for any game, similar to the
seats fhRatnr hNr
seats in the grand stand besides the
opera chairs. The bleachers, which are
on the west side of the park.
will seat about 1000 people.
The boys on the bleachers win have the
sun on their backs instead of in their
eyes.
A picket fence, running from either
side of the grand stand shuts off teams
from the grounds and prevents their in
trusion to the disturbance of the PLAYERS.
which has been so often complained of
before
The facilities for reaching the park are
good The Electric railway has put in
spur track from OFT street to the park
gate with Y at the gate. Cars for the
northern part of the city will be stationed
on one arm of the Y, and those
1or the southern part of the
city on the other, thus preventing
confusion in finding the right car in the
rush from the grounds at the close of the
games.
All the players are delighted with the
grounds, and it is very likely that the
public will be equally as we'll pleased.
The recent game between the Butchers
and the Bartenders resulted in a tie, the
score IA to IA. 1t is probable another
game will be played next Sunday to de-
eide the contest. The playing of Daniels
and young Mack of Boston was good. The
latter who pitched the last few innings,
struck out three men each inning, and if
he had been put in the box earlier in the
game it is safe to say the Butchers would
have received severe trouncing.