The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-07
TECH BOYS AT THE BAT.
rbev Are Crack Ball Players as Well
as Good students.

as Good Students.
The Georgia Tech boys are not only
o4 students, but are first rate BAH
s,a,srs. The Constitution of Sunday has
',is 10 say of Saturdays game in Allan
hetUeeu the Tech" and the Auburn
boys:
Upen the whistle has blown and the
,a+1es cease turning; when the overalls
70 nut aside and the carpenters and
.ajnars and blacksmiths foregather under
me study lights, paeans of praise will be
,ifted in honor of P. Murphy, the pocket
tjero1Ies. When his name is mentioned
a, Auburn all ball players will be re-
Tired to tremble as a mark of respect.
The vest pocket demon is the youngest
rilburv come to life again and the proud
'olopial stock on the Jubbleson side may
all feel naughty, and consequential.
Ar,hitecturaly, Hercules, Jr., is built
lose TO nature. Standing on the beach
The crest of his tousled hair would be
onIy five feet and an inch or two above
eco level, He is mixture of three parts
hot sand and one part ginger, and plays
hasebsll like lad who loves the game.
lie got a strangle hold on Fame yester-
dav afternoon and If he can hold his grip
me tickle goddess win be on the mat taxi
when the athletes from the powed
lands of Alabama learned that Henley
couid not be at the center point they
cave A successful imitation of nine young
Gentlemen collectively giving vent to quiet
and unostenta tious joy. They did not see
The high light of the mighty resolve that
sbined in the cadet blue eyes of p Muir
nbv And when he began to feed them an
assortment of the Murphy brand of mys-
,eries and unsolved riddles, the advanced
nipils had practical DEMONSTRATION of
ubat is meant by the theory of fight.
P Murphy came when he was called,
and with amazing rapidly.
According to the report of the official
.statistician the wage earners got fifteen
men around the circuit, and their oppon-
ents three This is detail to be scorned
because ID means nothing.
The overall wearers put up the cleanest
sNiftest exhibition of the Simon-pure
baseball article that has been shown in
Atlanta this season.
Paulsen Neel Merritt and McCathern.
doing business under the firm name of
oTbe Association of Infield Baseball
PLAYERS. Ltd" covered themselves with
glory and dust in equal proportions
everything that came down to the bar
rier was held up and stamped. The out
faId accepted the few chances that came
their way with admirable celebrity and
ease. The Tech team put up the sort of
game that would hook we'll in the pic
ture machines.
The men supported Murphy in slashing
stvle. and played together like clock
work Waddell back stopped the game
like a veteran.
Back of the plate the Auburn team is
lamentably weak. The locals stole bases
with perfect impunity. 1t was what the
underwriters call a safe risk
The Alabama cadets went to the
hurdles in the second inning and for
while lost all semblance of form. The
shop toiers landed and landed hard.
They sprinted round the corners like
bunch of relay racers. When the visitors
settled down the Techs had a harder
fight, and only added three more to their
group of tallies.
Taking candy from children is recrea-
ton for strong man; getting money
in a letter is easy, and picking ripe fruit
does not require any muscular eXertion
but they are exact forms of manual labor
vhen compared with the speed and GER
tanty with which the Techs earned their
laurel wreath yesterday.
Paulsen is a Savannah boy, and his
record on the Tech team this year is
something to be proud Of