The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-06
south Atlantic Standing.

Mr.. Ralph savidge backed up his
claims to be recognized as one of our
winning pitchers yesterday.
At last Old Rip has been given that
1am-up sharp fielding support, with
good backing at the plate, that will
win many games for him if continued.
He is always there with his part OF
the performance but often his fellow
players forget their lines and he be-
comes hopelessly entangled Nm the
mazes of dumb exhibitions.
Kidney Foot Anderson for the Jays
has not yet made his debut into the
winning ranks. He made several at
tempts to knock the bat from the Sa-
vannah clubmen's hands, using the
ball for that purpose, but his efforts
made miscarriages and he was slam
med for seven tallies.
1t looked like one of Rips bad days
when the first inning was full blown.
This is Rips hoo-doo period.
After Curran had skied out to Oyler
and Pratz had punched at puzzlers
three times Signor Violetta singled,
and before the echo had passed the
lumber yard little Dingle had cele-
brated his return to ranks by another
safety by second base.
The Bases Were Full.
Then four wide ones gave NEWMAN
the open sesame to first and with a
wagon load ready for the start home
ward, Chapel cracked one full on the
nose between second and first. 1t
looked like something would occur.
But here just a word about the
sturdy youngster, who was taking care
of that immediate territory which was
being invaded-Lee Staley. He has
pitched several remarkable games since
his debut into professional ranks, and
has always given an exhibition of the
most finished character in the box
At the bat he is leading the league
pitchers, and he added much to his
percentages yesterday.
But to this play-he was down the
plot like a flash, knocked the bound
ing pig head down as neat as Topsy
Hartsel ever did and cut Mr.. Chapels
toes off gum rubbers and all.
How Game Was Played.
Then the battle settled down to a
steady in and out grind. with few
intermittent stages. in which we drag
ged lucky seven across the portal,
and two through trips were wrapped
up for the visitors.
Both line ups were patched up for
the day. Not as a result of the Fourth
OF July celebration. but for various
causes j Kennedy was replaced by
Paddy O'Brien at third. Paddy did
well, pulling off a pretty double with
the assistance of Null and knocking
down several bad ones. Staley was
sent to Paddy's place at second, and
though one clean cut error was charg-
ed against him he put in some pretty
work.
Dingle's face was seen on the JAY
in1eld for the first time in several days.
He was pushed down to third, and
showed one error on a hard chance
Kirwan went to right field, and Chapel
10 center ana thus handicapped the
visitors put up a hard struggle.
Oyler shows Improvement.
Perhaps no youngster in the circuit
has shown such steady Improvement
In his work as has Oyler. His work
at short for the last ten days has been
little short of sensa tional, and his
steady base-earning has been a won-
derful boost to the team
One OF the prettiest diamond specta-
cles witnessed here this season was
when his Kidlets made a force out at
second on a clean hit of Newhams.
OlllSlt Hdu gone 10 ufSt on a spine
shattering jolt when NEWMAN hit full
on the nose right over the keystone
bag. Billy made a long dive. knocked
the ball down with one hand and roll
ed over on the bag just before Dingle
tried to toe the sack.
There is perhaps a pleasant surprise
for the youngster and his friends when
the official averages are published
within a few days.
Savannah's runs were made in the
third, sixth and eighth. In the third
Staley was hit and walked. OBrien
hit hard to second and was safe on
Wynne's error Savidge went out from
pitcher to first. Staley and OBrien
scored on Burt's two-b base hit to left
field. Owler fouled out to third. Yancy
hit hard TO short and was safe on an
error, Burt scoring. Mullaney was
cracked in the ribs and r. Kennedy
skied out to center.
In the sixth Holmes drove a clean
two sacker between center and right
Staley singled between third and
short, Holmes scoring. OBrien flew
out to right field. Savidge singled to
left field, Staley going to third. Burt