University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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FIELD DAY. On April tli there was held at Agricuituial Park a local field day. This field day was for the purpose of finding out tho. ' e men who were to continue the training and to represent the Xorinal in the annual field day which was to be held in Ventura a month later. TTie boys were just in the midst of their training and did not make a very good showinsr. but gave promise of good material when once in shape. Many of the young ladies and a large number of the teachers came out with flying class colors and cheered for the members of their class who were to take part. The day was a complete success and a large sum of money was taken by the athletic association. . rthur Abbott. INTERSCHOLASTIC FIELD DAY. The third interscholastic held day. which was held at Ven- tura last Saturday, was highly successful in every way. The contesting schools were Santa Barbara. Ventura, Pasadena. Santa Paula.Thacher and the Los . ngeles normal. Most of the schools brought large crowds of rooters with them, and the events were witnessed by a crowd of nearly 2.500 persons. Santa Barbara captured first place in the field day. taking the silver cup with 36 ' points. Los . ngeles normal was sec- ond with 19 points, Ventura. Thacher and Santa Paula tied for third place, having 18 points each, and Throop was fourth with i ' i points. Each of the men who took first place were awarded medals, of which. there were 17. four gold andVthirteen silver. On Saturda} ' evening a reception and dance was tendered the visiting teams by the Ventura High School Athletic asso- ciation. During the evening the silver loving cup was awarded to the winning school, and the medals were distributed among the individual victors. The visitors left for their various towns on Sunday morning. Geoffrey Morg. x.

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THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. What a va t cliange has come over the spirit of our dreams since the January issue of the Exponent ! In that number, un tier the head of Athletics one may find a statement that seems almost incredible. It is contained in the words : Grass is now growing on our lawn tennis courts because of disuse. Now. not a sprig of grass is to be seen ; every afternoon there is a rush for courts ; in fact tennis is the game. The interest in tennis raged so high this season that we. the unathletic normalites. held a very exciting tournament. The tournament begiiming on Mar. 29 opened our spring sports. On this day the mixed doubles were begun. The four courts were filled with players and the bank overlooking the courts was crowded with spectators. The contestants were: Court one. Prof. Shepardson and Miss Morton vs. Miss Varicl and Mr. Steuart. Mr. Steuart and Miss V. were vic- torious. On the second cmirt Mi-s Matthewson am! Mr. Schullz played against Miss Dobbins and Mr. von Neumayer. The laurels fell to the latter. The occupants of court three were the most evenly matched players. Miss M. Widney and Mr. Reeves held their own stubbornly against Miss Oage and Mr. Schlegel, although the latter partners carried off the honors. Miss Decamp and Mr. Dietrich, who played against Miss Pollen and Mr. Chambtrlain. were the winners on court four. Mar. ,30 the victors of court one played against those of court two, and those of court three against the winners of court four. Miss Dobbins and Mr. von Nenmayer against MissVariel and Mr. Steuart were again victorious: Miss Decani]) and Mr. Dietrich vs. Miss Gage and Mr. Schlegel were successful. Miss Carvell and Mr. Davis were to play against Miss Thomas and Mr. Morgan but as Miss Carvell was prevented from tak- ing part. Miss Decamp and Mr. Dietrich again entered the field and came out victors. Thus all the players were out by the end of the third day except Miss Decamp, Mr. Dietrich, Miss Dobbins and Mr. von Neumayer. They were the players for the final in mixed doubles. Miss Dobbins and Mr. von Neumayer coming out best. Tho3c who took part in the gentlemen ' s doubles were : — Mesrrs. Shepardson and Davis vs. Ruess and Schlegel, Shep- ?.rdson and Davis vs. Requa and Campbell. Ambrose .ind Morgan vs. Dietrich and Steuart. Chamberlain and Lorber vs. Dietrich and Steuart, Shepardson and Davis vs. Dietrich and Steuart. Mr. Dietrich and Mr. Steuar: were the cham- pions in the gentlemen ' s douU es. We are proud to claim Miss Dobbins, as she is one of the best amateurs on the coast. It has been asked how Mr. Dietrich acquired the art of sitting down so often during the game. It must hi; a great re- lief to be able to keep the game in progression, gain one ' s point and be reclining at the same time. Prof. Shepardson ought for the good of the cau.-e, to reveal to aspirants for tennis honors the secret of the love game as he enjoyed several, and we all know him to be a good instructor. One of the most remarkable features of the whole tournament was Mr. von Neumayer ' s unique serving. What is a double, anyway ? The tournan:ent was i:ndoubtedly a success and a great deal of enthusiasm was manifested. . t Normal we are not like other people, for when we get a good thing we know enough to keep at it. The courts have been in use alniol every day since the tournament. Next time we shall have a great many good players from whom to choose the contestants, and shall have the exeitemeni of competition as well as some very good amateurs. Gr. ce a. Doss.

