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McNAIR LECTURES ' TONIGHT Gerrard Hall 8:30 O'clock CAROLINA VS GUILFORD TODAY Emerson Field 4:00 P.M. VOLUME XXXIV CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 102 G NUMBER 82 TAR HEELS LOSE CLOSE GAME TO DM0NDEAC0NS Wake Forest Gets Best of Tus sle There Score 4 to 3. JONES FEATURES AT HAT Trio of Carolina Pitchers Allow Only 2 HitsFree Passes AboiinJ Riley Steals Home. In one of tliiwe heart-breaking freak IwiNtliall contests. Old Lady Luck pulled , one over on Couch Duncan's Tar Heel aggregation- Saturday and the Wake .'ore.-.t Demon Deacons were handed the large end of a 4 to 3 count in the first ! a three-gume series between tlie two nines. ' . . Only two hits were garnered off the deliveries of the three hurlers who occu pied the mound for the Tar Heels. Bill I'oynrr Yielded one hit, and Odell Sapp el the other Kafe swat get by, while "Lefty" Westmoreland allowed not a liiuir!'-; however, the Duneanites were lAet-edingly generous with their free lie ken to first, and therein lies the tale, r l. veil of the Deacons were dNhed out Hie lirst sack free of charge, 10 of them bv the- "four ' bull" method, and the other one got in the way of one of Bill Poyner's teasy ones. .. . Touchdown" Jones led the hitting for Hie day with a triplet and a double out cf four trips to the rubber, one of his swats being responsible for the second Tar Heel marker. Tom Young came next with two safeties, both of them singles," out ' of four trips to the plate. I'inlcy, who hit for Sapp in the eighth frame, garnered the only other extra base hit of the affair when he connected with a swift one for three sacks and eaiered home when P. Joyner missed the throw to third." The Joyner brothers were the only Deacon hitters who were able to solve the offerings of the Tar Heel chunkers. finch 'of the brother Deacons obtained a bingle, but both of those were of the one base variety. The Duncanite hurlers had the Dea cons eating out of their liauds as far as hits were concerned. For three and one thirds innings, Bill Poyner held the Bap tists to one lone hit, however, three runs were counted off his wildnes and he was forced to retire in . favor of Odell Sapp in the fourth frame. The hefty sophomore hurler was a little better than Poyner and another run was slipped over the plate in the sixth inning when he Issued Uiley a free pass to first, gave up a scratch hit to P. Joyner, and al lowed Kiley to pilfer the home sack while he was winding up. "Lefty" West moreland, who was ent in in the final frame when Sapp went out in order to allow Finley to hit, walked one Deacon hatter and allowed no bingles. The runs were scored as followed: first inning! Timberlake walked, Grea son was hit by a pitched ball and both runners advanced a base when Clayton hit a hot one to the infield. ..Holt walk ed, and Timberlake came in on a fielder's choice. Second innings i Buucom and Riley walked, P. Joyner advanced both men a base, and Martin hit a Jong sacri fice fly to center scoring Baucom. K. Joyner followed with a single scoring Riley. Sixth inning: Riley walked, went (f!ontinud on vaat four) TAR BABIES TAKE FIVE OF SIX GAMES ON TRIP Average of Eleven Runs Scored In Each Game On Virginia Tour Lose to V. P. I. Yearlings. The Tar Babies returned to the Hill Sunday afternoon after staging a very successful invasion of Virginia. They met six teams on the trip and succeeded In annexing the scalps of five of these by very comfortable margins. They drop ped one game, to the V. P. I. freshics, by the very close score of T to 6. The Carolina first year clouters treat ed the Old Dominion fans to a choice bit of slugging in these "games. The sav age offense unleashed by the Tar Heels produced a total of sixty-eight runs in six games i this is an average of more than eleven runs per game, and that is some scoring. The best the Virginia sluggers could do was to accumulate twenty-six runs in six contests for an average of less than five tallies per game. The Little Generals, of Washington and Lee, were the first team to fall be fore the Tar Babies. With "Red" Elli son pitching a two-hit game, the Tar Heels easily annexed the opening en counter by ia 12 to 1 count. Low's charges continued their heavy hitting the next day at the