The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-09
Charleston 4. Jacksonville 1.
No other Games-Rain.
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
Savannah at Macon.
Columbia at Augusta.
Jacksonville at Charleston.


After all, the weather yesterday
might have been to Macons liking, and
the postponement of the game means
that it will never be played.
Is Macon getting anxious about that
bit of bunting that all are on the hus-
tie for now? With a lead of nearly 100
points, with only thirty-five games to
play, or rather thirty-four. it looks as
if the apparent gilt edge pluck of the
leaders was but bit of yellow trim
ming. with a streak of the same color
up the back. They have quit. They are
in the rut. and when other teams saw
them refuse to play off the postponed
game with Jacksonville they were mad.
There was but one construction: Macon
wants to play as few games as possi-
HE from now on.
Under the rule governing postponed
games the home manager can refuse
TO play them off under any circum-
stances 1t rained at Macon Friday,
preventing the game, and as IT was
JacksonVille's last trip to Macon every
one looked for double header on Sat
urday, but none was played. There is
no chance now for Macon to play that
game to count in the championship
season, and there are many who look
on it as an exhibition of temerity on
the part of the management when
there should be none.
savannah Will Play All Postponed
Games.
Savannah only has one postponed
game in Macon. This is the one car
ried over yesterday on account of rain.
II tc haliauaH that there iG little
chance to have this game played off.
The fewer games Macon plays the
better chance the team has to stand
where it is now in the percentage col
umn, and with the present percentage
the team is certain to win the PEN
nant
Macon has two postponed games in
Savannah These will be played off
in two double headers during the next
series here. Jacksonville has three
postponed games here. and these will
be played off here, three double-head-
ers in succession.
The prospects that were so roseate
for Macon to land in first place two
weeks ago have assumed another tinge
and ceruelan blues hang over the
Highland camp, a natural chromatic
result of combining green and yellow.
Either Charleston, Jacksonville or Sa-
vannah can beat the leaders out for
the pennant. 1t not only looks possi-
BILE now but looks probable. Every
team that has played Macon in the
last two weeks has taken two out of
three, and in one instance four
straights. The leaders have one more
series with Augusta, and may take
three from the tail-enders. but with
this exception they will strike many
enags in trying to pull more of those
one-run victories from the strong,
hard-fighting teams that now compose
the league.
Weak in the Box.
Macon is weak in the box. at present.
Bayne has been worked until he has lost
his old time effectiveness, and has been
beaten successfully of late Whipple
has also gone back, being hit harder
than any other pitcher in the league
in the last few games he has pitched.
Matthews is having all the luck now,
and Segars will not be able to do much
more for the rest of the sea son. With
pitching STATS to go up against like
Charleston, Savannah. Jacksonville and
even Columbia have assembled, with
the greatly added strength in all posi-
lions in the field the leaders will have
no more of the easy victories that were
theirs In the aarly dave Of tho- Co,,et.