The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
FANS IN FULL FEAT4
CROWDS WATCH THE g
AT PRACTICE.

The OId-Time Rivalry Retr-
Vannnh and Augusta Gives
to the Interest in the opepi,,
the Two City Series of Game.
Make-Up of the Savannah I'll
Augusta Preparing to Win.
The first game of the series betuoau
Vannah and Augusta is but eight da,s
but those eight days will seem M
eternity to the anxious fans who are "a
ing for the season to open.
The wait will only serve to hlebte,
appetite of the lovers of the game II
ever, and when play bali" is called ~
week, If there are not several tbo,,so
people at c. L. A. park, it will be IL
prise to many.
The game Is being talked of evervv.bo,
among those who are interested IN ha.
ball, and VINO are not? c. L. A mani
visited by many every afternoon IN 3.
the boys at practice, and there is mpct
satisfaction to the onlookers at the wa,
the team is showing up.
A difficulty that has always been %.
tended with in teams of former years ba,
been the inability to get some of the NAV.
ers to practice sufficiently. There seem.
ed to be laziness about some of thu
men, and they would not go out to prsc.
tice until few days before the date 90,
for game. Notwithstanding this. tba
article of ball put up by Savannah's team
has always been high up. But this Yea,
the candidates for places on the team
have been doing hard work for several
weeks, and some of them have not missed
day. The men are all showing up well
and if Savannah does not have a vers
strong team, it will not be for want Of
practice. The strength of the team i,
looming up beyond the expectations of the
Library members, and the team is going
to be unusually strong.
Last week was devoted to team work.
and most of the men have been practically
assigned their places. The men vera
worked in batting, sprinting and fielding,
and some signal work was gone through,
The battery for the opening game will
most likely be Hopkins and O'Byrne Hip.
kins is getting stronger every day, and
his arm is in fine shape. His speed is ter
rife, and he has excellent control of the
sphere. OByrne is holding him down
well, and his backstop work is good His
throwing arm is strong, and he gets the
ball to the bases in a way that will be
death to Augustus base runners.
The inield will be formidable. Candi.
dates for positions in the infield are Henry
Brown, Dan O'Connor, Ed Brady, Bailey
Hipllins and Founder
The out1ield will be covered by fast men.
and there will be no dropping of flies in
that territory. 1t has not been made up
yet, but it is almost assured that Charlis
Schley will play left field Schley is one
of the best felders that Savannah has
ever seen, and he is also one of the moss
popular of fellows. He is young, fast on
his feet, and a good sticker.
The new suits of the club arrived yes
terday, and they are very pretty The
body is of pale gray, with maroon belt
trimmings and stockings. The suits are
handsomely made, the pants being heavily
padded, and they will make a good show.
One of them has been placed on exhbi.
ton in the window of B. H. Levy & Bro.
on Broughton street.
The diamond at the park has been put
in excellent condition, and it is almos,
like ball room floor, so fine is it. The
field has been leveled off some and the
park altogether been put in good condi-
ton. Backs have been added to the seats
in the grandstand and the bleachers put
in repair.
Augusta is making any amount of fuss
over the game. From the noise that comes
from the city up the river it looks as L
the whole city is coming down to yell for
its team. Augustus team is very strong,
and it has had the advantage of over two
months practice, so that the players ara
well seasoned and in fine form.