The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-17
BASE BALL OPENS ON A BOOM.
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS AT
THE NORTHERN GAMES.

The Southern League Clubs Also
start Out AusPiclOusIy-COIum
Takes n Fall Out of Atlanta and
seems to Out-CIass the Capital
City's CIub-PhiIadeIphia With
$4,000 Present, the Banner City
for Attendance.
New Orleans, April 16.-The southern
league season Of 1885 opened here to-day,
the Pelicans having as opponents the
young and active Mobile team. and they
made their more experienced rivals hus-
tie to the very last inning to beat them
out. The crowd numbered about 800 and
were very enthusiastic at the snappy ex-
hibiton of both teams. especially the bat
ting. which was hard, each team doing
an equal share of it, This is the first game
that the entire local team has appeared
in and to judge from their work they will
make the others play championship ball
to beat them for the pennant. The Mobile
boys are a lively lot and will be heard
from during the season. The noteworthy
features of to-days game were the heavy
hitting of both teams led by DOwie, House
man and Lindeman Huston, Dowie and
COnding fielded finely for the winners,
while Bushman and Fisher eXcelled in
this particular for the visitors. Mobile
had the bases filed with none out in the
ninth inning, but quick fielding prevented
any of them from scoring. Ed Clark UNI
pired very satisfactorily. The score by
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Ney Orleans 9 24dd5 AZ Z g
Batteries - Seachrist. McGinnis and
Conding; Schmidt and Fisher.
Montgomery, Ala. April 1O-Montgom-
cry took the first game Of the season from
Birmingham this evening. Birmingham's
1T i -. TIM s7A
gave four bases on balls and hit billiard,
which with the assistance of an error gave
Montgomery FIVE runs and the game. At
ter this inning Fricken pulled himself to-
gether- and shut the locals out the rest OF
the game large and enthusiastic
crowd was present. The score follows:
Mi0n5g !. ry q 2SSSS SS-ss 3
Batteries-Bailey and Kehoe; Frieken
and Rappold.
Umpire-Lally.
Columbus. Ga. April 1s.-Columbus
downed Atlanta to-day in the opening
game of ball by a score of 10 to l. The
game was very interesting and drew
great crowd. The result was in the nature
of a surprise, as the home team is hardly
organized, with two of the
players having reached Columbus
game Manager Strouthers has signed a
lot of fine players, and their work in to-
days game was magnificent. The AT
lanta team played good game but
seemed TO be out-classed. The game was
with Columbus from the first inning when
three runs were scored. The score fol-
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columbs .....s 90 0 2-l0 IS
Atlanta "a 0 l 0 o. Z
Batteries-Daniels and Dobbins; Norton
and Fields
EMPIRES Smith and Cross.
t,u 900
son of 1896 was opened auspiciously for
the washington club, they winning from
New York by better all around work to-
, day Gleason's two low throws ana
Clark's. wild pitch in the fifth inning al
lowed five runs, eventually to be scored
There was crowd present numbering
$3.50 people, and they filled every seat in
the grounds. Umpire Hurst's decisions
were received without objecGcn. The
score follows:
R.H.E.
New York-....0 0 0 0 O-3 4
Batteries-MeFcer and Mcclure; Clark
and Zearfoss.
Baltimore. April 16-There was no band
of music, nor street parade to incite the
ball loving Baltimoreans to participate in
the opening of the season, but more than
1900 persons. e quarter of whom were
ladies in summer attire, passed through
the gates of Union Park before the game
was begun The early part of the contest
was marked by loose fielding, the cham
pions particularly being accredited with
some very harmful errors Anderson
found Mcmahon to his liking and scored
three of Brooklyn's eight hits. The score
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Brooklyn 30 2 0 2 90
Batteries-AIcAfahon and Robinson;
Kennedy and Grim.
Philadelphia, April 16-The opening game
of the season here to-day between the Bos-
ton and Philadelphia clubs was witnessed
by 1900 persons, the largest crowd that
was ever on the grounds of the local team
The visitors played the better game in the
field and a the bat. The late PHILADELPHIA
player. Hamilton, who was traded for
Nash, was largely in evidence in the game,
he scoring three Of the visiting teams sew
en- runs. The crowd overlooked into the
field and completely enciTcied the players
The score follows:
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Phiiadelphia 90 vi %
Observation-Disclosures and Camel; Taylor
and Clements.
Cincinnati. April le.-It was an ideal day
for base bail and "A. 4l2 people witnessed the
first game Of the National League season
between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. 1850 OF
whom were ladies'. There was a street
parade before the game with brass band
accompaniment OF the game little can be
said. The visitors outpiayed the home
geam az every point ana found Rhines just
70 their hklnG. Fisher, who relieved