The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
C.L.A.'S WON IN CHARLESTON.
SAVANNAH DEFEATED THE SOUTH
CAROLINEANs TO ).

The Home Team OutpIayed the
Charleston Team at Every Point.
Barper'S Pitching One of the
Features OF the Game-The score
in DetaiI-Sfaudinss of the Big
League Clubs.
Catholic Library hall was crowded last
night with stay-at-homes and members Of
the association waiting 90 hear the re-
suit of the game in Charleston. Almost
everybody was certain of the result, but
the suspense was uncertain until the
news came in the shape of a telegram
from President P. F. Gleason, saying:
Great crowd; fine game; Sea Guus not
in it; Savannah 9, Charleston g." There
was a deep interest in the game here, and
the victory of the C. i. a. boys viii be
gladly received.
Charleston. S. C, May 9o.-The rah.
ran. rah! OF the base ball boys of the
Catholic Library Association Of Savan-
nah and the roOters. who accompanied
them, rang out until it echoed and re-
echoed all over Charleston tonight The
cause Of their hilarity and joyousness was
the beating administered to Charleston
al the base ball park this afternoon, Sa-
yannah winning by a score Of to 3.
The history Of the game is easily writ
ten The Savannah boys simply outplay-
ed the home team at every point, and
al no stage of the game was Charleston
in it.
There was an immense crowd, the larg-
est that has been at the park this sea-
son. The bleachers were packed until it
looked like some of the small boys way
up on the top seats might fall off. The
ladies were out in large numbers, and the
grand stand made a pretty appearance.
The Charleston rOOters got out little
printed fly sheet of yells and the sheets
were distributed among the crowd, but
the boys might not have troubled them
selves, for they didn't have a chance TO
show whether their voices were good or
not.
The savannah team was accompanied
by number of rOoters, and they made the
air hideous with their yells. They all wore
the teams coiors, maroon and White, and
Jack rabbit, the teams mascot, was right
in the game. The yelling was all SaVdn-
nahs way from the very starting OF the
game, and the boys whooped things up
royalty. The best of feeling prevailed,
however. and the game was conspicuous
for the absence Of kicking.
1t was Harper who did it,. The way he
made the Carolinians fan the wind was
Imaginable. Even CnarlestOns heaviest
batsmen failed to touch him and the home
boys began TO think he was hypnotist.
Charleston walked away from the bench
five times in succession without having a
man touch home plate and IN all that long
weary time they never hit Harper out OF
the diamond but once.
Savannah started off the first inning by
scoring four runs. HenneSSy, who did the
box honors for Charleston, proved the
easiest kind OF a pudding for the Savannah
boys, and they didn't do thing but bat
him from Dan to Bersheba, and the prod
igal son was not in IL with them IN the
matter of coming home.
The splendid start made by the SaVan-
nah team set the Forest City rooters ago
ing and they wore their tin horns out
celebrating one victory and then another
How different was it with Charleston. Inc
local rOOters made about as much noise
as the senior class Of a deaf and dumb
asylum on commencement day. But 1t
wasn't their fault, it was with the Charles
ton team.
Savannah made two runs In the sec
Ond inning and the Charleston boys were
feeling very blue. They scored another
in the fifth and two more in the seventh.
Charleston did not make run until the
fifth inning, when in that, the eighth and
the ninth, they made one each. The runs
came to them more in the order Of dona-
ton than as the result of clever ball play
ing.
Harper not only pitched a fine game, but
he had his eye on the bal las well. He
made three clean hits and scored two runs.
The Savannah boys played splendid
fielding game, only two errors being
charged to them. Charleston fielded a
pretty good game, but they were not in
ii with Savannah.