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Kansas University Weekly.
C. W. ARMOR.
Capt. Foot Ball Team
HENRY WAGNER Capt. Base Ball Team
The Season's Class Games.
Possibly there has been no innovation in the realm of local athletics that has met with such genuine and hearty approval as the class base ball games of the season. The class games have many features about them that might recommend them to a permanent place on the athletic schedule of University affairs.
The class games were inaugurated for the purpose of arousing interest in the great national game, and to furnish timber for the representative 'Varsity team. They have outdone the expectations of the originators, for while they have undoubtedly created a considerable enthusiasm in base ball, the number and excellence of the class gratis games have detracted from the attendance of the 'Varsity games. This could be remedied in the future by keeping the 'Varsity team men out of the class games.
The Prep. Medics-Specials proved to be a combination hard to beat, and in an interesting game with the Junior Laws won the distinction of class champions.
Right here we wish to say a word for the originator of the class games. Prof. Adams proposed the idea of the games and has been largely responsible for their success. No man in the University has worked harder during the past year for the upholding of the athletics of the University than Mr. Adams, and for assuming this responsibility he has been compensated with abuse. Prof. Adams has labored diligently, faithfully and fairly for the Athletic Association in its relation to the University, and we deplore the fact that even one member of the student body, whoever he may be, should have the poor taste to criticise his excellence and gratutious services.
That Faculty—Senior Game.
The Faculty base ball game was the ice cream soda for the Seniors of'96.
It used to be that the Faculty were invincible to the Senior Class teams, but that day has gone by. It may be that the Faculty have lost heart in the popular cry for "young blood" in all departments of life, and think their cause a hopeless one, or it may be that the professors are getting too old—to play base ball.
In any event it looks like a clean case of ingratitude that these Seniors, as a parting salute to the kind and patient instructors, who have for four yesrs guided their foot-steps in the ways of truth and knowledge, should see fit to humiliate the Faculty as they did the other day.
We wish the Managing Editor would give us the space to elaborate more fully on the pros and cons of the games—the effort was certainly deserving of it. Chancellor Snow did not play in the game. He came upon the field in the third inning to announce that word from Topeka stated every indication was for a cyclone. The Seniors could not be reconciled to the prophecy, but insisted on a game of at least five innings, when the score stood 19 to 3 against the Faculty.
THE SCORE IS AS FOLLOWS:
Faculty AB A BH PO A E
Newson, 1 f. 3 0 0 1 0 2
McClung, 3 b. 2 0 0 0 2 1
Cowan, p. 3 1 1 3 3 3
Canfield, 2 b. 3 1 2 2 2 0
Adams, c f. 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jones, s.s. 2 0 1 0 2 0
Snow, r.f. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ward, 1 b. 1 0 0 6 0 1
Dunstan, c. 2 0 0 3 0 1
Total. 19 3 5 15 9 8
Seniors AB A BH PO A E
Hill, p. 4 8 1 0 8 0
Griffth, 1 b. 5 3 1 3 0 0
Ludium, s.s. 5 1 0 0 0 0
Wagoner, 2 b. 4 2 1 3 2 0
McMurray, 3 b. 4 3 0 0 0 1
Squires, c. 4 2 3 8 2 0
Crew, 1 f. 4 1 1 0 0 0
*Daniels, c.f. 2 2 0 0 0 0
Patten, r.f. 4 2 1 0 0 0
Total. 36 19 8 14 12 1
*Daniels one hit by batted ball.
SCORE.
Faculty. 0 0 0 2 1 3
Seniors. 3 10 2 1 3 19
Summary: Earned runs, Faculty 3. Seniors 3; 2 base hits
Canfield; home runs Ludium; Double plays, Canfield to
Cowan to Ward; stolen bases, Adams, McMurray, Wagoner;
struck out, by Cowan 3. McClung 1. Hill 8; bases on balls, off,
Cowan 2, McClung 1, Hill 4. Time of game 3 hours and 40
minutes. Umpire, Outland score Miller.
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