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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THK UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Vol. 7.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, January 26th, 1899.
NO. 13
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BASE BALL PROSPECTS,
Six of Last Year's Players are
Candidates for the Team.
It is a great pleasure to be able
to say that at this season of the
year the prespects for having- a vic
torious base-ball team are unusual
; ly bright. With six of last years
players trying- for their old positions
; on the team and with a long- list of
; new men and last year's "scrubs"
to draw from to fill the remaining
) vacancies we can not hope for any
; thing" less than the Southern Cham
, pionship.
J Work has for the most part be-
gun under the most auspicious cir
cumstances. In the first place we
I have a good captain. For by re
. election R. A. Winston (capt. '98;
,f will again captain our team and by
his own example of good playing
and hard work do much for the suc-
cess of the team.
I In answer to Captain Winston's
call for candidates thirty men pre
. sented themselves on the field and
went to work. Cold rainy weath
I er prevented practice for two af
.; ternoons during- the past week but
the remaining days were warm
and clear and this allowed the
i men to get good practice at bat-
ting aud was not too cold for the
pitchers to begin to get their arms
in shape.
Capt. Winston can be depended
upon to hold his old position at
first and be up to his usual high
standard as a batter.
Graves will be hard to cut out
of his position as catcher. He
must work hard and improve his
batting.
Rogers will bring in the balls
from center field and return a few
there when he comes t o the
bat.
Lawson our star twirler will
puzzle our opponents from the
north as well as from the south.
j He is constantly trying to im
i prove his present good condition and
that means success.
Woodard will try for his old pos
ition at short stop and will give
t trouble to other candidates for that
- position.
McKee can be depended on in left
field.
Belden and Hume will be missed
.at second and third respectively.
Alston is a promising candidate
for second. His fielding is good but
his weakness has been in his bat
ting. He must improve this. Get
to work, that is the only way.
Lambeth who played on the Oak
Ridge team last year will try to fill
the vacancy at third base.
Allison who played on the David
son College team last year is get
ting in some good practice at bat
ting and fielding-.
Gregory of '96 team is with us
and we are glad to welcome on the
field another old player Walter
Brem of the '96 team.
Donnelly (scrub '98) is in the field
and may be counted ou for some
good hard work.
Then something may be said of
other '98 scrubs, Bennett. Wood
son, Harkins, Kerner, Davis, Cun
ningham, Carr, Stevens aud Gra
ham. Other candidates are R. Brem,
Elliott, Worth, Henderson, Battle,
Brown, Harrington, Ottinger,
Alexander, Brooks, Atwater, Hoo
ver, Cheatham aud Allison.
It has often been noted that where
our prospects for a good team are
poorest we often have a most victo
rious season. Let us now be care
ful and see that the converse of this
does not turn out to be true also.
It is likely to be so however if we
are not verv careful to remember
that we can only win by hard work.
We must have good individual play
ing and we must have good team
work and this can only be had by
constant practice conscientiously
done.
Carelessness and poor playing on
the part of a single player may ruin
our record for the whole season
This fault of laziness and careless
ness is one to which old players are
more liable than the new men. It
ought not to be so.
; The highest motive for exertion
should not be simply to hold a posi
tion on the team and then because
there is no one who stands any
chance of getting your position you
are satisfied to do just enough work
to hold your position. Our motive
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snouiu oe to win ever' game we
plav whether it be with Canada
High School or Cornell and so let
us only be satisfied when we have
done our best.
This matter is mentioned because
such a tendency to loaf and talk and
joke instead of working has already
shown itself during the past week.
Perhaps it may be because things
have not yet got into smooth run
ning order. But let us be careful.
If we shirk our work now what will
we do when spring comes with its
sleepy, lazy days so productive of
"spring fever"?
NOTE. Each week the Athletic
Editor of the Tar Heel (after having-
consulted Capt. Winston) will
give a criticism of each player.
Mercy is not found in the make up
of this critic, and he will plainly
tell each man of his faults. The
criticism will go into details and
each player will be sure to find his
faults mentioned for the best of us
have faults. If any one objects to
these criticisms as the athletic edi
tor of the Tar Heel is a little man
the man objecting will be referred
to a committee of three which shall
be composed of "Judge" Buck well,
Jim Corbett, and the colored man
who takes care of Dr. Whitehead's
cadavers. This committee will re
ceive all complaints and give satis
faction, if desired.
Gynasium Items.
Before taking- up the proposed
plans of work during winter and
spring in the gymnasium a brief ret
rospect of last term should be taken.
