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6 ATLANTA’S TEAM. SOMETHING ABOUT THE BALL TOSSERS WHO WEAR ITS COLORS. A Club Composed of Youngsters, But With Some Good, Strong Timber in it All the Same. On Wednesday, April 11th, the Southern league of baseball clubs will meet on the vari ous diamonds and strive for supremacy from that time until September 20th. Naturally, each city in the league expects its team to win the pennant, but as there can only be one win ner, of course there will be disappointment in seven of those cities. The Atlanta team is composed of compara tive strangers in this section, so something of their past will not be out of place at this time. There are four pitchers on the pay roll, of whom Kissenger is the largest and speediest. He is from Cincinnati, but played last year in Staunton, Va., where he did good work in the box and with the stick. Kenan is from Lexington, Ky., and played with Chattanooga in 1893. He is very small, weighing only 95 pounds, but has tremendous ’ speed for one so diminutive. He is a brother , of Jack Kenan, who started with Atlanta last ! year. Chard is from the Shamrocks, of Cincinnati, i and is highly spoken of as a coming phenom, j He played part of ’93 with Charleston. Conover is rather small for a pitcher, but did some splendid work for Charleston last season, and gives promise of being the star twirler of the home team before the season is far advanced. He has been doing some hard work in the gymnasium at his home in Lex ington, Ky., and is in splendid trim. For backstop there is Bolan, who did such fine work for Macon and Nashville last season, ; and is said to be even better now than ever be fore. He is quick and a fine thrower. Boyle, the other catcher, is a brother of Jack Boyle, the well known back stop of the Phila delphias, and is a good all round man, besides being the best catcher in the league. He throws to the bases like lightning and was never known to get rattled. He is certainly a valuable find. On first we have the choice of Long Mike Ryan, of the Chattanoogas of ’92-’93, and Con ley, who played such good ball for Montgomery in ’92. The fans will remember the latter player as being such a constant talker on the coacher’s line. He is surely in the game from first to last, and never overlooks an opportun ity to improve his club’s chances. He is also a fine outfielder. At second we find Billy Geiss, who played in Chattanooga in ’92, but was in business in Chi cago last year, and could not leave there to en gage in the national game, of which he is a great enthusiast. However, he is in good trim now, and will show up great when the team gets down to hard work. He has many friends here and is already a prime favorite. On third we have the best man seen here in many days. Lewel is a clean pick-up, a hard hitter, and fine thrower, and knows what to do with a ball when he gets it. None in the League can tough him as a base runner, either. For shortstop, we have Gilman, that little Cleveland wonder who played with Charleston last season. He, too, is a fine pick-up and gfi * I ? fflj ■:--- Y- -Tr-t- IVWSBfi , . .’ ■ -- ■ ~ _ y ■ —-.j>, B.uWjlw .■<: -iK -B|W -c. > fjp ■—- 9S ssdp| J >**--- 1 —-=-=Ss-StCCW" I ■ V _ V AJAX TILLMAN DEFYING THE 1 The Lookh