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

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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

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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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THE TALISIVIAN 7I their defeat. They kept a total of seventeen 1nen from reaching first, While only twelve of ours failed to find the first sack, which shows they outpitched their opponents. For Chrisman, Newlin, on first base, was the star. He is tall and is a shark at pulling down the high ones. lt was his star playing that kept so many of our men from reaching second. Kerrick at shortstop and Minnick at third base did excellent work. We have some good material, and under Prof. E. O. May we hope to develop a good team and beat Chrisman in the return game, TI-IE SIDELL GAME Once more the Sidell bunch invaded our city and as usual carried a defeat home with them. lt was not football this time, however, but the National Game at which we beat them. There was an awfully high wind which made it very disagreeable for the fans, so there was not a large crowd present. The game was a very close one as the score 6 to 5 would show. Dennis pitched for Newman and he was in excellent form. His opponent was Alkire, and although a good pitcher, he was far outclassed by Truman. In the first inning each team scored one, Miller making a run for Sidell, and Kyde for Newman. In the next inning Dennis tightened up and with the exception of passing one man the Sidell men went out as soon as they came to bat. Newman broke the tie, lil. Smith and lilurgett each scoring a run, making the score 3 to 1. NV. Stockton made a run for Sidell in the third, and Newman failed to score when she came to bat. No lallies were made by Sidell in the fourth, and Newman led off with one run, this making us two ahead. The fifth inning was an exhibition of good baseball, not a man passing first for either team. Newman failed to score in the sixth and Sidell tied the score when runs were made by Vaughn and D. Stockton. Sidell forged ahead in the seventh when WV. Stockton made a run, but Newman tied it up when Kyde made a two base hit and scored Pounds. The next three Sidell men failed to connect with the ball, and Newman broke the tie again when Shephard scored. Sidell could not get past the first sack in the last inning, and the game ended 6 to 5. A total of three hits were made off Dennis and five off Alkire. Dennis passed four men and Alkire one. Doctor Gillogly and Doctor Baldwin were the officials and they made good decisions all the way through. BASEBALL A meeting of the baseball enthusiasts was called early in the season and Mr. May was chosen Faculty manager, and Richard Shepherd student manager. The call for candidates was issued the last week in March and thirteen men responded. They practiced in rather an indifferent way until April 4th and then the awful Chrisman game. That hard defeat seemed to give the team new life, and they began practicing hard, determined to beat Sidell. They scraped the diamond and leveled it, making us a fine field to boast of. Sidell came d-own on April 25th and went home with a 6 to 5 defeat. At the time The Talisman goes to press we have played only two games, but the manager has a long schedule ahead which includes some ofthe best teams in the State. The D1'0SD9CtS for a good team are bright, under the excellent coaching of Mr. May.