The worK exhibited marked en
thusiasm. The attendance upon the
regular class drills probably reached
its high water mark.
The demand for individual work
upon the apparatus after class was
more than our present facilities could
supply. Dozens of chest weights
have attended the University, it is in
structive to see that a greatly dis
proportinate per cent of the makers
of the State have come from that
small fraction and so it will ever be
President of the United States, 1.
Vice President of U. S., 1. Presi
dent of U. S. Senate, 1.
Cabinet Officers of U. S. A.
Secretary of War, 1, Secretaries of
the Navy, 4, Secretaries of Inter
ior, 3, Attorney General, 1, Att'y
General of Confederate States of
All subjects for Senior theses
must be given to the Professor of
English for his approval before the
first of February.
and other like machines would be America, 2.
necessary in order to give each man Ministers to Foreign Courts, 17,
auopportounity to exercise. United Mates benators irom 11U
A strong factor in the success of 18 J8 H' In the Confederate States
last fall was the address made by Dr. Senate the University had 3 Sena
Alderman to the students in the tors-
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gymnasium. lucmueis ui iiouseui iu:piescniii-
The introduction of basket ball tlves of u- 1810-1898, 52.
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was an important feature in the iviemuers oi uie omeuemie
gymnastic work. A work of en- House of Representatives, 7.
thusiasm took hold of those partic- Governors of North Carolina,
pating-in the game and this has con- Alumni of the University, 20, or 58
tinued till now better work is being- percent, of all our Governors since
done by a small number. 1810.
'99 has started auspicously. We Speakers of the Senate of N. C,
are glad to note the attendance upon auU Lieutenant Governors, 1810
the gymnasium classes is satisfac- 1898- 17 or 5) Per cent- of the
tory. There some men however, vvhole number,
whose spots are seldom or never oc- Speakers of the House of Repre
cupied. What to do in such cases is sentatives of N. C, 1810 '98, 23,
a puzzle in all colleges where the or 50 Per cent
regulations and general manage- University of N. C, Secretaries
ment of the gymnasium is similar to f State, 1810 1898, 3.
Our OWtl. I OLd.it x icasmeis, ioiy xou,
It is hoped however that this dif-14, Alumni 5, or 36 per cent.
ficulty will soon be obviated by Attorney Generals of State,
these men attending daily. 18101898, 26, Alumni 18, or 70
per cent.
Supreme Court Judges, 1810 '98
31, Alumni 16, or 51 per cent.
Superior Court Judges, 1810
129, Alumni 51, or 40 per
On Saturday 28th inst. the Bas
ket-ball teams of the different class
es will be organized and a series of
games arranged.
The number of players on each
team will be limited to eight, five 11898,
regular players and three substi- cent.
tutes. Coniotrollers and Auditors,
fW. 1 . t I m r (1-vn At f i
xne usual srvmnastic ana inaoor iiuiavs. 14. Aiumnio. or oo
athletics contests were not held last I per cent.
tail out about March 1st an inter- Reporters of Supreme Court,
cmss cumcsi win prooaoiy oe neici, ifilO 189. 17. Alumni 10. or 59 ter
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ana n possiDie prizes oiterea.
Our aim, however, is not to train
a few men to accomplish difficult
tricks, but to improve the largest
number by a systematic course of
training1. Through wise measures
to ensue, the general health of our
students and at the same time
pleasant recreation to them, will be
effected.
cent.
The Uuiversity Men in Public Life.
liarduatlng Thesis.
Communicated.
The requirements of the faculty
that subjects for graduation theses
must be given in by February! 1st.
is rather a hard one. By Febru
ary 1st, of his senior year a student
is just beginning to feel himself
capable of selecting his- subject.
The University Record for Janu- Work done prior to that date by the
ary contains some very interesting average student is not generally of
articles. Among the more impor- a grade worthy ot the crowning
tant is: "The University in Public work ot a man s college lite. L he
Service." This article goes to show graduating thesis is the result of
that, "The facts submitted below Mfur years of conscientious work.
testify very eloquently to the com- A man does not feel himself capable
manding-part borne by the Univer- of even selecting the subject for
sity in the toil and political life of that work until at least half the term
North Carolina .and : nrnnnrtinn:.! of his senior year has passed. So
part in the Union. This long-list that he has only three weeks in
of Alumni who have rendered nota- which todothe preliminary work to
ble public service is an impressive pee that his subject is worthy his
llustration of the value and necces- best efforts. At least they should
sitv of the higher education. While be allowed to change their subjects
neccessarily but a very small fract- if they find that they do not suit.
ion of adult population of the State Signed, Senior.
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