The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
ON THE GRlDIRON FIELD.
.v,NNAH TO TACKLE JACK SON.
VILE THANKSGIVING DAY.


Gordon Saussy TO he the Coach.
southeastern League Meeting in
.,rusta TO-mOrrOw-Its Prospects
urirbt-savannah VIII surely BE
T., twin Most Likely BE n Six
CIub League.
meeting of the members of the foot
~ team of the Savannah Athletic Asso-
,tation and the friends of foot ball will
- hold at the C. l.. "A. park this morning
81 II o'clock The meeting will not be
for the purpose of practice, but for the
,,reideration of matters appertaining to
.to team. Interest in the game has been
,oooine for some time and the more en-
tbusiastic members hope to arouse new
interest.
The lovers of foot ball in Savannah hope
.bot the team which was organized re-
emily will not fall through. 1t started
~ with every prospect for successful
,.ooson but there seems to be just bit
,acEing in the way of enthusiasm. The
co,,opnah Athletic Association was or
rrorivad with a good charter membership,
End the foot ball team was an adjunct OF
mo a association. The material from when
the team is to be picked, certainly could
NOT he found better outside OF one OF the
HE colleges. Most of the men have play
ed on college teams, some of them on the
crack teams of the north and south.
Mr. Gordon Saussy, who was instrument
AL in the organization of the team, was
a member of last years Cornell team he
NOT only has a splendid knowledge OF al
the intricacies of the game but is strong
nlayer himself. Under his careful train
Era1nr
nick from. there is no reason why SaVan-
nah could not put team in the held,
which would be able to give a good &C
count of itself in contest with any of
the southern teams.
Among those who will be candidates for
places are Gordon Saussy, Bailey Hopkins
/ w. Walker Lester Little, Howard Hip
Inns lack Wyness, Joe Hallinan, c. G..
snead, Charles O'Byrne, John McDonough,
Joe Counihan Bob Brady, Hockey Gar
many. Bob Hicks, James Sullivan, Tom
Minchean and Battle Winters.
Mr.. G. Noble Jones, who is managing the
team. has been in correspondence with
several of the southern teams in regard to
arranging games. He has arranged game
with the Jacksonville athletic association
IN he Dlayed in Jacksonville Thanksgiving
Day. The Jacksonville team is strong
one The players promise Savannah a
crowd and a good time.
Savannah
which to get in condition, but 1t will nave
70 get down to work at once. 1t expects to
do this.
According to the present arrangement of
plans, the Southeastern League will be
permanently organized at a meeting to be
held in Augusta tomorrow. The meeting
will probably be held at the Arlington no.
tel The following gentlemen are expected
TO BIZ present: T. w. Passalaigue of
Cha1. ION, G.. w. Dyer Of Augusta, Char
lie Larmar and r. w. Bosche of Atlanta
and Mai Winters of Macon savannah may
be represented by ]. j. Harrigan, but Mr..
Harrigan may not be able to attend and in
such an event will send his proxy to Char
lie Lamar. Mr. Passalaigue will most likely
be elected president of the league and La
mar secretary. 1t will be decided whether
the league will be a six or an eight club
and the admission of other cities Will ne
considered. Should it be six-club league,
which it is presumed it will be, the sixth
club is likely to be Columbus.
The meeting will fix a salary limit, and
a committee will be appointed to arrange
a. schedule This is a point that the man.
ayers will look to carefully. we'll ar
ranged schedule is very important rae
tor in the successful working of league.
The magnates would do well to make the
season a comparatively short one; say,
beginning in the middle or latter part of
April and ending in the middle of Au-
gust or at least not later than Sept. L.
About the latter part of August business
begins to loom up, especially in the cities
in the cotton district, and people do not
attend ball games The cities to compose
the league viii set to work Immediately
after the meeting to engage managers and
players.
The football team of the Carlisle In
dian school has been the surprise of the
season in gridiron circles The team has
played both Yale and Harvard, and while
ii was defeated in both games, the scores
were exceedingly close, and the Carlisle
team showed up strongly The red men
are said to play with a stubbornness and
swiftness peculiar to their race, and their
knowledge of the game is good. They
have been well received wherever they
have played and the team can now be
numbered among the big team OF the
east.
Teddy Sullivan has just arrived from
England arrayed in the latest English
togs. Teddy went across the pond as adj
vance agent for the Baltimore team,
which contemplated visit to England.
He SAYS the game is not much thought
of in England, and says the Brlushers
do not like 1t because it is American.
Big scotty Caulfield of Savannah is
billed to fight Jack Wilson of New Or
leans before the Nonpariel Athletic Club
of Baltimore. Nov g. for purse Of 500.
Billy whistler of Baltimore, who is well
known here, will also meet Billy McClain
Of New York in a fifteen-round go for $500
side.
The game of basket ball last night at
the Young Mems Christian Association
was one of the hardest fought of the Sc
ries, and although the score was 10 to
in favor Of the Whites, the Reds played
a hot game and kept the Whites contin-
ually guessing. The teams lined up as
follows:
Whites. Reds.
Sullivan capt.......c..........Lov Lowell Capt
Darlington ..........rf, ............... Ulmer
Chandler ....lf................ Sweat
Lynes ................rg... ............... Lucas
Buckner ...lg................ pwelle
Goals from Fied-Chandler 4; Dwelle,
l; Sweat, /; Sullivan, /; Buckner, 3.
Goals by Fouls-Chandler, 2.
The playing of Chandler and Buckner
was to the point. u
The result of the game makes the per-