St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Season of 1905 V After the usual preliminary practice which always marks the beginning of a baseball season, we met the strong Gettysburg team on our home grounds for the first game. A heavy rain had fallen the night before, and the condition of the field was such that good playing was impossible. Our men went into the game with excellent spirit, but we lost on account of the costly errors made by the infielders. The final score was 13-7 in favor of Gettysburg. I Although defeated in our first game, we were not discouraged. We still believed that St. John's had a winning team, and everyone waited eagerly for the coming Saturday, when we were to cross bats with Maryland Agricultural College. This game, like the one with Gettysburg, was played on a wet field. Our men showed great improvement, especially in batting. In the third inning, Tarbert and Halbert each knocked a home run, and Wilmer got a three-bagger. Score, St. John's, -9, M.'A. C., 8. I Instead of disbanding and going home for the Easter holidays, our team took a trip in the South for a week. They left Annapolis, Monday, April 6, spent the night in Roanoke, and took the early train Tuesday morning for Radford. A' gamelwith St. Albans was played that afternoon, in a drizzling rain. The grounds were muddy and slippery, and the playing was very loose on the part of both teams. Errors were the chief features of the game. Score, 12-8, favor of St. Albans. . Immediately after the game with St. Albans, our team took the train for Christians- burg, where they passed the night. The journey of ten miles from Christiansburg to Blacksburg next day was of a very exciting character. Since there was no railroad between 'these places, the trip over the mountains had to be made in tallyhosL It was raining hard, and the roads were in such a condition that several times the boys were compelled to lift thewagons out of deep mud-holes, or they would probably have been sticking there yet. A game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute was played in the afternoon, and, as usual, on a very muddy field. Unfortunately Captain Mudd got hurt early in the game and was forced to retire. This, together with a long string of errors, enabled V. P. I. to win by a score of 13-6. About dusk we left Blacksburg, travelled over the same muddy road Cwalking most of the wayb, and arrived at Christiansburg in time to catch the midnight train. Arrived ,at Salem about 1.30, a. m., and spent the remainder of the night there. In the morning we had a short practice, and in the afternoon played a game with Roanoke College. Here again we lost on account of errors, the score being 12-7 in favor of Roanoke. Our team left Salem the same evening and arrived at Buena Vista about midnight. Took the train for Lexington, next morning, where we played Washington 'and Lee University. The field was in good condition and everything seemed favorable for a good game. This was the first game of the series, in which our boys did themselves justice. .Everyone played well. Stick was at his best, and not until the :last inning did our op- ponents score. The final score was5-3, favor of St. John's. During our stay at Lexing- ton we were entertained by Virginia Military Institute, and were most hospitably treated. On Saturday afternoon we played a very interesting game with them. Stick was unable to pitch, but Wrightson filled the position well. Our boys played a good game, but could do nothing with the fine curves of Carneal, the V. M. I. pitcher, and we lost by a score 5-0. This ended the series of southern games, and, although we lost most of them, our team was greatly benefitted and played very creditable ball during the remainder of the season. 141 I

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On the following Saturday St. John's met another defeat at the hands of Columbian University at Washington. The first part of the game was plainly ours, the last part theirs, and the final score was 8-6 in their favor. Halbert's home run was the chief feature. . iin our second game with Gettysburg, Stick was far below his standard and was batted freely. The absence of Duvall at short necessitated a change which did not work well and the result was a score of ,12-3, in Gettysburg's favor. I Next came the game with the Navy. This was without doubt the best game that our team playedlast season. Stick pitched excellent ball and kept the hits well scattered. The chief feature was a throw by. Devries from deep center, catching a man at third base. Score, 3-2, in favor of St. John's. ' ' . Another exciting and well-played game was the one with Mt. St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, on the following Saturday. , The game was a tie up to the ninth inning, but our opponents finally won out by a scoreof 3-2. 1 Our next game was with Western Maryland. .This contest was especially interesting, because of the great rivalry between the two institutions. Stick pitched la fine game, and was well supported by the restof the team. Captain Mudd's work at the bat was excellent. Out of five times up he made one three-bagger, two two-baggers and two singles. 1 The game ended 7-2, in favor of St. .lohn's. ' The last game of the season was played with Gallaudet College on our home grounds. This game was an exhibition of errors. ' In the beginning Stick pitched steady ball, but after a few innings he began to weaken and our opponents, by bunching their hits, scored several runs. Wrightson went in the box at the beginning of the seventh inning and did not allow the visitors a single hit during the rest-of the game. Final score, 11-10, in favor of Gallaudet. 2 . ' g .....L.l -. ' 1 Infer:Class Baseball, I905 May 26-Seniors, 11, Sophomores, 17. May 27-Juniors, 13 5 Freshmen, 1. May 28-Juniors, 8, Sophomores, 14. ' 1 43 10