The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

Interscholastic sport will boom this
fall If the plans now mapped out can
be brought to a head. Those inter-
ested say something must be done to
place Southern intercollegiate athlet-
les on the footing 1t belongs. Jealousy
must be put aside and the wire pull
ing that has mantle stad itself must be
wiped out.
The past season of college baseball
has not been marked by any excep-
tional development of good ball play
ers, nor has any one team demonstrate
ed its absolute superiority. The Geor-
gia team during the past season made
a showing hardly in keeping with it's
former records. Mercer played by
spells, and lacked team work. This
was a feature that the Georgia team
excelled In. The harmonious workings
of the team was the evidence of con-
slant practice and intelligent training,
but Georgia was weak with the stick.
About the middle of the season they
were disturbed by internal dissensions
that necessitated the changing of the
lineup. Dickerson as captain did not
find favor in the eyes of all the mem,
bers of the team. 1t is the same Dick
erson who caught for Mercer three
years ago when that college was
thrown out of the Southern Inter-Col-
legiate Athletic Association for playing
professionals.
Players Developed mt Mercer.
Two or three good individual play
ers were developed on the Mercer
team. Out of the number Pate, third
1k.s.
easily the best. While the Boston
team was engaging in its spring prac-
tice in Macon Cy Young said that
Pate had the best eye for a pitched
ball of any amateur batsman he had
ever seen. In the eleven times in
which he played he knocked nine home
runs. What the Mercer team lacked
was team work. In their annual con-
test with the Georgia team they had
both games won in the early stages.
In the first game the score was to 0
up to the fifth inning, when Mercer
made two more runs. In their half
of that inning the university team sent
five men across the plate. Maynard,
who was pitching the game of his life,
received absolutely no support, and to
retire the side he had to strike out
three men. The team went all to
pieces and the next inning Georgia
SCOTGQ TWO The SdtiiC.
On the following day the same thing
happened. Munday went in for the
MERGERS, and was taken out soon after
and Howell put in after the university
team had scored six times in the sixth
inning.
The Tech team was the most erratic
performing aggregation of all the
Southern colleges. One day 1t could
shut out almost any band of opponents,
err H.
to pieces and could neither hit the ball
or stop one when it came to them in
the field. Altogether however, Tech
made a good showing.
Planning for Football.
College captains are now making
their arrangements for good football
material. For the first time in her his
tory, Mercer will put a team on the
gridiron this year as a member OF the
Southern intercollegiate Association.
Maynard, who pitched on the Mercer
team last year, is manager Of the team,
and Quarles, who did the catching,
will captain it. No announcement has
yet been made by the management as
to the available material in sight. Fail
ing to put out teams has left Mercer
to start all over again, and they have
lost their two stars who were fixtures
on the team for over four years,
Charles Harris ana cochran.
Reports from Auburn are to the ef-
feet that the team there this fall will
be the strongest that that college has
ever put out. Auburn has always been
the hardest proposition for the Uni
versity team, and If they verify the
reports that have come out about the
men that will make up the team when
they meet the Varsity team in Atlanta
Thanksgiving, they will have an easy
victory.
The University Eleven.
At the University 1t is practically GER
tain that six of Fast years strong team
will return TO college and lineup for
the work under Coach Reynolds lead
ership. These are Dickerson, half
back; Harmon, half back; Jack Bow
er, end; Woodruff and Willingham,
guards, and Ketron, center rush and
captain. In discussing the outlook for
the team, Capt. Ketron said few days
ago:
II am confident that we will have
one of the strongest line ups that ever
carried the Red and Black 10 victory.
Ip addition to the six old men who
viii return there will be several can
didates whom / know personally COM
ing on and who can be deVoIODRd fnto