The Illman School - Span Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE SECONDS, 1903

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The Baseball Season of 1903 HE baseball team of 1903 was not very successful, but considering the hard schedule, and the fact that not a single man who had played the year before was back, it deserves great credit for the showing it lllade. Making the most of the material at hand Mr. Sweeney and Capt. McCulloch turned out a team that wo11 the two practice Games with tow D . l vn teams in such easy fashion that hopes for a successful season were high. The games with Germantown Cricket Club, Central High School, and Delaware College resulted in defeats for The Hill. Mr. Lyon's presence as coach did not seem to better matters, and the next three games-Princeton Freshmen, Lafayette Seconds, and Bethlehem Prep.-were all lost. In the game with Banks Business College the team showed an improvement, but was defeated in the 1 . . , v n . ast llllllllg, IO to 9. 'lhe next game biought the long-looked for brace, and Princeton Prep. went down in defeat by the score of I2 to 1 I. The second victory of the regular season came in the next game when Haverford Gram- mar School was beaten on its own grounds in an exciting game, 8 to 7. In the week before the Lawrenceville game the team worked hard, only to go down i11 defeat to their veteran rivals, on May 30, in the presence of a large crowd of Hill 2111Cl Lawrence- ville students. The score, II to 1, was rather discouraging, but Lawrenceville was resolved to make up for its defeat in track, and played its hardest. This was the last game of a rather dis- appointing season, but one in which the team put up a plucky fight against large odds, and though generally defeated, deserves great credit. S This year with Capt. Harvey and three other members of last year's team back, the out- look for a successful season is bright, and the men are working hard to' retrieve the defeats of last season.