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

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a Q25 M. XXX . 1.11, mf ' , .1 W., nfs. , ,,- -, V - . if-A -at -V es, J- - - ,W Y Q., t- 'V 1 . i lr Batting Averages, 1917 At Bat Hits Averages Ellis, c ...... --- 34 15 440 Veach, r. f ...... --- 23' 8 348 Vest, l. f ............. --- 37 12 324 Macomber, s. s ............ 39 12 308 McCauley, c. f. fcapt.J ..... 35 7 200 Cunningham, p ....... -..- 30 6 200 Watson, 2d b .... --- 30 6 200 Noble, 3d b ..... --- 39 7 180 Laurence, p ..... --- 7 1 143 Hinton, lst b .... --- 32 4 125 The H Club HE H Club was organized in September, 1911, and is composed of the men who have won their honorary letter H in athletics. Its purpose is the furthering of clean athletics and the promotion of good fellowship among the men who have re- ceived this reward. By keeping a constant watch for positions and filling them with men who have shown ability in athletics while in high school, and who must earn a part of their expense in college, tl1e H Club is doing a big thing, not only for the college in making better athletics, but for the man who takes advantage of this opportunity. 5 may When our college joined the Iowa Conference the H Club urged the awarding of numer- als to our Freshman athletes, thereby stimulating the college athletics and developing better material for the varsity teams. ' Man today is stronger, can hit harder, jump farther, run faster than any of his ancestors. Without doubt, in the present generation, tl1e American is the superior. The superiority of skill, strength and size are due largely to the training and development achieved in our Amer- ican colleges of today. Our men are going out into the world, taking with them memories of the contests in which they have participated. They will always irememher their alma mater and be ever ready to help boost for one of the best things in the college life-athletics. In the military life today those men who have been interested in athletics are finding the routine of drill less strenuous, and are better fitted to endure hardship because of the disci- pline received in athletic training. Members in 1918: Captain Eddie Lewis, Willard Bean, Dan Knause, T. E. Doerlier, R. L. Hunter, Glen Shaver, Richard Zeigler, Wm. Spenner, Harry Dietert, Mark Thomson, P. K. Crawford, W. E. Bray, Eddie Holdorf, and Prof. Zuker.

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PHARMACY BASKETBALL TEAM Knutson, Sandburg, Mangan, Mease, Crabb, Laury