Meridian College - Bosque Yearbook (Meridian, TX)

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T. C. HALLMARK CLeft Fieldj In baseball as in football, T'. played his same consistent brand of baseball day after day. This was his first year at college baseball but he came through as we expected him to. He is a good fielder and hitter and prom- ises to be a great asset' to the team next year. JOHN SPITZER COutfielderJ When Dutch entered the game he gave the best that was in him for his team and always performed in a pleas- ing fashion. John is young in the game and with another year we expect him to make the Cougars a man to be proud of. L. LEACH fRight Fieldj Skeeter was one of the most valuable men the Cougars had, a good fielder, good hitter, and due to his speed he was the leading base thief of the team. Skeet has a love for the game and for his school and when he was called upon could always deliver the goods. W. LEACH fFirst Basel Captain No harder fighter ever donned the Cougar uniform than this mang he made the team one of the best captains that they ever had and was in there to the last. His natural position was first base, but when called on he could put up a good brand of pitching. He will be missed very much on the next year squad. - ' X 7 Ak ,... l.. Y , X 5 A ,A -- fs H- -' :H--' f . f ' - M C - '-A-'I K Xi, ,i ,Q ,,,, ,l2' ,Q 7 4'-- '- ' A' fl l r l l i l I x l 1 r i 2 E F! lg f ,f S. .axaxin-ff -' W ' NA'-lHf '-'H 1' U rum.-

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1: ff, ,. ' f WZ 'f 14-J.-14-Y N .W ff . 5 5 I If - .- ,..,. 1, x ' -'f' V JW A N. Spoflighfs of fhe Season On March 20 and 21 the Cougars played their first conference games with the North Texas Aggies. The first game was a runaway for the Cougars, piling up 14 runs to the opponents 2. The thrill of the game came when Ballew smaked out a home run. The second game was a slugfest, but not looking very good for the Cougars till they put over one of those much read of ninth inning rallies and took the game by a score of 14' to 13. On April 4 the C-ougars performed one of the greatest accomplishments of the season when they journeyed over to Marlin and took a game from that team of the Texas Association. This was not a conference game but it was one of the brightest lights of the season and one of which Meridian was proud. The feature of the game was the hitting of Whitlock who gleaned four hits out of five trips, one of which was a home run. I - On April 9 the Cougars continued their victorious march by tak'ng two more games from the North Texas Aggies. The pitching of Leach and Car- penter were the features of the games and at the close of the last game the Cougars had bagged two more of their conference games. Score the first day was I4 to 1 and the last day 114 to 0. On April 23, 241, Meridian went to Stephenville to engage in a battle with their old rival, John Tarleton. The first game proved very disastrous for the Cougars and the Plowboys got away with the big end ofa 9 to 3 score. The next day the Cougars came back and handed the Plowboys a defeat by com- pletely outplaying them in every phase of ihe game. Rex Love pitched con- sistent ball for the Meridian team and refeived excellent support throughout the contest. ' On May 1 and 2, Meridian was eliminated from the race for the champion- ship by the strong Decatur club. The first day saw one of the greatest pitchers' battles ever staged on the Decatur lot between Watson, Indian Ace, and Car- penter of the Cougars, but the Meridian team failed to hit when hits meant runs and they were forced to accept the small end of a 1 to 0 score. . The second day the Indians forged ahead by making 7 runs in the second inning and Meridian was never able to overcome this lead. With the excep- tion of this one bad inning the Cougars had a good day, but the Indians had a better one with a win to the tune of 10 to 4. ' o me BOSQUI? 1925 'il

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X f BALLEW CThird Basej C This big Indian proved his worth with the stick from the first of the season. No pitcher in the conference felt safe when he was taking his swing and many times was he walked to get to some one else. He always has a mouth full of chatter and will be one of the leaders next year, SANDS fO11tfieldJ Billie Buck was a hard fighter and a Cougar in every sense of the word. He is valuable for his hitting and has caused many pitchers misery this year. When called upon he is always ready to do his bit. His loss will be felt on the next year's team. CARPENTER fPitcherJ In Carpenter we have the leading pitcher of the Conference. He is a hard worker' and has sufficient stuff to make him the terror of Junior Col- lege circles. No man on the team trained harder or did more toward building the team than did he. C. HALLMARK CShort Stopj Again we have an example of the fighting spirit of this man. Playing his third year in the Cougar uniform he demonstrated his true worth to the team. No better fielder has ever graced the Meridian diamond and with that he was a dangerous hitter. He has another year with the Cougars.