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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Feb. 13th. 1897.
NO. 18.
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Base-ball Prospects.
The base-ball season of '97
approaches with brighter prospects
ancl greater entnusiasm on nc part
of the student-body than has been
1 M.qTr TOQfC
With over two-thirds of the great
and glorious team of '96 applying
nr oositions, not to mention a great
amount of raw material, and with
well arranged schedule, including
many of the most prominent college
:eams in the country, the season 01
07 will rjrobablv1 take the lead in
our base-ball career. Capt. Stanly,
the idol of college, will return to
the Hill shortly, to captain the team
this year and of course hold the
boys together until Virginia suc
combs to the White and Blue.
Bailey, the , famous catcher, re
turned te the Hill last week. His
arrival has been a source of inspira
tion to the old players and the col
lege in general is delighted at his
return. Fletch will probably play
at short this season, while Bouldin
will probably take his place at
catch. . '
And then too, Winston, he of Dan
ville fame will put 'em out on
first as usual. Despite his illness
during the holidays he is in good
trim and will hold first down to
perfection. j
Ferdie Johnson will play third or
short. At either place he is all
0. K. At short stop Johnson is
hard to discount. He played this
position on the Pantops Academy
team for two years.
Joe Whitaker, our all round ath
lete, will play an out-field with Bel
den and probably McKee. These
three will, judging from the past
record, form the same big "crocus
bag, "as it were, that Brem, Whitak
er and Belden did last year in Dan
ville. .-.
And now the question as to a
pitcher confronts us, a solution of
which depends, in a great measure,
the success of the team. There is
no Stephens, no, Hill, no Pearsall to
come to the rescue. These have all
served their alma mater aud served
her well.
But as Stephens stepped in to
take Lanier's place, as Hill in time
took Stephen's place, and as Pear
sall relieved Hill, so must our raw
material come to the front and take
the place of the retired. Mangum,
Tate,, Williams or Hines can
certainly do it. There is undoubted
ly skill and ab lityin their work and
with proper coaching and practice
we'll have a pitcher of the first class.
Rogers, Bouldin -and Woodard
are applying for the team. Wood
erd's playing in the practice games
s well nigh faultless.
Virginia has already gone down
to hard work and will certainly do
aU in her power to carry the
championship back to Va. where
Captain Stanly and his gallant boys
tore it from the clutches of our
friendly foe.
It behooves the applicants for the
team to work with greater diligence
than ever before;" the student body
to cheer and encourage the boys on
Jo victory, that we may still hold
the championship of the South.
The Gymnasium Contest.
The second of the series of gym
nasium contests, notwithstanding
the very unfavorable weather, was
very enthusiastically engaged in
and watched by quite a large num.
ber of spectators. The program of
the evening was, climbing the
pole, broad jump, skipping the rope,
running high jump, and potato
race.
In the first contest chinning- the
pole Mr. Harris pulled up 24
times, won first place and scored 5
points. Mr. Wilson won second
place on 17 and scored 3 points.
Mr. Hearn won third place and
scored one point. Mr. Harris has
made for the University an exceed
ing high record on this point. The
average college record for chining
the pole being1 about 9.
First place on standing broad
jump was won by Mr. Faison. He
jumped 9 feet 1 inch and scored
five points. Mr. Roberson won sec
ond place on 8 feet 10 inches. Mr.
Belden third on 8 feet 81 inches.
Mr. 'Faison won first place on
skipping the rope. Made 193 skips
in two minutes. Mr. Belden won
second place and Mr. Wilson third.
The fourth contest, running high
jump, was won by Mr. Beldon, who
now holds the college record on
this point at 66 inches. Second
place was won by Mr. , Harris, and
third by Mr. Faison.
The last and most amusing con
test of the evening was the potato
race. Mr. Harris and Mr. Rober
son both showed great skill in cap
turing the fruit, and whether by ex
perience or otherwise we wouldn't
like to say, any way Mr. Harris
won first honor and scored 5 points,
Mr. Roberson second and scored 3
points, and Mr. Wilson third and 1
point.
This closes the second of the se
ries of contests. The score now
stands, Faison 17, Beldon 16, Rob
erson 15, Harris 14, Wright 10,
Hearn, Stokes, Williams and Wil
son 4 each. Mr. Wright who scored
the highest number of points in the
first contest, on account of sickness
was unable to enter the second at
all, but will be in trim for the final
and will give some one a close race
for first prize, notwithstanding the
fact that he now stands way down
on the score.
The final contest will take place
about the 15th of March and will
consist of 30 yard, standing broad
jump, running high jump, pole
vault, and hop, step and jump.
The contestants enter these ex
ercises with a great deal of spirit,
and on some points have made a
very creditable college record, but
they all seem handicapped by the
lack of practice between the con
tests. There are several promising
athletes "among the number if they
would only practice enough to get the
use of themselves and know how to
do when they go into a contest.
Have you smoked Maryland Club
Mixture? If not, get a trial pack
age 10 cts.', at N. C. LONG & BRO.
It is fine.
Library Notes,
Probably the greatest improve
ment in the library during the last
session was the addition of the col
lection of curios formerly kept in
the history room.
The collection of old money, es
pecially Continental, is probably
one of the best in the South. Dr.
