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VOL. VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 22, 1913. No. 21.
LEWIS WOOD GOES
TO LONDON TOWN
Alumnus Will Represent New
York Tribune There.
Worked Several Years on The State
Before Going to New York.
Visits His Alma Mater.
Mr. Lewis Wood, an alumnus of
Carolina, delivered an interesting lit
tle impromptu tallk in chapel Wed
nesday, March 19th. Mr. Wood,
after graduating, became a reporter
on The State, but left in 1910 for
broader fields to conquer in the
realms of New York journalism. He
was shortly taken on The Tribune
staff and worked his way up to a
position as "rewrite" man on that
paper. When recently there came a
vacancy on the London staff, Mr.
Wood was chosen. He is visiting his
relatives and friends in Columbia
before sailing for England.
Mr. Wood, at the request of Dr.
Mitchell, told of some of his expe
riences as a metropolitan news
gatherer. His forte is interviews,
and he has written up conferences
with many interesting personages,
among them Woodrow Wilson,
Roosevelt, a prince of the Chinese
royal family, besides numerous au
thors, politicians, educators and bus
iness men. He followed Oscar
Straus, Progressive candidate for
governor of New York, on his cam
paign through New York, Ohio and
Illinois.
While gathering ship news at the
New York water front, he has had
many interesting experiences. He
went to meet the Carpathia bearing
the survivors of the ill-fated Ti
tanic. An amusing story was ob
tained from a tramp steamer that
had just reached port after a voyage
around the Horn from San Francis
co. While off the coast of South
America a speck was sighted in the
distance tossing on the crest of the
waves. Upon approaching it was
found to be a huge tree trunk with
a tiny negro clinging to it. It had
floated off into the ocean before the
little fellow had noticed, as lie was
playing "ship" on the beach. -is
only wearing apparel was a shirt that
reached to his knees, and a large but
ton (evidently obtained from some
cockney Englishman) with this ap
pealing inscription thereon, "Kiss
me, kidho, I'm sterilized."
In conclusion, Mr. Wood said that
his was an example of the life of the
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UNIVERSITY WINS
FROM CITY TEAM
Gamecock Nine Walks Over
Columbians 12 to 5.
Pre-season Game Attracted Much
Attention-Perritt Strikes Out
9 Out of 19.
It was 4:17 o'clock when play be
gan. Creighton went into the box
for the collegians, with vonKolnitz
behind the bat. Kreps took up the
twirling burden for the city team,
with Preacher McPherson doing
the receiving. From the start
there was scoring on both sides, and
the end of the third inning saw the
two team tied ul--5 to 5. Caro
lina then began to forge ahead, hav
ing at the final count 12 runs, al
though the city team outhit them by
two bingles.
Perritt Does Well.
At the start of the fifth round
Perritt went into the box for Caro
lina. Well did he perform his task.
Of the 19 batters that faced him, no
less than 9 were retired by the
strikeout route. His control was
almost perfect and his curves were
breaking in midseason form. In
the five innings he worked he al
lowed but one safe hit, a single to
left in the sixth by Seal. Not a
runner crossed the plate during his
stay on the mound. Perritt showed
all sorts of form.
Columbia.
AB R IB PO A E
Girardeau, If. . 5 0 2 0 2 0
Seal, Ib. . .. 5 O I 9, 2 I
Turner, cf. . . 5 2 3 0 0 1
Weir, rf. . . -5 1 2 3 1 0
Clark, 2b. . .. 4 0 0 I 2 1
Higl, ss. . . . 3 0 I 0 I 2
Sutherland, 3b.. 4 1 0 1 I I
McPherson, c.. 4 1 2 8 1 o
Kreps, p. . . .4 0 1 2 2 0
Totals. .. ..39 5 12 24 12 6
Carolina.
ABR IBPO AE
Edens, 2b. . . 2 1 1 0 5 1
Watts, cf. . . . 4 0 I I I 0
vonKolnitz, c. . 5 2 1 11 2 0
McMillan, 3b. . 4 3 2 3 0 0
Rudisill, ib. . 5 2 1 10 0 1
Owven, If. . . 4 2 2 0 0 1
McGowan, rf. - 3 0 I 0 0 0
Langston, rf. . o o o o o o
Boozer, ss- - - 3 0 0 2 4 0
Shuiler, ss. . . o o o o o o
Creighton, p . . 2 1 0 o I 0
Perritt, p. . . I 1 I 0 1 0
Totals -. - - 33 12 10 27 14 3
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STATE CONTESTANTS
SPIEL FORTH IN GHAPEL
Judges Select M. A. Wright as
Representative.
