University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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BASEBALL

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It ' s hard for the baseball men to keep their eye on the ball with the canoe house so close to graves ' field : 128

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1931 BASEBALL By DAVID JAMES •r:; ♦ Captain Hutchinson rONTRARY to long-pondered plans, the University of Washington baseball team did not sail across the Pacific to tussle with Oriental nines but, instead, stayed home to win its third consecutive Northwest Confer- ence title in 1931. Japanese universities financing the proposed trip canceled en- gagements shortly before sailing time in April. Financial difficulties, or just plain hard times, explains the action. Huskies Excel Washington, favored by a long siege of preparation, took an early lead in the con- ference race and won by the handy margin of twelve out of sixteen games. Washington State College, which placed second, was sev- eral rungs down the ladder with nine wins in sixteen games. Washington won half of its four games with Washington State, scor- ing twenty-one runs to the Cougars ' eight- een. The Huskies battered out a total of 131 runs to the opposition ' s 88 during the con- ference season, and scored a peck of tallies in practice games. Pautzke, ISelson, Walsh