The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-28
WINTER WORK FOR SOUTH
ATLANTIC CLUB MANAGERS

| the list which has been reserved. Bar
| bour and Hayes are both fast in the
| field, but are decimals at the plate.
Donelly is mediocre hitter with poor
| fielding judgment. With the loss of
Smith Ashenback will face the same
difficulty which has troubled him all
| season, a good, heady backstop. Smith
was a good catcher, a sharp thrower,
but lacked experience and head work.
Augusta Will Need Men.
Augusta will have the most building
to do. In the box they have McLaugh-
lin, Durham and Whipple reserved.
Durham will not report. They will
have to start at first and go around
to third. which will probably be taken
care of by Jack Spratt. Engel will go
back to the outfield, Wynne is weak
with the bat and Middlebrook is gem
orally incompetent.
An effort is being made to secure
Andy Roth to take charge of the team
and build it up during the winter
months. Before leaving Savannah Mr..
Boyer said he had not decided just
what he would do. Holmes made such
a promising showing here that Mr..
Boyer was inclined to the belief that
this youngster would show up wonder
fully well another season.
Jacksonville will probably draw
largely from the Cotton States League,
through the medium of Bob Fender,
who has a line on all the promising
youngsters down that way. Suggs
says he is going to give up professional
ball. Viola was not reserved, and va
rious rumors have been current as to
his having been drafted by clubs in the
Eastern League. These have not yet
been confirmed by official promulga-
ton.
Just Where Savannah Stands.
Savannah will have to do some tall
hustling, too, and Mr.. Boyer will not
be idle during the winter. Whether
or not he is elected to succeed HIM
self as president of the league, Mr..
Boyer says he is going to give Sa-
vannah the winning club. In the
event he is elected president of the
league he will probably engage COM
petent manager, such as Mullaney, but
il he is not he will give the club his
personal attention.
Drafting will cripple Savannah more
than any other team in the league.
Savidge will go to Pittsburg, WEIGH to
Montgomery and Thatcher will prob
ably be with Baltimore. Mullaney has
not yet signed with any team, and
cannot be drafted, as he did not sign
reserve clause. He wants to play in
Savannah, and stated before leaving
for Montgomery that he would play
with the Savannah team $50 month
cheaper than he would for any ball
team in the South.
The only prospective pitchers now
are George Washington Ogle and Lee
Staley. First base Is an open propo-
sition until the Mullaney matter is set
tied. TRULY is reserved for second but
there is a possibility that he will not
be ordered to report. Miller is going
to second and Mowbrey to third. Billy
Oyler will spend another season in
minor league company with the team.
In the outfield Yancy and Burt will
surely be ordered back, but King may
be replaced. Holmes and Roth will
both report for hackstop duty, although
Roth may be allowed to go to Augusta.
There is a possibility that Danny Shea
will be added to the team If Roth
VIII Commence Practice Early.
Nearly all of the teams will report for
preliminary practice two weeks earlier
than last year. Mr.. Boyer says he
viii bring on the fielders in the early
part of March and put them to work
learning the dumping game. This
feature of play was woefully lacking
during the season just passed.
There were few batsmen in the
league who could drop the pail sue
cessfully in front of the plate. In these
days of fast and scientific fielding this
feature is looked on by the best ball
players as indispensable to a winning
team.
Yancy will also be coached in snap
hitting, and learned to eliminate his
swing. In time he will develope the
ability to connect with the ball with
the swing and it is predicted that he
will be star hitter. The players re-
served by the different clubs follow:
Macon-John Segars, VIM. Laval, A.
B. Bayne, Harry Stewart, Nick Har-
nish, Henry Hoffman, Paul Se0tell,
Perry Lipe. George Stinson. j.. H.
Chandler, Albert Kerr. Farmer Smith,
Lee Davenport
Columbia-Guy Gunter, Joseph Nc
Carthy, A, Akers, James Kuhn, D. B.
Connect, James DAILY. Charles Dexter,
Harry Fisher. "Bumpus" Jones.
Charleston-E. M. hurry, l.. B.