expense of V. M. I.'s (Continutd on pagt four) TWELVE MEN WHO ARE DOPED TO PLAY FEATURE ROLES IN SOUTHERN, CONFER EMCE MEET HERE. , p u Mxj K J4 i ft :XsJ - V.: r2 I ft m v'T;'H "'-I i I : , 'ill '1 he above men are representatives of North Carolina, South Carolina, anil Vir ginia colleges who are expected to play havoc with Southern Conference records in the truck and field meet to be held here the latter part of this week. (1) Coach Bob Fetzer, Carolina track mentor, who has been so instrumental in bringing the conference meet to Chapel Hill. " (2) Newman, Clcmson college star half miler, who is rounding out his third year as track hero. (3) M. I.eBauer, Virginia weight man, has thrown the shot over II feet and holds the new V. of V. record for the discus. (t) Carolina's Captain, Charlie Jonas, who has been under the conference rec ord in the half mile this year. (5) Cummings, Virginia dnsh man, holder of the world's record for the 130 yard dash. (fi) Roy, another Clemson College star, who runs the quarter around 50 seconds. Southern Conference Quarter mile champ of 192-L . - , (T) Elliot, Tar Heel miler, who so far has the best time in the Southland for ! the furlong. (8) Kordham, C arolina, takes part in all three weights, and tosses the javelin over 1H0 feet. (9) Watt, Carolina hurdler, who went under the conference . record in the low hurdles in the dual meet with" State Col lege Saturday. Also holder of Confer ence record for 44.0-yard hurdles. . (10) McPherson, Carolina, has been under 10 seconds a half dozen times in the, 100 and has been clocked in 21.S in the 220 twice this year. He placed sec ond to Foster In both the dashes at Se wanee lust year and recently annexed the century title at the Tech relays. (11) Lund, V.- P. I., hus thrown the discus within a few feet of the world's KCoisL Jui,. thk...eveut and lias ulreudy bettered the old Southern record by over ten feet. (12) Greene, another Virginia ace, has shattered the old Conference record in the broad jump by over sfven inches. He has cleared 22 feet 5 1-2 inches. CAROLINA PLAYS GUILFORD TODAY Quaker Game Here This After noon of Champ Variety, FIRST OF 2 GAME SERIES Sapp or Westmoreland to Likely Op pose "Shirt" Smith On Hillock. ' Local baseball fans will probably get a chance to see "Shirt" Smith, the Guil ford Ditching ace, hi action here this afternoon when' the Quakers and Coach Duke Duncan's aggregation tie up on Emerson field for the first of a two same scries between the two nines. Smith is one of the best known college hurlers in the state. He has been stead ily turning in victory after victory for the Quakers for two seasons or more, and is still going as strong as ever. He has turned in victories this year at the expense of the Elon Christians, the Demon Deacons from Wake Forest, und quite a few other aspirants, toward state championship honors. Odell Sapp or "Lefty" Westmoreland will probably oppose him on the mound. The Tar Heels played a stellar brand of baseball against the Deacons Sat urday, and completely upset the dope. It is the first time, as we remember, (Contiwd on pag four) CONFERENCE OF Y.M.C.A. STUDENT LEADERS ENDS Gathering Here During Week-End En dorses Duke Students Six In stitutions Represented. vThe annual Student Officers' Training Conference for 1!26 closed its session in the new Methodist Church here Saturday May 8, at noon, after a thorough discus sion of the duties and work of student officers of college "Y's" in North Caro lina by more than (iO representatives from six colleges in the state. ' At the Saturday morning session, of the Conference, the following resolu tion . was passed, expressing the senti ment cf the student leaders of the col leges represented, which were Carolina, Duke University, North Carolina State, Davidson, Guilford, and Mt. Pleasant: "This Conference strongly endorses the movement at Duke University seeking to enlist the student population as standing for freedom of thought and the unre stricted opportunity to study and search for truth along any and all lines." The program of the Conference was followed very closely, with few except ions. The object of the session was to furnish wholesome discussions of the problems that confront student Y. M. C. A. officers during their year's work, and (Continued on