The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 12, 1910, Image 1
VOL. III. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 12, 1910. No. 18.
CAROLINA'S GREATEST
SON HONORED.
Statute of John C. Calhoun
Unveiled
IN STATUARY HALL OF CAPITOL.
Work of H. W. Ruckstuhl-Exer
cises Today.
At eleven o'clock today, a statue of
John C. Calhoun is unveiled in the
Statuary Hall of the Capitol at \'Vash
ington. The statuc is a magnificent
one of Italian marble, and compares
most favorably with any statue in the
Statue of John C. Calhoun, in Stattuary Hall at
Washington.
hall. It is the work of Mr. \VWll
ington Rickstuhl, the well-known
scullptor-, wh,]ose por-trayal of Genl.
Stade H Jampton in the State I louse
grounds has beo a source of so Wch
satisfaction. Almost two years ago,
the General Assembly appropriated
teii thotisand dollars for this statue,
and of this sum something like $9,500
has been used. The supervisionl of the
work has been ill the hands of a comn
mission, created by the Legislature,
and of this commission Governor
Ansel has been the enthusiastic chair
man. lie has given a great (eal of
time and thought to the wVork, and to
his interest is (tie much of the credit
for its success.
Tile exercises inl thle Capitol will
consist of two p)arts. One is at eleven
o'clock in thle Statuary H-all, which is
entirely in the hands (If Southl Caro
lina, and over which Governor Ansel
wvil1l)presidle. The statue will he unl
veiled at t.his time. andl all South
Carolinians and admirers of the great
statesman are invited to tile p)resenlt.
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W. G. BREITENSTEIN
TO COACH BALL TEAM.
Columbia League Player Ac
cepts Position.
TO TAKE CHARGE AT ONCE.
He Is a Good Player and Should
Put Out a Strong Team.
WVilliaim G. Breitenstein, a veteran
well-knowi to Columbia-fandom, has
been engaged to coach the University
of South Carolina's ball-tossers, for
the battles of the coming season. Mr.
lreitcnstein is an experienced ball
player, and a imai capable of inspiring
youngsters with confidence. Hle played
with the Columbia, S. A. L. team, dur
ing the season of 1909, and held down
every position on the field except that
of catcher, during his sojourn iwith the
club. He is thus capable of coaching
every position equally well. Mr:
Breitensteiii is to manage the Colum
hia clib, (luring this year's S. A. L.
peiait race, and will coach our nine
until his managerial duties become too
heavy for him tb carry both jobs at
oice.
Thei manager of the baseball team
wishes to acknowledge the receipt of
the following contributions for the
baseball fund:
Mr. John T. Roddey........$10 00
Mr. A. TI'. lardin........... 10 00
Mr. Lewis WN. Parker......... 5 00
Mr. lenry Hughes .......... 5 00
Mr. J. Roy Fant............ 5 00
Mr. Bratton lDavis ........... 5 00
Mr. Bernard Manning........ 5 00
Mr. David Uiamilton.. .......2 00
Mr. D. S. Matheson......... 2 00
Mr. D. R. Coker............. 1 00
Mr. Simon 11. Rich.......... 1 00
Baseball Game This After
noon.
The initial game of the varsity base
hall season will be played this after
niooni on Davis Field, with the Mechanl
ics. The game will be called promptly
at 4 o'clock, and the admission wvill be
tweity-five cents. h'lie Mechanics al
ways pt out a strong teai. and in tile
game this afternoon will have Thack
h1anm in the box. ''lhe game should he
an interesting one. and it is hoped that
a large crowd will be out. The re
iaining games of this series will be
played on the 16th and 19th of this
month.
Architecture as a Vocation.
C. C. WVilson, 1EsqI., spoke in chapel
last Monday morning upon the sub-.
ject, "Architecture as a Vocation."
Mr. Wilson is a very successful archii
tect, andl was well qualified to speak
on this subject. He is at p)resenlt the
architect of the new Scieince Hall, in
course of construction on Gibbes'
Green, and his remarks wvere listened
to with grreat interest by the students.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
IN PROGRESS.
Preliminary Games Being
Played Off.
THE FINALS NEXT WEEK.
Association Trying to Arrange
Inter-Collegiate Meet.
The Tennis tournament is progressing
very satisfactorily. Nearly all the first,
second and third rounds have been
played. President Ellis has given no
tice that all preliminary games must
be finished by tonight, so that the tour
nament may be ended early next week.
