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Vol. 11,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL 'HILL, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1903.
No. 21.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
A
BASE BALL CRITICISM.
Coach Curran Talks Plainly About
the Candidates for the Varsity.
Coach Jack Curran, after earnest
solicitation on the part of the Ath
letic Editor, has given for publica
tion the following- criticism of the
playing1 of the different candidates
for positions on the Varsity.
This criticism is given not for
the purpose of humiliating or discouraging-
any player. Far from
it. Indeed, exactly the contrary
result is anticipated by this sort of
criticism. The true purpose of a
criticism, as we understand it, is to
show the candidates plainly and im
partially their weak points and to
point out the methods by which, if
regarded, they will be enabled to
overcome all deficiences.
"Well, Holt at first, you mav
say, is still doing- gqod work. He
' is quick and active and infuses life
and ginger into the men on the in
field. He is a fairly good base run
ner, but improvement could be
made along this line. He should
keep a better eye on the ball and
learn to use, the stick better.
"Smathers, at second, is going
to make a splendid baseman. He
plays his position well, keeps his
mind on the game and supports his
men admirably. At present he is
not in practice owing to the fact
that his lip" was hurt a few days
ago, and in his absence John Chesh
ire has been officiating at the second
cushion. Cheshire is almost an
equal of Smathers. He under
. stands the game reasonably well,
but he should improve in batting
and base running.
"Graham, at third, has shown
more improvement in every line
than any player on tne team. He
is without doubt the hardest work
er we have, and this one fact will
have considerable influence in allow
ing him to preside at third. He
bats well and keeps his eye on the
ball. On foul flies I do not believe
he has an equal. He obeys instruc
tions and is always willing to learn
something new about the game.
"Carr at short is not playing as
well as be is capable of doing. I
want to see him do better work and
cannot assign any reason for his
lifeless spirit. He certainly can do
better.
"As reerards Captain Donnelly I
have little to say. He is playing
his position in a perfect manner, not
having made an error this year
He is, as everybody can see, profi
cient with the willow. He runs
bases fairlv well. He knows the
game, but he should talk more to
his men. No one can imagine how
much good this does. To hear the
captain talking in pleasing, yet em
phatic tones, encourages every man
and fills him with hope.
"Oldham in center field is holding
his position nicely and mikes it a
point to support his men. He has
developed into a safe batter. The
only serious difficulty I find with
Oldham is that he is a little anxious
in running bases. A few more
days of good training, however, I
think, will overcome the difficulty.
"The candidates for right field
have made no favorable impression,
and unless greater and decided im
provements are made, the place
will be filled with a . pitcher until
Giles or Murray Allen arrives. I
regret exceedingly that such is the
case, but it just can't be helped.
"The candidates for the receiving
end, Cox, Noble, and Wilcox, are
running a neck and neck race, and
it Ms impossible to say who w.ill win
out. Cdx, although seriously hurt
a few days ago, has not retired
permanently from the race and will
be out again soon, You may say
this much: the best man will win
out.
"Hart, Green and Oldham, as
twirlers of the leather, have shown
themselves- to better advantage
than any others. It is a pretty
race and it is hard to tell who will
secure first honor.'
Concluding, Coach Curran saidy
4 'I want to see more men come out
and play. We can't develop a team
unless we have material, that is cer
tain. So I wish you would say for
me that the team is not yet made,
that there is no "ring" in base ball
and every man will be given ,a fair
chance to make the team. Another
thing, before I finish, the students
should come out in larger numbers
to watch the practice gamesl
Their presence gives hope and cour
age to the players. They
should not only go to practice games
but it is their duty, it seems to me,
to support the team financially.
Coach Curran is right. Jt is the
duty of every student in college, if
the circumstances will permit, to
attend every game this season.
The University base ball team is
your team. Its success is your
success; its defeats your defeats.
Therefore stand solidly behind it
and give it your warm support.
Base Ball Schedule.
Owina- to the fact that some
changes have been made in our base
ball schedule as first published, we
o-ive below the corrected schedule
as it now stands. .
March 14, Bingham at Chapel
Hill.
. March 19, Oak Ridge at Chapel
Hill.
March 23, Lafayette at Chapel
Hill.
March 24, Lafayette at Chapel
Hill.
March 27, Brown at Chapel Hill.
March 28, Brown at Greensboro
N. C.
April 3, Gettysburg at Chapel
Hill.
April 9, Cornell at Chapel Hill.
April 10, S. C. College at Colum
bia, S.C.
April 11, Wofford at Spartan
burg, S. C.
April 13, Davidson at Winston,
. C.
April Iff, S. C. College at Dur
ham, N. C.
April 20, S. C. College . at Chap
el' Hill.
April 24. Furman University at
Chapel Hill.
