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THE NEBRASKAN
Vol. V. No. 26
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, APRIL 23. 1807.
Prick 5 Cunts.
Personnel of the Ball Team
individual Characteristics of tho Dif
ferent Players.
rHEIR EXCELLENT QUALITIE8
U Vnrfllly Ton m Is Mndo up ot Slurs
Detailed Hoconl of Each Player
Tho Clooil mid Unci Points
About "Our Boys."
Our baseball tcom Ib mndo up from mi
excellent lot of men this year. All nro
players who hnve hnd exporlonco olthor
here or elsewhere, nnu when thoy nro
icattcred over tho four polntR ot tho
diamond, thoy mnko n Imslcy toum.
Captain Packard la B ft. 7 In. tnll, woIkIis
IITJ pounds, nnd linn nlwnya played contro
Held. Ho played hnlf back on tho 'varsity
kven nml Ib tho stocklost man on tho
team, In fact most loo much so to mnko
in aetlvi. .bird basem.in, for whloh posl-
don he Una been practicing. Ills beat
imlni U ft bcnutlful throw. Ah nn out
fielder, ho covora plenty of ground nnd
barks second bo hb 10 give tho second
baiemnn completo confidence. Ho Is n lly
hitter and seems unable to mnko tho llnu
drives which characterize tho lenm. He
is a harl worker, but very nervous. He
U well I kid nnd makes n good cnptnln.
He Is known among tho players ns "Pnek"
or"Vivynn '
Eddie Gordon, a Lincoln boy, lenrncd
tho cam' at Hebron, llo is but ID years
old but is muscled llko n Sandow. As tho
leading pitcher ho Is giving completo sat
Isfact.on. Ho Is Bpeedy with good curves
quick and well under control. Ho depends
much on an excellent head nnd Is a typ
ical collcgo pi cher. Ho watches tho bas-
ei very closely, and Is never nfrnld to
throw nnd throw hard. As a hitter he Is
very poor He hits tho ball little, If nt
all, for n homo run.
Itoblnson, who will do part of tho pitch-
Ins Is so well known ns to need no write
'jo. Ho was ' llriwn college last sea-
ton but aroo to Nebraska nnd entered our
! law college Ho Is the strongest hitter In
the college world, which record he has
held for tin past two seasons.
Kenn Lhc regular catchor Is n gradu
ate of Doune, nnd Is posting In the liter
ary depanment In our university. He
learned he game In Crete and plays with
a sp.rit 'hat characterizes all of his acts.
A a reoi iver from tho pitcher he cannot
be bend n His Blight build compels him
to use a lung arm throw to tho bases that
la a I it:, clow. He Is a ronlnl, modest
colli?' rrmi
Moor. .- .i catcher has proven a most
valuable '.lark horfio." He Is big and
strong nnd is willing to ndmlt he has much
to learn aimut the game. Ho works hard
and trip n to bases well. He has some
tuperflu. ns motions which he Is learning
to dispc- . with. Ho Is n loft handed hit
ter an is also Kenngy, the other catcher.
He wt,, Ik ued In the field when not
catchinp Moore learned what ho knows
of the cunt at Scotia, and ns might bo ox
pectei hi- rhief task was to unlearn much
of what h. hnd learned. Ho la a freshman
and w 1 make a strong man bofore ho
leaves . .. i. ue
D' Kindlor ns tho hoys dub him
a fli i m, man with his merits nnd do-
neri'- i n happily the formor largely
rredorr a r For a six-footer he Is very
ft'w ii. jR aWkward but usually comes
ouiof ,. mix-up with a cloan shnrp play.
He is , ,ur,j jno hitter which will give
him thi much coveted placo of fourth on
the ba nn order. He Is partial to second
taSc I i ie , nn lm iihnI to bettor advan
ce h -i His chief weakness is un-
titn.L ,,i H BiiBht inclination to be
corm ifiiBi.i withnl ho is a valuable
"nan, ar i one that would bo hard to ro-
placc
Harrv r. nr-dict, tho modest llttlo star
&t tec-on.i base- could make any college
team in the United States. He has tho
test t. f, grounders ever put In any
man's i, ad. He throws to first In a lino
flth a beautiful Bhort-arm throw and cov
ers ten a, r. s of Held. He will lend off in
fcattng for reasons best known to thoso
who have watched him play. Jf any de
lect can be found in hla work it is a slight
hesitancy to take advantage of contlngen-
of tho second.
t U in this point that Thomas Crelgh
hort Btop excels all others. Ho plays
'th sixty ounces of grey matter in full
deration He covera as much ground as
tne little second buseman and gives con
fluence to the whnle fonm. For that rea
son ho would bo tho moBt missed. Ho Is n
law mini with his homo In Omahn. Ho
learned the gnmo In Cnsoy'H alloy, with
brick bn;B for balls, Ho too la n Inft-hnnd-cd
hitter and lines out slnglo after single,
llo Ib nn excellent ImHo runner ns well ns
hitter nnd for thnt reason will JiiBt pre
cede! "Doneon" Kindlor on the batting
role.
