The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-26
south Atlantic Standing.

We won yesterday and still lead the
second division!
In that neat and orderly way he has,
c. WEIGH turned the tables on Column
bia in the last game of the set.
We didn't see any tables about the
place, but a number of people spoke
= about them being turned, so it must be
all right. Anything to win and stay
in the race. Score, to l, and the tail
enders were lucky to show.
A small mess of nourishing, predi-
gested base hits made life happy once
more for the locals, while the tough,
stringy swats c. Welch dished out to
his guests did them no good, worth
mentioning. In his sterling feat of
wounding the pride of the crimson
calved youngsters the Iron Puddler
was ably assisted by one soft corn and
eight young men just returned from an
aerial voyage with N. Dantos-Sumont.
How the Corn Works.
Many astute persons familiar with
baseball will wonder what Mr.. Welch's
soft corn has to do with his pitching.
Much, when you know the detail. The
corn is located on the outer rim or
frontier of Welchs left foot. 1t is
caused by rasping that foot in a semi
circular sweep on the ground while de-
livering the ball. The pain Of this mo-
tion keeps the pitchers mind on his
work, and fills him with enthusiasm,
without which there can be no great
success in this life.
Therefore, il is not to marvel that
WEIGH turned the furniture on the
'Scrapers, and eased them off with
eight scattering hits, one pass and no
spine SCATTERING jolts. All told Mr..
Mullaney succeeded in reaching the
first bag four times without any UNI
usual exertion. which is quite a boon
to an athlete who runs like a man
swims in a General Slocum life pre-
server. Let US have more soft corns
and fewer solid bone craniums.
All of the eight hits secured by the
locals were of use. In fact. about the
only thing that was wasted in the
game was a great stack of language
piled around the feet of the presiding
Judge Messrs. Kuhn and Shea un
loaded these words in an excess of
grief.
Doesn't Like High Balls.
A high ball was called on Shea after
he had spelbound his pals with a sim
gle in the first. After he had been
thrown out from second. he was so
annoyed he reparteed with Mr.. Quinn
clear across the diamond. He con-
tinued to brush himself with one hand,
and repartee with the other long after
Mr. Quinn had turned to the business
in hand.
Many ascribe the reason for the
steady manner in which the locals
performed to the green asbestos cur
tain hung over the sign on the score
board. That sign eXtols the virtue OF
a certain beer. 1t is said the presence
of this spirited work of art caused the
mouth of the athlete to water so free
ly as TO weaken his system so he could
not hit. Rather than paint out this
offending sign, curtain is employed
to obscure the lettering during the
game.
But here arose new and appalling
difficulty. The sign is there for the
people to look at. and with the cur
tain down the populace is up against
II. However. the minute the game
ends up goes the curtain and the b GER
stands revealed in all of it's pristine
beauties.
Seriously, though, the nude beer ad.
brought about the undoing of Mr..
Shea's valuable thumb. It was either
that, or the realism of the sign was
so intense. Mr.. Shea thoughtlessly
reached out his bare hand for stein
when he should have cross countered
with the big mitt. Either way. it's a
serious proposition.
Jones Began the Inning.
Mr.. Jones does not draw his salary
on the strength of the exclusivencss of
his name. Neither does he fear the
handicap of his birthright, but he has
aspirations not without credit. 1t was
ne who broke the steady losing streak
OF the tailenders, and he wore the non
chalent air when he treeked into the
middle of the square.
He played the star role in the com