Centenary College - Hack Yearbook (Hackettstown, NJ)

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Ig N1 1' nav. eq ?4 h-ui 5. 1195 5 1 . SAI r . ',ll',I U EBALLl 'L ag gh HE baseball team of 1907 undoubtedly would -u-, have made just as good a showing as its pre- . decessor had it not happened that two of the fi? A ,Q regular players were forced to leave the team 7 ,.,, ' before the season was completed. However fig V tw, the work done by the substitutes was satisfac- Y tory to our coach, who by his untiring and val- uable instruction made possible, even under e,,,., , .i at Q1 these difficulties, such a good showing. . '1 The loss of Valden and W. De Mott is most keenly felt A-'-2 A f ' M 'W 'f'm:. ' - , X 1- at C. C. I for these two men were easily the life of the 1 :L - .- x Qi., 'I , team. Valden as a catcher is widely known. His batting K,-. ,V 5 if t to L ,J ' 7: was always of the highest order, and a man who can fill W J 1 12' wa f. his position as well will be hard to find. De Nlott had the highest batting average of the year, and, the number of V, 1. stolen bases to his credit more than double those of his mfg fwgwy nearest competitor. . He made a most creditable showing :t,.... . at first base, although 1907 was his first year at that posi- r'1 t t tion. Such valuable men as Goodell, Osborn, Simmons, Urner, Stellenwerf and Coddington are greatly missed and We ,Q surely deserve very honorable mention. Irving, Brewster and H. De Nlott. All have had consider- able experience and all are pitchers of no mean ability. eApT. Damon. Irving and Brewster are also good in-fielders, fast base-run- ners and average batters. H. De Nlott has been on the team four years and is without a peer among preparatory school pitchers. His pitching always receives wide attention and most favorable newspaper comment. He is furthermore a good batter and out-fielder. 5' The men who returned to us of the 1907 team were

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SECOND TEAM. WADE NORTH SULLIVAN COMPTON GEROW DONCOURT AINSWORTH LEIGH LEWIS VAN HOUTEN CCAPTQ FERGUSON FELLOWS COACH DENMAN Fingers W. J. VAN HOUTEN, '09 H. H. FELLOWS, '09 M. H. COMPTON, '08 P. AINSWORTI-I, '09 F. A. SULLIVAN, '09 W. T. LEIOH, '11 L. H. GEROW, '09 R. C. FERGUSON, '08 R. H. NORTH, '08 C. L. DONCOURT, '09 D. M. WADE, '10 R. A. LEWIS, '10 ' Suhnrirum A. M. CLARK, '09 G. A. BUCKLEY, '09 C. H. JUNG, '11 ilharnrh nf Cgamra October 5 At Washington, N. J. Washington High School 24 Scrubs October 16 At Hackettstown, N. J. Hackettstown High School 0 'Scrubs November 9 At Hackettstown, N. J. Washington High School 6 Scrubs November 13 At Hackettstown, N. J. Dover High School O Scrubs

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1907 BASEBALL TEAM. GOODELL STELLENWERF EREWSTER COACH DENMAN IRVING W. F. DEMOTT URNER OSEORN B. H. DEMOTT KCAPTJ SIMMONS VALDEN