The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-07
HATCHER HOPKINS WAS AMONG
THE FOUR WHO ARRIVED,
MYERS SHOWS UP
WELL At THIRD.
ECKERT WAS NOT ASKED TO DO
ANY FAST WORK AT SECOND.

eide What Mem He VIII Keep.
Would Like 10 Have Them All
Jacksonville May Take Some That
He Is Forced TO Cast oR-PitcherH
Are Rounding Into Form in Great
styIe-Saturday's Game W i'll Prove
Great Drawing Card.
Strongly Reinforced - fur -ew AZ
E4va1s Lad made things hun. c.: @. t1e
Bol;ca street. green yesterday. ard -
GOO c.1 -1= boys show - mat Buster
1lcCzu-zo1 and his zir=- 1=-o were
cr1e-et CT Q: TIE way 50 Izz- tas s-Ts
CcEl1 have IRE L.zZc-t a. . -Ls.1-
es.ves. Ire EsT faces s=z- E; 20
n.a;.z=e were Myers. third base E-k-
exT- second case. Ian 84--, o1t1=.2-r,
sZ1 Ecp.--A catcher.
Though IL was lae FIRST Try out q he
new o1=s tk@y did SO we. that me fans
were guessing right away as % whether
1hs las; iz1=.1 w1-E * the first ar
TlFa.s was any oe.-a. than that pat ~
b Ire recruits.
Dad IS p-zz.ad &c know Just w1at
nel 70 p.-k 50 far. They ara ali good
and las- a-d wiling workers. TIE
weakness Of the Jacksonville .-1s.I
nay draw considerable Strength from
some q t1s men thz- Dad will u
forced % CAS-. Of.
Myers. The new third hzsa--au Is a.
E-ost = duplicate q Oyi=r. His throw
i1g = E@Ehaps . shade OF 9rcu me
crack litrle lnaelder yet. but ne IS as
81
EN- down and s-zLtEZ them over 70
ArEt- In thru wing he uses al uadsT
hand delivery that may IC- prove as
useful as that OF .trle oyer.
Eekert "a Little stin.
Eck=rt had q gloYe On for the first
time tatE season and WAS q lit-le
stir. He does 1oc show the same
action 50 far that Brztgon has, and
he al have hard time beating
him o1S FOR the keystone sack. Either
Myers o. Ecker- would add strength
&c jacksonville
Hopkins caught tbs fans AZ the starr.
He has good action. receives graceful
H., and when extended Will send rha-u
down 70 second fast enough. He did
little fighting yesterday. which was
due 20 his being among strangers. Joe
De.ea-4a-y played against Hopkins.
%1l4= s"t1 the sA-AEl=rtCaI team,
and l. vas On his recommendation that
this sturdy catcher was signed.
Buzz - the goods Il the OHtasId. and
from MS size and strength. should
prove e great support al the bat.
Cf the pitchers 50 far Savi1ge and
Conrad WEIGH are showing I'd best
S4vi1gs has wonderful speed, though
suffering some from a lame f4pper
yesterday He VIII probably Be put
IN for the first FIVE innings Of Satur-
days game Ws4-a also has 4 great
whip. and handles himself more ike
a veteran than any Of the younger
members He is almost certain 70
make good. Jutzi did some fast work
and has attracted The attention OF ali
the fans.
Four More Player. Due.
In addition 10 c. Welch. J. welsh.
Savidge. Jutz!. Blauton. I4aRocQue.
BrattOa, Ecksrt, Gallagher. OYER.
Myers. Hopkins and Burt. four more
players, Ittig. pitcher Webster. catch
e.. EdmonCis. catcher, and Pay. out
fielder, are 70 arrive. All OF these men
are expected % reach Savannah to-
day. with the exception OF Edmonds.
who viii probably Be IN tomorrow
The practice yesterday was much 70
the liking OF both Dir. Boyer and BUS
ter McCamrnon- The men were all
fighting hard in the infeld 10 make
the best showing. and some fast work
was the result All the fans have given
Il out that the team looks good and
- Savannah does not run at the TOP
Il will not be the fault OF the field
-sS-& g che .@@.z
Just how they will show up with
the stick is not known. This part Of
the work has not been taken W. but
al Of the men win Be nut through
practice with the stick to-day. and II
IL hoped 10 play a five inning game
tomorrow afternoon TO finally deter
mine On the line up for Saturdays
game.
Probable Line Tn.
The most probable line UP for that
game, in view OF the longer practice OF
some Of the men viii be: Savidga
Jutzi and Welsh. pitch Hopkins.
catcher; LaROcque. first base; Bratton.
second base; Gallagher, short stop;
oyer, third base; Burt, left field:
Welsh. center field. and Myers. right
field.
The game win no doubt prove a
drawing card as all Of the fans are
anxious 70 see the Pathhnders in real
action The bleachers. with q seating
capacity OF 1909 people. viii be finish
ed BY Friday afternoon, ready for Sat
urday's game.
Aii-Cuban Team viii Not Come
A letter was received from the man
h9er oL ths aA-CuOan team yesterday
announcing that IL had decided to re-
turn to Cuba after the treatment re-
ceived at TAMPA. when some Of the
players were assaulted. This leaves
more oDen dates for the Pathfipders.
which may be filed by arranging dates
with the Brunswick team, and the
knickerbockers, all-Savannah team.
This latter team is expected TO make a
great game for Dads bunch They will
play Tuesday, Thursday and Saturda v.
The games viii be called at o'clock
until the opening OF the regular sea-
son, when the games will be started at
40.
Work on the grand stand has been
finished, with the exception of painting
Building Inspector Bartlett has passed
favorably on the structure and says