Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / April 12, 1899, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
1AJK JHUkJ&Jb and es of aa. rent THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Vol. 7. UNIVERSITY' OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL, 5. C, April 12, 1899. NO. 24 IJfcLE, on ited the will WORK ON THE ATHLETIC FIELD No Ball Game this Week. As the Tar Heel, has no srame v. . - f I to report this week, perhaps it wil be well to take a short review of the work of the base ball team from the beginning1 of the season up to this time. I The season is now more than half I over. Nine games have been played eight victories won. The only game flost so far was the first game with Lafayette, and here we might give Ian excuse if such things were in or der. It is better, however, to speak of the victor won on the second day when both teams were in the best shape possible and each put in its best pitcher. The State schools and colleges that we have played were easily de feated and Lehigh's banner is furled as she marches out of the State. Looking forward we find' live hard g-ames before us, University of Maryland, Roanoke College, Mercer University and two games with the University of Georgia. Two of these games will be on the home grounds. In the other games our team must see to it 1 hat : the record made on the Easter tr'p ; be not broken. So far the team has played gix.d J ball and, except for one or two ex amples of looseness, has shown good team work. The batting averages are given below .and speak for themselves. These averages are made from the record of the nine games played up to date. Batting average of those who took the Easter trip: . .Winston 390 Lawson 375 Woodard 375 Allison 310 Graves 300 Rogers 286 Carr (3 games) 250 Alston . 208 Lambeth 200 Donnelly . 190 Harkins 000 Fielding average. Allison "' ' 1000 Harkins 1000 Lawson 975 Graves 970 Winston ' 940 Woodard 896 Alston 882 Lambeth ' 767 Carr 750 I Rogers 727 1 Donnelly 400 The next game will be with Ro-i anoke College, and it is hoped that j there will be a good crowd to fnr nish all necessary encouragement for the team. This game will be played on the home grounds on the nineteenth. Out on the Track. Invitations have been sent to the 1 e ad i n g preparatory schools of t h e State for t h e( annual meet to be held here Satur day April 29th. ' The rivalry which was so strong ly exhibited at the last ' meet has grown and promises to be greater this time. The events will be the same a.- last year as follows: 1 50-yard dash. 2 120-yard high hurdle. 3 220-yard low hurdle. 4 Running high jump. 5 Running broad jump. 6 Pole vault. 7 Putting 12 pound shot. 8 Throwing 12 pound hammer. 9 5-mile bicycle race. 10 Kicking foot ball for dis- show such apathy. If they can do nothing more than appoint a relay team they will do a great deal o good towards making the thing a success. tance. 11 'Kicking foot . ball for goal 12 Throwing base ball for dis tance. The prizes will be the same as last year. A white and blue rosette vill be given for first, a blue ribbon for second and, a white ribbon for third place. To the champion all j. roiivMi athlete, i. e. the one who makes the largest num- )?r 'of jf points, will be given a silver cup. upon which will be en graved, ' Champion Athlete, North Carolina Schools. 1899." And to the school winning the argest number of points will be given a silk banner bearing thereon: "Champion North Carolina Schools, 1899." Tii est meets occurring annually, ire looked tor ward to by the i i i i 11 ! scnoois witn mucn pleasure and an ticipation, and their good effect has been felt already in the athletic life of the University. Every year some of the men who have contested n these events will enter the Uni versity and bring with them experi ence and ability in track athletics. Such events as kicking the foot ball etc., will contribute largely to that dnd of athletics. The University track team has done very little work for the last ten lays, owing to the cold weather and vaccfnated arms. As soon as the weather moderates however, the at tendance on the track will be larger than ever. In the next issue of the Tar HEEL will be printed the list of events and prizes to be awarded the winner of each. The date of the meet has not been definitely settled as yet, but it will occur sometime during the first week May. ' The captain and manager of the team have each called upon the pres idents of the different classes and asked them to hold a meeting of their respective classes and call for candidates to form class teams. As yet no such action has been taken, with the exception of the College Athletics in the South The above is the heading to an article which recently appeared in the Baltimore Sun, which being pe culiarly appropriate just at this time, we copy below: i "The fine records which Southern colleges and university teams, have been making this spring in the base ball field are attracting general at teution. The Georgetown, Virgin ia and North Carolina college club have especially distinguished them selves and surprised their oppon ehtsby their fine playing. With the exception of Wednesday's Princeton and University of Virginia game, won by the former by 18 to 6, and a North Carolina-Lafayette game, as heretofore noted in The Sun, none of the teams from Princeton, Yale, La fayette or Lehigh has won a game from the Southern Universities. "Georgetown's record of victories this season is so far unbroken. Last Sat urday the Georgetown team, in the closest game of the season, defeated Princeton 3 to 2, the Tigers being un able to do anything with White's pitch ing. On the same day the Virginia boys beat Yale badly 10 to 3 and North Carolina whipped Lehigh 18 to 3. Besides these games of Satur day, within the past week Virginia beat Princeton 19 to 4 and Yale 10 to Georgetown also beat Princeton 10 to 6 and Yale 4 to 2. North Carolina broke even with Lafayette and defeat ed Lehigh three straight games. 