Kansas University Weekly.
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The '97 Base Ball Team.
This has been a good year in the history of University base ball. The team has not won all the games it has played, but it has made a favorable showing. Manager Fletcher is especially to be commended in his effort to make the season a success financially. So often heretofore there has been a deficit that it began to be believed that base ball could not be made to pay at Lawrence. This year however is a happy exception and Mr. Fletcher is deserving of praise from those interested in athletics and from the whole University.
Individually the team was a good one. Sherman easily heads the list. He has played center field creditably, is one of the best if not the best of the batters on the team and is the best base runner on the team with Blackshere a close second.
Todd at short stop has played a good game.
He is a little inclined to fight the ball and is a better batter than fielder.
Snyder should rank third in the batting list. He catches well and plays a good field game. His ability as a player was handicapped last season by ill health, but he pluckily refused to cripple the team by retiring as his physician advised.
Carroll has played a good all round game of ball but has been bothered with a bad ankle. He bats fairly well. He will probably show up better next year.
Curry batted better at the end than at the beginning of the season. He has the making of a good catcher but needs to practice throwing to second. At the latter part of the season he was bothered by a sore thumb. He is only fair as a base runner.
Blackshire is one of the star base runners of the team. He bats fairly well. As a third