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STUDENTS' PUBLICATION
OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Vol.
XX.
DeLand, Fla., Thursday, March 5, 1908.
No. 16.
BASEBALL-STETSON AND
ROLLINS BREAK EVEN
Rollins Wins First 5 to 2.
Stetson Takes Second
9 to 2.
The first two games of the baseball series with Rollins were played
off this week. The first game was
won by Rollins by the score of five
to two. The second game was won
by Stetson, the score being nine
to two.
The first game was called at
3:15 Monday. Mickle and Windham were the opposing pitchers,
while Campbell and Story did the
receiving.
Stetson scored in the first inning
on hits by Pounds, Campbell and
Allen. Rollins could not score in
the first three innings against
Mickle's superb pitching. It might
be said right heie that Mickle
pitched probably the best game
of his career. Only two hits were
made off his delivery, and one of
these was of the scratch variety.
In the third inning he struck out
three men.
It was in the fourth inning that
the game was lost. With two
men out a very rank decision by
Umpire Connell followed by two
errors, gave Rollins three runs.
This gave Rollins a lead which
Stetson was unable to overcome,
though she managed to score one
more run despite the rank decisions
of Umpire Connell, which continued throughout the game.
In the fifth Rollins scored two
more. Two errors and a sacrifice
put men on second and third. A
stinging hit to left field by Mason,
the National League coach, who
plays short for. Rollins,-'-scored
these two men. This ended the
scoring by Rollins. Stetson scored
her second run in the sixth. Pound
doubled to deep center field, stole
third and came home when Allen
laid a pretty bunt down the third
base line.
This ended the scoring for the
game.
The crowd was very much dissatisfied with the game. Stetson
can take defeat as gracefully as any
school, but she does not like to see
a game won or lost not on its merits to the teams, but because of
grossly unfair decisions of the umpire.
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The second game was much
more interesting than the first.
This was due to the fact that the
game was played and won on the
merits of the teams. In justice
to Umpire Connell, who has been
so severely criticised for his decisions on the first day, it must be
said that his work in the second
game was perfectly satisfactory.
Hunter started to pitch for Stetson but was relieved by Mickle after
seven innings of good work. Windham, as on the previous day,
pitched the whole game for Rollins.
Windham should be given a great
deal of praise for his work in these
two games. He is a good ball
player and a thorough gentleman.
Rollins started the game at a
great clip. Polimina, the first man
up, hit( safely. A fast double
play Allen to Pounds to Mickle,
however, stopped all danger of a
run. The wonderful Mason, who,
1 y the way, made four errors in
the course of the game, looked
just as easy as the rest, and was
out Pounds to Mickle, Stetson
wasn't taking any chances, and
started right in to win the game.
Tilden, the first man up, started
things off with a single over short.
Pounds kept up the good work
with a single over second. Tilden
went to third, and Pounds to
second, when the ball was thrown
home. Campbell, who was playing with a badly sprained ankle,
picked up his bat, smiled at the
grandstand and then soaked the
ball over left field for two bases,
scoring Tilden and Pounds. Campbell and Mickle were forced out at
third. With two men on bases,
Sams hit for two bases, scoring
both men. This gave Stetson a
good lead but the men were taking
no chances. They went after every
thing that came and usually got it.
Though Stetson was hitting the
ball hard yet no more runs were
scored until the fifth. In this inning three hits and a base on balls,
coupled with an error bv Mason,
gave Stetson three more. This
seemed to cinch the game for Stetson for Rollins had been unable to
score against the gilt-edged work
of the whole Stetson team.
In the sixth Rollins got two of
their three hits. This, coupled
with two battery errors and a
fielding error, gave Rollins two
runs which proved to be the extent
of their scoring. Stetson got two
more in the ninth. Tilden, the
first man up, got soaked in the
ribs. Pounds and Campbell hit
safely. This with Allen's sacrifiec
scored for two.
Rollins could do nothing with
Mickle, who had succeeded Hunter,
and the game ended nine to two
in favor of Stetson.
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