Tarkio College - Tarkiana Yearbook (Tarkio, MO)

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1' . .,........ S is BASEBALL. .N I .,,1-hif i E.. When the days are brightening and a fellow knows that the college year is drawing to a close, he feels that he must shift the responsibility of running the institution through the spring term to the Seniors and the Faculty. ' Now there are many ways that the student may throw away this care. It :ray be flying out of the window with his books, he may bend bows and like William Tell pierce the apple cf fate, or he may find it to his enjoyment to hurl it through the air in the shape of a baseball. Cn the diamond he finds the friends of his earlier days in the shape of a winged instrument for thelair-the bat, the bases' for the feet that may never reach E them, the heavy winter mittens to save the hands from the tender care of the ostecpath and the cage to preserve the facial expression of the catcher. Who has not been affected by the tragedy Casey at the Bat? Yet this is a true baseball spirit. It is a Comedy of Errors or a series of uncertain- ties in which the hero of one garce rray be the lobster of the next, the championship team of one year may be the tail-encler of the next. It is one of these uncertainties to which may be ac- credited the lack of interest and rraterial in our institution in the last two or three years. Tarkio has turned out severalwinning teanfs, for exafrple the championship team of the lVlissouri Valley in '95. However, within the past few seasons we have had several excellent players. Cusack, catcher on the ,03 team, was a wonder. l-lis throwing to second was above the ,average rran with the umittf' Also lVlcCrory, our crack pitcher and catcher for the last two vears, was a player of prominence in the Eastern high schools, but on account of sickness last summer did not return in the fall. The outlook for this season, however, is verv promising. Several hiqh school players are in college and much interest is being shown among the followers of the game. It is a well known fact that small colleges are not able to produce every season winning teams in all the different branches of sport. It seems to be a rule that one branch will prove to be a favorite, consequently there is a lack of interest shown in the other lines. Similar conditions have existed in our large institutions, and so there is hope for ours. Varied sports are necessary because students have different cauabilities. Wfe do not find rnanv men who can represent their college in all branches. Thus there should be some kind of sport within the reach of every student who has the inclinatcn to take aivantace of the benefits and pleasures derived from athletics. The aim should be to balance the different lines as well as possible. While an absolutely perfect system is never found in any institution, yet it is a goal toward which we should work and the approxitraton cf which should do .honor to our college. THEODORE GLENN Captain Baseball. --gg-.

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RECORDS. I-Iigh Jump-I. S. Coieg distance, 5 ft. 3M in.-1902. Shot Put-O. Perry Bellg distance, 38 ft. 624 in.-1903. l00 Yards-B. S. lVloyleg time, I0 secs.-l904. 220 Yards-B. S. Moyleg time, Z2 2-5 secs.-1904. 440 Yards--B, S. Moyleg time, 53 secs.-1904. l20 Yard Hurdles--J. S. Coie, I7 l-5 secs.-l904. Mile Run-J. Clyde Elder, time, 4:47-l904. Discus-John H, Stewart, distance, 97 ft. l in.-1904. 880 Yards-J. Clyde Elderg time, 2:04 4-5-l905. 220 Yard l'lurdles-VV. A. Stewart, time 27 2-5 secs.-1905 Broad Jump-Paul A. Ferrierg distance, 20 ft. 7 in.-l905. Pole Vault-J. Clyde Elderg height, 9 ft. 7 in.-l905. Hammer Throw-John F. lVlcKie-l Il ft. I0 in.-1905. 350 Yard Dash-W. A. Stewart, time, 5.3 secs. 'HLNO longer contested. FOOTBALL CHORUS. CTun,e, Beulah Landfij O Tarkio! My Tarkio! See how they buck the line and go Way down the stubborn hard-fought field, They never falter, never yield, They '11 soon be oier that shining goal, Why, there they are, upon my soul! 'il emw ie 79 . '32 6 5.1: 51 ' ig,-.. - 5 55'-5.5 -. ,gginyigy W 0 , L I I . I 3 , O 1 . QL K-' 5 Q7 Y 1? ,,v:zF- V I W--.N. .355-yxq.-1--..f , eg 's:g: wfw--r

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GYIVINASIUM CONTEST TEAM W. A. STEWART, Physical Director GYMNASIUM CONTEST. CONTESTANTS. Paul A. Ferrier, YV. C. Porter, Walter Crain, Paul Smith, R. W. Ticlrick, N. Cunningham Harry File. First, Ferrier. . . . .... . .... Scofe, 350 Second, Crain. .... Score. 343 -10x -