The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
THE SOLDIER AT LAST ON DECK
THE TROPHY OF THE SEA GRIT
TEAM NOW IN SAVANNAH.

IL VIII be Photographed With the
Team and Then Put on Exhibition
at BrOughtOn and Bull streets.
The Trophy is a Handsome I-iece
of Work and has Plates all Over
its Pedestal Showing What Teams
Have Won It-GeOrgia's VIII Prob
ably be Put in "A Prominent Place.
The Soldier Of Marathon is at last
on the field, and yesterday afternoon ne
was carefully inspected by many Savan,
nahians, who were interested in the sue
cess Of the Georgia team in the inter-
state match on the Sea Grit ranges.
Capt W. w. Williamson was notified yes
terday that the trophy had arrived via
the Baltimore steamer. d. H. Miller, and
that it was at the Baltimore wharf. He
had it sent for and it was taken to the
studio Of Goebel & Salterbach, where the
picture Of the Sea Grit team viii be taken
with the trophy in the center.
After that it will be taken
and placed on exhibition on Mon
day in Theus Bros window, at
Bull and Broughton streets, where it can
be readily inspected by the large number
of people who pass every day.
The trophy has been contested for for
tWenty-one years. There are, however,
only thirteen plates upon it, showing the
names and states of the winners. This
is due to the fact probably that in some
successive years it was won by the same
team, and that team did not have another
plate added 10 il. The pedestal upon which
the bronze ngure stands is already COW
cred with plates containing inscriptions
with regard to the winning teams. The
bronze figure is exceedingly well made
and has been pronounced model of art
1t is a figure in the nude, representing a
SOLDIER reclining on his mantle, with his
hand appraised. This rests on the pedes-
tai, to which the plates are attached. The
teams represented by plates and the years
IN which they won the trophy are as fol-
1t was first won in 1875 at the Creed
moor match by team Of New Workers
In 1876 it was won by the Connecticut
team.
In the third year of the interstate match.
l6d, 1t was won by the California state
IN 1878 it was won by the New York
In 1879 the New York team put another
plate upon it.
In 1880 its sixth year, it was captured
by the New Jersey state team.
In 1852 ii was won by the Pennsylvania
state team. There is no plate for 1881.
In 1883 1t was won by the Michigan state
There is no plate for 1884 In 1885 it
was won by the District of Columbia
Then 1886 is skipped and in 1887 it was
won by the Massachusetts team.
There is a blank after this until 1892
when it was won by the Pennsylvania
In 1898 it was captured by the District
of Columbia team
In 1894 it went again to the New Jer-
sey state team, and in 1895 as is well
known, Georgia captured il, and the
members of the latter team are now
discussing ths ISs. me question Of where to put
the plate which will show that this state
or, rather that Savannah, was in pos
session Of 1t for one year.
Inc team will decide at it's next meet
ing what to do with regard to the plate.
IT was generally supposed that the plate
showing the composition Of the winning
Team Team was put on the pedestal before the
Trophy was sent out, but il appears that
this is not the case. The Georgia team,
therefore, will probably have to buy its
own plate and put it on the figure AS
all of the prominent places on the pedes-
tai have been taken up, and as this is
the first time the trophy has been won
by a southern team, it has been sug-
gested that the plate be put in the most
prominent place possible. One sugges-
ton Is that it be hung from the soldiers
neck by chain strong enough to pre-
vent its being taken off without being
broken. Another was that il be nailed
to the bronze part Of the figure
near the soldiers foot. Either
one of those positions would cause It
to attract attention at once, even in pref
erence to other plates which are prom
inently nailed around the pedestal. All
those who could get them there put their
plates on the front of the pedestal, while
others had to fasten them to the back.
There will be little trouble. however
about Georgia's securing a prominent po-
sition, if the team has the right to take
1t, and no doubt all the questions in this
connection will be fully discussed at the
next meeting of the team
At a recent meeting of the team a con-
clusion was reached by which the team
was given 800 in gold Mr.. ]. M. Lang
$50 in gold and Mr.. Walter Coney S25 in
gold.