The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21


them. On the contrary, his vaunted pow
ers were exploded in mighty short order.
Powell stepped in the box a big, boyish
looking fellow, att.red in gaudy black
and yellow uniform, with "Wakeforest"
in red letters on his shirt. "Wakeforest"
must have been a sign for the c. L. A.
boys to wake up. Anyhow. that is pre-
cisely what they did. Schreck started
the pyrotechnics, and it was kept up all
along the line until eight men had gone
to bat and four runs had been scored
Although the Bay Streets got man on
base in the last inning, they failed to
score.
The game, all in all, was a good exhibit
ton. Neil pitched an excellent game for
the c. L. a, as did Hopkins, for the Bay
Streets. The game was for the benefit OF
the female orphan asylums. The threat
ening weather just about the time the
game was to be played kept good many
spectators on the grand stand.
The Charleston-Augusta game was re-
pleased to see Augusta win, not because
Charleston. but because it made the
The score by innings is as follows:
Bay Streets .......l o %
C. B Ii a s Poweli and coney
Nell. Charlton and Schreck.
AUGUSTA QlQnL 90 a LnluS out WHITE
wash Charleston in that city yesterday
afternoon, the score being to 0. A special
to the Morning News last night told the
game. There was a downpour of rain dur
ing the forenoon and it looked for a time
as If the game might not be played, but
the sky cleared in time for the game. The
grounds, however, were not in good con-
It was a battle of pitchers. Short of the
University of Athens team pitched for
Augusta and let Charleston down with six
allowed AuEuStan'S
four scattering hits, but he was given
miserable support. The fielding of Au-
gusta was of the giltedge order, not an
error being charged to that team.
A crowd of 200 enthusiastic people saw
the game.
The score by innings:
66 RggTieston ''. I'D %
Hits-Charleston, s. Augusta, 4.
Errors-CharleSton, s; Augusta, Q.
Batteries-Short and Nally; Fishburne
and Jarvis.
The Catholic Library Association base
ball team viii leave this morning at $50
o'clock over the Plant system for Angus
ia, where they will play the team of that
The team which will go up is a strong
one, and it will give the Augusta boys
hard russell The boys have been practic-
ing daily, and the team plays well togeth-
err though it is slightly weakened by the
absence of LIE Claire. The following will
be the team: McAyoy catch; Harper,
ond base; O'Connor, third base; Brady,
r., short stop; Murray, left field; Brady,
E., center field; O'Byrne, right field;
Charlton, substitute. Manager John w.
Gleason will be in charge. Peyton Gin"
Stokes will be along with his conjure bag
and will be the team mascot.
A crowd of excursonists will go with
the team and the indications are that 1t
will be a very large one. The C. l.. A.
rooters are going up strong. They have
tin horns and maroon and white galore
and they intend to let Augusta know they
are in town. A good many ladies will
also go to witness the game. They must
not be called rooters, however, as one
young lady was heard to object to the
term
The standing of the clubs in the tri-
Won. Lost. PC.
savannah .......... s.........z 900
Charleston -. .''. .....:.i .$Ss
Savannah is still at the head OF the pro-
cessiOn, and if the Savannah boys win
from Augusta tomorrow, they will be
assured Of the first series. If Savannah
should lose and Charleston would win the