Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 0w , r » »i ? % 2 a THE 1920 eMF; ZZ' M' ''' Even Levenson starts to pack the bats but the next moment is pulling them out of the bag. The batter has connected and they have fumbled which makes him safe at first. The next man safely makes a hit and the runner goes to third. The next man makes a hit after the runner at first reached second, which brings in the two winning runs. The next was out but it gave us a five to four lead. St. Johns tried hard to make a run but was unable to get past second. Oh, but it was exciting, but the question which took the boys after the game, was where Levenson with his broken bat had gone in such a short time. The last that was seen of him, he was on the other side of the dust between the St. Johns cadets and him, going full sped for the T. M. E. R. L. station. S. O. E. VS. WHITEWATER NORMAL The last game of the season took place on the Hamilton field at White- water Normal, Tuesday, June 3rd. They had one of the strongest teams in the state and suffered only one defeat previous to our game. Kochanek, the southpaw twirler for the Engineers, held the Whitewater boys to 4 hits and walked 3 men, and several times caught the Normal play- ers in a too big lead off first base, thus holding them on the bag on every delivery. Reynolds, the little second baseman for the Engineers, ruined Whitewater’s chances for scoring in the seventh inning when lie caught their man on second sleeping. Horne of the Engineers, used the stick to good ad- vantage and helped S. O. E. on the running game. All the boys worked well, but it was hard for Schroeder to keep his mind on his playing, for he was over near the Normal girl's bleacher. But who could help it. who could help working his hardest to show the girls what sort of fellows they had with them at the Normal. And the Engineers-sure did for they brought the goat back with three to two as the price mark. The Normal put up a good scrappy game and took defeat like good sports. Thus the first year of baseball at S. O. E. came to an end, the team having been defeated only once and setting a record that future teams will try to attain. Line-up of teams: S. O. E. Kochanek........................ Pitcher. Marshall.......................Catcher. Schroeder......................1st base. Reynolds.......................2nd base. Norman.........................3rd base. WHITEWATER Johnson . Malone Fcinbcrg Kierman Bayer Stransky.........................S. S.................... Knilans Brackett.........................L. F..................... Saxton Grey.............................C. F.......................... Amos Horne............................R. F............................Doe First on balls—Off Kochanek, 3; off Johnson. 5. Left on bases—S. O. E., 9; Whitewater, 8. Two-base hits—Grey, Norman, Feinberg. Struck out— By Kochanek, 7; by Johnson, 8. Double plays—Stransky to Reynolds to Schroeder. Hit by Ditcher—Norman. Umpire—Geo. McLane. First on errors—S. O. E.. 2; Whitewater, 1. Page Three Hundred Eighty-eight

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z M THE 1920 EMF- 8» S. O. E. VS. MILWAUKEE NORMAL The only home game played by the S. O. E. baseball team last season, was played against the Milwaukee State Normal School at Washington park. This was the first game of the season and the first game that some players of the S. O. E. nine had ever participated in. At first they were a little weary but soon buckled down and played a hard game. The diamond was better than they had been accustomed to, as all of the practice had taken place on the filled in strip of land of Juneau park, or the old drill grounds near the Northwestern depot. The game was exciting from start to finish. The Engineers were unable to hit the ball at the right moment, so did not succeed in pulling a run across the rubber during the game. The Normal team crossed it six times. This defeat was a good thing in one way, for the team, as they buckled down and worked harder and harder each day so that they might bring back victory. It also inspired the rooters, as they saw the possibilities of a good team and knew they needed support. From then on the team received the best of support, which helped to bring it to the front as a winner. S. O. E. VS. PIO NONA COLLEGE The Engineers, after brushing up with their loss to the Normal, took the T. M. E. R. L. interurban to St. Francis to play Pio Nona College May 3rd. It was a short trip and the team was accompanied by the same rooters that had been backing it. Grey pitched for the Engineers, obtaining twelve strike outs. The game was very good from every standpoint, except that of Pio Nona's, for they thought we were getting too many scores. Schroeder was the heavy boy on the stick that (lav. but all seemed able to find the pitchers as soon as they were changed. It was an easy game and our joyous rooters brought back a score of 13 to 5. S. O. E. VS. ST. JOHNS May 17 found Our Engineers again on the upward path. It was sure a hot game, fought every minute and not settled until it was over. About one hundred accompanied the team on their trip to Delafield. It was a jolly bunch and they put into the team the pep that won the day. Many a girl along the way fell for the cry, “Ain’t she a la la.” “Ah!” Just ask the crowd that raised the dust. Even the conductor tried to leave us behind on account of our noise, but soon smoked the peace pipe when some of the warriors .showed signs of battle. When the crowd arrived at their destination, they were met by a cadet, who showed them the path to the buildings and field and showed the team to the dressing rooms. Soon the team was out in their togs. Just before the royal battle, a dress parade was held by the cadets, after which the cadet team came to conquer S. O. E. with their military science and tactics. This proved a failure. Koch an Ck pitched for the Engineers and obtained eleven strikeouts. It was a hard fought game. St. Johns being always a little ahead of our men. At the end of the eighth, St. Johns were ahead four to three. The be- ginning of the ninth looked good for the team. They were starting to fill the bases but alas they were caught. Two men out and the batter two strikes ! aw Page Three Hundred Eighty-seven

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A. D. Horne. He never missed a game, but Mac thought he could do without him at Whitewater. Jack played with the high school team at Fairmont, M inn. Walter J. Stransky. He is from Racine, but he is fast at short just the same. He would handle some hot ones. E. E. Curtis. He’s from a little town of New Holstein, Wis., but could play ball just the same. He saved the day at St. Johns. Page Three Hundred Eighty-nine