"Dutch" Wells the child wondor from
the Indian reservation will covor third
base mid the ndjucnnt sections of soil. Ho
Is u sprinter with n big S. nnd Is the best
runner on the team. Ho too Is n loft
liiinded hitter. His murlts will placo h'.m
number two on the batting roll. Ho Is n
left hnnded thrower which of course,
slightly handicap a Imscninn.
Thoso mon nro auro to mnko tho tenm.
Tho others nro nil good men but because
of tho fact that tho team hns .not boon
mndo up from them, it ooms host not
to mnko porsonnl comments. Roodor, Ry
nns, Molford, CowglU, Garrett, Kellogg
nnd Green la tho Hat from which the tenm
will bo completed.
The tenm ns n wholo Is very fnst In
Holding tho ball, especially Ii this truo
of the In-lleld. Flvo nro left handed hit
ters, nnd all but two drive lino hits over
tho In-Held. Their base running with two
exceptions la rather Inferior to their gen
eral high standing. There Is not n poor
arm on tho tenm. Success to this team of
college students, who by the wny are
far above (ho average in scholarship.
HASH BALL BOUNCES.
The experiment of games on tho unlvor
shy campus hns been tested nnd found
successful. The llttlo gnme Snturdny with
but .en cents admission not only patd ex
penses but netted a pro lit to the ball team.
Of courso n few "cheap" people sponged
off the club thnt Is working so hard to
build up a winning team without begging
as has always been tho policy heretofore.
It was noted thnt the students were but
sparsely represented among the cheap
spongors. A notlccnblo exception waB a
crowd of them seated In tho west door of
tho electrical building. None arc nsked to
attend these games that cannot afford the
admission fee, but It Is expected thnt they
will have enough honor and self respect
to stay away. A man that would stel
his wny Into a ball game, would steal
mony.
Tho manager and captain desire to thank
tho band boys for their kindness In nld
Jng In making the ball season a success.
Their parade Saturday was tho best ad
vortlsomont any team could secure. The
band boys hnve tho truo collcgo spirit and
if there wore more Ilk- them In the unl
vorsity, this Institution could climb still
higher In standing.
It Is n pccullnr fact that every ball
player has some suporstltlon or hobby.
This extends even to college players. For
Instance Packard wouldn't go into a game
with any hopes unless ho had on a cortaln
ed stocking which he hns worn for four
years. Crelgh Is always easy if he fans
out onco during the first game of the sea
son. Klndler must have a profusion of
shirt outside his belt or ho Isn't easy. Gor
don Is a half-hearted pitcher until he sees
a bird lly over the ball field. Thoy all
have'em and you enn't reason It out of
them.
Tho gnme with Creto Saturday was not
a close one. but all friends of the universi
ty went away with the knowledge that
.he university hns a groat team. The
beautiful baso-runnlng of "Dutch" Wells
caught the hearts of everyone. Crolgh
plays ball with his head with a big H.
Holt, tho Crete pitcher. Is a good pltohor,
and tho wny our boys battod out hit af
ter hl, shows what Coach Robinson hat.
done for tho team.
After the stand Is erected on tho ball
Hold ladles will be ndmitted to the first
game free and if they do not make the
stand appear bright wl.h colors and smiles
tholr rival for the affections of Captain
Packard, Tom Crolgh, "Dutch" Wells and
tho numerous other ladles' mon on tho
team, will bo there and cheer their favor
ite, and win his undying lovo, Take no
t!co girls and all be on hand to attend
to your cspeclr.l knitting.
Poor old Wesleyan couldn't stand do
feat and disbanded. Shame to a coward.
Where is Nebraska pluck that Wesleyan
should have u crowd of students that can
not stand defeat. She doesn't deserve suc
cess In athletics. The management of
our team regrets that scheduled games
should bo cancelled, but such Is the way
when dealing with Wesleyan.
