St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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A Chronicle of Cnr Games Abroad i OW behold there arose a great man in our school who was known as ' A Richard the Daft. VV herewith he was desirous of defeating a certain tribe called the Episcolopians and it came to pass that on a time Richard the Daft sent a challenge even into the camp of the Fpiscolopians even into their own camping grounds, which was called Alexandria the Dead. .And Richard let it be known that on a certain day he would meet the cohorts of the Episcolopians on their own grounds and would show them how to do it. So he called his cohorts unto him and went with them into the town that was called the Beautiful and thence into the town that was called the Dead and there he awaited the cohorts of the Episcolopians. D But behold the rain poured and all but a few who tarried that they might say Rubbers unto one another departed. Now Richard made speech unto the Episcolopians and called unto him the keeper of the guarantee and said: Hearken unto my speech' l would that thou payest up the costs as thou didst say. Pay up and give us even as thou didst promise. - - But he hearkened not neither did he pay. Now Richard the Daft was exceeding wroth and withdrew his remaining cohorts Now it came to pass on a certain day he went into another place which was called Westminster. Now the Carrollites had spoken unto themselves: Let us get the gang of Iohnnyites and lay them under the sod. And lo, it came to pass. And through the night they made merry, and when the dawn came, there was nothing left except some headaches and some broken hearts. Now, when Richard went unto the Chief of the Carrollites with his bill, he said unto them: Behold, thou art to the bad with me to the tune of many dollars, wherefore I ask. of thee, wilt thou pay even as was promised? And he wilted. And the Carrollite winked his eye and said: Verily it is so. l .90 C YE-'FHQFQKSL . . . And he was a man of might and carried a curly head under his hat. 7 C. 4 2 J 7 7 I ? CC 'J J J cc 7 - J: J J CC 77 7 c , 7 7 147 I, F I

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1 1 ' Spring Athletrcs my fLbPITE all that has been said and written on this engrossing theme the interest is inexhaustible. ' Perhaps a thrilling history of athletics at Qld H9 5 3131- . 9 St. john might be written were one to wx eave together the ieports of the trials and triumphs which our several teams have experienced in past years. VV e are now concerned, however, with only one chapter--f'Athletics in the spring of I9oI . A sorry picture presents itself to me as I recall the facts and circum- stances surounding the inauguration of the sports at this time. 'Tis true, our baseball material looked promising, in fact, there was plenty of material, and good material, too, but there wasnlt that true St. Iohn's spirit which had so characterized our College in former years. Our track team was sadly handicapped by the loss of three of last year's team-I-Ierman, Hill and Rullman-but the opening afforded by the loss of these men should have been an incentive to the new men. Here was an opening- a splendid opening, too-of which our men were slow to avail themselves. This same lack of spirit afterward asserted itself in baseball, too. At first there was an abundance of good material, but as the season advanced there was a rapid decrease in the number of candidates, until at times there were scarcely enough men upon the field to make a second team. For want of a better name I have entitled the history of our games at home HA Comedy of Errorsf' On March 3oth we opened our season very encouragingly by defeating the Baltimore City College by a score of IO to 3. On the following Saturday we went to Alexandria to play our first game abroad. This trip and our only other trip abroad-one to Westniinster on May Iith-are so fraught with incidences that I have preserved them for a subsequent chapter- Cnr Games Abroad . A glance at the scores will demonstrate the fitness of my title: We either lost all the games or were prevented from doing so by sympathetic jupiter Pluvius, In track and tennis events, the results were practically the same, so I deem it wise to pass them on without a discussion. 146

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