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I it OF SiA, UIA VOL. III. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 13, 1910. No. 26. NIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET AT UNIVERSITY. Athletic Contest on Saturday a Great Suces. Easley Wins First Place, With Sumter Second-Meet to be Annual Affair. A most important step was taken by the University of South Carolina on May 7, in the organization and devel opment of State athletics. The event was the State inter-high school field meet, held on Davis Field, and organ ized by Gymnasium Instructor. Scho field, under the auspices of the Univer sity. The meet will take place annu ally, and in the one on Saturday, 14 high schools were represented. There were 61 contestants,-a really remark able showing for a form of athletics which is so little known as yet in this State. Judging from the meet this year, a great gathering of young ath letes may be looked forward to next season. This meet means much both to the State at large and to the Univer sity. It means the training of prep. school athletes, a long felt want in this section, and the raising of the athletic standard in South Carolina. But, best of all, it means that the University will practically have first choice of the young men of the State. The high school boys will naturally have a kin dred feeling towards the college, which has inaugurated, organized, and di rected a movement tending so enor mously to further their development and broaden their horizon. Dr. Mitch ell has most heartily ipproved of this move for which Professor Schofield is responsible. The first meet, held on Saturday, on Davis Field, was won by the Easley High School. Some really splendid records were made during the day. The individual honors were won by Folger, of Easley, being the winner, with 15 points and taking three first places. His team mate, Hester, was a (Continued on Page Eight.) Prof. Snowden Addresses Graduates. On Wednesday night, in the Acad emy of Music in Charleston, Prof. Yates Snowden addressed the gradu ating class of the Medical College of South Carolina. The class was the largest that has ever graduated from this venerable institution, and the house was padked with friends of the college who had come for the com mencement exercises and to 'hear Prof. Snowden's address. His speech was a most able one, and made a profound impression upon the audience. It showed at once Prof. Snowden's thor ough knowledge of the South and of medical conditions here, and was lis tened to with the deepest attention. BASEBALL SEASON Host Successful the Universi Straight Victories 0 VARSITY BASEBA The Carolina baseball team has just closed a most successful season. The team held a speedy gait throughout the year, too speedy a gait, in'fact, for the college ball of the State, and a trifle too fast for several colleges of other States. The Gamecocks, doubtless, could have more than held their own with any Southern college nine, ano would have shown up creditably against any amateur aggregation in the country. The poorest showing of the team was made early in the season, before the men had attained real form, against teams already in mid-season shape. When the home boys once started rolling, however, they were hard to stop, and gathered quite a good deal of moss during the process. After several successful ante-season games with local outfits, the college ball season opened in Columbia, when the strong, A. & M. of North Carolina team came (own. The game was a poor exhibition on the part of Caro lina. After out hitting her opponents two to one, she lost-8-4-on errors. Then Davidson journeyed hither ward for two games. The first game was a repetition of the A. & M. disas ter, but Carolina began to wake up, and the second game landed on the right side of the score sheet. The Citadel was beaten next in Charleston, with half of the Carolina team out of the game, and the College of Charles ton fared likewise in Columibia. Then came the crowning glory of the sea son, the Northern trip. Five games were scheduled, but only three came off. In this trio, however, Guilford College, V. P. I., and Washington andl Lee University, .fell victims to South FOR 1910 IS OV[R ty Has Had in Years-noEfight it of Twelve Games. LL TEAM FOR 1910. Carolina's prowess, and the return home celebrated by the coinplete anni hilation of the supposedly strong Wake Forest team. The Citadel next journeyed to Columbia, and was again defeated, thus making eight straight victories for Carolina! Just about this juncture the Carolinians suffered a batting slump, and the result was a double defeat by. the University of Georgia, 4-3, 1-0. Both games were beautiful, Georgia's fielding and pitch ers being the best seen here this sea son. These games closed a truly suc cessful season, eight victories having been won, and only four defeats hav ing been suffered. The entire team played great ball, and did great stick work, "Jim" Wideman leading the sluggers with tihe .corpulent average of .475. Great credit is due both to Manager Graydon and Captain Bel ser, the former for his ability in hand ling the team on trips, and for his treatment of visiting players, the latter for the able manner in which he kept the team together in critical moments. The following is the season's score: A. & M. of N. C., 8; Carolina, 4. Davidson College, 6; Carolina, 2. Davidson College, 5; Carolina, 10. Citadel, 1; Carolina, 3. College of Charleston, 4; Carolina, 8. Guilford College, 1; Carolina, 4. V. P. I., 1; Carolina, 4. WVasih. and Lee, 2; Carolina, 3. Wake Forest, 6 ;'Carolina, 14. Citadel, 1 ; Carolina, 5. Georgia, 4; Carolina, 3. Georgia, 1; Carolina, 0. Subscribe to TIut GAu1tc0CK. JIM WIDEMAN T LEAD BASEBALL, Is Elected Captain of Next Year's Varsity. Popular Third Baseman Comes to Honor-Has Good Record as Ball Player. At a meeting of the varsity baseball squad Wednesday night of last week, James W. Wideman was elected cap tain of the baseball team for the sea son of 1911. His election was a source of great satisfaction, not only to the team -but to the student body as well. In the one year he has been here, Jim has made many friends, and all of them rejoice at his election. The hon our is a well merited one, for his play ing at third (luring the past successful season has been of the top-notch variety, and assures Carolina of a winning team next year. Because of his ineligibility under the S. C. I. A. A. rules, Wideman was debarred, from four games in the University's sched tile during the past season, but in the remaining eight he proved a tower of strength to the Gamecocks. In the eight games he is credited with only one error and his batting average was .475. Wideman comes to Carolina from (Continued on Page Four.) JEFFRIES WINS GONZALES MEDAL. Many Contestants Try for the - Honour. R. l. Jeffries, '10, of the Clario sophic Society, won the Gonzales Medal in the last contest of the season. held on Wednesday night in the Uni versity chapel. The medal is a hand some gold one, and is offered annually by Mr. Gonzales to encourage oratory in the two societies, under whose auspices the contest is to be held every year. In this, the first contest for this medal, the speakers were all men of well-known ability andi power as speakers. The winner, Mr. Jeffries, had as his subject, "Anarchy, Mon archy, Democracy-Which Shall It Be," and he developed his subject well. Mr. Jeffries has an easy manner upon the floor and is a graceful speak dr. He was last year elected iunior president of the Clariosophic Society, and is a member of the Present senior class. In viewv of the sultry wveatljer, the audience was a v'ery credhitable one, and seemed to enjoy the performances. An orchestra played dlelightfully (lur ing the evening. Mr. T. S. McMillan was the presid ing officer and wvelcomied the audience, andl gave instructions to the judges in a speech that was both graceful and to (Con tinued on Page To'nht)