Dr. Beardshear, president of tho lown
state agricultural college, has been se
cured to deliver the annual address this
yenr before the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.
We Win the First Victory
Baseball Toam on tho Homo Grounds
Very Strong.
"AUSTIN'S KIDS" FROM CRETE
Thu U. of N, shows hor Admirers Whnt
Thoy Can Kxpeet During the Son
boh Good Hlttng nnd Kidd
ing Tho Oflolnl Score.
On last Saturday ntternoon, a baseball
aggregation from Croic, sailing under tho
nnme of "Austins' Kids" came down to
tho university to bco tvlmt thoy could do
with the Nebraska team. As this was tho
(lrst appearance of oir tenm on tho homo
grounds this season, Oiptnln Packard wns
nnxlous to mnko a gool impression on tho
crowd so he took tho "KI1b" Into camp by
tho almost ridiculous coro of 30 to 3.
A wire wan stretched around the east
side of tho campus nrd nn admission fco
of ton cents wns charged. Tho schemo
worked very well nnd a large crowd saw
tho gnmo although nomo few saw It from
outside tho wire. Tho band did 1,8 shnrc
In drawing u crowd In pnradlng tho
stieets Just before tho game. Early In
tho afternoon It wns announced thnt tho
Donne tenm was coming lown to play tho
university tenm. However, It turned out
to bo only "Austins' Kldi", n Crete tenm
which has no connection whatever with
Douno collcgo.
Benedict was tho first man to bat. Ho
knocked out a hot grouidcr, which wns
neatly picked up and ho wns thrown out
nt llrst. Thus far it seemed as If thero
would be a good game, but tho Illusion
lasted no longer. Holt, tho pitcher for
tho "Kids" wns touched up for live hits
nnd when tho Inning closed, Wells, Klnd
ler, Crelgh, Packard and Porter had cross
ed tho plntu, and cs'ery tnnn on tho tenm
had been to bat.
The visitors then took tholr hand at the
bnt, but they were unable to hit tho ball
and they wont out In one, two, three or
der. in tne seconu inning iscorasKa roiieu up
seven more runs and then went out In tho
Hold Just to rest awhile In their half, tho
Kids did a llttlo better than before nnd
got n man nround ns far ns third base,
with no mon out, but they failed to score
ns tho next three men to bat were retired
In rapid succession. However, they braced
up In the field and Nebraska failed to
score In the third Inning. This was the on
ly Inning throughout tho whole game In
which our boys did not score. Crete like
wise mado no runs, her men being retired
ns last ns they came to bat. A three bag
ger by Benedict, nnd n hit each by Wol'r,
Klndler and Boeder, netted four runs in
tho fourth. The visitors at last broke the
Ice In their turn nnd mado their Hret ccore,
C. Abbott mannged to got around to third,
nnd when Gordon dropped n high lly, he
enmo In.
Packard's home run was the only score
made by Nebraska In tho fifth. For the
Kids, it was the same old thing over again
us .hoy went out in rapid succession, and
n neiH double play by Crelgh, Benedict
nnd Klndler hnstoned tholr disposal. They
scored two moro runs during tho game,
one in the sixth and one in tho last in
ning. Both scores were made by Flke,
who In each Instance drove out a home
run.
Nebraska contented herself with one run
In tho sixth nnd three in tho seventh.
Then camo the eighth Inning. Frorlng
that Austins' Kids wore not sufflclontly
Impressed by our suporlor ball jinjing
"Bobby's Kids" lit onto tho pitcher and
pounded out basohlts and two and three
baggers till they got tired. Wen tho
smoke cleared away lhey had riled up
thirteen tnlllos, to which thoy adied two
more in tho last innlnc, mnk'ng a grand
totnl of 30 runs. Following Is the score:
CBETE.
Ab. It. Bh. Sb. Pc A. E.
B. Abbott 1
A. Shephard 1
Miller o
C. Abbott c
Flke s.s
H.Shophard cf
4 0 0 0 12 0 0
Goodwin
3
L.cffcl
Holt
To;als
r
P
31 5 ii 1 27 9 S
U. of K.
Ab. R. Bh. Sb. Po. A. E.