April 29, Virginia at Chapel Hill.
April 30, Virginia at Greensboro.
N. C.
May 1, Washington and Lee at
Roanoke, Va.
May 2, Gergetown at Washing
ton, D. C.
May 9, Virginia at Charlottes
ville, Va.
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Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.
The Elisha Mitchell Scientific
Society held the 149th meeting
Tuesday night, in Person Hall.
Dr. W. C. Coker, Dr. J. E. Mills
and Prof. J. W. Gore addressed the
Society.
Dr. Coker, aided by Mr. Allard's
chart illustrations, gave an interest
ing discussion on "Some Plants
Known of the Chapel Hill Region."
He made known, perhaps for the
first time, several rare plants of the
Thollophyta division, and one of the
Angiospermae.
The first plant mentioned found
by Mr. C. A. Shore, is one common
ly known as Earth-star. This
plant was discovered on the side
of a tree and has since been
noticed in several places. It is a
tiny, unconspicious little plant,
hardly larger than a pea and is a
beautiful example of plant adapta
tion to certain conditions.
Dr. Coker next showed a species
of stink-horn found by Mr. Fred
Haues. This consists of a fragile
stalk, issuing from a cup-like base,
and is an excellent specimen of a
plant living on a dead insect. .
Other plants illustrated and des
cribed are the result of Dr. Coker's
research. Among those showd are
several very rare and interesting
types of the Phycomyceter class.
It is of interest to note that several
of these plants have not been record
ed in North Carolina and the infor
mation proves that our ideal geolo
gical surrounding is also a great
field for botanical research.
Dr. J. E. Millls followed Dr. Co
ker with a brief account of the rapid
progress of the Electro-Chemical
industry an industry of which
many of us know comparatively
little. To show something of the
great strides along this line, the
speaker said that the value of pro
ducts for the last year alone were
upward of a hundred million dollars,
utilizing an enormous horse-power.
This he showed to be wonderful in
deed as the first mention of Electro
chemical applichtion, the decompo
sition of zinc oxide, was in 1872. .
Many papers and numerous text
books are alive to-day with discus
sions of the industry and its various
applications. The great feature of
Electro-Chemical possibilitios lie in
the utilization of a great degree of
temperature, thereby greatly de
creasing the price of the raw mate
rial. Aluminum, sodium, nitric
acid, etc., have been lowered to a
third their price by other process.se
This is truly a growing industry
and promises many startling im
provements in the Chemical world.
The Chemist is no longer sitting in
his laboratory cooking so much soup
but is working with a definite aim,
and not only knows why many ac
tions take place but is finding out
how to actually make those reactions
take place.
Prof. Gore came before the
Soceity to make a few statements
on a new use of the Bubble-tube. He
then illustrated how this tube was
to be applied, in connection with the
spark jet. in wireless telegraphy.
It is hoped with this tube to make
wireless telegraphy more certain.
Shakespere Club.
TheMarch meeting of the Shake
spere Club, held in Gerrard Hall
Thursday night, was largely at
tended. Dr. Hume, the president,
said the greatest feature of the
Club was to stimulate the social
side of literature, for literature deals
with humanity and through eigh
teen years the members of this
organization have ever kept alive
that great principal.
Mr. Fred Archer read a pleasing
criticism on "The Lyrical Elements
in the Tragedy of Romeo and Ju
liet." This play, he asserted, is the
greatest love tragedy of the world,
and one enriched by some of the most
exquisite lyrical elements of lan
guage, i .....
In connection with the same play,
another complimentary reading was
given by Mr, H. R. McFadyen.
The question he raised was "Did
Shakespere Properly End Romeo
and Juliet as a Tragedy." The
conclusion he reached, and a just
one it vvas, gave evidence that, with
the characters Shakspere used and
and the environment in which they
acted, the play could not have been
logical and ended in any way save
tragedical.
Next Dr. Hume happily present
ed Dr. C. Alphonso Smith who gave
a most instructive and entertaining
lecture ou the "Shakspere-Bacon
Question." After a brief discus
sion of the origin and history of this
controversy. Dr. Smith proceeded
to take up the several arguments ad
vanced by the Baconians in support
af their belief, and to refute them
one by one. His discussion was
fair, forcible and covincing.
He said there are two schools
of those who hold the Baconian
theory: first, the secret school, or
those who base their belief upon the
cryptogram; and those who urge
that a greatscholar wrote the plays,
claiming that Shakspere was not a
great scholar. The speaker then
showed the inconsistentcy of the
arguments of both schools. He
proved beyond a doubt the Shak
sperian authorsnip and with equally
strong proof showed the impossibili
ty of the Baconian authorship.
We are glad to note that the
Record has been issued. It is a
very attractive copy.