Newman Township High School - Talisman Yearbook (Newman, IL)

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THE TALISMAN N. T. H. S. 1914 BASEBALL SQUAD SCHEDULE AND SCORES l April 4 .................... Chrisman, 145 Newman April 11 .... ..... N ewmzm, 63 Sidell, 5 l

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I 68 THE TALISMAN' their right halfback made terrific line plunges, but the giants were right at their shoe strings, the tackling of Myers being equal to that 'of any college man. The third quarter started and Bloomingdale was getting desperate. The kidsi' whom they had made so much fun of, were outplaying them all the time, and they were determined to do something. Their right halfback made a terrible line plunge and for the only time in the game did he get thru our whole team. With almost superhuman strength the big Hoosier upset several men and went plowing down the field thirty yards for a touchdown. Things were beginning to look grave for the Newman team about this time, but the rooters were with us all the time and never once lost hope of a victory. They chose to punt out, and Pounds saved the day by beating the ball out and preventing the Bloomingdale man from catching it. The quarter ended 7 to 6. Feeling deeply the sting of a defeat, the big Bloomingdale team came back stronger than ever in the fourth quarter, and it was a battle royal. Time after time they threatened to overpower our team, but every man struggled heroically against the fierce charges, and the ball was kept out of our territory. The game ended with the ball in our possession on their twenty yard line. This was a death blow to the Bloomingdale team, for they were anxious to clean up the Champions of Illinois, but they were sadly disappointed and had to take the bitter pill. Their treatment was very courteous and they gave us a square deal on the field. 4 THE. TI-IANKSGIVING GAME Newman High closed the championship schedule with this game, having XVO11 eleven games without suffering a defeat or a tie. It was an extra good game on the part of the Newman players, because this was the last game for most of the team. The Chris- man team was large and full of grit, but with more speed and a better knowledge of football our team easily defeated them. The backfield plowed thru their line for gains all the time, and forward passes were worked with good success. The subs were played in the last half, and they kept up the scoring record of the regulars. Only once did Chrisman show any football that would compare with ours, never getting close to our goal line but for this one time. In the fourth quarter they started a rush toward our goa.l line and advanced the ball to within one yard of a touchdown. Our line braced and held them for four trials, the ball being advanced to Within six inches of our goal line. XVe got the ball then and with our usual style ca1'ried it far down the field. The Chrisman team were disap- pointed in not being able to score on us, but like ten other teams they had to swallow the pill.

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70 TI-IE TALISIVIAN TI-IE CHRISTMAS GAME. The baseball season opened for the N. T. H. S. with a game at Chrisman, on April 4th. The large score indicates that it was a poor game, but there were streaks of good playing. The feature of the game was the team work of the Chrisman infield, who gave Pitcher Moss excellent support. The game opened with Newman taking the bat. Moss, pitcher for the opponents, was in good form, and only one of the three batters reached first base, and that was as far as he got. Chrisman then took the bats. Payne opened with a single, and stole second. Newlin struck out, and Minnick singled, then stole second. The next three batters slugged the ball into the outfield, and five runs were scored. Erp reached third on an error, but was put out there. W'atson hit a single, and Dusthiner struck out. Dennis came to bat for Newman, but was caught out at first. The next two men up struck out, and the first half of the second ended without any of our men reaching second. Payne opened for Chrisman, and pounded Kyde for a two base hit. Newlin struck outg Minnick knocked a single and reached second on an error, Payne scoring. Moss struck out and Kerrick made a single. Dins- more struck out, and the inning wound up with two runs more for Chrisman. Burgett came to bat for Newman, and struck out. Pounds was put out at the first sack. VV. McCown changed the program by hitting out a hot one, but he was caught trying to steal second. Erp lifted the ball for a single. Watson and Dusthiner struck ont. Payne was caught out at first. Kyde came to hat for Newman and clouted the ball for a clean hit, but was put out trying to reach second. The next two batters singled, but the whip of Moss caught them before they reached second. Payne came to bat and was put out at first. Newlin hit a two-bagger, but was put out at third. Minnick knocked a single, and Moss followed his example. Kyde struck out Kerrick, and Newman took the bats. Dennis and the Smiths made a stagger at hits but they never saw first. Dinsmore opened for Chrisman with a two-bagger and reached third on an overthrow. Erp struck out. Xllatson singled, and Dinsmore scored. Dusthiner hit a hot one to short, but did not reach first. Burgett hit a single and stole second. Pounds and F. McCown struck out. Kyde hit a single, and in some unaccountable way, Burgett scored a run for Newman. Shephard was caught out at first. Dennis was put. in the box and Kyde went to second. W. McCown was relieved of his duties behind the bat, and D. Smith took his place. Shephard went to third, WV. MoCown to the outfield, and I-I. Smith to first sack. Payne smashed the ball to the outfield for a two base hit. Newlin hit out a single Ellld reached second on an overthrow. Minnick struck out. Moss swatted the ball for a two base hit, and Newlin and Payne scored. Dennis struck out Kerrick and Dinsmore. Shephard was next up for Newman, and he singled. Dennis was put out at first and Shephard at second. H. Smith hit a single, and D. Smith followed suit. Burgett struck out, and Chrisman took the bats. Payne struck out. Erp hit a two-bagger and reached third on an overthrow. VVatson struck out. Erp stole home. Dusthiner hit a foul and was caught out by Dennis. Pounds came to bat and struck out. F. McCown hit out a two-bagger. Kyde fol- lowed with a two base hit and F. McCown scored. Shephard hit out a long single and reached second on an overthrow, Kyde scoring. Dennis and I-I. Smith were caught out at first. Newlin and Minnick struck out. Moss hit a two-bagger. Kerrick followed with a long single and reached second on an overthrow. Moss scored. Dinsmore was caught out at first. H. Smith came to bat and struck out, D. Smith and Burgett following in his tracks. The game ended with the score 14 to 3 against us, but we are still game, and when we secure a return game with them we hope to change defeat into victory. This was the first game of the season for us and lack of training and experience was the cause of the defeat. Had our pitchers been given good support the game would have been much closer. Kyde and Dennis pitched good ball, but lack of support caused