The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-20
.PATHFINDERS' FIRST GAME WILL
BE WITH ALL SAVANNAH TEAM
TEAM NOW BEING ORGANIZED TO
PLAY DADS TRIBE.
MANY EXHIBITION GAMES
WILL BE PLAYED.
PRESIDENT BOYER Is EXPECTED
IN SAVANNAH AT ANY TIME NOW.

Long Delayed Work of Fitting Up
Park VIII lie Commenced as soom
as the PhiIIies Leave-LaROcqu0
VIII Report with His Team or
April 1-An of the Youngsters Are
Now Getting Practice for the
Opening OF the SeasOn-AII-Cuban
Team Comes April 10, 20 and ~.
Probably the first game of BAH that
will be played by Dad LaRocque and
his Pathfnders this season will ae
with an all-Savannah team, which is
now being organized for the purpose.
Wayman Harmon and a number OF
the better players from last years
) Tri-club League are preparing 20 get
this team together within the next few
days. and will commence practice in
order to be in shape when the Path
finders assemble.
In less than two weeks LaRocque and
his followers. who will attempt to cap
ture the rag for Savannah, will put in
their appearance and commence the
preliminary work. The game with the
local team will then probably be ar
ranged for April 8. Other games will
be arranged with the Fort Screven
team as soon as Manager LaRocque
arrives. The alI-Cuban team will play
here on April 10, 20 and 21.
Grounds Are in Bad Condition.
The Bolton Street Park where the
games of the South Atlantic League
scheduled to take place in Savannah
wili be played, are in fearfully di-
iapdated condition., and it will hard
| ~ pc possible to get them in thorough
shape by the opening day.
An almost entirely new fence will
have to be put around the grounds.
The back field fence is practically new,
but the one along the railroad has
FALLEN down, and the other side of the
| enclosure is also rotten and fallen. 1t
is Mr.. Boyer's intention to remodel the
| grand stand, and it may be found
| necessary to tear the grand stand
completely down, as the one standing
| now was condemned last year, bur
was bolstered up to last through the
| season.
Nothing has been heard from Mr..
Boyer in the last ten days. He was
expected to reach Savannah this week.
In his last letter he stated that he
would be here about March IS.
| Manager LaRocque viii report for
duty on April l, and expects all OF
the members of the team to be on hand
| at that time. The grounds will BE-
released by the Phllles on March Is.
and 1t is expected that work will he
commenced Immediately after, getting
them in shape.
| Ross G. Blanton, the Georgia boy
who has signed with LaRocque, is the
most promising slab artist that has
been signed. Blanton writes that he
has already commenced practice at
I n4x1 L.
ever, and will be ready for hard work
as soon as he reaches Savannah.
Nearly all OF LaRocques men will
| have had more or less practice before
they come here. and he expects to
find them ready to put up a good game
when they have worked together two
or three times.
Augusta Looks Formidable.
OF course it is too early to make
dope on the coming race, but from the
| first flash 1t looks as IL Con Strouth-
ers has signed q team that win keep
all hustling. Nearly every man ae
has signed has had more or less ex-
perience in fast company, and, though,
as Con says, the youngsters may out
foot them for the first quarter, they
will just keep plugging along until
they are finally right up in front in the
stretch run home.
Owner Boyer of the Savannah team
says, however, that IL money can pro-
cure a pennant winning team for Sa-
vannah that II will have one. In his
last letter. he said "Of course wa
will have a lot of good material cast off
by the other leagues. This does not
necessarily mean they are poor ball
players. as nearly every team in the
Southern League has signed twenty or
more men. and even after they have
picked there will be many excellent
men to pick from. Savannah win have
all that can be secured"