Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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 Baseball Reason Altho the first of the season was marked with several defeats that were extremely unpleasant because of close scores, the boys finally hit their stride arid coming back strong finished the season with several well deserved victories. The greatest job confronting the coach was to find some one to help Taylor fill the box, as the work was entirely too heavy for one man. No one of any great ability was found and Taylor was compelled to do the major part of the twirling. He did exceptionally well considering the hard task he was up against and gained a reputation as one of the best pitchers in the conference. After but two weeks of practice the season opened with a two-day trip to Highland Park and Simpson. Both games were lost but by the narrow margin of one point in each instance. The game at Simpson went eleven innings before a decision was reached. The result of the two games did not discourage the team in the least. The next week, however, the jinx had settled on us for sure and after an invasion of Illinois territory the team returned with two more defeats tied on to them. The Monmouth game was not so bad but when Williams and Vasgti tromped on us 17 to 2 the followers of the nine lost all hope. The next game was with Central on the local diamond and we were able to register our first victory. A score of 8 to 6 was chalked up against the ‘Dutchmen’. The next three games on foreign fields proved as many defeats, Knox, Coe and Cornell winning over Capt. Taylor’s men only after hard games. The next home game on the schedule was with the Highland Park nine and we were forced to our knees before them to the tunc of 3 to 1. The last two weeks of the season witnessed a complete reversal of form and two games in as many weeks were taken from Knox and Monmouth. The first was 3 to 2 in our favor and the second was a 6 to 0 win over the Monmouth Presbyterians on commencement day. Altho several strong men left us by the cap and gown route there is a wealth of material in school and every one expects great things of Captain-elect Huebncr and his baseball stars this season. Pitchers...... Catcher ...... Center Field Right Field-Left Field- First Base.... Second Base-Short Stop.... Third Base... B ASF BALL LINEUP Taylor; Huebncr ..............Lee ............Hayes ............Marsh ....Can's; Logan .........Campbell ............Gooch ..........Barnett .........Goehring

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®racfe For the last few years track as a division of athletics at Wesleyan has been sadly neglected. Several years back Wesleyan track teams were known and respected in this part of the state but later for lack of a coach or trainer, track was abandoned and baseball was the only spring activity. However, last year a start was made toward incorporating it into the athletics at Wesleyan. After a try-out featured by keen competition a two-mile relay team was selected to take part in the Drake Invitation Meet. The team was composed of Armbruster, Stuckey, Eliason and Hunter. They were all good men and if they had had more training and experience would have made a better showing than they did. As it was they finished ahead of several colleges in a crowded event. This spring plans arc being laid to organize a bigger track team and Heidt should be able to unearth from the embryonic track athletes a squad that will do justice to the institution. Captain Armbruster had some experience in track at Morning-side College before coming to Wesleyan and this coupled with the training he has received during two summers at the Y. M. C. A. Training School at Lake Geneva will make him a valuable assistant to the coach. CemttS Tennis has always held an important place in the athletic life of Wesleyan and with several strong Freshman net stars it should command more attention this spring than ever before. The annual spring elimination tournament was held last year but the college courts not being well worked over the wet weather made them impossible for matches with other institutions. After a three weeks’ elimination contest Weston took the singles championship and Morrow and Hunter survived for the doubles team. Weston had played the year previous and had succeeded in winning his ‘W ’. 1 lie other two men were rather dark horses and worked their way through several strong racket wiclders. To be awarded a letter for tennis a man must participate in three inter-collegiate tournaments. The tournament started by the young ladies was not completed.