THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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A GREAT GAME.
A Large Crowd Came Out to Cheer the Boys On.
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Gear Pitches a Splendid Game-Chamberlain's Pretty Drive to Center-Score 14 to 4.
Yesterday was inaugurated the base-ball season of '95 in K U. The game was a pretty contest, though rather one-sided, between the boys of crimson hue and the Kansas City Blues, one of the strongest ball teams in the
CAPT. MITCHELL. country
The day was an ideal base-ball one The game had been well advertised, and a fair sized crowd was assembled at McCook Field. Tuev had come out to see a crack-a-jack baseball team, and were not disappointed Manager Mannning did not fill in a lot of substitutes, but brought down to McCook field the team which whom he expects to win the western pennent, and the K U. boys will cheer them on to victory, for they have learned respect by the surest avenue—a well established superiority—in some things, that is
We are not ashamed of the showing made by our boys, not any more than you'd notice. We did not win, but we didn't dwell very long upon any allusion of that kind It took a little presumption on our part to do honors with the Kansas City boys Just look at the picture! Nine men graduated with honors from the town lots, the college of the ball player, and nine boys graduating, or hoping to, with honors, from one of the leading Universities in the country! They beat us, of course, at their own game
When Captain Mitchell invited this aspiring western team to our field he expected a defeat, worse than the one scored against him. Our boys have applied themselves to study and social life, while the Kansas City stars of the diamond have been undergoing more or less practice and training during their hibernation, and have looked forward to this summer occupation as a means to gain their support for the coming fall and winter.
GEAR.
The Kansas City boys are a fine lot of fellows. good natured, and good athletes, headed by a handsome and gentlemanly Captain and Manager, James H. Manning. Their conscientious playing and manly bearing made them popular in Lawrence,
and any return here would be well received. They played as though they were enjoying the game themselves, and while they are not in proper condition, yet they play a wonderfully strong game.
In itself the contest was a study, aside from the enjoyment of the game. The work of the boys in blue demonstrates the old maxium of practice and perfection as well as the power of union and strength. Although too uneven to be entirely exciting, the good points of the play were much appreciated, and any move which worked to our humiliation of the boys in blue. was received with wild cheers of enthusiasm
KELSEY.
OUR SIDE OF IT.
It has been suggested that this game with the regular team would show up our weak points It did that if not more, and we hope the boys will profit by the teaching. In the first place it was plainly evident our boys were frightened. The first half of the game we acted very much like the little boy who is forced to fight for the pleasure of the big ruffins, and doesn't want to. It was probably natural we should have felt so, but the lack of confidence was unfortunate to the score.
There was absolutely no team work. The only semblance of this important and essen-