The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-30
south Atlantic Standing.

Macon s......5 90 80 - .
augusta .;....4S % % .521
Savannah .4S u "a 900
Charleston ...5l 20 70 400
Columbia ....51 Is So .294
That blue streaked cyclone that
struck Fatty Whipple well toward the
shank of the getaway game on the
eastside yesterday afternoon was per-
haps the severest that the corpulent
southpaw has steered into in some
days.
I'D to the time the severest eXplo-
sion took place in the Pathfinders' bat
works the Highlanders had not I'M
limbered their artillery at the home
rubber, nor did they get into action
before the thing had blown over, three
mock salutations being all Mr.. WEIGH
would allow
There was peculiarly solid comfort
for those sitting in the grand
and bleachers to note the score board
as each inning sped by, and then re-
member that it was Mr.. Whipple who
opposed Con on the lonesome occasion
when his first and only defeat of the
season was administered. Revenge
was sweet.
How OyIer Won Out.
Master William Oyler covered his
miniature with several layers of glory
and drew a goodly reward from the
enthusiastic ones by performing one OF
those rare acts of clearing the bases at
the time when we needed few to
make things comfortable.
1t was Billy's second stab with sue
cess at one of Larry's larboard broad
sides. In this decisive inning Mr.. Whip
pie seemed to have lost hope after
Holmes singled nicely over second. j.
Kennedy dumped one down towards
third and it was such teaser that he
beat il out before Lipe could garner It
WEIGH duplicated the play in every
mart Burt hit hard to second, but a
quick return put Holmes back on the
bench without results, and then oyer
choked Brother Andy's bit of willow
and lined one over Mr.. Strader's head
Everything on the main line reached
the terminal in due time and his Kid
let's stopped at the last tank, making
the final relay on Yancy's hard drive
TO center field.
Mind you, all of this occurred after
we had stored one away in the third
Just to get the proper line on Mr..
Whipple.
How We Scored First.
In the third ]. Kennedy had smashed
one between Lipe and Sentell. He was
advanced on Welch's martyr act. He
went to third on the throw in of Burt's
hoist to center, and scored on L1pe's
boot of Oyler's hot one to third.
In the seventh the visitors had their
gift. Hoffman popped one over second.
Messrs. Yancy. O'Brien and Kennedy
gathered and held brief pow-woW
in the vicinity which the ball was
then approaching. Suddenly six sweaty
fins went up. and there was more ar
gument, and the ball, delaying not,
dropped to earth. Hoffman went to
third on Strader's single to right field,
and scored on slow one down to Sec
ond.
After adding another in the eighth
lust to make the score look familiar,
Null called all hands off and to bed
to prepare for the trip up the pond.
Macon Not So strong.
The showing made by the leaders
during the series just finished demon
strated that the team is not near so
strong by comparison now as II was
early in the season. There will be
small wonder if Augusta does not take
Macon the rest of this week.
Columbia has team that appeared
every bit as strong in the field, and
much stronger at the bat Blake, the
leader in league hitters, has taken the
slump that is always sure TO come
to those sensational swatsmen, and
pitchers around the circuit are pouring
hot shot into the team, which is rapid
~ pulling down the general batting
average.
During the series here the team aver
aged a fraction over four hits each
game. True, they were up against
a trio of the best pitchers in the lea
que, but they also evinced that yellow
streak so frequently charged to be in
the backbone of the combination. Smith
himself is the rankest sulker in the
business to-day, and when he gets in
one of those moods the team is a
dead one. There is no fight to it, with
hhe exception of the wordy warfare
waged with the umpire.
Savannah Getting Stronger.
Felix Kohler laughed when asked If
he didn't think he would have to add
a little more strength in view of the
fact that other teams were getting
faster and more experienced men. The
well balanced combination that he has
nov will win many games in lucky
t streaks, but with the teams that are
gradually being built up around him
Ne will soon find that the Joy news is
less frequent each passing week
Savannah's team as II stands at
present is as strong as a team, and
stronger individually than Macon. with
the added strength that Owner Boyer
Is making every effort TO secure no
one doubts that we viii easily have
the better club in the race for the
pennant. Compare all three Of the
games, and see n Savannah didn't
outright end outplay the visitors each
day
NeffardayiF score.