The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-21
Gossip of the League Clubs and Plav
ers of the National Ganna

DIAMOND FLASHES.
| Gossip of the League Clubs and Plav-
ers of the National Game.
The New Orleans Daily State of Sat
urday says: "'Our Jack flaming faced
the Mobilians and pitched as he ALWAYS
pitched. The opposing batters did moth
ing with him, and their base hits were
fewer and scarcer than for many day
but they won. It's the same old story.
| Campau's men cannot get rid of their hoo.
doc. It's surely time to brace up
Memphis won six straight games last
week and closed one point ahead in the
percentage table.
Manager Hunton, of the Brown Univer-
sity baseball team, has issued statement
regarding the assertions of the Princeton
ball players that they were unfairly
treated in the last game in Providence.
and that they were stoned when leaving
the field. He characterizes the allegation
of unfairness as untrue and ridiculous.
and says that if any of the players were
stoned it was outside the grounds First
baseman Bastard, of the Brown team. who
was knocked down in a collision with a
Princeton player, is seriously if not dan
gerously injured, and will not be able to
play again this year.
Gus Schmelz says that his club has lost
eighteen games Through bad umpiring
The five games that he admits to have
been lost on their merits were those with
Baltimore.
Mobile never knows when to quit, says
the Nashville Banner. They play as well
behind as they do in front This is the
reason they win so many games.
Meekin, a Baltimore amateur, has
signed to catch for the New Orleans
team.
Kloph, of Charleston, is one of the
greatest all-around players in the
Southern League. He has played almost
every position on the Charleston team.
Arson has released both Camps, the
second baseman and the pitcher, and is
ready to negotiate with any other family
where there are talented sons.
The sweeping character of the recent
fire at the Boston grounds may be appre-
ciated when it is said that every vestige
of the bleachers was lost. every seat was
burned to the ground. The stand will be
rebuilt at once.
Trazom, of Memphis, says of Kennedy,
in the Sporting News: The browning of
all was the phenomenal playing of Ken
nedy at short. 1t positively bordered on
the sensational. The way that youngster
accepts the most difficult chances, that,
too, without an error. is marvellous. He
is getting his eye on the ball, too, which
adds much TO his otherwise splendid SER
vice. He keenly realizes that his work is
appreciated and proposes to make Man
ager Campau acknowledge it was an error
of Judgment in releasing him"
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Sporting News says of the local team: 1T
seems very strange that the home team
should put up such a strong winning
game against the leaders and get fail to
capture single game from the tail end
ers. The teams playing this season is
very much like that of Powell's Pets last
year. During a series of games they
played grand ball, and put up school
boy game against the weaker opponents
There is screw loose somewhere, and
unless Campau very soon repairs the weak
spots of the team, he will have the honor
of finishing at or near the tail end"
Abner Powell has quit the Nashville
team owing to the alteration which re-
Gently took place between him and Bor-
cheers, the pitcher of the Nashvilles
Manager Stallings was content to allow
Borchers to go instead of Powell. who is
a great favorite in Nashville, but the lat
ter considered that Nashville would be
without pitcher, and rather than incon-
venience Stallings he requested his re-
lease, which was handed him.
Chicago is badly in need of a good in
fielder, preferably a second baseman.
Things have gotten to such a pass that
Arson has been playing that position him
self. President Hart, of Chicago, has
written to Manager Hanlon asking for
either Bonner or Reltz MIR. Hanlon re-
fuses to let either of the men go, and
says he will retain all of the players now
under contract to the Baltimore club.
The alleged dissension between Mana
ger Ward and the directors of the New
York club does not augur well for the
teams immediate success. The directors
make mistake in interfering with Ward.
this early in the season before the club
has really had chance TO show what it
can do. Such a course has killed the pen
nant aspirations of more than one club in
days gone by.
Capt Nash, of Boston, said the other
day: The people of Boston must not ex-
pect the Boston club to win the pennant
this year easily as in the last three years.
There are half dozen evenly matched and
strong clubs i'll the league, and Baltimore
is as strong as any of the others. [ think
that the first four positions will be won
by Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburg and
Boston. though l wouldn't attempt to
name the order in which these four will
nnlSh."
The attendance of ladies at the different
games throughout the league is gradually
growing larger. This is indeed gratifying
to the managers.
Killing, the Mobile pitcher, so far this
season has lost but one game. Killing is a
pitcher much after the style of old Pete
Daniels.
The New Orleans RIOTERS Club gave
breakfast when they arrived home yes
terday from their unsuccessful trip
through the league. They needed some
encouragement. Chief Rooter" Cain,
delivered an address of welcome, while
his able assistants assisted in making the
affair an agreeable surprise. The idea of
the hooters" giving the breakfast was
to convey to the New Orleans club that
although they met with hard luck while
away the fans" believe the team will
demonstrate the fact that they are the
best team in the southern association be-
fore many days.
LIBERTY's MURDER CASES.