The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 17, 1915, Image 1
__VOL.__-V____ ITNIVEITIIY OF. SOUTH CA&VOLINA COLUMBIA, S. C.. APRIL 17. 1915. Nn_ 9I
CAOLINA WINS fIRST
FRQM DAVIDSON EAM
Babe Adams jHoJds Tarbeejs
to Three Hits.
Plaxico Knocked !Iome Run.
tjniversi*y Teamp Drqve,Ball
to all CorUers of Field.
Columbia,aud _Augusta haven't
a thing on. Carolina and -David
son. No less than 15 errors. and
15 hits, two of which were home
runs and four three-base hits,
were made in the game. Caro
lina won the game. by the .score
of 12 to .4. Well did garolina
christen the new fence.
The score of Davidson would dis
credit Adams' pitehing to one
who did not see the .,game. - But
it was just the opposite, for
Adams held the visitors down to
two clean hits and one .sciatch
hit, besides fanning a goodly
number. Adams also got a
three-base .hit which lacked only
two inches of clearing the new
fence. Plaxico knocked a clean
home run with the bases filled in
the fourth inning. The "pep''
was the best since the Clemson
football game. The parade to
C. F. W. was great and well at
tended.
The first two innings rocked
along steadily, each team get
ting one hit. The noise started
in the third inning after two
men were down for Davidson.
Errors by Clark, Smith and
Richards let in two runs and left
one man on base. Austin then
hit a clean single to right but
Martin misjudged the ball and it
went for a home run. Carolina
went out in fast order in this
same inning.
Adams fanned two out of
three in the next inning. Here
the ball stopped rolling up hill.
Richards was safe on error.
Martin hit between left and
right. Barksdale walked. Af
ter Smith and Horton were out,
Clark scored an infield hit, send
ing Richards home. On an error
by the short-stop, Adams was
safe at first and Martin scored.
Then, one known to the world
as Plaxico stepped to the plate
and hit the second ball to the
fence for a clean home run.
Carolina scored four more in
the fifth. Richards doubled,
went to third on a passed ball
and scored on Martin's three,
base hit. The short-stop threw
Smith's bunt over first's head'
and Martin scored. Smith scor
(Contintweaa. "nIa age I,
STRONG TEAMStCONT ST
4E9R(A. TENN.gSEE
Represent University jip Tri
angular Debate.
lMerrnimon and Schwartz Wir
Affirmative-Dudley and Mc
Innes Cop Negative.
,Thprsday and Friday evening
the preliminaries for the Tri
angular Debate were held. The
affirmative primary was held
Thursday evtning. Messrs.
Griffith, Merr mon, Hanna, and
clwrtz spoke. Schwartz and
. jerriqnQ1 will represent Caro
lia against Tegnpse at Athens.
The negative primary was held
Friday evening. Messrs. Hor
ger, Feethertone, Tolbert, Dud
lcy, and Mcinnes contested.
The last two named were chosen
to debate againt , Georgia at
Knoxville. In these two teams
Carolina is strongly represented
and a creditable showing in the
finals on May 1 is certain. Dqd
ley represented Carolina against
Virginia last year, while McIn
nes spoke against Georgia. Mer
rimon bears a brilliant oratorical
record at the Citadel, having
won first honors in the State
Oratorical at Greenwood in 1909.
Schwartz is an old head at
Carolina. These teams are com
posed of four of Carolina's best
speakers. All have had training
in debating and confidently ex
pect to win their respective con
tests.
TRACK TEAM TO
.MEET DAVIDSON
Exhibition Here and at David.
son- Plaxico is Eligible.
Official announcements have
been given out that Carolina will
meet Davidson in two track
meets during early May. The
meet with Wofford some time
ago was the first held here for
several years and was a great
affair. In May Carolina will
meet Davidson in Columbia and
on the 5th they will meet Dav
idson at Davidson. These dates
may be changed slightly, but the
meets are -certainties. Plaxico,
who was ruled out of the Wof
ford meet, will be eligible, and
will add to CarQlina's chances
of winning. The .manager is
trying to arrange with the
Columbia Y. M. C. A. for a
meet. with their team in the
near future and very probably
will gret it.
HIGH SCHOOL MEETS
HERE NEXT WEEK
Young Declaimers and Track
Aspirants Clash 22-23.
Forty High Schools Represent
ing 140 Pupils Contest on
Davis Field.
The annual State High School
Track and Oratorical Contest
will take place at the University,
April 22-23. Forty schools will
be represented. Last year
thirty sent representatives and
twenty three the year before.
From this, it is seen that the
Association is growing. The
meet this year will be of much
greater interest and importance,
although last year it was a great
affair.
On the afternoon of April 22
the oratorical preliminaries will
be held in the society halls.
The speah.ers will be cut down. to
eight. In the evening the eight
will meet in the chapel for the
final contest. The order of the
speakers will be decided by the
! executive committee. A gold
medal will be given for first and
second places, and a trophy cup
will be awarded to the winning
school. A. L. Wardlaw of the
Wofford Fitting School won first
place last year and Raynor Lehr of
the Furman Fitting School sec
ond place.
In the morning of the 23rd the
preliminaries and semi-finals for
the track meet will take place.
In the afternoon the finals will
be held. Director Blackburn
and LaMotte will assist on the
field.
A trophy cup will be awarded
to the school scoring a plurality
of points. In case of a tie for
the cup each school shall be a
warded one. Clio High School
gained the trophy last year with
19 points.
The representatives of the 40
high schools, 140 in number, will
be entertained on the campus.
The different committees are
doing everything possible to in
sure the success of the meet. A
committee has been appointed
by the student body to arrange
for the assigning of rooms to the
visitors. This committee is
composed of Kizer, chairman,
Waters, H. C. Brearley, Blatt,
Dabbs, Anderson, J. R. Harri
son, and A. E. Geer. To make
the meet a success every student
is asked to cooperate with this
committee and get the visitors
roomed.
HOME SEASON ENDS
WITH WAKE FOREST
Team Leaves on Trip Next
Wednesday.
Plays Davidson at Rock Hill on
Journey- Club in Good
Condition.
Carolina will play her last game
on the home grounds with Wake
Forest, Monday and Tuesday of
next week. The Wake Forest
team has been showing good
form lately, winning several
victories. The Baptists are cer
tain to receive defeat from Care
lina if the students back the team
as they did in the first Davidson
game. Carolina won two games
from Wake Forest last year and
with the team working hard as it
has been, Carolina should repeat
her success this year. Since this
is the last game to be played in
Columbia every student should
make special efforts to be present
and give the team his share of
support. It is unfortunate that
more games were not played
here but the lack of a fence
around the field caused five
games to be cancelled.
Ths squad will start on the
trip next Wednesday and be gone
rine days.
The first game will be played
with Wake Forest at Chapel Hill
on Thursday. Next the team
journeys to North Carolina A. &
M. for one game. Trinity Col
lege will be played on Saturday
and the University of North
Carolina on Monday, April 26.
Then Carolina meets the Guilford
artists. The game with Belmont
College has been cancelled and
Carolina will play Davidson at
Rock Hill' on ,that date. The
team will lay over on the preced
ing day if no other game is sched
uled. A large number of-stu
dents going to the oratorical
contest expect to go up a day
early to see Carolina take the
deciding game from Davidson.
Prof. Long to Lecture.
Professor W. W. Long of
Clemson will lecture on Farm
Demonstration Work in the
Schools, in LeConte college
April 23 at 8:30 p. m. This lec
ture is a part of the United
States farm demonstration work
which is being carried on all over
this country.
This is certain to be an excel
lent lecture and one which every
student should attend.