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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meantime we must make the most of our growing opportunities. We must not neglect a single chance to demonstrate that athletics can and must exist in every possible form. Today the second string baseball material is not doing its share. The University second baseball team, now that the Leiter Cup Series has been crowded out, affords the only opportunity, outside of a few interclass games, for the man of average ability to play the "national game." But for some unexplainable reason the team is not being supported. An opportunity to play baseball is being wasted, while we compromise ourselves...
...close margin of three birds, the Seniors won the interclass shoot on Soldiers Field Saturday. Before the last string was shot, the Sophomores led by 4 points, but the Seniors made good scores on the last round and won, 181 to the Sophomores' 178. The Juniors and Freshmen were tied for third place at 161. Each man shot at 50 birds, in strings of 25; and Brooks and Pearson were high men, with 41 apiece...
...game of nine innings was held yesterday afternoon between two picked teams of the University baseball squad, and resulted in a victory of 13 to 7 for Team A, on which were most of the members of last year's University team. Several batteries were tried from the second string men, and worked fairly successfully, although there was considerable wildness at times, and seven bases on balls were given in all. Only the fielding candidates took part in the batting, which was by far the most creditable performance of the day. Of last year's team, Briggs, Simons, and Dana...
...afternoon, when a sort of practice game was held. Two teams in which changes were made from time to time were pitted against each other, although the batteries did not change with the teams. In the course of the practice several batteries were tried, but none of the first string pitchers were used. It was the first opportunity for outdoor batting and pitching, and several of the batters showed up to good advantage against the second string pitchers...
...fifty men chosen from over seventy capable instrumentalists, and those who do good work in the concerts of the tour will be retained to compose the centennial orchestra. In addition to the selections rendered by the orchestra, there will be a number of each program by the Pierian Sodality String Quartet, as well as a vocal solo...