Battle deserves great credit for his
efforts in gathering so much that
will become more and more valuable
as time goes on. This collection,
with the Manning collection which
was previously in the library, may
be the beginning of a valuable mu-
seum. rsotti collections are arrang
ed in glass cases, adding much to
their appearance and safety.
Our old telescope, exhumed by
Prof. Cobb and fully described by
him in the Popular Science for Oc
tober, is another addition to our col
lection.
The following is a partial list of
books added last fall:
Prisoner of Zenda, Sir George Tres
sady, Stevenson's Works, The Reds of
the Midi, March Hares, Mark Twain's
Joan of Arc,' The Cruciform Mark,
The Seats of the Mighty, Shakspere's
Hallinshed, The Mabinogion, trans
lated by Lady Charlotte Guest, Bur
ton's History of Scotland, Life o the
Duke of Marlborough, Life of L. Q. C.
Lamar, Longfellow's Cyclopoedia of
Works of Architecture in Italy, Greece
and the Levant, which is a beautiful
specimen of the book-maker's art,
White's Warfare of Science, History
of "Punch," Courtships of Queen Eliz
abeth, Perry's History of Greek Liter
ature, Shaler's Domesticated Animals
and American Highways, Schrieber's
Atlas of Classical Antiquities, Sainte
Beuve's Causer ies du Lundi, Woodrow
Wilson's Mere Literature and Other
Essay's, Curzons problems of the Far
East, Chemistry of Daily life, several
volumes in Modern Reader's and Ex
positor's Bible Series, Stephens' His
tory of English Thought in the 18th
Century.
A number of new copies of more
popular books were added, such as
Lorna Doone, The Refugees, David
Copperfield, Monte Cristo, Les Mise-
rablesy Westward Ho!, Adam Bede,
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The
Wrecker, Under Two Flags, Romola,
Thaddeus of Warsaw, Scottish Chiefs,
Days of Bruce, Cnarles O'Malley,
Henry Esmond.
Following books received in library
Feb. 2:
, The Devil's Pool, New Arabian
Nights, Kate Carnegie, The Gray
Man, Little Men, Little Women, Am
broses' Palms, Quo Vadis, King Noa
nett, The Prince and the Pauper, My
Summer in a Garden, A Gentleman
Vagabond, Marm Lisa, Fadette, Fran
cois the Waif, Master of Mosaic Mak
ers, Iceland Fishermen, Florida
Sketch-book, A Singular Life, In Bo
hemia with DuMaurier, Stories of
Georgia, Majorie Daw, History, of the
German Struggle for Liberty, Evolu
tion in Art, American Fishes, Harper's
Classical Dictionary , Structure o f
Man, Wilson's George Washington,
Grote's Plato, Maria Mitchell, Religion t
of India, Hamerton's Autobiography, '
Ziegler's Pathological Anatomy, Me:
chanics of Materials, Guderman's Tac- j
itus, Webster's International Diction-,
ary, Relation of Literature to Life, Pol
lock and Maitland's History of English
Law.
) The following books have recently
been given:
Stories from the Harvard Advocate
given by W. G. Peckham; from Dr.
Ball, Harvard Graduates' Magazine,
complete set; from Prof. K. P. Har
rington, Greek and Roman Mythology
by K. P. Harrington and H. C. Tol
man; from J. K. Bruner, Secretary of
the Department of Agriculture, North
Carolina and Its Resources. This
book, as its title suggests, is devoted
to the resources of North Carolina. It
is a book of some 400 pages and is beau
tifully illustrated.
Through the efforts of Mr. W. T.
Usry,and the kind gifts of students,
some eighteen volumes of new books
on Missions have been added to the re
ligious alcove.
The Library's report for the year
just closed shows that over one thou
sand volumes were received by the li
brary. Nearly twelve thousand were
drawn, about three-fourths of which
were fiction. About 100 periodicals
and newspapers are received by the
library and reading room.
The Legislative Committee.
The regular biennial inspection
committee of the Legislature came
up to examine the University prop
erty o n Thursday night and re
mained until Friday afternoon. At
prayers on Friday morning the boys
were regaled with short speeches by
the different members, except the
Honorable Walter Murphy, more
commonly known as "Pete." He
evidently "did'nt need it," and force
of habit even made him absent him
self from prayers altogether.
The members of the committee
were Messrs. Utley, McCarthy and
Scales from the Senate; Messrs.
Dockery, Nelson, White, Cathey,
Currie, and Murphy from the House.
Messrs. Dockery, Murphy and
Scales are alumni of the University.
Swiss Bell Ringers.
The "Swiss Bell Ringers" will
be here on Monday night .for the
benefit of the Athletic Association.
Everybody ought to come out, as
this famous performance i s well
worth seeing. Admission will be
35 cents for reserved seats, and 25
cents general. Children will be ad
mitted for 15 cents.
Former students of the Davis
Military School now attending the
the University have organized a
club. The officers are President,
C. G. Hill; Vice-President, F. A.
Gudger; Secretary and Treasurer,
B. L. Edwards.
All those students now enjoying
the University curriculum who were
prepared at the "Canada High
School," will please take notice! In
accordance with "recent custom,"
a club will be organized under the
caption of "The Canadian Club."
Freshmen are eligible.
Those prepared at the "Buzzard
City Co-educational Institute of
Technology" will also take notice
to the same eirect.
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