The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-01
FANS IN FULL FEATHER.
VALDOSTAs VISIT THE NEXT
EVENT IN BASE BALL.

Lowndes' COunty's Crack Team to
Play Savannah's {. l.. AS To-nInr-
row and Saturday-Thc Next Game
With Augusta NOndRy-Livcly In
terest in the Cycle Meet-Ths En-
tries to Close SaturdRX-MOrc RID
ers ON the Professional List.
The large crowds that have witnessed
both of the games between the Catholic
Library Association teams of Savannah
and Augusta and the widespread interest
that is taken in the games show that anna
teur base ball has taken firm hold in Sa-
vannah. 1t is one Of the most popular of
sports
From the present outlook there will be
plenty of base bali during the hot sum
mer months. with the games Friday and
Saturday between the Library team and
| Valdosta, the Y. M. c. A.-Y. NJ. H. A.
| game Monday and game between Angus
! ia and Savannah the latter part of next
week, besides Savannah's game in Augusta
| Monday, the fans will have all the ball
they want for a while
| The manager Of the Valdosta team has
written to Manager Gleason that his team
is a very strong one, and, judging from
the accounts OF the games it has been
playing in South Georgia II must be. There
| is a tri-club league with Naldosta, quit
man and brownsville as members, and the
wiregrass section has gone crazy over the
| national game Whenever the teams meet
| everything in town closes up and the
whole population go out to see the game.
The visit of Valdosta will be particularly
interesting inasmuch as two of it's play
| ers are Savannah boys. Jim Bailantyne,
| better known under the fiery cognomen of
| "Spitfre," is catching for that team, ana
Bob Harper is holding down second bag.
| Harper is also captain and acting manager
| Both of these men have regulations that
| extend out of Savannah. Balantyne Is
| one of the most brilliant backstops outside
| of the National League. He has had sew
| eral opportunities to get on good teams IN
| some of the strong minor leagues, put mas
| been unfortunate. Harper, VINO played
| with the Library team last season, is one
| of the fastest players in the south. Con-
| niff. who will twirl for Valdosta is a semi
| professional pitcher with a good record. lie
| pitched against Savannah in the game
| played by Smiths semi-professional team
| from Atlanta at Thunderbolt last year.
Hopkins viii pitch In Fridays game and
pitch Saturdays game. The games Will
not be called until 5 o'clock.
The next game between Savannah and
Augusta will be played in the latter city
Monday. Hardly had Tuesdays game
been finished, before the boys began talk
ing of next Mondays game. Their over
whelming victory over Augusta has not
| sWelled their craniums, and they VIII Keep
| mn ha rd Tlra good
| An excursion will be run with the team,
and as the day is a legal holiday, large
crowd will doubtless take advantage OF
the~pportunity to have days outing ana
see me game. The excursion will be run
over the Plant system, and Will leave
Monday morning at 6 O'Clock, railroad
time, arriving In Augusta at II o'clock.
Returning, the train will leave Augusta
at 10 p. m. The fare for the round trip
will be $l.50.
1t is not known vet who will pitch. Ed
Brady's finger is mending nicely and he
will be able to look after second base.
This will make Savannah's infeld veri-
table stone wall.
The Y. M. c. A. and Y. NJ. II. A. base
ball teams will meet for the first time in
a game of outdoor base ball Monday, at
c. L. A park. The teams have often met
before in indoor games. Both teams are
! making up strongly anu lAStS N Sums W
be hard fight for the game.
The entries to the handicap events OF
the Spalding club meet, to be held Mon
day. will close tonight Riders who intend
to enter should see that their entries are
handed in to-day. The entries to the open
events will close Saturday at o'clock p.
m. A number of entries have already
been received, and the prospects for good
races are bright.
The party who is reporting riders to the
racing board as having violated the anna
teur rules, is stIll at work. Yesterdays
mail brought several missives from Chair
man Mott f. f. Edwards, Billy Newman,
Oscar Thompson and Louis Hernandez re,
ceived the usual interrogatories as to their
status Hernandez was charged with rid
ing on the triplet with Williams and Gross
at Jacksonville last month, which he did
| not do In some way the Jacksonville pa
pers got Hernandez's name instead Of Ed
wards who rode. Edwards, Newman and
Thompson are charged with pacing Coop
er, Michael and Becker In public during
the recent stay OF the cracks at the park.
The boys will all be able to clear them
selves. Edwards, however had decided to
turn professional so that he could ride
with Williams and Gross on the triplet.
The triplet will ride an exhibition mile at
the races Monday, and by riding then he
will necessarily become a professional
The next weekly bulletin Of Chairman
Mott Of the racing board OF the League
OF American Wheelmen will announce the
removal of Gross and Williams TO the
professional ranks. These riders received
the notice from Chairman Mott several
days ago, and the information was given
In the Morning News. The bulletin will
also announce the suspension Of w. Il.
Guerard, Jr.
Kinsey Connery and Coburn. Savan-
vannahs speedy professionals, will ell go
up to Macon for the races 10 be held there
Monday. A match race has been arrang-
ed between Kinsey and Coburn. and they
will all enter the two professional events.
Kinsey will go TO Atlanta Monday night,
and will ride In the races 20 be held at the
indoor track Tuesday night There Will be
three races al different distances for the
championship Of Georgia, and the savan-
nah boy will endeavor 10 bring the trophy
back home.
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