Stetson Weekly Golleaiate
Students' Publication of Stetson University.
VOL. XXII
DeLAND,FLA., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910.
No. 22
Stetson and Southern Play Exhibition Game at Sanf ord
State Championship to be
Left Undecided
Written Agreement.
We the undersigned on behalf of
our respective colleges hereby agree
that the baseball game played in ,San-
ford on April 16 is not for the championship of Florida.
J. A. MILLAR,
Mgr. for Stetson.
E. N. McMULLEN,
Mgr. for Southern.
On Saturday, April 16, a special
train carrying the Stetson baseball
team and many townspeople and students, was run to Sanford where the
tie between Stetson University and
Southern College was to be played
off.
Upon arriving there it was found
that'Southern had brought down
from Tennessee, Burleson, a pitcher,
especially to pitch this game.
,Stetson protested vigorously against
this kind of baseball and a written
agreement was finally drawn up and
signed that this was not to decide the
championship but to be an exhibition
game only.
The game started off briskly and
promised to be a closely-fought contest.
The Stetson boys started in right
off the reel. Snedigar, the first man
up hit safely for two bases and Garner followed with a bunt. Some
clever base running aided by errors
on the part of Southern gave us two
scores the first inning.
But this good work was not kept
up, for from now on the playing of
the Stetson boys was not as snappy
as it usually is and numerous errors
were made which were very costly.
The game as a whole after the second inning was slow; the Stetson
boys being unable to hit while Southern seemed to have no difficulty in
hitting either Smith or (Stetson.
Edward Garner.
The coach's favorite exhortation
before going into a battle has always
been, "Come, boys, 'ess work hard,
play clean ball, and above all act
the gentleman on all occasions while
on this trip." And the coach's words
were ever synonymous of the team's
behavior and work, for whatever other sterling qualities Garner has demonstrated' above all he has shown his
ability to coach. Of Thomas Gray it
was said "He. never spoke out;" of
Ed Garner it must be said he seldom
spoke out but when he spoke his
words ever carried complete authority with them.
Stetson's baseball team this year
was not a crowd of boys, unfamiliar
to the diamond, but rather was made
up of players who had had experience the previous summer with the
various teams scattered over the,State
and several of whom were old varsity
men of years previous at Stetson. To
have authority over such a team one
must indeed be possessed of rare ability and Garner's authority was never
questioned.
The authority, complete and absolute, just spoken of, was born of
something in addition to a comprehensive knowledge of baseball: Coach
Garner has' always been and is a gentleman. On the baseball field, as
elsewhere he was admired—admired
for respecting the rights of the individual. Partiality had no part in his
program, nor unmerited censure. He
bore in mind' that he was coaching
men—college students—like himself,
and not a herd of animals, as too
often coaches seem prone to forget.
Here's to Garner, the coach,
As a loyal baseball fan,
But we forget Garner, the coach,
In thinking of Garner, the man.
Stetson's Baseball Club, 1910.
Ed Garner, coach—catcher; J. A.
Miller, manager; Pete Allen, captain
—third base; Henry Blount, second
base; Frank Wideman, first base;
"Red" Snedigar, short stop; Claude
Jones, center field; Roy Galloway,
left field; Geo. Selden, right field;
Bill Page, Frank Smith, C Byrd,
Ralph Stevens, pitchers; Speck Campbell, Howard Tillis, subs.
Blount played right field a greater
part of the season but was switched
to second when ,Snedigar was called
on to fill the vacancy caused by the
absence of Calhoun at short, and in
order to strengthen the outfield Jones
was switched from first base to cen-
terfield, his old position. Wideman,
the utility man, was then placed on
initial sack.
The Manager Speaks.
Mr. Editor:
As this is the last week of the
baseball season I desire a few lines
of your paper for a farewell to my
teammates.
I wish to thank every man who
has played' on the varsity this year
for his hearty co-operation and his
willingness to work for the benefit of
the team. No manager has ever had
a more gentlemanly or a more considerate bunch of fellows to work
with.
While my path has not been one
strewn with flowers it has not been
the fault of the team and if the team
is as well satisfied with my service
as I have been with the team we
both have reason to be happy.
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