The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27
BALL SEASON CLOSING
MILITARY LEAGUE TO FINISH ITS
SERIES THIS WEEK.

SERIES THIS WEEK.
Guards and the Chathams Tied in
the Race for the Cup-Y. NJ. c. A. Is
Still Leading in the Association
League, with the Library Team
SecOnd-The Standing of All the
Teams.
The directors of the Association Indoor
League held meeting Friday night, at
which steps were taken to remedy several
troublesome matters which have been CIV
ing dissatisfaction for some time.
The method of reserving the front row
seats has been changed, and hereafter not
more than five seats will be sold to any
one person. No director, player or any
one connected with the three associations
can receive orders for seats from any one.
as has been done in the past. The seats
will be placed on sale at a given time, and
will be sold to those who come first. This
will prevent one or two persons purchas-
ing all of the seats, as has been done at
some of the games.
The executive committee of the Young
Mems Christian Associa ton, in whose hall
the games are played, advised the league
that the residents in the neighborhood lad
protested against the noise made at the
games, and the committee asked the oil
reotors to take some action in regard to
having it lessened. The directors appre-
ciated the fact that there had been too
much noise, and they decided to make
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directors viii endeavor to look after the
followers and rooters of the association
he represents, and in this way they hope
TO have applause confined to the claDping
of hands. Shouting and shrieking will not
be allowed, and a continuance of the noise
will only serve TO have the games stop
ped
+ The following is the standing of the clubs
in the Association League:
Won. Lost. Per G.
Y. NJ. c. A. ..................5 3 .625
=. L. 4. ...,,..-.............4 500
Y. NJ. Fl. A. ..............S .375
The three closing games in the Associa-
ton League will be the most interesting in
the league series because of the. closeness
of the race for the cup. Judging from the
enthusiasm exhibited at last weeks game.
it Will be impossible to hold the audience
within bounds at all during the coming
games
The Y. NJ c. A. team is still in the lead.
The loss of last weeks game to the Library
team let the Y. NJ. C. A. boys down a peg
and pushed the c. L. A. up one.
The closing game in the Military Indoor
League series win be played at the Guards
Hail Wednesday night. The Guards and
the Cnathams are now tied and this game
will decide to which team the trophy shall
go. The following is the way the teams
stand
Won. Lost. Per cent.
Guards ....................4 .572
Chathams ...............4 .572
Cadets ......................3 5 .375
OF the three games played between the
Guards and the Chathams the latter team
has won Two. The Guards think they are
due for the other game and feel confident
that they will land the trophy. The Chat
hams also express confidence, in fact, the
Artillerymen are of the opinion that it is
all over but the shouting.
The players of both teams have been
practicing almost nightly to get in the best
possible trim for the game They both
recognize that it is going to be a hard
fought struggle and neither team is willing
to let a chance go by.
1t would be hard to say which team has
the better chance. OF course, the follow
ers of each team are backing their favor
ties. Taking The last game of each team
as basis to judge from, it would seem
that the Guards have the better chance of
winning. In their last game with the Ca
diets they put up one of the best exhibit
tons of indoor bali ever seen in savan-
nah Their team work was great. ana if
they play the same kind of ball Wednes-
day night the Chathams will undoubtedly
have their hands full
In their last game, the Chathams PLAYED
loosely, and they only won because the
Cadets played more loosely than they did.
OF course, these games cannot be taken as
tests. The coming game is sure to be a
stubborn contest, at any rate, and the
team that wins will know that it has been
in a game.
The Military League has been unusual
ly successful, even beyond the fondest
hopes of its projectors have been exceeded
When the league was organized several
months ago, it was not thought that II
would prove as successful as il has The
attendance at all Of the games has been
large, but the admission charged was 50
small that great deal will not be real
tied
Haupt and Golden Rule lodges of odd
Fellows will play q game of indoor base
ball at the Odd Fellows Hall Tuesday
night. The Haupt Lodge team win an
pear for the first time Tuesday night IN
its handsome new uniforms which arrived
yesterday from New York. The uniforms
are by Saplding and are probably the
handsomest in the city. The shirts ana
trousers are Of dark blue flannel, with red
belts and red stockings. "HauptP ap-