Stetson Weekly Collegiate

Stetson Weekly Collegiate OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY. Yel. XVIII DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, April 18, 1906. No. 22 SEMINARY BOYS PROVED EASY Did Not Maintain Their Reputation. BIG SCORES FOR OLD STETSON Attendance Small—Campbell Sprang a Surprise on His Friends. On Friday and Saturday the team from the Florida Seminary at Sutherland played the two return games here in DeLand, which resulted in victories for Stetson The game was overwhelmingly one-sided, the Seminary not playing nearly as good ball as they did at Sutherland. BEIEF SYNOPSIS OF BOTH GAMES. First Game. Stetson chose to bat first and then followed a good half hour of batting practice, Stetson playing the game of hit and run to perfection, making three runs in the first inning. In the next inning Stetson broke loose again and pulled in eleven more, the F. S. boys being kept busy fielding the hits. And talk about errors! Truly F, S. was in the air. - It did F. S. little good to come to bat for they could do nothing with Pelot's curves. The game was called in the seventh inning because the sun shone directly in the face of the catcher. Score 26 to 0. Largest score Stetson ever made off a rival team. Second Game. The second game was played in the morning because the Seminary boys had to return on the noon train. It was a repetition of the first except Stetson did not make as many scores, only .15 this time. It was not the fault of the F. S. boys, however. In this game we discovered that we have a new pitcher in the person of Campbell, our catcher, who went in, in the last inning, and handed them out so warm to the Seminary boys that they could not come within a mile of them, Wonder where Speck will try for and make good next? The attendance was very poor. What has become of the old base ball spirit of DeLand and Stetson university which used to fill the grand stand and more, too? No matter how hard a team works to prepare for games, if the students and people do not attend the games and show by their presence that they appreciate and support athletics, then the effort is a failure, so far as the spirit of athletics in the university is concerned. This will apply to both football and base ball. Next Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, the last games of base ball of the season will be played here with the University of Florida, and two fast games will be assured you—entirely different from the last two. Let every one feel him or herself in duty bound as a student to come out and, in so doing, not only show by your presence that you appreciate the work done by the base ball team this season, but also materially help the athletic association which is a student organization and whose prosperity or failure depends on them alone. Various Reasons. Some people go to church to weep, Others go, and go to sleep. Some men go their wives to please, (>thers their conscience go to ease. Some go that they may tell their woes, Some to simply show their clothes. Some go to hear the preacher. Others admire the solo screecher. Boys go that they may reconnoiter: Girls, because they feel they oughter. Many go for sage reflection. But precious few to help collection. 3 THE COLLEGE OF LAW Lawyers are Busy With Practice Court. PELOT ACQUITTED OF MURDER Senior Class Officers ->- Other Items of Interest. Tuesday the second of the Practice Court cases was tried, the charge being murder and Mr. Pelot being the accused. The first of these cases, tried last Tuesday, was a larceny charge against Mr. Gramiing, the State being represented by Auvil and Rodgers and the defense by Smith and Voyle. After the jury had been twice sent to their room, they returned with the announcement that could not agree, they being equally divided for conviction and acquittal. No conviction has been had in this court for a year, and that was the first time during that period that even a disagreeing jury had returned, so the attorneys on neither side could feel much disappointment. The case tried this week was based entirely upon circumstantial evidence. Johnson was found dead in his room. Auvil, his nephew, was about to be disinherited by him ; Pelot, his creditor, was angry with him on account of his delinquencies ; and there were suspicious repairings of guns by each, and other circumstances that pointed almost equally to Pelot and to Auvil. The attorneys for the State were Gramiing and Oates; those for the defense, Conover, Duncan and Pinnell. The witnesses were examined and cross-examined at some length, each of the young lawyers showing more or less skill