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I' ll li 114 Jl1JL THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, X. C, JAN. 18, 1896. If Vol. 4, 10. 12. ATHLETICS. BASEBALL PROSPECTS- TRACK ATHLETICS. -TENNIS Baseball Prospects. When the football season closed and all looked forward to the base ball team with pleasant anticipa tion, our prospects were very bright. But since that it has happened un avoidably that some of the players, who were looked upon as very good, will not be able to go into training-. But "Pat. " Stanley is not a man to dispair in the face of obstacles and if the candidates for the team will but follow his example, namely work, we do not doubt that a team will be put in the field which will be the superior of last year's team. During the past week, while the weather , has been compartively warm, all -the candidates have been on the field each day for batting practice. Lack of sure hitters has been heretofore a very serious defect in most of our teams and we have lost many a game that would have been ours by a timely basehit. So wre are glad to see this work going on and we sincerely hope that the defect may be remedied. ' The candidates will go into regu- give them about six weeks oeiore the first game. As to the candidates. Of last year's team Bailey, Stephens, Stan ly, Gregory, Johnson, Hill, Wood son and Graham are again on the Hill. There are an unusually large number of new men and nearly all of last year's team. The schedule has not been com pleted yet, but Manager Carmichael has so far arranged games with Yale, Princeton, LaFayette, Le high and Virginia. Other games will be put on the schedule as they are arranged and we hope that we will soon be able to give our readers the complete schedule. So wth this this added induce ment of a very attractive schedule, with that true and loyal college spirit which was so manifest dur ing the last football season, we hope to see the men get to work in earn est. Let them do this as they ought and there will be no reason why the team which represents us on the field this season will not be credita ble and victorous. probably at the same time as the Field Day. This plan would, we think, work well and it is deserving of the sup port and encouragement of the col lege at large. Though tennis, or at least inter-collegiate tennis, has been neglected in the South, there are in other colleges, as well as our own, many good players, who sure ly need encouragement and contests to bring Southern tennis up to an equality with Southern football and baseball, and the best plan to do this, is through inter-collegiate tournaments. So we hope that the plan of the Tennis Association may become a reality and we do not doubt that the victorious record of our former play ers will be upheld. The Track Team. It has often been discussed wheth er or not the Universily of North Carolina could put out a team in track athletics, and our ability to do this was yery generally doubted. But during- the past term through the generosity of one of our fellow students, we were able to make preparations for constructing a track and organizing a good team. Mr. J. S. Thomas was chosen as Captain and he is without doubt the ruff, Pennsyvania, Beacham, Cor nell, Chad wick, Yale, and Church, Princeton. Behind the line Minds, Pennsylvania, King, West Point, Fincklc, Yale, and Writington Har vard.) He ranks the leading teams as fo lows: Yale, Pennsylvania, Prince ton, Harvard, Wist Point, Brown, Cornell, La Fayette and Dartmouth. man for the nlace. He has not onlv !aJ4 in. ?h TO h?J!iitad experience in the line, of track athletics, but also he has taken hold of the movement with his charcter istic push and energ-y. During the the Fall term he had about thirty candidates out every afternoon and of these about twenty showed up very well. But it is now that the hardest and best work must be done. During the present wreek the plans for the work have been discussed and the work mapped out. The management wishes to have its field day in April and also it will issue invitations to all the neighboring colleges to join the con test, and have an Inter-Collegiate Field Day. And in accordance with another of Mr. Thomas's character istics, it is his plan to make a gala day of it, and to entertain the visi ting collegions and ourselves by the presence and charm of many of our young lady friends. So let us all do our part in put tine out a team that will do credit to ourselves. Though it is our first I track team; there is no obstacle in the way of its being a good one. Tenuis Tournament. In a talk with Mr. Bryson, presi dent of the University Tennis As sociation, we were told that the an nual tennis tournament is to come off in March. This tournament will be 6pen to all students in the Uni versity, and as it is the plan of the Tennis Association to have an inter collegiate tournament later, it will decide the players who are to" repre sent us there. , Though the plans have not yet been matured, it is the wish of the Association to have an inter-collegiate tournament early in April, and All America Foot Ball Team for 1895 The