The Courier-Review.
51
ATHLETICS.
Afterthoughts of a Prex.
I'm the Prex at Ottawa,
Yes, the Prex at Ottawa,
And this fall there's not a day
I don't meet a lot o'gay
Young football men.
We've some young sports in our town, Yes, some young sports in our town And they put the money down So we'd win us great renown With football men.
We and Baker made a deal,
Yes, old Baker made a deal,
And we swore we'd rip the peel
From K. U., and make her feel
Our football men.
All the muscle and the brains Yes, the muscle and the brains Came from Baker,and the gains Went to solace all the pains Of football men.
With our combination team,
Yes, our combination team,
We did fume and we did steam—
"But an iridescent dream "
Of football men.
We had tried it once before, Yes,we'd tried it once before But we could not even score And we came off very sore From K. U. men.
Oh, we sold our honor cheap. Yes, we sold our honor cheap. For our scheme's all in a heap. And I fear we cannot keep Our football men.
They 'll go back to Baker soon,
Yes, go back to Baker soon,
And we'll have to dance the tune
Of old Hamill and young Moon,
Those music men.
But they never will be missed, No,they never will be missed For there's not a good Baptist On this Baker College list
Of football men.
But we've got them on the list,
Yes, we've got them on the list
Of our students—they're our grist,
So you see they can't be missed,
These football men.
Oh,but still it sticks in me. Yes, but still it sticks in me And I think I'd rather be A good Baptist,and be free From Baker men.
GOTAMIZEIR.
OTTAWA vs. K. U.
Brawn and a Small Amount of Science vs. Science. Game Results in a Tie.
The game with the Baker University-Ottawa combination last Saturday resulted in a tie but notwithstanding this fact it is evident that the aggregation was out played for the reason that the ball was kept in Baker University- Ottawa territory the greater part of the time, one official stated that the ball was in Ottawa territory, fully 6-7 of the time.
On Saturday morning the business streets presented a rather gala appearance, many of the stores being decorated in crimson. One business house, however, evidently does not care for the support of the students—this house displayed its loyalty to the University by having large yellow streamers across the front. The team from Ottawa arrived at 2:15 on a special train of about eight coaches containing in the neighborhood of 400 people, mostly Ottawa and Baldwin people—a good combination surely. The team was driven to the Eldridge house where they were given rooms, the doors were closed and the men began to get ready for the game. The Courier-Review reporter was fortunate enough to get inside and through the kindness of one of the team, met the men from Ottawa and learned that the line up was a little changed from what we had supposed it to be, both music students, Hamill and Moon, were with them and were anxious to get upon the gridiron so as to show the people that they were football players as well as musicians. The "Varsity" was the first to arrive on the field, the team was met with a thunder of applause and yells. A few minutes afterwards the old time kickers put in their appearance and were greeted with the academic yell "Ottawa, Ottawa, Hoorah, Hoorah; Ottawa "Varsity;"