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Kansas University Weekly.
The Junior Laws Win.
The fourth of the class games was played last Friday between the Junior and Senior Law classes. The game was close and exciting at all times, the score up to the fifth inning standing 2 and 2.
The battery work of both teams was excellent, and the large crowd present voted that the Laws had put up the best game of the season.
The following is the score:
Juniors... 0 0 0 2 1 3 0-6
Seniors... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-2
Hits, Juniors 7, Seniors 4. Errors, Juniors 9, Seniors 7. Bases on balls, Blackshire 3, Clark 2. Struck out, Blackshire 8, Clark 4. Scorer, Walker.
University 20, Ottawa 10.
The Ottawa University base ball team went away from McCook field last Saturday evening a sadder and perhaps not a wiser band of young men. They had met ignominious defeat at the hands of the University base ball team, and yet there was scarcely anything in the playing of the Jayhawkers that could have greatly inspired or instructed them in the national game.
Both teams fielded loosely, the Ottawa boys making half as many errors as put outs. The features of the game were the batting and base running of the home team. Mr. Trushein of last summer's Independence team was batted all over the field, every man in the team making at least one hit off his delivery. Nine stolen bases is an excellent record for one game, and it is encouraging to note the skill the boys are acquiring in this essential element to successful playing. Captain Wagoner is teaching the team to play more for each other and less for themselves. It is runs and not base hits that win the games. A sacrifice hit is often of more worth than a hard smash for a big hit, and shows much more skill in batting.
Cochran, who is a new student from Beloit, played his first game with the team. Despite a sore finger he pitched a very effective game, striking out eight of the Ottawa batters. He has good speed and a cool head, and will make an excellent assistant to Wagoner. Outland caught another good game. Foster played right field, and did it well. He made a pretty
catch of the only ball that came his way, and got three hits at the bat. Burdict took a big brace in his batting, leading the team with four hits. Sherman, Wagoner, Mitchell and Foster came next with three each.
For the Ottawa team, Davis and Mitchell played the best game. Tracy made a couple of nice stops of hard hit balls. Eby's three base hit was the star play of the day for the Ottawa boys.
Archie Hogg umpired and gave perfect satisfaction to both teams.
The following is the score:
KANSAS.
KANSAS.
Sherman, c. f... 6 5 3 2 2 0 0
Wagoner, 2nd b... 5 1 3 0 1 2 1
Mitchell, 1st b... 5 4 3 2 5 1 1
Outland, c... 6 2 1 1 9 0 0
Blackshire, 3rd b... 6 2 1 2 3 2 1
Foster, r. f... 6 2 3 0 1 0 0
Griggs, l. f... 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Burdick, s. s... 6 1 4 1 2 3 1
Cochran, p... 5 2 1 1 1 8 2
Total... 50 20 20 9 24 16 7
OTTAWA.
Sheldon, c. f... 4 2 2 1 2 0 1
Dubach, l. f... 4 0 1 0 2 0 0
Davis, c... 5 1 3 1 4 2 1
Barnett, 2nd b... 5 0 1 0 4 3 2
Trushein, p... 5 1 2 0 0 3 0
Mitchell, 1st b... 5 0 0 0 8 2 2
Armstrong, 3rd b... 4 0 0 0 0 4 2
Eby, r. f... 4 3 1 0 1 0 2
Tracy, s. s... 4 3 2 0 2 4 3
Chapman, 3rd b... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Total... 41 10 12 2 24 19 13
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Kansas University... 4 1 7 0 1 2 1 4-20
Ottawa University... 2 0 0 3 2 3 0 0-10
SUMMARY:- Earned runs, Kansas 6; Ottawa 2. Two base hits, Cochran. Three base hits, Mitchell, Eby. Sacrifice hits, Sherman, Outland (2), Griggs, Burdict, Dubach, Barnett. Bases on balls, off Cochran 4, Trushein 2. Struck out, by Cochran 8, by Trushein 2, by Wagoner 1. Hit by hitched ball, Mitchell, Tracy. Based balls, Davis 1, Outland 1. Umpire Archie Hogg.
A BICYCLE club has not yet been formed by University wheelmen. A club of this kind would greatly benefit its members, provide means of amusement and by making trips in a body to Topeka and neighboring towns advertise the University.
Boating is attracting a great many students to the river. Mr. Keeny will quote you low prices.