All-America team for the past season as seleted by Casper Whitney is as follows: Brooke, Pennsylvania, full back. Thorne, Yale, and C. Brewer half backs. Wyckoff, Cornell quarter. Bull, Pennsylvania, centre. Wharton, Pennsy 1 vania and Riggs Princeton guards. , Murphy, Yale, and Lea, Prince ton tackles. Gilbert, Pennsylvania and Cabot Harvard, ends. Substitutes: In the line Wood- Mitchell Meeting. The first meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society of the year Was held on Tuesday, the 14th inst. in Person Hall. Prof. Holmes gave two papers of interest, one on "The Underground Water Supplies of the Piedmont Re gion' This paper was the sum mation of the work of Mr. Knox, the Hydraulic Engineer of Char otte.; The problem which he seems to haVe solved so successfully is one of vital importance to those inter ested in the welfare of the Univer sity. ; It is 'a well-known fact that our water supply is inadequate to the demands made upon it. We must devise some means for obtain ing ii, and in sufficient quantity too. We hope Mr. -Knox's system will be tried by the "powers that be." ProL Holmes's second paper was a note on "The Clay Deposits of N. C."i Mr. Clarke then gave an inter esting paper on "The Compounds of Argon." This very inert ele ment, with such unique properties, has finally been made to form two compounds, one with benzene (Ber thollot), and one with carbon bisul phide (Ramsey, the discoverer). One might imagine that the last named body would be the very last on earth ' that anything would care to have anything to do with. Prof. Cobb then outlined the pa per of Mr. Weaver on "The devel opment of the River System of N. C." This paper was the one which won the Kerr prize last year. It is a valuable contribution to the knowledge of the physical geogra phy of the State. The meeting was very interest ing, and it must be remarked that many students by their lose much of interest value. as absence well as Y. M. C. A. Building. $7,320 are already pledged toward the $ 20,000 Building by the students and friends of the University. Of this amount the handsome and generous sum of $2,500 was given by Mr. Harry Lake, a member of the Sophomore class, and his. mother and father The alumni have not contributed to a great extent as yet but they are now being given oppotunlty to do and it is confidently hoped that they will futhei our efforts to success. Pledges have been made as follows: 2 $1000 , 35 $20 2 500 6 IS 1 300 1 12 9 100 43 10 12 50 3 8 4 40 1 6 6 30 79 5 17 25 Of the above amount the present Sophomore class has contributed over $1500, one mamber giving a thousand as mentioned above. , The Junior class gave over $400' Senior class over 400, the class of '95 over $400. Thus the students have already contributed near ly $3000 and the present Freshman class will no, doubt add to this amount at leas as much as the other classes when the matter is brought before them. The spirit of self-sacrifice has been mantfest and will be. Some who are paying their way throuph college have given as much as fifty dollars. The faculty have given one thousand dollars. The townspeople over $700.00 Friends of the institution over $1600. We are glad to see the work going forward. It means a great deal for the University and for the State. Such a building will ever be a reminder to the students of their duty and their destiny. Y. M.C. A. Lecture. Mr. Turner, the successor of Mr. Coulter as State Sec. of the Young Men's Christian Assosiation, was with the University Association on last Sunday. At three o'clock in the afternoon he addressed the stu dents in the chapel. He based his address on Hebrews 2:1, "Therefore we ought to give the more ernest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. ' ' ' Aggressiveness is nec esary to success in anythiug: the bu siness man who does not"push" his business will soon have no busines to push. The college that makes no effort to bring in men will soon have no students. So, the Assoc irtion that is not aggressive will soon cease to exist- An aggressive associatiou is made possible by the aggressiveness of the individual members. Their power depends upon their faithfulness in these things: secret prayer, Bible study, and working. The neglect of any one, to say nothing of the neglec t of all, means a falling away on the part of the individual, and suffering and loss on the part of the Associa nion. For All. Dear fellow-workers in the Y. M. C. A. we welcome you back. Dear new-comers we welcome you to our midst, and earnestly request that you be one of us and help us in the work. Now let us work for the Master the whole of this year. Lets strive to treat all alike. To slight none. Let every one who is not a member of the Y. M. C. A. join as early as possible. Every member of the As sociation who will take active part should hand his name to the Devo tion Committee to be sure that none are over looked. The Y. M. C. A. is working for all. Let each man do what he is able to help it. Joe. W. Wray, Ch'mn. C. H. Johnson, F. W. Cokek, Devotional Committee. 1 1 r; ; r ;S
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