The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07


crowd in attendance. and it made more
noise than any other crowd at a base ball
game ever seen in Savannah. Enthus-
lastic Is not the word for it, the crowd
was simply wild. The grandstand was
crowded with ladies', and every one wore
the colors Of one Of the teams. There
We're about 200 Augusta enthusiasts in the
stand, about half of whom were ladies'
covered with the blue and white of their
team. One young lady was so loyal to
savannah that she appeared in maroon
skirt and white waist with maroon trim
mings.
Before the game the Augusta rooters
were very noisy, and made the park ring
with their yells. but after the game com
menced they were not so much in evil
dence. Fly sheets with six different yells
printed thereon were distributed among
the Augusta people. All of the yels were
amusing. One Of the best went like this:
Rackity! Yak Yak Yak!
Rackity! Yak! Yakl Yakl
Whoola Baloo Whoolay Balayl
Rip! Rap! Rah! Ray!
Rail- Rah! c. L. A.
Augusta
The Savannah rOoters held up their
side well. They had more opportunities
than the Augusta rooters, and they &C
Warrisey, the phenomenon, whom Au-
gusta imported for the game, did not
prove puzzle for the Savannah boys. On
the contrary, he proved what might be
called very. soft thing. Every man on
the team got a hit and some of them two or
three. O'Connor got four hits out of six
out safely three times. Warrisey is fast
ball player, and a pretty good pitcher, but
he cannot hold his own against a team
of heavy hitters like the Savannah team
His pitching was a disappointment to Au-
gusta.
Eight scattering hits were all that Au-
gusta could get off Harper He pitched
an excellent game. though he was a lit
tie wild, giving seven bases on balls.
The Augusta team are heavy hitters, and
the fact that Harper held them down to
he 10
pitcher.
The fielding of both teams was worthy
of professionals. There were not many
errors on either side. O'Connor, Harrigan
and Schreck of Savannah made a beau
tiful double play in the fifth inning. Null
herin was on first base, when Blers hit
a hot grounder to O'Connor, who took
it in and threw to Harrigan, putting Null
herin out. Harrigan threw to Schreck,
putting Biers out. 1t was a pretty play.
quickly executed and was loudly applaud
ed.
just after the game commenced a horse
attached to a buggy became frightened
and ran away, pulling a board of the
fence to which it was tied. 1t ran around
the park several times before 1t was
caught and created a good deal of
excitement the game being stopped.
Savannah started off at the bat and
scored three runs in the first inning on
LeClaire being hit by pitcher. hits by
O'Connor and Brady, and Harrigan's hit
TO Kufferman, who fumbled This set
the home roOters wild, and they made
things lively with their yells. Augusta
made two runs in the first inning. Da-
vern got to first on an error and scored
on Biers twO-bagger, and Biers scored
on O'Connor'S error
Charlton, the first man up for Savan-
nah IN the second, cracked the ball out
for a clean base, and LeClaire got his
base on balls. Harper hit safe, 50 did
O'Connor. and Brady was hit by pitcher
Four runs were added to Savannah's score
in this inning.
Neither team scored again until the
fourth inning, when Augusta made two
runs. Ford got his base on balls w. A.
Mulherin got hit, and both scored on
]. r. Mulherin's hit.
Schreck the first man to bat for Sa-
vannah in the fifth, struck out, but
O'Byrne hit safe and McAVoy got his
base on an error. LeClaire hit safe,
scoring O'Byrne and McAvOy. Harper re-
tired The side. Neither team scored in
the sixth and Augusta did not score
again until the ninth.
OByrne started off with a hit in the
seventh, McAvoy followed with a clean
hit Charlton and lie Claire both went
out, but Harper and O'COnnor got hits
and three more runs were added to Sa-
Vannah's score. Savannah scored four
runs in the eighth inning by hits by Har-
rigan and Schreck, McAYoy getting his
base on balls, Charlton being hit by
pitcher, lie Claire walking to first on four
called balls and O'Connor's hit. This end
ed Savannah scoring, as they did not score
in the ninth.
After two men were out in the ninth,
Augusta scored two runs. Biers hit a
two-ba gger and scored on Morris hit and
Morris scored on Ford getting his base
on balls and Mulhern's hit. Kufferman
retired the side on a high pop fly to
Harper.