Preliminary in State Contest at Rock
Hill-J. D. Brandenburg Was
Second Place.
"The speeches delivered this even
ing, as a whole, have been the best
I have ever heard from this ros
trum," was the remark of Mr.
Lyles, one of the judges for the
State Preliminary Contest, held in
the University chapel on last Mon
clay night to select a speaker to rep
resent the University at the State
Oratorical Contest, which will be
held at Rock Hill on April 25th.
M. A. - Wright, Euphradian, of
Trenton, was awarded first place by
the judges, and J. D. Brandenburg,
Clariosophic, of Columbia, was sec
ond choice.
The speeches showed extraordi
nary preparation, originality and
style; the orators delivered them in
a manner and style highly creditable
to their societies. A large, enthusi
astic audience was present and
showed increased interest in the ex
ercises of the evening. The pro
gram of the evening follows:
R. P. Bellinger, Euphradian,
spoke on "The Eagle's Prey." He
dwelt on the tendency of the present
to grasp the dollar, and insatiable
desire of accumulating wealth. In
an instructive manner he portrayed
the business world of today. His
oration was composed of beautiful
style and went to the point.
B. M. Sawyer, Clariosophic,
spoke next on "The Indifferent Citi
zen." He showed the marked
necessity of the need of every citi
zen in politics, and emphasized that
the indifferent citizen was also re
sponsible for the condition of our
government and the character of its
officials. His speech was striking,
his delivery was pleasing, telling and
effective.
J. B. Murphy, Euphradian, had
"The Ideals of the Present" as his
subject. He showed that construc
tion versus destruction should be
among these ideals, and enumerated
the great beinefactors to mankind in
the medical anid other spheres. He
stressed the importance of college
graduates to lead in these affairs.
Murphy was in his usual good form.
A. C. Mann, Clariosophic, spoke
next on "Life, Love and Liberty,
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PENNSYLVANIA TEAM
SWIPES FIRST GAME
Keystone Nine Defeated Game
cock Crew 4 to 2.
Season Opens With Large Crowd.
Two More Games to be Played
This Week.
Carolina opened her 1913 base
ball season Thursday in the first of
a series of three games with La
fayette. The final tally showed the
score 4-2 in favor of the Keyston
ers. A good crowd was on hand
in spite of the threatening weather,
which, however, seemed to affect the
spirits of the fans, and only the
most spectacular play could drag out
its due of applause.
When Bill Clark, in the role of
"His Umps," announced batteries
and blew the whistle, the Gamecock
crew went in the field, and before
their turn came with the willow two
of the sons of Penn. had loped
across the plate. Again iitthe fifth
and in the seventh the visitors
shoved a man around all four cor
ners, but our fellows couldn't get
around till in the seventh, when
Tommy McMillan pulled off some
big league base running and landed
our first score. Next inning another
of our fellows came across, but tiy
as we might, we couldn't uncork
anything in the ninth. Neither
team at any time seemed booked for
a walk-over, and to the last twirl
things were interesting.
Perritt was the shining star for
the Garnet and Black bunch, pitch
ing a steady game, fielding well and
getting away with a three-bagger
and a two-base hit out of three times
up. Rudisill must also be put high
in'the list of luminaries. He played
his sack with skill and judgment,
and by his spectacular stop, cut the
opponents out of at least two runs.
At the bat, too, he showed he has
the goods. Tommy McMillan (e
serves no little credit for his heady
base running.
For the visitors, Forshee showed
up. exceedingly well, and although
this gentleman is, to say the least,
leisurely about doing it, he gets the
ball across the plate in such a wvay
that it is pretty hard to connect with.
In six innings he allowved only one
hit to be marked against him. Cap
taini Fager also showed up wvell for
the Northern lads.
The line-up was:
Lafayette, 4. Carolina, 2.
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