THE BATTALION
7
CHIPS FROM THE DIAMOND
The baseball season is about in
full swing and we are expectantly
awaiting our future battles.
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Perhaps, it might be a good idea
to give a kind of retrospect of the
men who will represent us on the
diamond this year, so here it goes:
We have as coaches this year I).
X. Bible and Paul Sentell; of the
the former, no doubt we are all more,
or less familiar, the latter is a new
comer in our midst, but one who has
made his name in the national game
and is of a tried quality. He pos
sesses all the essentials of a suc
cessful ball player, ability, aggres
siveness, and pep, “yea, verily I say
an abundance of it.” Of course
these three characteristics, the last
two are no doubt of the greatest
importance, for a team that has no
fight or pep is a beaten one no mat
ter how much natural talent it may
possess. Any one who has found
his way out to the ball lot can see
that this theory is being put into
play, for never before has a team
displayed so much pep and old time
“ginger” as our men are showing
at the present time. Here’s hoping
they do not let it die but keep it up
all through the season, if such is
the case you can put it down in the
old score book that A. and M. is
headed for another championship.
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Next in importance comes a per
sonage always felt on any nine, the
captain, and we are indeed blest
this year with one of the best field
engineers in college baseball, namely
in the personage of Jud Lewis. Lewis
has always been a consistent player,
never erratic or what is commonly
known as a “flash in the pan”. He
plays Tflfe position as the veteran of
many years, and is hard working and
deserving. Here’s to the one best
captain we have had in many a year.
May he never know what it is like
to taste defeat while captain of A.
and M.
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In almost all position we have 9
letter man out, but they are by no
means assured of a position, espec
ially those letter men who grace the
infield; however, it might be a safe
bet to wager that the out field will
consist of letter men, unless some
unusual phenomen turns up. Who
can imagine a better out field than
Mathews, Guinon and Glezen? It al
most sounds like Jackson, Speaker
and Cobb.
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Mathews and Guinon are letter*
men from last year, and they are
men who can be relied on in a pinch,
when the old blow is required, and
that is what counts in any old ball
game. Last year both men fielded
well and hit when a hit was needed.
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In Axel Glezen we have a letter
man of two years ago. Due to a
rash act of his last year he was not
eligible. Everyone felt sorry for
Axel when he could not get in and
we all felt like he did in the matter,
for it seemed hardly fair to keep a
man out the whole year just because
he signed up to go to the Univer
sity and never even got so far as
to go to a class. Glezen swears he
is going to make up for that year
he lost out, this season, and anyone
who saw him play in ’17 can imagine
what thas was going to be for Axel
did not hit but about .500 and field
around a thousand.
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In the infield we have Rhode and
Dwyer battling it out at first.
Lackey, Higginbotham, Smith, Gle
zen and James are the other conten-
dents for the infield jobs.
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Rhode has made the team for the
last three years, being one of the
Fish that made the team in ’17; he
has always been a good hitter and a
fair fielder.
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Dwyer is a new man out for the
team, as in ’17 he was not eligible,
and did not get to show his ability.
He has shown up exceptionally well
in practice this year and last sum
mer played amateur ball with a San
Antonio team and attracted consid
erable attention.
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Lackey at second is fielding in his
old time style which is as much as
one could expect, and much to the
pleasure of all is picking up in his
hitting, which was his only weak
point as he has the old pep and is
always giving the opposition a good
guying.
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Higginbotham no doubt will be
seen this year cavorting around
short which to say the least is one
of the most difficult places on the
diamond to play, and one which re
quires a man who can cover a lot of
territory and has a cool head and in
“Hig”. we think we have the man
for just such a position.
Behind the plate we have three
likely candidates, all of whom are
showing up exceptionally well, Craw
ford is whipping the ball down to
second in the practice games with
death-like percision, which seems to
be a bad sign for anyone who will
attempt to pilfer a base on him this
season. Dynan and Moore are out
every day and showing a world of
stuff, and it might not be amiss to
say that this year sees us with a
supply of good catchers such as we
have never had before.
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On the pitchers’ mound we have
an entire new array of material,
none of which have ever pitched a
game for A. and M. All of the
chunckers are showing speed and a
good curve ball. Henderson, a new
man is showing up fine and he will
more than likely make many a bat
ter look like a dub before the sea
son is over. Sprague, our left
hander, is showing that quality which
is generally woefully lacking in
most all southpaws—control—if once
he has that, it will be very few games
that will be put on the lost side of
his record. Others who will bear
watching are Alexander. Boykin and
Farrell.
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With such a collection of talent it
should not be hard to wager a guess
as to how the outcome of most of
the games will be, so let’s go out
and watch an A. and M. champion
ship team in action, for we do not
intend to let such a successful ath
letic season as the one through which
we are passing go by without being
able to claim a championship base
ball team.
’Tis midnight and the setting sun
Is slowly rising in the West,
The rapid rivers slowly run, the
Frog is on his downy nest.
The pensive goat and sportive cow
Hilariously leap from bough to
bough.
Fish (finding some rubber in
Sbisa’s hash) “Oh, another instance
of the auto taking the place of the
horse.”
WHAT IF?
All lawyers were forced to become
boot-leggers in order to be admitted
to the bar.
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You were requested to sing at a
party given by that dainty little
thing you once called perfection?
Would you be tempted to render “I
gave her that“ or “I want it Back”?
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Sherman’s famous saying was ap
plied to Junior banquets.
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R. O. T. C. meant the happiest
part of my school days; A. M. O. L.
meant “stay as long as you like”;
Y. M. C. A. meant “welcome to our
home of hospitality”? Could you
then use this as a code in decipher
ing “B. U. D.”
Little cuts in February,
The Junior banquet in March,
Make Exams at Easter
Look as stiff as starch.
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