'When it is remembered that Cornell enjoyed the benefit of "Hughy" Jen nings' coaching and Princeton that of "Bill" Clarke, the Boston catcher and ex-Oriole, the showing made by the Southern clubs is all the more remark able. While the college clubs of South Carolina and Georgia have not made so brilliant a record, they have done creditably and show signs of decided improvement. These facts are note worthy and significant as indicating the growth of a wholesome interest in athletics in Southern collegiate institu tions and the rapid development of a new and valuable feature in the college life of that section. "It is only within recent years that attention has been given to athletics by the students of Southern colleges. The vast majority of their students, since the war, at least, have been young men of limited means, who felt that they must devote all their time and energies to their studies. There were few regular gymnasiums, and there was little in the way of system atic physical training. As a conse quence, many Southern young men who could afford to do so preferred to go to Yale or Princeton or Harvard rather than to one of their own insti tutions which were almost entirely lacking in athletic and sporting feat ures, and could boast, of none of the glories which belong to traditional college triumphs in contests of mus cle and skill. "Exnerietice has Droved that there Med. and Pharmacy students. Itisjisnol onlv a IH)Sitive advantage to a pity that the class officers should! health in careful physical training and well-regulated exercises, but that these things render colleges attractive and have a monetary value. A great foot ball or baseball team or crew of re doubtable oarsmen often proves a more effective advertisement for a col lege than the learning of its profes sors or the thoroughness of its curric ulum. Southern schools and universi ties are beginning to appreciate both the physical and financial value of sports, and as a result they are rapidly developing what was formerly a neg lected side of college life. In the mat ter of football they are still behind the Northern colleges, but they are gain ing strength and expertness every year, and the manner in which they have come to the front in baseball this season renders it not improbale that they will prove formidable rivals be fore long in every department of ath letic effort. Southern college boys have not heretofore had the same amount of time to devote to training as wealthier Northern students, but they are now fortunately paying more attention to sports, and it may not be many years before Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell and other Northern institutions may be forced to fight hard to keep the Southern col lege boys from carrying off their ath letic laurels. It is worth while in this connection to recall that Maryland, which is essentially Southern in its traditions and general popular charac ter, has contributed to the roll of Northern colleges a number of their fin est football players and athletes." If You have not vet paid your subscription to the Tak Heel you may be interested in what follows. Our local subscribers will have no trouble in finding the Business Mana-. erer or Assistant Business Manager, and the. out-of-town subscribers are in- ormed that our post-office is Chapel ilill. so that perhaps our distress, so well expressed in the following extract, may be relieved : Lives of poor men oft remind us, Honest men don't stand a chance; The more wa work there grow behind us Bigger patches on our pants. On our pants once new and glossy Now are stripes of different hue, All because subscribers linger And don't pay us what is due. Then let us be up and doing, Send in your mite however small, Or when the snow of winter strikes us We shall have no pants at all. Yours resp't, The Business Manager. President Alderman Coming. The people of Wilson are to have a rare treat next month. During May the Graded School will have its closing exercises and Superintendent Mana-um has obtained the consent of Dr. Alderman, President of the Uni versity of North Carolina, to be pres ent and deliver an address. This will take place on May 19, and an intellectual feast is assured, or the speaker is one of the most eloquent and charming in the btate. Well known in Wilson, his coming means an ovation for him Daily News.
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 12, 1899, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75