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" A little nonsense liow aud then ís relished by the best of It was a great game and yefe not as gmat as antieipated. The eontest Katurday afternoon, between a nine (from the faculty oif the Univerfilty and one selected at landom fi'om the faculty of the Ann Ar■bor Higih School a,nd ttim ctt(y' Board of education is referred to. The facfc of tlMj matter Ss both sides had practiced upon th-e sly with the diTect and avowed intention of doing the otlier sido up. Ais a consequence the game was too good to ba really funny, and not {yood enough to he thrilling for tlie general ran of rooters, wlio started out very cntlmsiastlcally as thiis will indícate : Prof Pattengiill in da.ys of yore was a star player on the 'tXntversity nine, and wlien he came to the plate with a glitter ki hia eye and a ball club built in proportion to himself, in hifl hands, it made Catcher Springer pull his cap down Over his face and isquint up hls left eye like unto1 this : School Commissioner Wedemeyer an alumnus of 1oth institutions, did the umpiring. He was selecfed not no much íot hts knowledge ,oi base ball, as tor hi good looks and iine physique Eo'tli sides thought neither ■ivould dare Base tlie umpire and thus ru the risk of expulsión from participating in ath'.etics in the future. Dut ■svhen McXaughlln of the U. of M's tried to steal a base aind score, there was a moment of indecisión on the part of the umpire wliieh lost liim prestige and several decisions caused cursas sub wee afterward. In the first Inning the Fniversity men got badly rattled, and nllowed their opponents to scpre six runs, luit in the Recomí tliey rallied somewihat, nnd the oxcitement when ■Vorcester made a base hit was simply intense. Our artist pietures the scène : A frte-nrt who viewed the game saye: Dr. Lombard was a small ganie all by Mtnself, and the lnldiéb forgbt o look .at anybödy else wheh hij? fe-etup carne in eTidehoe. He wore a yellO'w and blue Btraw hat two Seet wide, yellOAv and blue tie ajad had a ellow aal blue "S" for imiTersity Bnate on his back. La.ter oin lie beeame a etar attraction by catchmg several high flies Ín gemuine Eddie Shields style. Tbe g'reat strengtli oí the Universities was in thelr pitchers. They did poor work on thejstart, but iniproved in the second inning. Patterson giTing way to Prof. Trueblood ln the third, who a-fter he got his nerves quieted and niuscles limbei'ed up, was a bird, improTing with every inn[Continued on 4th pagel BETTER THAN MERE WORDS (Continuad fromflrst page.) ing, (just mie). He very seldom had :i called on liim, Irat when it carne to nn ;he was simply equal to if nút the superior öf Sexton. CCIhis repii(j3eat a close decisión in the 2d inning, luit it was and tlie umpire carne iuf for more 'SU1 Vli.'l'. It was ki the third inning that the gn-eat play of the game waB made by Prof. Lombard. There was but one run made that time, and it was made by the Prof. obeying instructions to ' When the ftfth inning was called each side appeared somewhat 'grogIgy" in prize ring vernacular, and the umpire witfo his qulck wit divined how botti sides feit about it. Here was (nis opportunity to feet back lus lost prestige, and when he suggested that he should oall the game on the 5th Inning, hoartfclt words of praise gavo place to those bordering on the proprofane wliich had been mentally said a little time before. The umpire emiled a satisfactory smile. He had won ttie game. This is the score by ■ Innings 1 12 3 4 5 H115I1 School 6 2 2 0 0-10 Lmversity 2 3 2 10-8 Batteries- For High School : Joycelyn and Springer. For Universlty: Patterson, Trueblood, McLaughliu and Scott aud Pattersou. The gate receipts were donated ta tibe ■Yom:uis Gym fund, and aggreeated $46. Too' bad they couldn't hare made it asx even f?50, but it wae not properly advertlsed.