MSU Independent Newspaper 1905-04-08

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Of f!)e anloersifp or Missouri
Vol. XII Columbia, Mo., Saturday, April 8, 1905 Number 26
ATHLETICS.
Missouri, 10; Westminster, 0.
The score lolls only a pari or iho slory.
II does not loll how completely the Tigers
had Ihe opposing team in hand. It does
not tell that only two lilts woie made off
the masterly pitching of NoilheuU and that
only that number of men succeeded in get-ting
on bases. It does not loll lhat twelve
men of Iho opposing baiters wont the "ozone
urate" to the bench. Tt does not toll that
not a single man go! hiH base on balls.
Neither does it tell that there was not a
single error by the members of the Missouri
team, and (hat thero were ten good clean
hits chalked up 1o ihe credit of the batters,
several of them of the extra base variety.
It is in the particulars that the game tells
what the team did. Of course- - it is to be
lemcmbered that the fielders had liUle to
do. There was very little sharp hitting.
But the fact that there was not a single cr-lo- r
in the first game of the season shows,
thai a good lot of ball players are in good
condition.
In the pitching department Northcutt
showed that he has all his old cunning, and
Mien some. Tlis speed was just as warm as
ever, he used the same cool judgment in
every ease, and his control was all that could
be desired of any pitcher. There was never
a iime in the game when there seemed to
be even a chance for a man io get his base
on balls. Barring accidents to this pitcher
a majority of Missouri's games will be won
when he is in the box. Behind the bat Bon-i'oe- y
did ihe good work which was predicted
in these columns last week. Ho did not
have to contend with the problem of men
on bases, it is true, but from the way he did
the work it would have made little differ-ence
if there had been men on bases to
watch. With just a little more certainty
for the low ones Bonfoey will be safe
enough. The men in the field did all thev
could find a cbance to do. Every one of
them played the game and the fact that
there were no errors and only two hits
makes it unnecessary to go into any detail
as to this part of the game.
At bat Fawks and Edv carried the honors,
Fawks having three hits to his credit one
for three baes, and Edv two, one of them
a double. Catron, Newman, Wright, Big-ger
and Bonfoey landed safely for one each.
It must be admitted that the Westminster
team is not up to the standard of last year.
There was a good deal of raw plaving by
some of the men. But two features from
their standpoint are worth noting. Their
triple play was noteworthy though it was
the result of a peculiar circumstance, rather
than of fast playing. Indeed the slow work
at other times made it possible but then it
was a triple play and they do not come often
in any kind of game. The pitcher did fairly
good work during the entire game and at
one time distinguished himself bv striking
out two men when the bases were full. Aside
from these two circumstances there was not
much baseball on the side of the collegians.
It must be admitted that the game was
slow. There was little in it to make for
snappy playing for in the early innings it
became evident that there would be no real
contest. The game was won safe enough
and there was no reason for getting down
to a real intense kind of work. But it might
be well enough even in these games that are
easy to get up steam for the games which
will not be so. The habit of playing for
blood might be worth a good deal. For this
game ten runs are enough to win and just
as good as twenty. But there are games
coming when to win every possible force
will have to he exeited to drive men around
the diamond. It might be well to get m
the habit of doing that now.
The game to-da- y will likely be a pretty
good one. There have been, and are, some
athletes at Wentworth, and baseball is their
main hold m athletics. In a game with Cen-tral
High School of Kansas City last Satur-day
the Military boys won with ease. There
ought at least to be a more snappy game
than that of last week.
INTER-SCHOLASTI- C TRACK MEET.
An event that is of the greatest import-ance
to the Univeisity and to athletics in
the State is the Inter-Scholast- ic Track and
Field meet which is to be held in Colum-bia
on Rollins Field May 6. It is the pur-pose
of the Athletic Department here to
make this event one of annual occurrence.
The first held in 1903, was quite successful
and that there was none last year was due
to the lack of funds with which to carry
on the work. It is expected that much will
be accomplished by these meets in arousing
interest m athletics in the high schools of
the State, and certainly there will be a ten-dency
to bring athletes from tbe high
schools to the University.
In the coming meet the Department of
Athletics plans to give several medals, gold,
silver, and bronze, to the winners of the dif-ferent
events; to give a trophy banner to
the school winning the Inter-Hig- h School
Relay Race; and to present a trophy cup to
the school which wins the highest total
number of points.
Several schools have already decided to
enter teams. Central and Manual, both of
Kansas City and St. Louis will have teams
in the meet and these entries alone would
assure an interesting program. But they
will not be alone in the contest for honors.
Blees, the winner of the meet two years
ago is to be counted in, Smitb Academy also
was a strong contestant in tbe former meet,
and there are a number of other high schools
in the State which will put in teams of con-siderable
strength. It is safe to say that
there will be in this contest the greatest ar-ray
of track men from secondary schools
that ever came together in Missouri and
every event should be interesting.
This day will be an interesting one, not
only to the high schools, but to the Univer-sity.
An extensive program has been ar-ranged
for the entertainment of the visitors.
There will be a convention of high school
principals another of Mathematics teachers,
and no telling how many more before the
lists are closed. It is to be High School Day
at the University There will be a baseball
game between Central High Schools of Kan-sas
City and St. Louis and all the high
school people who come will be feasted at
noon on the campus of the University, this
part of the program being in charge of the
University girls.
All the details can not be told at this time
but of this much make certain; May 6 will
be a great day. There will be things doing
at that time which will be of interest to
everybody.
The full program for the day with a list
of the entries for the Track and Field Meet
will be published in a later number.
HIGH SCHOOL DAY.
Saturday, May 6, will be High School
Day at the University. This will be the
first attempt of Missouri to set aside an en-tire
day for the high schools of the State,
on which to throw open the doors of the
different departments for their inspection.
A high school day has been observed as a
custom by all the larger colleges of the
west for some years. The idea is to bring
all the preparatory schools of the State in
closer touch with each other and to stimu-late
a desire among their students for a
higher educational training.
The feature of the day will be the ath-letic
contests between the different schools
both on track and field and on the base-ball
diamond.
There will be all the events of a regular
field day between all the high schools of
the State and a baseball game between the
Central High School of St. Louis and Kan-sas
City. In addition to the above events
there will be a relay race between the differ-ent
classes of the University. The manage-ment
proposes to give gold, silver and
bronze medals as first, second and third
prizes, respectively to winners of the events,
and to furnish ribbons to winners of fourth
and fifth places. A trophy banner will be
given to the team that wins the inter-hig- h
school relay race and a loving cup to the
school whose team secures the highest total
number of points. Manager Caldwell and
Coach McLean are visiting the St. Louis
and Kansas City schools and are making
preparations to make the occasion a success-ful
one. The program for the day and the
particulars for the reception of the visiting
teachers and students will appear in a later
issue.
Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following Y. M. C. A. officers have
been elected for the coming year, beginning
April 1: ., . President, James D. Ellis; vice president,
H. W. Anderson, secretary, H. V. Beeman;
treasurer, James N. Price. All these men
will be seniors next year with the excep-tion
of Price, who will take post graduate
work in the Agricultural Department. El-lis
and Anderson are Academic students,
and Beeman is a lawyer.