pagt four) U. N. C. HARRIERS WLN FROM STATE IN MEET SAT. Fetzerites Talley 82 to 44 Score In Dual Clash Here. THREE RECORDS BROKEN University Signally Honored When Chosen Host Of Southern Conference Track Meet The Track Classic of the South will come further North than it ever has before when the members of the Sou thern Conference reach Chapel Hill to participate in the fourth annual track and field meet that is to be held on Emerson field here Friday and Satur day of this week. It is the first time in the history of this section that such a momentous event should be brought to North Carolina. Never before has the University had the honor and priv ilege of being hofrf to such a gigantic athletic occasion an occasion that twen ty or more Universities have long been striving to secure. Thousands of people will travel hun dreds of miles to view this premier exhibition. They are fuly conscious of the fact that the opportunity that comes once in a decade has arrived. Special bleachers are being erected to provide adequate seating accommoda tions for this crowd that is to gather on "Emerson field, for no one will be allowed on the field except the two hundred odd participants and about fif ty or more officials. With such a small army of two hundred und fifty men roaming within the fence, it would be almost certain death to any spectator (Continued on pag four) MacPherson, Watt, and Woodard Bet i tcr Conference Records Side's, of State, High Scorer. . , .The Tar Heel track team added another win to their string of victories when they defeated the State College cindermen Saturday afternoon on Em erson Field in their annual dual meet by the score of 82 to 44. The Tar Heels have come through the season so far with no defeats and if they can take first place in the Southern Conference meet here this week they will have a perfect record. . ' . The weather was ideal for track, no wind and a good hot sun.! Because of the favorable weather conditions and the excellent condition of the track, the Carolina runners were able to turn in fast time "In every event. The Fetzer ites mopped up in nine events and took all three places in' the half mile and low hurdles. The Southern Conference records were surpassed in the hundred, 220, and in the broad jump. Gus McPherson, after tying the state record in the . century by stepping it in 9.9 seconds, came back and led the way to the tape on the 220 in 21.5 seconds. That time bettered the conference record by one-tenth of a second. Lawrence Watt ran the low hurdles two-tenths seconds under the conference record when he breasted the tape in 24.9 seconds. Dave Woodard copped the broad jump for Carolina with a leap of 21 feet, 11 1-2 inches, which is one and a quarter inches be yond the present conference record. ' High points honors went to Sides, of State, who took first in the half mile and second in both the dashes to pile up 11 points. Pushing him for top honors were McPherson and Watt, with (Continvtd on yayt four) SUNDAY SCHOOL HEARS MATHERLY University Professor Spoke At Baptist Church Sunday Morning. AIRS RELIGIOUS QUESTION "Why Some Educated Men Do Not At ; tend Church," Is Subject. "Until the church ussuiues u more tolerant attitude, and until it regards educated men as friends and not as enemies, then and not until then will the majority of educated men attend churches," declared Prof. Walther J. Matheriy, of the Commerce School, in an address delivered before the Student Class of the Baptist Church Sunduy morning on the subject "Why Some Educated Men Do Not Attend Church." Prof. Matheriy first spoke of the strategic position in which he found himself, and he asked that the audi ence regard his views as representing his own personal opinion and not the opinion of the mass of educated men. He also asked the audience not to infer from the title of his speech that only the i ignorant were church goers. "The majority of educated men do not believe in the present method of church organization," asserted Prof. Matheriy in speaking of his first point. The present church, is entirely over or (Continutd on pagt four) WALDEMAR GELTCH TO PLAY HERE THURSDAY Waldemar Geltch, American concert violinist, will give a concert in Memorial Hall Thursday, May 13, at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Geltch