The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-09
CONTEST WITH Y. VI. {. A TEAM
PROMISES TO BE EXCITING.
HARMON WILL PITCH
FOR YELLOW LEGS.
DADS BUNCH ENGAGED IN FAST
PRACTICE ON WET GROUNDS.

Al Four O'clock This Afternoon the
First Cane Of Any Real Local In
tsrert VIII Be Played and All
Vans VIII Have an Opportunity OF
Drawing Line on rhe sturdy
TsunEsters Who VIII Repr~rent
Savannah in the Race for the Pea
naut-BrfIliant F-Atures TO Yes
rerday's Practice.
The a-st exhttstiou game q ball i-
which :hs STURDY ads. vic WI yep
resent Savannah a- t1e -aos- for lie
rernz-t IL 15s south Atlantic League
Will participate. n.l he played al Bal
tor st-es- Pan, t5is afternoon rne o.
posing sac--o- being zine equally
sturdy young s-Aieres from 1as Young
Mems Ch-5Etla- Assoclato1.
The game ~-ll be CALEB &: g clorK
ans ~ il s-l- be TIE initial appearance
q lhe ,ez-r u.hich Manage L.aFocgue
has assemble To. sustain -ae hoooE and
Ev1ds q t1e Forest C.ry. u WIN no
don't; be greeted ~ 9u2 o1-P lepeut
q Savannah ts1s. The T d. C.. h
ses-r u3- he maze " d me bast -re-
I8-ke6 src-- LAST years team and VIII
Harmon IL -he box -hey sb0u35 J,gi u
~ s-11l1s q. Rail that WILL make IN
ro-test vel worth w.tr easing
Il ms Ea-e al q me men IL me
FcEteF q -he Pzth@-Ge-s W.. pe wC.s-
81 su- & Earr O the -4r-e wrfh ths AZ
ceC-5c- ot lz zg1e-. who IS su- srlrE
from Z lame ann. he was injured NT
8 fan vile ---ntrg FIR baL On the
sslppe-y gro1-1 back q the grand
stand during Ihs practice Ts.steT1aT-
AL FIVE q the other pitchers wl-- be
ETut - FOX a. least one inning each
How They VIII Bat
Brz-sor who 11u cors- second tag.
viii head The batting llEt for The Path
finders. and ms tuEE stick worker Is
expected Il gel -c the FIRST bag Kay
Tire fast center Solder WILL be The sec
cid man 10 face Harmon. with BE
DarE Bur- me third ID. Il one y
these Ih-AE men are successful sn
reaching 1hsr5 Dad himself Will paw
the ar and Try 10 Turn meat sargle 70
BcuTs hizr-
In The pracrjos DAD showed nus o15
time form -alh the E1lck and ham
sre1@9 them al over me 40i yesterday
EgEer1- who VIII cover short IL he
absence q [salzgh=r viii as the next
nan Up. and then wil come Myers.
WHO w5l defend The right garden 1Cl-
bowed b. oYley. o. thlTd baSs. then
WsbsteE and Hopkins. The catcher
and then Inc pitchers.
The batting ORDER q ghe 7. n C. =
boys WILL be Harmon. Jdtcbs Strake
catch Mc1E1jge third base, SaTarese.
short stop WGkl-s0u FIRST base. Ora
han, r5ghs 6el6. Howard. seuO1d base
Lang. center neld. Mcconnell Left
EelG
The 7. II c. A boys ara confident
they VIII make q good showing against
---rl- Ner-
not had az -nch work together ar
fhsv would like 10 have had
Paxh6Rders Fast On Wet Field.
Dad ; J me boys Out for fast prae-
tsos yesterday afternoon despite the
FACT that q dT3ZZaing rain WAS falling
rooEg q the Tir1e- A faithful few Eh'S'-
ereo Il the grand stand as The boys
were GET ting up Steam The hal was
hard 10 handle. and plenty Of errors
were spilled about Inc big square They
Cinr't mind IhEE Dut kept plugging
away. Zach Gay more ginger is shown
In the way the boys 80 about their
U0yk They have found their voices
Cnd make things as noisy as one
could 1sEs-e for q baM game. Webster
was 3 little sore from the hard days
work ne had Thursday. but made
splendid puts 10 the bases.
The feature o. the afternoon prsc-
1lce was tbs fast outf5el6 work 81 Ray.
Ray is one Of the fastest men in the
UuIfleld that has been seen here. with
TIE exception Of some Of the big league
stars. lie is an sK-pitche-. and 5E EtlIl
z rMsrler OF Enuch merit Il is the way
he handled himself in getting under
the Ekgscrape that -ickle6 The fans.
and when ss-- l5i5 s=i Sas ssa7z5ss 90 49,.
The way he lined them back into me
t1Seld was something 10 Be remarked
CT more than once
Two Fast Pitchers.
Another feature Of the afternoon
work was the hitting q I1rig. the tall
eouzhpaw. a IA sunny Jim. Three times
he stepped Up 10 the plate and sent
them ssiTrn1ng. sTaEh Up against the
fence. and he did il so easily that all
wondered a. the speed Of the sphere
tn reaching the outer walls. ItIig is
fast rounding into shape with his arm.
and was able 10 pitch curves yesterday
and his work was highly compilmented-
Conrad WEIGH is rapidly mastering
the Bnderhsnd bali which the Iron
&zn has used with such effect. and
which sam Crane has named old
Sal" This is Welch's first year In
EAST company, and though Just IS
years Of age a few days ago, he
handles himself as much like veteran
as any man on the team. and II is
freely predicted that some Of the larger
sggregations will be bidding for him
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