The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-25
BOSTON TO TRY THE SENATORS
THE BEAN EATERS HERE AND
WASHINGTONS TO ARRIVE
THIS MORNING.

Six Games Between League Teams in
savannah This Week-BOstOn and
Washington To-day, Tomorrow
aud Wednesday and Pittsburg and
Washington Thursday, Friday and
saturday-The League Outlook.
The Boston base ball team arrived in
the city last night It numbers thirteen
men, and is stopping at the Pulaski.
Mr.. J. Earl Wagner. one of the owners,
and Manager Schmelz Of the Washington
team also arrived yesterday. The Sena-
tors will arrive this morning from Charles
ton.
This afternoon the Boston and Washing
ton teams will try conclusions at the
Bolton street park. Both of these teams
are in good condition from the practice
they have had since they came south.
and the game will no doubt be hotly con-
tested. The same teams will also play
here tomorrow and Wednesday.
The Pittsburg team will leave this
morning for Augusta, where it will play
Brooklyn the first three days of this
week. The Pirates are sore over the
three defeats they received at the hands
of the Bridegrooms here, and are going
to make up for it in Augusta Manager
Mack will return with his team Thursday
and will play Washington here the last
three days of the week. This will proba-
bly, end up the practice games of the
big teams in this city.
In little less than a month the twentieth
season Of the National League will be in
augurated. The coming battles for su-
premacy promise to eclipse all previous
records of that association. All of the
twelve clubs are now limbering up in the
south and when the gong sounds, the
base ball gladiators will be in fine fettle
and eager for the fray.
The National League of base ball clubs
was formed in December 1875, and its
first playing season began a year later.
From the following table ii will be seen
that the National League has, during its
twenty years Of organization, had
members twenty-five different cities. of
this number only Chicago and Boston have
been represented each succeeding year.
From 1876 to 1895, and the number Of
years each city was represented, follows:
1S76-Athletics of Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford Mutuals of
New York. Louisville and st. Louis.
1S77-Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, Hart
ford, Louisville and st. Louis.
1S7S-Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, Provi-
dence, Indianapolis and Milwaukee.
1S79-Boston. Chicago. Cincinnati, Provi-
dence, Cleveland, Troy, Buffalo and SYRIA
cuse.
1ssO-Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, Provi-
dence. Cleveland, Troy, Buffalo and Wor-
cester.
1881 and 1sS2-Boston, Chicago, Buffalo,
Detroit, Cleveland, Providence, Troy, Wor-
cester.
1888 and 1sS4-Boston. Chicago Buffalo,
Detroit, Cleveland, Providence, New York,
Philadelphia, st. Louis.
1SS5-Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit,
Providence, New York, Philadelphia, ST.
Louis
1SS6-Boston, Chicago, Detroit, st. Louis.
Kansas City, Philadelphia, New York.
Washington.
1887 and 1sSs-Boston. Chicago, New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, Pitts
burg, Indianapolis.
1ss9-Boston. Chicago, New York, Phil.
adelphia, Pittsburg, Washington, Cleve-
land, Indianapolis.
1890 and 1S91-Boston, Chicago, New
York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cincinnati,
Pittsburg and Cleveland.
1892, 1893, 1894 and 1S95-Boston Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Baltimore,
Washington, st. Louis and Louisville.
Chicago won the pennant in 1876, 1880.
1881, 1882, 1885 and 1886. Boston won in
1877, 1873, 1888, 1891, 1892. 1893. New York
was victorious in 1888 and 1889. Providence
in 1879 and 1884. Detroit won in 1887.
Brooklyn in 1890 and Baltimore in 1894
ecapitulation-Chicago won the pennant
six times, Boston like number, New York
twice, Providence twice. Detroit, Brook
Ign and Baltimore one each.
Practice games are not fair test of
ball players ability, yet the brief south
ern experience of the Chicago and New
York clubs has resulted in the develop
ment of two of the greatest second base
men the game ever knew Stafford is al
ready a fixture at the Giants second
bag and Chicago has in Stewart a player
who equals the famous Fred Pfeffer Time
will tell, but it is not beyond a possibility
that each of these ''phenoms" may adorn
the bench or wear a minor league uni
form before the season is half over.
The coming base ball season promises
to be a particularly good one in Texas
All the cities to be represented in the
Texas Southern League are displaying
great activity in getting in readiness for
the season. Every club has selected a
manager and they are now procuring play
ers The teams will all be complete by
April ], and will go into active training
until April 90 when the league season
opens. One season of prosperous profess
sional ball in Texas VIII put the game in
that section beyond the experimental
stage.
News comes from Texas, where Louis
vile is practicing, that First Baseman
Virtue will be released by the Colonies
and Tub WEIGH will be installed per-
manently in that position. Manager Me.
Closkey may know a great deal of base
ball. but this latest move on his part don't
show 1t.
George Hogriever, one of Cincinnati's
new outfelders, thinks ii is easier to play
good ball in a major than in a minor
league. 1t is yet to be demonstrated that
Hogriever can play good ball from a major
league standpoint. And there are others.
Kicking won't pay under the new rules.
but the players who indulge in it will.
The Herald.