St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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Obe baseball Ccagues baseball leagues have gotten away to one of the slowest starts in the 62..jpjjj history of the grand old game at this institution. Up to date hardly enough games have been played to say the leagues are started. The reasons for this are many and varied but the primary and most important one is that you can't play baseball in the rain. Rains frequent enough to keep the fields looking like swamps have fallen all spring. Besides this the interest in the baseball leagues has suffered. In the old days when town “pers were scanty, and when there was no golf course, the students naturally turned to baseball for their recreation and as a consequence there was no difficulty in getting the players to turn out for the games. The existing conditions should he improved for the baseball leagues have been the training camps for the Varsity in the past. The games used to be really good, hard fought, well pitched, and often errorless frays. They not only held the interest of the players but often attracted larger crowds of students than some of the Varsity games. It is hoped that with the arrival of better weather the leagues will snap out of their lethargy and show something of the old time pep. In the first league only two practice games have been placed in the books at the time this was written. In one of these pre-season games the Sen-Juns triumphed over the Frosh. while on the same day the Sophs tasted defeat at the hands of the snappy fourth High School club which latter boasts in I Idlings one of the best pitchers in the leagues. As far as can be judged the Sen-Juns seem to have a good club. Last year they had no pitchers while this year over halt the team can take their turn on the mound if necessary. The Sophs also have a very nice team and with Johnny Berg, the best southpaw twirler in the leagues, they should be hard to keep down. The Frosh team seems to be the weak sister of the circuit for there is a dearth of pitchers in the class. The other leagues have done slightly better. The Sen-Inn Seconds and the Soph Seconds seem to be holding the inside track in second league. The Small Yard, as usual, seems to be off to a flying start. Baseball there has its usual number of followers and the games arc fast and replete with thrills and excitement. In the first league (ileeson is the pace-setter with three victories and no defeats, though Boyd is right on his heels with only one defeat chalked up against him. Arth and Ries are struggling to get started and once they do the standings may be reversed. In second league Sullivan tops the list, though by a very narrow margin. Butler or Homer are very likely to snatch the leader’s crown if he slips as they are both tied for second place. Roney is now doing cellar duty but has determined that the end of the season will see somebody else at the foot of the stairs. t Our Hundred Fifty-nine

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obc baseball Season this move the Aggies had the better of it tor they were able to garner 11 runs in the remaining innings while the Saints were able to get blit • . I he game at least provided some good experience for the green men on the team. ST. MARY’S ir—BAKER 1 In the second inning the game was won when the Irish succeeded in getting in 8 runs. Baker's only run came in the second when the bases were filled. A hit. a couple of errors, and a walk with the liases loaded gave them their only tally. Bush had them at his mercy the rest of the game allowing but two hits and striking out 1 2 men. Ryan poled a homer in the third with two on base. ST. MARY’S S—HASKELL : Johnny Ryan held the Indians off while his mates were piling up a lead till the seventh and then took it easy. When he got in a hole in the ninth Bushev relieved him and retired the Indians with one run. All the Redskins together got only five hits, while John struck out nine of them. Seidl was the heavy hitter for the Irish with two hits out of two times up. The victory was costly as Geltz injured his knee and had to be replaced. Bush got the only extra base hit of the game, a double. ST. MARY’S 13- ST. J()ILVS I St. John’s was no match for the locals with Bushev on the mound. )nly four hits were made from his offerings and the only run came as a result of two errors in the eighth. Five runs were made in the first after which the Saints took it easy but scored almost at will anyway. Cooney was heavy hitter with five safeties in six attempts. W'hitey Smith had '• singles to his credit and Bushev earned a free dinner and haircut by circling the bases after a smash far over the left-fielder. ST. MARY’S )- SOCT1IWFSTFRX ; ST. MARY’S !)—SOUTHWESTERN • The first game was a ragged exhibition of baseball by both sides. Kelly took the mound duty but bad support caused his replacement in the second. Bushev took up the job and despite several error held the opposing hatters in check. At the end of the second the score was ?- » in favor of the Saints after which both teams settled down and played ball. John Ryan had the honor of pitching the second game and though wild at times had the better of the argument all the way. BUSIIKY TAOS A MAN AT HOME One Hundred Fifty-i ight

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