The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-24

THE NaSPDTLIE CLrB iRRi|ED IN
rms CITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Manager stalIings favors Five Instead Of
Three Gamcs-Who the Visitors Are
and where They Have Played.

The Nashville team is here. This az
ternoon they will cross bats with the
Hustlers at the West-End Park for the
championship Of the entire South. The
visitors arrived in this city Sunday al
ternoon. in charge of Manager George
stanngs, and are stopping at the Lex
ington Hotel. They are a ine-looking set
OF ball-Ylayers, and by their superior
work on the diamond they won the PEN
nant OF the Southern League for Nash
Vile.
Manager Siallings. who plays left field,
is "a hne-looking ball player with an
excellent record. He hopes 10 defeat
the Hustlers. and he fayors a series OF
five instead OF three games. NJ Is
most likely that five games Will now be
played Mr.. Stalllngs speaks IA the
highest terms of Jake Wells. whom he
says is one OF the best men IN the busi-
moss. II they defeat ElchmCnd. the
Nashville club viii most likely play the
champions of the Western League. Mr.
Stallngs hopes that these games Will
set a precedent, and that hereafter the
champions of the Southern and Virginia
Leagues Will play annually for tie cham
plOnsnlp OF the south.
WHO Tx \ AR.
Here are the men who constitute the
Nashville team, and their records
George 4. Stallings. manager and lett
field. was with Toronto. Canada, cham
pions International Lesgue. 1851, Stock
ton. Cal. champions California League,
ISIS: Oakland. champions California
League, lb,3. Brooklyn, champions Ma
tional League. 1870, san Joseph, cham
pi0ns California League. 1s9l-'92. Augusta,
champions Southern League, 1898. Nash
Vile. 1894. and Nashville, champions
Southern League. 1898.
Herman, pitcher first professional en-
gagement with Louisville National League
club this year. and was secured from
them by Nashville. and chiefly through
his great work Nashville won the PEN
nant.
Hahn. pitcher. is a Nashville boy. only
twenty years Old lie has done Won
dcrfm work this season, and has a
great future. lie is left-hander. or
southpaw pitcher.
ONE Beard. captain and short-stop. was
with Cincinnati in 1889 and 1880, Denver,
Western League. in 1897 Spokane, Wash,
iN2, Macon Ga. southern League, In
lsq3: Charleston. Southern League 1874.
and Evansville and Nashville. Southern
League, 1870.
Charles Mari, first base with Cincin-
natl. 1s0, Denver. 1891. Macon, 1898, Sioux
city champions Western League, 1891;
Nashville. lS5.
Bert Myers. third base. Petersburg.
champions Virginia League. 1891; Nash
Vile. 1895.
George cleve. right field. Akron. Ohio.
champions Ohio State League, 1898, Rich
mond. ls9i. Nashville. 1898.
Julius Knoll, centre field, was with
Little Rock the first of this season, and
was secured hy Nashville when his
team disbanded.
Sweeney. catcher. Oshkosh. Wis. 1891
Birmingham. Ala. 1902. Blnghamton, y.
s.. 1883. Hayerhll. Mass. 1894 Nash
vile. 1856
Lynch second base was in Illinois and
Iowa in 1890 and 1891 Rock Island. 1872
$685.. and Nashville. 1895.
The Nashville players are a heavy set
OF ball players and their forte Is i'm
their batting qualities ard their team
work IL is more than likely that they
Will DE tine victors I'm this series, but
the Hustlcrs are going TO make a de-
termined fight, so ali is yet in doubt.
MOTIFS.
Tannehn and Hahn will be the op-
posing twirlers to-day.
The NoWlan Gun will be presented 10
The Hustlers this afternoon.
Shorty Myers and Thfee-fngcred Cleye
locked as natural as ever.
So the Crabs got third place, after
all.
Lynchburg has her sorrow. and no
cup 20 drown IL I'm.
The Hustlers were rendered a recep-
ton last night by some OF their adj
mircrs.
No umpire has been selected FOR this
coming series. How about Johnnie
Small and George Lawson?
George Stallings Is a very handsome
man. Wells has q rival The Nashville
manager is known as doc" because
he once studied medicine