2 GC4C231
af 8C4C2O0
1 fi 1 4 2 IS 0 2
b.b 8 C 0 1 2 E 2
3 7 C 2 3 4 5 0
r 4211100
r 220 1000
1 7 14 0 0 0 0
p 6213121
C 3 111111
c i 1111 0 0
Benedict
Wells
Klndler
Crelgh
Packard
Porter
Mel ford
Reedor
Gordon
Kenngy
Moore
Totals
CO HI 28 23
Heoro by Inning' t
IT. of N. f. 7 0 I 1 1 3 13 2-30
Croto 0 0 0 10 10 0 13
Summary Bases on bnlls, by Holt S, by
Gordon, 0; Bases mi hit by pitched ball,
by Holt 1; Struck out by Holt 3, Gordon 1;
Passed balls Miller I, Moore t; Double
plays Croto 1 U. of N 1.
NOTES ON THE GAME.
Our boys allowed that thoy could not
only Held the ball, hut that thoy could bat
as well. They mndo 28 nlte oft of Holla'
delivery. If they over got another chanco
nt hlni, however, thoy will mo'io h nn
ovon II fly,
tn the seventh Inning Moore relieved
Konagy nnd Potior gavo way to Molford,
!n order to let nil tho mon enjoy tho fun.
It wna worth the price of ndmlsslon Just
to soo WoIIb run thoso bases. Ho stolo
third twice while the catcher was throw
ing tho bnll back to the pitcher.
The boys could caBlly hnve added ton
runs to the tolnl score. Aftor the seventh
liming, Robinson ordered them not to
steal any bases or run on past balls. Tho
bat. era were nlso Instructed to bunt tho
bull and tho K!da were Informed that the
ball was going to bo bunted but yet tho
runs piled up as fast by bunting ns by
mnklng long lilts.
Crelgh led In the batting with three sing
les, two doubles und a thrco bugger. Bene
dict wns a close second with two singles
unu two three bagger. Heeder nlso show
ed up well mnklng four safo hits.
Crelgh has a neat little schemo which
ho works when there Is a man on second
base. Ho slowly edges around until ho 1
bet.vccn the runner anil the base. Then
by u process of thought transmission, Gor
don knows exactly when Tom Is ready,
suddenly turns nnd throws tho ball to him
nnd Tom gently but flrmly Jabs It In the
runner's ribs. Tho schemo worked per
fectly In two Instances during the game.
The Crete boys were afraid to try to
steal any bases with Kenngy behind the
bat. They did not fare nny better when
Moore put on the mnsk. They had only
one stolen base to their credit while our
boys had 23.
Abbott was the only one of tho "Kids"
wh0 plnyea ony gort of a f.oldlng gnme
and Flkc did nil tho batting for them. Tho
batter made two home runs nnd a base hit.
Gordon hold the visitors down to six
hits during the entire nine Innings.
FRESHMEN 25-SOPHOMOBES 17.
The Juniors and froshmen met on the
enmpus in n game of baseball yesterday
afternoon, to play a schedule gnme In tho
lntor-clnss leaguo series. The freshmen
came away victorious uf.er a game that
was at nil times Interesting, from tho fact
that no matter what lead either club had,
K was nlways a possible thing that one
Inning could change it. During the first
two Innings, it looked ns if the Juniors
were going to have an easy tlmo of It,
ns ten tallies had been piled up to their
credit. But horo the freshmen hnd re
sources. Gordon, the regular pitcher for
tho firs, eleven, was substituted for Gar
rett, and for the next se'en innings, the
batting averages of the Juniors were con
siderably lessened. In spite of this, the
Juniors yet had a good chance of keeping
the lead, but they wen. to pieces In the
seventh inning, and tho freshies mado ten
runs during the interim. A couple of wild
throws, a home run drive by Waterman,
nnd fnllure to recover a grounder, wore
the elements which resulted In such a d.s
aHtroiis combination.
The players wero: freshmen. Morse, c;
Bynn 2nd b.; Reedor o. f.; Gordon.p.; and
k.b.; Garrott. p. and s.s.; Waterman, 1st
b.; Collett, 2nd b.; Penrse r. f.; Kchnsky,
c. Juniors; Pearson 3rd b.; Mollza, b. s.,
Kindlor c: Wilkinson r. f.; C. C. Morlson,
c. f.; Ed. Morrison 2nd b.; Hltchman, 1st
b.; Hyde 1. f. Porter PITCHER. Platz
Biibbtituted Beeder at centre field for tho
frolimnn nnd T'rafoott. llliohmnn for the 1
Juniors, who had to go to class. .
S-oro by innings:
Freshmen 0 C 1 2 0 3 10
Juniora 7 3 12 0 10
Pace acted as umpire.
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WINNERS ARE RECOGNIZED.
