The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-22
is NOW IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH
MANAGER OF ALL-CUBAN TEAM.
THREE GAMES WITH EACH
CLUB IN THE LEAGUE.
MIR. BOYER IS ALSO ARRANGING
GAMES FOR THE SAVANNAH TEAM

Manager of the Savannah Club win
Come Here to Look the Ground
over Some Time Next Week-Much
Interest Is Already Being Mani
tested Among the Local Fans-Ed
Ashenback Says He Will Bring
500 Charleston RIOTERS Over with
Him ON the Opening Day.
President Boyer of the South Atlantic
Baseball League is now in correspond
ence with Manager Abel Linares of the
All-Cuban baseball team relative to
playing exhibition games with the
teams of the league, and if his plans
are realized the Cubans will play three
games with every team in the South
Atlantic League.
The Cubans usually have a crack
team when they come over to play the
Americans, and on more than one &C.
casion they have gotten the best of
the games that they have played. The
team is made up of Cubans, not ne
groes, picked from the Cuban Ma
tional League.
Mr.. Boyer is also in correspondence
with Manager McGraw of the New
York Giants, Manager Duffy of the
Philadelphia Nationals, Connie Mack
OF the Philadelphia Athletics and Man
ager Powell of the Atlanta team, for
exhibition games to be played before
the season opens. If all of these games
are arranged the Savannah aggrega-
tlon VIII have had plenty of good hard
practice before the season opens.
manager Will Be Here Next Week,
The manager of the Savannah team.
whose name Mr. Boyer omitted to an
nounce, will come to Savannah
next week to make preliminary ar
rangements for getting the grounds in
shape, and to make such other ar
rangements as are necessary.
savannah fans are anxiously wait
ing the announcement of the mana ger
OF the club here, and much will depend
on MS personal popularity. Mr.. Boyer,
however, is good judge of these mat
ters, ana has refused a large number
OF offers from excellent bail players.
but men who are otherwise incapaci-
tated for handling a club.
with the near approach of the OPEN
ing or the season interest is liyening
up at the prospects of good profession
al ball all the summer through. Much
depends on the first season of the
South Atlantic League. Those who
nave gone into it do not expect to
make much money, and will be salts
neo II they can pay expenses and get
the grounds in shape. That this is
possible is believed by every manager
who has gone into the game
Inc league enjoys many advantages
over any former organization of the
kind. The jumps from town to town
are short, the local interest will be in
tense on account of the near relations
of the cities, and there are week end
excursion rates that can be taken ad-
vantage of, saving much in railroad
fares.
Columbia Has Signed Eight Men.
Since he took hold of the Columbia.
Club Manager Grimm has gone to work
in earnest, and has already signed eight
men. He is North now looking out for
more good material and will come back
20 South Cardinals capital with n
bunch of youngsters that will keep the
older heads in the league guessing.
Ed Ashenback is stirring up matters
over in Charleston, and says that he
VIII bring 500 rooters over with him
when the Charleston aggregation comes
here for the opening day. Columbia
Will go down to Augusta, and the
Jacksonville crowd will go to Macon.
making all of the opening games on
Georgia soil.
e.. President Boyer is now making out
the schedule for the season. He was
oeiayed IN this work by being forced to
look after other matters that vere
more pressing. A copy of the schedule
will be mailed to each of the clubs for
adoption. ~