Faculty Base Ball

Those who were fortnnate enongh to visit tbe athletio field Saturday afteruoon, were sorry that such exhibitions of skill and physical endurauce on the diamond are not given ofteuei'. The rivals for the championship honors were tweuty or more rnembers of tbe University senate and faculty of the Ann Arbor High School, with a few old time players of the board of education, who, fearful that tbe young professors froni the hill would dbfeat the high school, lent their aid and are now limping around witb swollen nmscles as a resnlt. Each side had its "rooters" and "howlers" on haad and woids of encourageiuent greeted eaoh player as he stepped up to bat. The game was a wonderful oue, beside which the late Chicago-Michigan series was as a side-show to the big circus. The costumes of the players were varied and tinique, each player evidently planning to get something entirely different from his fellows. J. T. Jacobs in a snit of immaculate white duok was in strong contrast to Dr. Lombard, who covered left field for the nniversity, ciad, among other tbings, in a linen duster and big straw bat, and carrying a big Japanese parasol with ■which he protected himelf from the snn during the playing. A few of the high School team appeared in regular baseball suits, and this had much to do with their victory, as it cast a feeling of almost certain defeat over the university men eveiy time they looked at those suits. The university professors nearly all wore tennis suits or knickerbockers, and J. E. Beal and John R. Miner made their first appearance in the latter snit, the tall and not very fleshy form of the chairman of the board of supervisors startliug even his elosest friends in this attire. W. W. Wederneyer acted as umpire and from the center of the infield rendered decisions for whioh any ordinary man would have been mobbed, but his tall figure and oommanding form was protection to him. Previous to the game the high school battery vainly practiced with L. D. Wines and Prof. Perry at the bat in an effort to get either of these gentlemen so they could hit a pitched ball, but finaily gave itup and game Vas called. The universitv team went to bat first and things looked discouraging for the high school representatives when Worcester hit the very first ball for two bases aud was foiiowed by Trueblood, who nearly scared J. T. Jacobs to death by a big liner that was making straight for him. J. T. got out of the way, ifinally managing to catch up with the rolliug sphere and throw it about ten feet over the first baseman's head, Worcester scoring and Trueblood going to second. After Fitzgerald had been struck out, Patterson knocked a fly to short, which Beal snrprised himself and everybody else by catching and hanging on to. Pattengill, who has a college-days' reputation of having knocked a ball over the medical building, raade a scratch hit and reáched fiiíst. He started to walk down to second, but Jocelyn would not havo it that way and Pattengill was put out, although Pattengill kicked and thought Jocelyn had no rigbt to throw the ball to flrst without giving him warning. The high school team canae to bat with a determination to win or die expression on every face. E. H. Scott grabbed the bat and hit for a base and went around to third on a wild throw, and home on a passed ball. Beal made a hit and then Springer knocked a nice easy fly right out where Prof. Pattengill was standing. The professor saw it coming, rubbed nis hands together and made ready for it. But the professor changed bis mind about this time. Those hands of his had not run up agaiust anything so hard as a base ball in many years. He quietly stepped back abont ten feet and the ball bounded to him. In tbe meantime Beal bad crossed the home plate and Springer was going for tbird. Pat. threw to third, bnt misjudged the base by about 50 feet and Springer went home. Jocelyn made a hit and then proceeded to steal his way around to home as though the university players were uot there. J. T. Jacobs made several attempts to hit the ball and finally did it, the sphere lying about sis feet in front of hirn. Jacobs thought bis duty ended when he hit the ball, and uo power 02 earth could move him towards first base, as he stood proudly eyeing the ball and resting on his club uutil the pitcher had time to come up and put him out. Gainmon made a hit and Perry went out on strikes. Wines and Miner couldn't bat as well as Jacobs, but they both have long legs and know how to use them, each reaching first, although neither carne within a foot of hitting the ball. Scott eoded the inning by striking out, the score then standing 6 to 2 in favor of the High School. The Argus had intended to give a detailed account of each of the five innings, but oommencement exercises and other important eventshave crowded tbe paper for space, so that the above is given only as a sample of the rest of the game. It was filled witli star plays, soientific points aud heavy battiug. Among the most noticeable efïorts were those of Supt. Perry, who rned to catch every ball that was batted, and mauaged to fall down each time he tried or else kicked the ball 10 or 15 yards further away every time he reached down to piek it up. In batting, J. T. Jacobs carried off the honors, but not a score did he make, owing to his prejudice agaiust assooiating with the basemen of the opposing nine, and the distance he had to run to get around to home plate again. J. E. Beal was the star all-around performer, caught several flies, hit the ball every tiJHe it was pitchecLfor him and ecored tfcre inas. ,, - Ihe University uine made up their rninds that they bad forgotteu all about the national game in the first half of the fifth inning and acknowledged their defeat, the score then standing 10 to 8 in favor of the H.gh Schools, the latter asserting that it was only out of their respect for the feelings of their university fraters tbat it was not 40 to 8 instead. The receipts amounting to $66 were donated to the woman's gymnasium fund.