Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-30
TWO GAMES TODAY WITH THE
FAST BIBB MILL MACON TEAM
Bibb Mill Team Comes RGputGd as the Fastest Amateur
Team Now Playing in the State and the Games are
TOutCd as Amateur Championship Games of Georgia

What give promise to be the fast
est games that have been seen here
to date are those which have been
booked for this morning and this af-
ternoon with the fast Bibb Mill team,
Of Macon, which will meet the
Champs on Dudley Field this morning
at 10:30 o'clock and again in the af-
ternoon at the regular hour 3:39
O'clock.
The only way Manager Ford could
engage games with the fast Macon
team was to take two games on the
same day, as the team is now on
tour of the state. The fans are prom
ised some lively baseball doings when
the two teams lock horns this after
noon
The following comment from recent
issues of the Macon News and the
Macon Telegraph show how the visit
ors are thought of in their home clay:
(Macon News)
The baseball championship of Geor-
gia will probably be decided Thurs
day, when two games will be played
by the strong aggregation represents
ing the Bibb Manufacturing company
of this city and the crack Americus
amateur team in the latter city
The Bibb Mill team will leave Ma
con early Thursday morning and the
first game starts at 10:30 o'clock.
The second contest will be played
Thursday afternoon
Americus has met and defeated all
the strongest teams in the state with
the exception of the Macon aggrega-
ton, and if the latter should succeed
in winning both of Thursdays games
they will have just claim on the
Georgia championship.
With the strongest lineup ever pre-
sented by an amateur team in this
section of the state and with the
players in the very pink of conditions
the East Side team is confident OF
giving the crack south Georgia aggre-
cation real good time and are real
confident of winning both games, ami
incidentally the amateur Champion
ship of the state
Arthur Griffin, whose twirling for
the past two seasons has caused the
defeat of nearly every team against
which he has pitched, is in good shape
and anxious to meet the Americus
team, which has created such furry
among amateur baseball circles dur
ing the present season, having de-
teated every strong team in Georgia.
Baker and Courtney, two of Geor-
gia's best amateur pitchers, will be
used by Americus against the strong
Macon team, and while the team rep
l esenting this city in the fight for
the championship is composed entirely
of amateur players, by it's sweeping
in the past few weeks it has
shown itself to be the best in this Sec
tion and the friends of the team IN
this city are confident that the local
aggregation will annex both games
macon Telegraph.)
The Bibb Mill team will journey
down to Americus tomorrow to give
the Americus amateurs two games, ono
in the forenoon and another in the
afternoon. In addition to these two
games, the Bibb boys have several
other victims" on their string. A trip
is planned to Dublin for next Wednes-
day At that time big picnic will
be held by the Macon Woodmen of the
World, and the Macon ball players
are arranging a battle with the Dub
lin team in the afternoon. The Ameri-
vus nine will, in all probability, give
a return game here on July 4. Man
ager Abercrombie, of the Bibb Mill
aggregation, is also making a schedule
of games with a team in Columbus
and one in Porterdale.
The playing at Americus tomorrow
is sure to be fast, as both teams are
ranked at the top of the amateur LIST
in Middle and South Georgia Tho
Macon boys are leading the Central
City league. They have played seven
games, winning all of them. On the
ether hand, the South Georgia enemy
has been devouring all their oppon-
ents in South Georgia.
Bibb Mills will probably line up as
follows: Benson, IT,; Knight, 2h.;
Abercrombie, h.; Brown, rf.; Palmer,
c.; Griffin, ss.; Owings, cf.; H. Grif-
fin, 3D.; A. Griffin p.; Cowan, p