The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-11

The sta nding of the National League
lnbs TODAY. is as follows:


There are likely to be some changes in
positions in the Southern League this
week While Memphis is in the lead
Mobile is close behind, and Charleston
and Savannah have not got far to go to
catch up. Both the latter clubs are now
playing at home a nd have this advantage
over the leaders. New Orleans is close
after Savannah. Nashville is next. The
latter club is playing Macon, and may
Oyertake the Pelieans, who are at the
tender mercies oil Charleston for the
next two games
Savannah will play the second game of
the present series with Mobile to-day.
Mike frost, the man with the fOg-horn
voice, will be on the cOachers' line and
amuse the crowd as he did Saturday
Both teams will be- in the game for all 1t
is worth, and it will no doubt be holly
contested for. Peppers and Jantzen will
be the battery for Savannah, and Kiln 2
and Wells for Mobile.
New Orleans has a mascot in the shape
Of a little colord boy. His name is
Billy and money cannot buy him.
The Sporting News says Savannah put
any amount of snall and ginger in their
playing. They have another tenacious
faculty of playing the game until the last
man is put out
First baseman Billy Klusman, of Kan
sas City, is the best batsman in the West
ern League. 1t is Whispered that Cincin-
natl wants to sign him.
A total of S2,SSI9 people saw the league
championship games on Decoration Day.
The record in New York was broken, s.
600 enthusiasts witnessing the morning
game and "A 800 paying for the privilege
of seeing Wards men cross bats with the
Clevelands the same afternoon.
Ted Sullivan has been doing a good deal
of talking about purchasing the Mobile
fanVV Dl N Ia
Ted can do is to go to work and spend a
little money trying to get some good play
ers for Atlanta If he waits until he
buys the Mobile team to give Atlanta a
trst-class team the good people of the
Gate City will never have the pleas
ure of seeing the game played as it
should be.
Stafford from New York, and will play
him at short-stop. The addition Of
Stafford will greatly strengthen the
team
CallOpy, Nashville's noisy little short
stop, has been released TO the Grand
Rapids Club of the Western League.
CdllOpy was completely disheartened by
the repeated roa9ts he got from the press
and the bleacherS, and could not do him
self justice.
A writer in June Godey's says there are
some people still left who refuse to
believe that base ball can travel out of
the straight line between the pitchers
boX and the home plate on it's way to the
catcher. 1t has been proved again and
again that ball can be curved" by
now well known experiment Two stakes
are set up so that the pitcher standing
behind one cannot hit mark on the lett
side Of the other n straight line, the
pail passing to the right of the first In
deed, short viii e ago q noted college
pitcher was offer ed a 81 900 by an old
gentleman of ais acquaintance if
ne could prove I to his satisfaction
mat a base ball could be pitched
IN Il curve. The pitcher at once set up
Two stakes in his back yard and curved
the ball around tn Bm in fine style. But
lhe old gentleman insisted that the whole
lhlng was an Opt hal delusion, and is no
more convinced than ever. Every boy
Knows how hard it is to bat an out
curve or a "dro D." and after he has
struck out few Times wants no one to
prove to him the re is such a thing as
curve pitching. here is little use in try
ing TO explain the theory of this perform
dhce mere, as many scientific papers have
written on it, which, after all, would not
Aelp man to TO SIS tennis bail The
ma twist given the ball as it leaves the
nduu makes a Spi ming motion, so that
uhere Is more resis lance by the air on one
sue or the other. and the ball is forced
Ou. OF straight Ii ne by unequal pressure
Oh one of its sides .