Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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PQ' V' Y 55 tial Sbftbt position. A' l pref 1 rank Tllli SEASON OUIS D. Crull, track coach, merits a great deal ol' praise for the success of the 1915 track season. When the athletic man- agement secured Crull for track coach, it was with the idea that whatever success was attained, it would be largely through his labor and efforts. There are several reasons for this sup- Highland Park never had had a track team of any real . importance, and there was no experienced material in school. Also, there was no one, at the season's beginning who could be termed a star. It was a ease ot' working with an unknown quantity. f The track season started early in the spring, immediately after the revival of athletic spirit and interest occasioned bythe change in con- trol and management. The squad which reported for training num- bered about four times that which it had in previous years. The men were compelled to observe strict training rules, and to report for work regularly, a requisite heretofore neglected. The men who stuck, regardless ot' the hard work and training restrictions, were amply repaid in their and the team's success. And the faith and confi- dence in the athletes and in the student body expressed by Athletic Director Nelson at the time he assumed charge of the athletic situation has been justified. Highland Park has made good. The season opened with a dual meet with Des Moines College on Highland's field, Highland emerging with a victory. Before the meet, the sport scribes of the city conceded Des Moines College the meet by a wide margin, because of the fact that Des Moines College was boast- ing the best track team in recent years. Our victory came as a surprise to the general public, and to Des Moines College, but was not a surprise to the ones o11 the inside at Highland. The next week Highland journeyed to lndianola and took the scalp of her old-tilne rival, Simpson. It was the first time in recent history that Highland Park defeated Simpson in track. The Quadrangular meet, held on Highland field the week following the Simpson dual, resulted in Highland getting second place, Coe, first, Des Moines College, third, and Simpson, fourth. At the Iowa Conference meet at Cedar Rapids, Highland divided fourth honors with Des Moines College. VVith any kind ol' a break in

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CONFERENCE STANDING. llighland Park .... Coe Cornell Grinnell ...... Simpson ....... Leander Clark. . . . Iowa NVesleyan. . . . 1915 if. w. I.. Pet. ...1o s 2 .soo ...111 14 2 .sou ei 7 2 .777 is 3 :s .500 sm 1 s .111 4 ll -1 .llllll :if ts 0 rs .ooo BATTING AVERAGES SUMMARY AR. ll. Pet. ll. P. C., 14 lowa Wesleyan, 13 Tallman .... . . .45 16 .356 13 Simpson, 2 Waehob ....... . .451 15 .366 ' 14 Leander Clark, 6 Cunningham . . . . . .24 7 .292 7 Coe, 6 Craven CCJ . .. . . .51 14 275 1 Cornell, 6 McCauley . . . .... 46 tl 225 3 lowa Wesleyan, 1 Ferrell . . . .... 46 Sl 196 8 Penn, ll Campbell . . . . . .43 8 186 2 Coe, 4 Hathaway .. .... 41 7 171 11 Grinnell, 2 Reese .... . . .34 5 1-17 4 Leander Clark, ll Ferguson . . . . . .27 3 111 3 Cornell, 2 Robinson ...... . . . 3 2 667 --- -- -H Total runs Team Batting ..... .233 I-l. P. C., 86 Opponents, 36 1916 SCHEDULE Monday April 17 ........... ...Leander Cla1'k at Des Moines Tuesday 18 ............. ............... f hues al Ames Saturday 22 tMorning7 .... ................ t Zoe at Des Moines Tuesday 25 ............. ................ I Dubuque at Dubuque VVednesday 26 ........... .... t Iampion al Prairie Du Chien, Wis. Saturday 29. .. ............. Simpson at lndianola Tuesday May 2... .......... Penn at Des Moines Thursday 4. . . . . .Iowa Wesleyan at Des Moines Tuesday Sl. . . ...... Simpson at Des Moines Friday 12. . . ........ Penn at Oskaloosa Monday 15 ........... ..... N lorningside at Des Moines VVednesday 17 ............. .... X Vaseda .laps at Des Moines Saturday 26 tMorning1 .... ....... t lornell at Des Moines Monday 22 ............. .... l .eander Clark at Toledo Tuesday 23... .. . ...... Coe at Cedar Rapids Wednesday 24... ..... Cornell at Mt. Vernon Saturday as 4,7 ..liansas U. al Des Moines

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Slmwalter, Woodrow, 'l'reacy, Ebers, Eide. Gena Driti, Coach Crull, Cap't Smith, Mgr. Nelson, de Anclracl Hughes, Webster, de Andrade, Mooers