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NORMAL BASKET BALL FOR 1900. The Basket Ball craze struck the Xon::al this year about January and lasted for nearly three months. Four different teams consisting of young men and three of young women were formed, but the Mid. C team was the only one which lasted. Tlie first team of young men was the Junior . team, which played the first game of the season with the Training school team and was so badly defeated that they disbanded. The game between these two was very hard, but no science was shown on the part of the Juniors except by Mr. Butler, who puts up a good game. The Training school boys were very skillful, but were handicapped in size anu strength by the Juniors. Shortly after this three other teams were organized: The Mid. C. Mid. B 8z A, and a remodeled Junior A team, the makeup of which were as follows. Mid C :— Ed. Chaffee, center; Milton Rjbinson and Harry Riiess (c). guards: B. Magoffin and Luke Gallun. forwards. Junior A :— Hardy Riddel, center: Chas. liigham (c) and Willis New.some, guards: Robert Hickcox and Albert Cain, forw-ards. Mid. B S: A: — Chas. Reinhard. center; Leonard Bigham and Erunson Butler (c). guards: Will Fanning and Roy Conrad, forwards. . few weeks after their formation, the Mid. C team played of 12 to 8. The .game was a hard one and a little science was the Mid. B A team and defeated it (the latter) by the score shown on both sides. ' But although the Mid. C ' s were han- dicapped in height and weight almost to a man, they won the game without much trouble. Quite a crowd witnessed the game, which was a sort of inter-class afTair. But this isn ' t all of this game. The next day the spirited Mid. C girls held a spread in honor of fieir class team — a very scrumptious spread, indeed. This pleased the Mid. C team very much and tlie boys determined to hold their owr-. in future games. About two weeks a:;er this the Mid. C team played the new- Junior A team. The odds were very much against the former in size and wci.?ht, but the latter could not play with the science of the Mid. Cs and were conseauently defeated by a score of 13 to 10. The balcony of the gym. was crowded with the admirers of the opposing teams, and the many pretty plays which took place were loudly applauded. But the funniest thing about the game was the obiection which a junior girl made to a Mid. C, that Mr. Ruess didn ' t give Mr. Hickcox enough chances to throw for the basket. The game was very hard and quite rough, but there was perfect harmony between the teams and all went pleasantly. The Junior A girls rewarded each of the team with a bo.x of candy as a consol!;tion. . few weeks after this the Mid. Cs met the Training school boys and defeated them by the score of 12 to 8. The teams were very evenly matched in height and weight, and both played a scientific game. The Training school boys did not have the staying power of the Mid. Cs and were quite easily beaten. The playing was fast and several good plays were made on both sides. The defeat nearly broke the hearts of the Senior As who were teaching in the Training school. The last game of the sea: on was played with the L. . . High School team and resulted in a defeat of the latter team by the score of 1 1 to 6. The High School boys were very active, but perhaps the Normal girls who lined the balconies attracted their attention too much. The game was fast and moderately scientific.