Every one interested in tennis
should come down to the court on
Gibbes' Green Monday and Tuesday
to see the semi-finals and finals. Much
rivalry has been manifested through
out these contests, and as they come
nearer to a close greater efforts will
be put forth. A fter this week the re
nainder of the tournament will be
played on Gibbes' Green, and Mr.
IlAmore Waring will act as the official
referee.
It is hoped that after the tourna
ment the Tennis Association will ar
range an intercollegiate meet with one
or more institutions in this State.
\Vith the interest which the tournamet
is creating Carolina should be able to
put out an excellent team this spring.
Thursday Nldht Lecture.
The second of a series of lectures
by Dr. Green, on recent archaeological
discoveries, was held in the chapel
'I rsda night. Dr. Green's subject
this w\,eek was "Rome" and lie handled
it in a way that was most satisfactory
to his audience. Dr. Greei was in
Rome a short time ago. and biy reason
of this fact imuch interest was added
to his treatment of his subject. A
large audience heard the address and
showed great enjoyment.
"No," remarks the editor, wim a
mocking smile, "I cannot use your
verses. You will pardon me for say
ing that -they utterly lack sense,
rhythm, meter, idea, form, construc
tion and everything else that should he
in a poem."
With a proud though peeved heart
the poet strode from the magazine
office, took his verses to a popular
song publisher, had them printed, and
wvithinm six months, a millionaire, came
back, bought the magazine, and fired
the editor.--Chicago Post.
Student (home for vacation):
"Bridget, i've just found another fly
in the milk.''
Bridget (appreciatively): "Begor
rah, it's wvonderful what collidge
trninin' wvill (1n for ye.''
CLASS BASE
BALL OVER.
Sophomores Win Champion
ship.
THREE EXCITING GAMES.
Much Good Material Brought Out.
The Score by Innings.
fit the pioiieer baseball game of the
season, last Friday, the Seniors were
completely overwhelmed and annihi
lated by the Junior nine. Up to the
eighth inning, the victims were only
one run to the bad, but in that fatal
roun(ld, Graydon, the veteran twirler,
was driven from the slab, in favor of
Ben lieve:-1y. At the end of the
eighth the score stood 11 to 0, in favor
of the Juniors, and thus it remained.
The entire Junior team hit the ball
hard. Stoney, however, led the field
vith four singles out of five efforts.
14e likewise assisted in a speedy
double. Havird did the best hitting
for the Seniors, with three out of four
times up. 1zlar, at short, robbed
"\Vild Bill' McGowan, the foxy slu
ger, of a hit. Score by innings:
R. 11. 1-.
Junliors . ..212 000 060-11 15 5
Seniors. .010 201 010- 5 7 6
IBatteries: Junior:;, W'yche and
Kirkland: Seniors, Graydon, Beverly
and lelser.
)n Saturday, the Sophs and l'resh
mlleni Imlixed it ill). Ten ronlds of
heartrenidiiig baseball resulted, with
tle flial count, in favor of ;the Sophs.
Lrp to the last three innings it looked
as if the lreshmen were destined to
battle in the finals. but the Soplis
rallied. and drove Irooks from the
box. l'oxwortli crossed the plate with
the wining run. I [s steady work be
hind the bat, and timely hitting was
one of the features. Watts robbed
Melillanl of a three bagger to deep
center. In the one inning in which he
operated. Harper struck out the oIly\
three batters to pass him. Score 1y
inigs:
R. Hf1. I.
Sophs. . . . .01 l 101 211 1-9 9 3
Freshmien. . . 100 100 201 0-' 1a 5
1atteries: Sophs. Shaw, I-arper
and Foxworth ; Preshlien, I rooks
Rile% and Mills.
s a result of AlonidaNy's fusillade,
he Sophomores will hold tihe Flinil
cup for a y.ear. In that scrilimange.
the viclors acte en tirely withonit re
g~ardl for the J unior feelings. WVychec
was (drivenl from the mound11( dutrinig
the pro gress of the a ft ernoon,. and was
supl ercedled by Jones. A\ comb)inlation
of hits and miscues, hlowever, add(edi
still further to the score of the onrush
ing Sophis. [-arper pitchedl steady
hall, and was caught in masterly style
by Foxworth. McMlillan covered
several square miles of territory. and(
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