Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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V7 Ed. Carson, '10, Base Ball Captian 133

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PROSPECTUS OF THE 1910 BASEBALL SEASON. With the approach of the 1910 baseball season at Macalester, enthu- siasm is high over the excellent prospects for another winning team. When the first call was issued to the baseball men of the school, about twenty- five reported, six of these being members of the preceding championship team. The early spring cut short the unsatisfactory gymnasium work, and the out-door work began with snap and vigor. The competitions for positions developed immediately into one of the hardest struggles seen on a Macalester diamond, Within a week of the first scheduled game, it was impossible to state with accuracy the exact lineup. This is indeed a pleasing contrast to that of former years when the teams were generally picked before practice began. The short field and second base are the scenes of sharp battles for honors btween four players, Doc.,' Jenckes, Rem Bell, Hibl' Ellison and Curley Fisher. These men are all classy players, the selection of any two of them leaving the remaining two as mighty good men to keep on the bench. John Stuhr is putting up a game fight for a steady berth on the team, and Roseau Peterson has demonstrated that he has the necessary qualities for a good outfielder, though lacking as yet in baseball experience. 'fBig Chief Johnson, the third-base landmark, is fielding better than last year, and BillU Heed, the veteran first-sacker, is showing big im- provement in his playing, especially in his footwork. Homer Cardle is play- ing in Class A form in field, and has demonstrated also, that he is a third- baseman of no mean ability. Runt Metcalf, the old reliable baseball head, will again hold down the fort in center field. In Fred Carson, last year's utility man, a receiver has been developed who gives indications, on account of his speed, of more than filling Anderson's place behind the bat. Guy Johnson and Shorty Thomas are both doing creditable work in this department, also. The pitching staff will again be headed by Ed. Carson, Hamline's Nemesis, who this spring ends his remarkable career as a college pitcher, He will be supported mainly by Happy', Phillips, a new man, who has the speed and the control that go into the making of a first-class pitcher. 'tColossus Lawler and Birdie Campbell may also be used in some of the games. Taken as a whole, the team is a well-balanced aggregation of players. They appear to field even better than last year's team, and if they keep up with their hitting there is no reason why the opening of athletics on Shaw Field should not be signalized by the acquisition of another championship. The heaviest schedule ever undertaken by a Macalester team has been completed by Manager Ellison. Two games each are arranged with Min- nesota, North Dakota, Hamline, St. Thomas, Carleton, St. Olaf, N. D. Aggies and St. John's. One game will be played with Fargo College. The schedule will be especially interesting this year because of the resuming of athletics with St. Thomas college, after a lapse of three years. 132

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SHAKESPEARE ON BASEBALL. I will go root- Richard III. Now you strike the blind manf Much 'Ado About Nothing. Out, I say-- Macbeth, I will be short- Ha.mlet. Thou can'st not hit itg hit it! hit it!- Loves Labor Lost. He knows the gamef Henry VI, O, hateful error!-'ilulius Caesar. A hit, a hit, a very palpable hit!4 Hamlet. He will steal, sire- All's Well That Ends Well. Whom right and wrong have chosen as umpiree- Loves Labor Lost Let the world slide- Taming of the Shrew. He has killed a fly- Titus Andronicusf' Upon such sacrifice the gods themselves threw incense. The play as I remember pleased not the million- I-Iamletf' 'What an arm he has- Coriolanus. They cannot sit at ease on the old bench- Romeo and Juliet. For France hath flawed the league- Henry VIII. Go where those drops fall- Antony and Cleopatra. The game is up- Cymbeline. VVhere go you with bats and clubs?- Coriolanus.'l So slides he down- Lovers Complaint. Give me your glove- Merchant of Venice. The diamond-why 'twas beautiful and hard- Lovers Complaint. 134