Stetson Weekly Collegiate

<^U>PV-^-^--. ^^^z^^HS^^^ COLLEGE FZ^ATT EDITIOIT StetsonJ^ OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY Vol. XYIII DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, April 4, 1906. No. 20 STETSON'S RECENT BASEBALU GAMES Base ball has been the order of the day in athletics. Eight games have been played in three weeks. On March 16 and 17 K. M. I. played two more games on our I home grounds. The visitors played their customary clean, lively I game, but Stetson was a little too! much for them, and won the first! game, 7 to 3. E. Mickle pitched for Stetson and gave up no hits. Hall pitched for K. M. I. and gave! up four hits. Hall struck out! eight, Mickle struck out eleven. The second game was very lively from start to finish. Stetson could not score for five innings, while K. M. I. got three at the! very start, but that was all she; did get, for Stetson settled down; to business and the game ended 4 to 3. Pelot pitched for Stetson, Hall for K. M. I. Pelot gave up; only one hit and Hall one. Pelot; struck out 11; Hall 12. The K. M. I. boys are gentlemen and play clean baseball. We are glad to note that they intend; to have a permanent winter home; in Florida and trust that annual games may be played. On Tuesday, March 27, the: Stetson base ball team, composed of the following members : C. Campbell, C. E. Pelot, R. Broadwell, E. Mickle, W. Mickle, H. Stewart, M. Sams, W. Kirby, W. Tilden and H. Jones, started on the longest base ball trip of; the season, playing Florida Seminary at Sutherland Wednesday and Thursday, and Bradentown Friday and Saturday. They made the trip by A. C. L. via Sanford and Trilby to Sutherland, then to St. Petersburg and down Tampa Bay on the steamer Manatee to Bradentown,and home via Seaboard Air Line and A. C. L. The trip down the bay was a very pleasant one except that the water was a little rough and one or two of the fellows suddenly developed "that tired feeling." The first game at Sutherland resulted in victory for Stetson by a score of 8 to 2. The Seminary boys played a good game and with the exception of two or three bum decisions of the umpire, it was an excellent game. E. Mickle pitched for Stetson aud Barrish for the Seminary. Several errors were made on both sides. In the second game fortune seemed to be against the green and white; not only did it rain, rendering the sandy field muddy, but the umpire's eye seemed to be worse than it was the day before —nothing seemed to come our way, yet, in spite of all, when the game was over they had only beaten us by one score. Stewart and Pelot pitched this game for Stetson and Bulloch for the Seminary. While in Sutherland we were well entertained at the dormitory. In the Bradentown team we ran up against the real article. They have the strongest amateur team in the State and two left- handed pitchers. In the first game, pitched by E. Mickle for Stetson and Downey for Bradentown, only two hits were made off each pitcher and the game was played in fifty minutes. Very few errors were made. Bradentown won, 2 to 0. In the second game Pelot pitched for Stetson and W. Vanderipe for Bradentown. This game was very close and depended on two decisions of the umpire which, if decided in our favor, would have given us the game. Vanderipe gave up seven hits and Pelot only four. The game ended 6 to 4 for Bradentown. We were royally entertained at the St. James Hotel while in Bradentown. Altho we were not uniformly successful as far as winning the games were concerned, yet we gained some experience that will be valuable in the games yet to come. JACKSONVILLE'S GAMES. April 2 and 3, Stetson ran up against the real article in the shape of the Jacksonville team of the South Atlantic League. We got some valuable points and that is about all we did get. Pelot pitched the first six innings of the first game, but the leaguers got next to him and ran in 10 scores. E. Mickle went in and held them down for the remainder of the game. Score 10 toO. In the second game E. Mickle went in the box for Stetson and they solved his curves also and made quite a collection of home runs, three-baggers, two base hits and singles. The game ended, Jacksonville, 15; Stetson, 0. While not very interesting, from a spectator's point of view, yet the team got some valuable points on real base ball. The Jacksonville pitchers, Walker and Pardrone, gave us all kinds of hard knots to untie, and it is needless to say we couldn't do it. The team leaves Thursday night for Lake City tojilay the U. of F.