Show STUDENT LIFE 130 Baseball —A C vs B Y C As the result of a number of wild throws the score of the ball game be- tween the B Y C and the AC on Saturday May 16 was 17--9 in favor of the B Y To anyone not witnessing the game this score might indicate a superior knowledge of ball playing on the part of the BY C players Such however is not the case But simply through a few blunders by our boys in the third inning were the opponents enabled to take the honor The manner in which Poulsen induced the opposing batters to waste their strength on the desert air and also the knack Thompson showed of “freezing onto them” are old stories First base-ma- n Poulsen “nailed” everything that came his way Hughes McClellan and down in a crediAcuff held the table manner but were just a little anxious to get rid of the ball Jones and Coburn took care of right and center fields while Captain Darley managed to get as far from the scene of action as possible we presume in order to see the game at greater length A little more practice boys and this above all to thine own self make sure thou hast the ball in thine own hand then thou canst but throw it to any man in-fie- ld The Engimercial Meet Undoubtedly the worst managed affair that ever happened took place when the Engineers and Commercials met May 10 in athletic rivalry It was a long succession of arguing and disputing and waiting for somebody else to do something Nobody was leader so everybody assumed a little authority and had his say Thanks to something few ladies were present and what were soon vanished The average time between events was one hour during which interval the spectators slept on the grass or The contests themselves were passable if more movement could have been infused into them It is a sewent home rious reflection on the two departments that such conditions existed What few had the endurance to stay it sight-seeout were so worn out by the time the end came that they had barejy enough energy to carry themselves home The baseball game which strange to say occurred only a short space after the time announced was simply horrible The Commercials started right in by scorLeming two runs in the first inning mon for the Engineers couldn’t catch and Thompson for the Commercials could Something must be done Neb-ekwas manager West was captain and Poulson was mad so the CommerThe cials kept running up the scores Engineers at last found a catcher who had the virtue of missing the ball every time a runner was on third Hughes was determined not to catch anything if he could possibly miss it and he failed in his determination only once The star work of the Commercials was done in center field and on second and home To cut it short the game ended 19 to 11 in favor of the The tennis game was next and somewhat redeemed the first event It was spirited and —on the part of the Commercials represented by Rich and Kerr The Engineers showed practice through West and Swendsen carried off the honor however by a score of 6 to 4 Professor Ball umpired the game and evinced throughout the contests not only knowledge of athletics but also something rare in a college professor viz interest in a student undertaking His Fenn for the work was commendable dash easily Scientists won the The tug of war went to the Commercials who had the advantage of one extra man and some down hill Teh penmen eas- rs er ink-splash- ers 50-ya- rd |