The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20

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There are four more games to be play
ed. The Y. M c. A. and the Library
teams meet twice and the Y M. g a
and the Y. NJ. H. A. play one game Inc
c. L. A. also has another game with 'ne
Y. NJ II. A.
Of course. lust now the Y. M. C. A
bows are odds-on favorites. They nave
lead which ought to give them an I'M
n,ense amount of confidence in their aolil-
nv 70 win out. and if they do not, 1t VIII
he a surprise to the players ana their
followers.
rbe LIBRARY boys still consider them
Solves In the race and they have not
given I'D the fight. They believe they still
have a chance for the trophy, and some
Of them think they will win it. Stranger
things than that have happened they
say.
The next game will be between the LII
brarv team and the Y. M. c. A, and
will be played at Y. NJ c. a. hall Ihurs-
day night The Library team Will be
greatly strengthened and the positions OF
the men will be changed somewhat. Hor-
r,ean will pitch. Horrigan has been pitch
ing good ball in the recent games ana II
he holds out his team may win yet seats
for This game will be placed on sale We'd
nesday morning
The Y NJ. c. A. team was weakened
somewhat in the game With the Hebrew
team last week, with Johnnie Elton OIL
left short stop. Elton's arm was injured
IL. - ola
position, though he occupied left field ana
bv his timely batting and excellent base
running helped to win the game for his
team. Elton may be well enough to play
his regular position Thursday night. he
is one of the fastest intielders in the
| league. in fact one of the best all-around
PLAYERS. He is a sure hitter and gets more
gallery hits than any player in the league.
Howard Hopkins has been catching
| great ball for the Y. NJ. c. AS When
he was tried as an experiment behind the
bat the Y. NJ. C. A. boys played trump
card. The team was very weak in the
| backstop and if Hopkins had not caught
so well the team would not have been
| where it is nowN
Had Meinhard, the Y. NJ. H. A s
regular second baseman, been on that bag
| in last weeks game the Hebrew boys
might have won. 1t was on critical plays
There are but two more games to be
| played in the Military League, and as the
| close of the series draws near the fight
| for the trophy grows warmer.
The cup which is being contested for is
| a handsome trophy as could be seen from
| the cut of it, which was published in the
Morning News last Sunday 1t was do
| mated by MIR. Victor Desbouillons. Il mem
| Der of the Chatham Artillery, through his
father, Mr. A. L. DesbouillonS. 1t is a
solid silver, three-handled loving cup,
standing len inches high on an ebony base.
The cup is of tasty design, prettily en-
| graved and will make a handsome orna-
ment for the rooms of the company whose
team wins it.
The cup will be contested for annually,
and will not become the property of any
team as long as the league remains in,
tact. Should the existence of the league
terminate, the trophy shall become the
property Of the military organization
whose team has won it the greatest num-
Der of times, Every club which wins the
| cup will have the privilege of having en-
graved upon it its name and the date of
the season which it won the trophy.
The following is the standing of the
teams in the Military League:
Won. Lost PC
GUARDS ........................4 .5I2
Chathams .....................S $40
Cadets ........................S A .429
The victory Of the Guards over the Ca
diets Wednesday night put the First Bat
talon team in the lead. The teams were
all tied up to this game. The Guards have
won four and lost three games and have