The winnors of tho indoor contost nre
to reoolvo tablets similar to those of last
1 yenr"s winners. Dr. Clark has Just ar
ranged for tho carving of the tablets,
which aro to be of wood nnd contain the
event, and the record with tho name of the
winner.
Arrnneomonts are being mndo to have
a fat and slim man's base ball game to
bo played in the near future, he project
la being pushed by good representative
men who represent both sides. Harry
PIntz nnd John Ledwith are the promo-
tors.
Arbor Day was Fitly Observed
Not Allowed to Pass Unnoticed, as
Formerly.
FOREST DEVASTATION EVILS
The Significance of the Dny Properly
Brought to Attention by nn Ap
propriate address Professor
Card's Pleasing Talk.
Arbor day was fitly observed In the uni
versity by nn illustrated lecture on hor
ticulture by Professor Cnrd yesterdny
morning following chapel exorcises.
Tho professor first gavo a short talk on
tho vnluo of preserv'ng our foreats nnd
tho progress which hnd nirendy been mndo
In that direction. Arbor dny, he snld,
ought to bo honored, not only because it
had its birth In this atnte, but r.lso on nc
count of the benefits which tho whole,
country will rcnl'ze from It. The planting
oC n few trees on a specified date Is a
nmull thing In Itself, nnd Indeed, Arbor
dny la not tho best possible dny which
could bo set initio for this purpose. But
It has aroused n genornl Interest In trees
nnd forestry. And cspeolnlly Is this .mo
for tho present yonr. Presldont Cleveland
recently sot nsldo ns forest reserves, 1m
monso tracts of land covering n territory
threo-fourths as large as that of Nebras
ka. Or course this act met wl.h some op
position. Doubtless some were opposed
to It simply because President Clevoland
mndo the order. Others perhaps opposed
It honestly becnuse it Interfered with their
occupation. It would probably Interfere
whh the sheep herders whoso sheep spoil
the ground for forest reproduction by
tramping It down nnd destroying young
shoots of trees.
This net of President Cleveland is only
one of the mnny movements this yenr 'n
connection with forestry. New York has
Just appropriated a million dollars for the
preservation of forests on the Ad ron
dacks. Other states have been pursuing
tho same courso. Pennsylvania hnd passed
legislation In regnrd to forest fires, which
arc one of the chief causes of the destruc
tion of forests. According to the provi
sions of the lnw Just passed, any able bod
led c'tlzenB in Pennsylvnnln may bo called
upon to aid n extinguishing forest fireo.
Maine, Washington nnd other states hav6
all passed laws looking to the same end.
The professor expressed tho hone that
something in the same line might be done
in our own state. It is behoved that our
sand hills which nre comparatively use
loss for fnrmlng could easily be made Into
a Umber region. If this wero done and
the returns of the enterprise turned over
to the stnte unlversltj. this Institution
would hnve no more experience with hard
times.
One of the evils of forest devastation is
tho denuding of forests nt the sources of
our great rivers and thereby greatly aug
menting floods. While trees nro standing,
they retnln the water around .hem, In
their Immediate vicinity, but if the ground
is stripped bare thoro is nothing to re
strain the wator, following heavy rains,
from running oft and adding its share
to the rising river. It is safe to say that
the extent of the present river floods could
hnve been lessened by one fourth, hnd It
not been for the devastation of forests
around the sources of the rivers.
Professor Cnrd then showed several ster
eopilcan views wh'ch were very In crest
ing. Many of the well known American
trees wore pictured on the canvas. Forest
scones wore well Illustrated by showing
tho great waste of timber In lumber
camps nnd also by forest flres. Views
from mnny private residences were shown
demonstrating tho superiority of the nat
ural beauties of trees nnd bushes over the
art of the landscape gardener.
FIELD DAY CONTESTANTS.
The ovenlng gymnasium olass is now
showing signs of producing some strong
contostnnts for the flold day exercises.
Tho mon realize that the time is short he
fore the contest, and are hard at work
training. Among tho:e who aro training
nro' Hancook, Pepoon. Hanson, Herbert,
Andreason. Warner, Wilson, Lourle, and
Jones. As the weather has been wet the
olass has beon unable to do outdoor prac
tice as yet.
Besides the above mentioned names,
thoro are other men who aro training pri-
vately outside of the class. Maria is kouii-
Ing up ihe shot-throwing, and Brothers
his sprinting. Thoso who will enter this
( year aro mon who aro aftor the records,
' and are getting into good, shape. By May
7, and better by May 15, the men will be
I in excollont condition.