The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-20
,prIcIALs HAVE BEEN SELECTED
By TREASURER M'INTIRE.
JAMES LYMAN WILL
UMPIRE THE GAME.
HARRY BLUM, REFEREE, AND
CRAIG BARROW is HEAD
LINESMAN.

D5ouaGer Boswell Writes That He
wants to Have n Clean, Hard
Game, and Promises That His Men
VIII Play Clean Ball - Soldiers
Average About Ten Pounds Heav-
Ter Than the Savannah Team.
CAPTAIN Cope Says He VIII Guard
AGAINST over COnfidence-Team Is
in Great shape.
Treasurer Frank McIntire of the Sa-
vannah Athletic Association received
a letter from Manager Walter o. Bos-
we'll of the Fort Mcpherson football
check for 500 to guarantee the appear
anoe of the team m Savannah on
Christmas.
Manager Boswell states in his letter
that he will leave the selection of Off
Gals to the Savannah team, and sug-
gests Mr.. James McIntire as umpire.
Treasurer McIntire said last night
that the officials would be Capt Har-
nv Blum, referee; Mr.. James Lyman,
umpire, and Mr.. Craig Barrow, lines
man. It is not yet known for certain
whether or not Mr.. Lyman will act as
referee in the game.
The soldiers are practicing hard and
Manager Boswell says he believes he
will be able to show the Savannah
men a thing or two. The team aver
ages about ten pounds heavier than
the Savannah team, and the back field
is especially heavy. Savannah's line
is about the same weight as that of
the soldiers. The game will be called
at Bolton Street Park at $3.50 o'clock.
Thirty-minute halves will be played,
unless there is an unusual number of
delays, which may occasion the short
ening of the last half.
Capt Cope said last night that while
he believed Savannah would be able
to defeat the soldiers, it would not
be as easy as many were inclined to
think. There is such thing as over
confidence" said Capt. Cope, land that
is one thing that I am going to try
and make the men guard against. We
don't know what style of play the
Mcpherson team will adopt, nor do we
know anything about the playing of
any of the men. We are familiar with
Georgia's play, and knew the men to
go for whenever there was a scrim-
mage. Sandy Beavers, who is coach
ing the team, is as foxy as any of them,
and 1 expect a large number of trick
plays.
If we do not defeat the soldiers
Christmas it will certainly not be be-
cause the team is not in condition. 1t
is true that we have labored under
many disadvantages in practicing, but
all of the men have certainly worked
hard. consider the team so per cent.
better than it was when it played Geor-
gia, and I have the greatest confidence
that we will be able to defeat both
the soldiers and Charleston"
The Savannah squad will practice
every night next week, if possible. The
weather now has been ideal during the
past week for praeticing, and two
hours hard work has been done every
night. The men, in addition to the
hard practice at the Guards Armory,
run several miles every night, and
are in as good physical condition now
as they were ever in.
The game on Christmas day will be
the feature of the afternoons attrac-
tons, as will the matinee races at the
race track in the morning. The SOL
diers will be taken out to the race
track to see the ponies run, and will be
royalty entertained during their stay
here.
The Mcpherson team will reach Sa-
vannah at o'clock Christmas MORN
ing, and will stop at the Pulaski House
during their stay here.