The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
THE FIRST MAN SIGNED
The Make Up Of the Savannah Team
Already Begun.

Mccloskey to Have His Men in the
Field at the Earliest Possible Date.
The Club to be Organized This Week.
Matters to Come Before the League
Meeting-The Schedule Committees
Work.
Manager McCloskey signed his first
man yesterday. He was busy all day
sending and answering letters and tele-
grams. He expects to have two more
players definitely booked when he gets
his mail tomorrow morning. AS he has
already stated, it is impracticable to give
the names of the players until the papers
have been signed.
1t is understood the CLUB will
be formally organized during the
coming week. Stock to the
amount of $1,000 will be issued
and that the investment will return
handsom profits is conceded, and appli-
GGallons for stock have already.been made.
II Is McCloskey'S intention to sign ten
players, who will report at once.
Much interest is being shown in
the coming exhibition games with
Ine league teams from the north,
Professional pride and position are the
strongest of all motives, and these incen-
yves VIII urge the men McCloskey signs
70 put their best foot forward and hustle
from start to finish in each game.
Base ball enthusiasts want no one on
Tue Team who will not play 10 win.
THIS WEEKS LEAGUE MEETING.
The next league meeting will take
pace thursday at Atlanta, and matters
OF Importance will come up. The commit
lee on constitution and bylaws, com
posed OF Messrs. Oil, chairman; Powers
ana II. Stallings, will make their
report. AS Stallings is no
longer in the swim, Nicklin has
appointed Armour, of Memphis. to take
ms place on this committee. The
schedule committee, composed of G.. I.
SGalllngs, chairman; j. E. Hooper and
Manning, will also make their report AS
Manning is out of the Southern League
5he new Savannah manager will, no
uouOJ, be appointed in his place. Then
matters pertaining to immediate action of
Ihe league will be definitely decided and
determined, and things will be at once
pushed forward so that nothing will re-
Iuain TO hamper the league in any shape
or form
THE APPOINTMENT OF UMPIREs.
The umpires will be selected with care
ana with due consideration as to their
@SocA ~ 10 ItSluGub NICK in July
recognizes the Importance of having a
sSaT whose integrity and competency
snail be above question. The south per-
maps more than any other section, has in
previous years, been prone to unpleasant
anu unnecessary violence as regards its
actions toward its handlers of the indi-
Gator, so much so that the question has
grown TO be a most serious subject for its
OInclals to consider, and one which re-
cures most delicate manipulation and
careful study ere determination is arrived
at.
President Nicl1lin has thus far heard
from the following aspirants for a berth
On On MS star of umpires: NJ j. McLaugh-
nm, Washington; Belden Hill, Galesburg,
III. Sandy McDermott, Chicago. III; A.
L. T. Alexander, Lake Geneva, Wis., and
req w. Popkay, of Detroit. Mich.
The first three are well known In the
south, and Nicklin speaks particularly
tt4l,,,9Sraoly as to the abilities of Belden
mn and Sandy McDermott, both of whom
Wlu no doubt be signed Mclaughlin
ESQ Is well known and his work is hrst-