is one of America's most famous concert violinists, having played more than 1,400 concerts in American cities, and an entertaining program is expected. In the absence of Mr. Geltch's accompnist, Mrs. T. S. McCorkle will accompany him here Thursday night, und in Greenville Friday night. Mr. Geltch will appear here under the auspices of Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity. FIRST OF SERIES OF MTVAIR LECTURES BE GIVEN TONIGHT Dn Charles R. Brown, of Yale Divinity School, Will De liver Series. GERRARD HALL AT 8:30 "A Working Faith" Is General Subject -Tonight's Subject Is "What We Live By." The McNuir Lectures for 1920" will begin Tuesduy evening, tonight, in Ger rard Hall at 8:30. This year's series is to be delivered by Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown of the Yale Divinity School. Dean Brown's general subject is "A Working Faith". The first lecture, on Tuesday night, will bo on the specific subject of "What We Live By". Wed nesday night's subject is "What Does It Mean to be a Christian?" and Thursday's s "What Vulue llus Itight Motive?" Dr. Brown is well-known for his leC .uies and for his religious treatise. He :us served as a special lecturer at Yale, Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, and Leland Stanford Universities, and has proved to be a very popular and interesting speak er. Among Dr. Brown's best known and most popular works are: "The Young Man's Affairs", "The Modern Man's Re ligion," "Why I Believe In Heliglon," "The Quest of Life", and "The Social Message of the Modern Pulpit." Since 1911 Dr Brown has been dean of the Yule Divinity School, Prior to that lime he was pastor of the First Congre gational Church of Oakland, California, .ie was originally from West Virginia, ut received his degree from the Uni versity of Iowa in 1883. Dr. Brown is considered an excellent lecturer und a most entertaining speak er. His subject is a timely topic, and his lectures are expected to attract large audiences of students. The McNair lectures were .begun in 1908 and have been held yearly since that time. They were made possible by the. will of John Culvln McNair, Uni versity graduate of the class of 1849. The lecture fund provides $500 yearly for the lectures and additional money fur the suitable publication of the lec tures. Under the will the objects of the lectures "shall be to show the mutual bearing of science and religion upon each other and to prove the existence of attributes (as far as may be) of God from nature". The lectures lave proved most success ful and buve been of inestimable bene fit taJJie student hotly. Last year's lectures were delivered by President William Iouis Poteat, A.M., LL.D., upon the subject "Can a Man be a C'hrsltlan Today?" NEWS BUREAU INVITES SPORTS SCRIBE HERE Tentative arrangements have been made by the University News Bureau for a conference of sports editors of North Carolina newspapers to be held here, during the Southern Conference Track and Field meet, May 14 and 18. They hope to take this occusion to organ ize a "North Carolina Sport Writers Association". BAGBY SPEAKS CHAPEL EXERCISES ON VOCATION Discusses Means of Arriving At Choice of Vocation Others Will Speak This Week On "Vocational Choosing." During the entire week, lectures of a vocational nature are being given in Chapel by the various professors. They promise to be of particular interest to those students who have not as yet chosen their life vocation. The first speech of the series ' was given by Professor English Bagby of the Psychology Department, Monday morning. The subject of vocations was divided into two phases by the speaker. First, he said, we must get a scientific atti tude of the problem. , This can be done by characterizing the requirements of all professions, to which we consider ourselves in any manner fitted, and then to consult the Deans of the various schools. It is by assuming this active attitude that something really worth while can be accomplished, it was point ed out. The second phase of ids speech con cerned the means by which we can de termine lo what degree we might be fitted for the different occupations. This can be done by finding our standing in the intelligence tests and also by tak ing stock of our own personality. In (C'ORftniMd on pagt four)