The morning news., 1897-06-06
BATTLES OF THE c. |. AS
FIRST GAME of THE SEASON ~
TWEEN SAVANNAH AND AUGrsr,

Both Teams in the Pink of Trair,
Make-Up of the Savannah Ta.,,
Hipkins ana O'Byrne Pi,,o,r
Against Short and MeNallx-T,,-
Young Mems Christian Assoctat,o..
Games.
When Savannah and Augusta meet "A
c. L. A. park tomorrow afternoon a b.+-
tie royal between two of the hest an
teur teams in the south will be on. II MI,
be the first game of the season. and IL II,
wen that the opening should be under
such suspicious circumstances.
Seldom does a base ball game Great,
such an interest and work up sucb -,
amount of enthusiasm as has the gan,a ..
be played tomorrow. The fans here ana
IN Augusta have been talking of if fo,
weeks, and they never grow tired +.
seems to be subject that is ever n1aas.
ing. There are persons Interested in :.
that never before paid any attention ~
base ball.
Every small boy in town has been sellir.
beer bottles or doing chores to rais'
enough to buy him a ticket. That is H.,
minority of them. The majority will on
deaVor to peep through a hole in the
renee or try to scale it. Never in tba
days of Jimmie Manning, or the fpesr
of professional teams has there been e,,o,,
an interest in the great game.
OF course, the causes of this are tbo Il.
cal color given to the team by the nres-
ence on it of so many well-known a+os
teurs, and the warm rivalry existing be-
tween Augusta and Savannah To tba
Catholic Library Association belones tbs
credit for having put amateur base han
on such good footing in Savannah rsss
season When the tri-club league was frst
spoken of, it was only after a great deaI
OF thought on the subject that Savanrah
ueclded TO enter. Amateur ball had never
PAID expenses in Savannah. and had oI
ways been poorly patronized.
But the Catholic Library Association
members thought they saw a way to MAKE
1T success, and that wav was to erat
good team and good local pIavers So
team was formed, and the resuIt wos
most successful season and lots of GOOD
ball. 'o'' VI sool
The team which will tackle Augusta IVA,
PICKED last night, and this is the way j.
will line up way
Hipkins, H., pitch.
OByrne, catch
Brown, first base
Brady, E., second base.
OConnor third base
Hlpkins, B., short stop.
Schley, left field.
Brady, r., center field.
FOUNDER, right field.
Ennis, substitute.
terry. Oa''
Inc team has been carefully made I'M
aIter close watch of their practice for
several weeks and the men are well MAC.
ed "N'' Pia--
With Hipkins and Short as the opposing
pitchers the game is likely to be a battls
of pitchers. Hipkins is pitching better
pail than he ever did and the Augustans
nave heard enough of him to respect his
curves and shoots. When they have gone
up against him tomorrow afternoon this
respect will have grown nightly, for he
is simply going to make monkeys of the
Fountain City batsmen.
OByrne is improving In backstop work
every day, and he is getting down to fine
work. He handles Hipkins well and they
work well together. His throwing arm is
strong, and he is sure death to base-steal-
ers. Ills battiRk eye is good, and if he
don't tap up the Wely Short for couple Of
hits, something will be wrong.
Dan O'Connor Is at his old position cs
third base, and, of course, is very much
at home. OConnor is one of the fastest
amateur third-basemen that ever played
IN savannah. He is hitting unusually
hard and playing in fine form.
Brown at first, z. Brady at second and
Bailey Hlpkins a short stop, make the
balance of the infield entirely new, though
q. Brady played in the field in one or two
games last season
Brown is big fellow and just the man
for first bag. He gets everything that is
coming to him, and some that he should
not and is a good sticker
Brady made quite a reputation as a good
moor player, and he is likely to repeat
1t in on the field. He plays a good second
and runs bases to beat the band.
Bailey Hipkins puts up a good game at
short stop, and is in excellent condition.
With Schley, r. Brady and Founder in
the outfield. there should be no fear Of
anything wrong in that territory. They
well.
The Augusta team will arrive this morn-
ing at o'clock. They will probably
spend the day at Tybee The Augusta
team Is made up of the strongest players
IN the city and this is saying a great
oeal' as Augusta always boasted a good
base ball team. With Short and Nally
doing the battery work, they will un-
enter the game with a great
amount of confidence.
several hundred rooters and lady en-
thusiasts are expected from Augusta TO
cheer their team on to victory-or some-
thing else.
Manager Selee OF the Boston base ball
team of the National League evidently still
thinks well of the pitching abilities oe
Howard Hipkins Hipklns received a
telegram from Seee yesterday Offering 90
place him with Fall River, Mass in the
New England League, at a good salary
and offering to send 500 advance money
If he would come. Notwithstanding ths
oner was good one, Hipkins did not ac-
cept.
The friends of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association are taking much inter-
est In the games of basket and indoor
base ball played on Tuesday and Thurs-
day nights by teams picked from the as-
ISOLATION: The game of basket ball Tues
day night will be between the AS, Capt
X. B. Sullivan. and the DIS, Capt b. p.
Coleman. Thursday night the Reds and
the Blacks Will cross bats at indoor ball.
The captain of the Reds Is Mr. II. B. Har@
den' and OF the Blacks Mr. Il. S. Kng.