Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BIDDIE PRACTICE UNCOVERS SOME GOOD MATERIAL Eleven Promising Looking Pros pects Report for Mound Duties SOME FAST FIELDERS OUT Crack Infield Get Coach's Special Attention-Two Sets of Infielders Harder and harder Coach Burnett Stoney works his freshmen baseball tribe every day out on their football field behind the infirmary and more and more he is able to discern, fron. the mass of candidates, the ones who will ultimately constitute the Biddie's baseball team of 1925. Some who are exceptionally good already stand head and shoulders above their colleagues and are pretty well assured of tlicir place in the sun. The work that has been done this week by the squad is nerely a contin uation of the same kind of practice held last week. It is a hard and regti lar drill but only by it, the coaches opine, can the gold be drawn from tl,e dross. Eleven pitchers present a pleasirg array of material to the eyes of Sto ney from which lie will be able '0 build quite a formidable staff of twirler Charley Durham. of Chester, is a righthander and joins the juvenile birds with a good reputation. He can con trol his tosses and mix them tip. Leon Drake, brother of the profes sional Logan Drake of the 'lTexas lea gue, also turns them loose from his starboard side and has the best forn of the lot. He comes from Hastoc Lefty Godshall of Union and Rig gins of Greenville, are two left-handed moundsmen both of whom display the ability, rare aiong portsiders, of hw ing good control. The two hast also of a fast ball. Leo Thomas. from last yeari slate champion Columbia High School teao. has a gracious plenty of stufi but has found it hard to control. The coach expects him to come through al! right. Hollis, from BinghaM. is a .J wI shoots them from his left side and who is expected to contribute munch to the team. Bessinger, H-ilderburand, Scott. \h ;y, and Farr all carry a bunch of p...nl'rs ando any of them might gra'hmua to the statioii of first rank p)itchier hefore the seasoni endos. On the receiving end of the battery Sam Burke of H-amipton, V"a., has bei showing the way thbus far and is lead. ing the whole team ini hitting Wilkins Swink is doing well ini the umechanic~al phase of catching but has not b)een able to locate the elusive pill. Ralj h Batuknight stand(s on dleck for the job by hiittinig consistently. TI. J. Brown (Continiued to IPage 6, Colunm 2) THERE HAVE BEEN manyv coin-. mient s miade lately about thle miulti - tiudes of athletes that swarm Davis field every afternoon. It seemis as if everybody in thle school is out for someting. DUE TIO TrHE FACTI that the wrestl ing andI boxing teams could not raise money to take a long trip they are without a schedule this year. It is too bad the other schools in this section do not go out for these minor sports. SOON TIHE STOR M will break. Soon the deluge of spring athletic attrac tions at the roost v:'i be upon tus. Sooin tennis, track, baseball, gym. !andball and pingpong meets will follow one another in quick suc cession. Soon this office will catch the "old Harry." POR OF ALL SORT Fred Minshall, Editor UST ING THE GOOD OLD hard work formula is the one the coaches are now working out on the varsity and freshman baseball squads.- Little change has been made recently in the order of practice, instead, the regulation hitting exercises, few inning gaies and infield practice constitute the daily program. ALT HOUGH the steady routine duties become monotonous to the players only through them can a team be chosen fairly. There are such things in a ball player's life as "off days" and two or three of these might throw an excellent player out of the running at the very first of the season. "Getting the eye on the ball" seems also to be a matter of time with some peachy hitters who might be dropped before they reached their form. It is the in tention of the Carolina coaches to give their men every chance in the world to prove themselves. WATCH OUT for this bunch of Bid (lie pitchers now being tutored under the watchful eyes of Burnett Sto ney. They are already showing class and unless something happens we believe soie of them should easily go into league baseball. "DADDY BILL" HOLLAND came down to Davis field Wednesday to look over Bocock's boys working out on the diamond. Bill is practic ing law in Columbia with Claud N. Sapp. and says he has reached the end of his baseball days. He was captain of the Gamecock nine last year. "Strong" Men and Two snapshots of this year's Caro lina gym team which is to give a series of exhibitions soon in nearby towns. Trhe top picture is the first Carolina co-ed team and is composed of the following girls, left to ..ight. Iren TS GYM TEAM WILL - GIVE EXHIBITIONS ON SHORT TRIPS Will Go To Chester, Bamberg, Hartsville and Florence CO-EDS TO MAKE TRIPS Orchestra Has Been Organized to Accompany Acting With Music The Carolina gym team has con pleted its schedule and will begin their exhibitions next Friday night when the State Teachers meeting comes to Col umbia. The first show will take place in the gymnasium. The troupe has arranged deinnitely% also dates in Ridge way, April 16th. Chester April 10th and Eastover, April 3rd. The dates for showings in Florence, Hartsville and Bamberg have not been fixed. The boys who will make the trip" on the team" are: Charley Lynn, George Tompkins. Jim Cooper, Donald Mc Queen, Glen Pool, Graham Sumimers and Sewell Hawkins. Instructor Bill Poole will also be along and will parti cipate. Carolina's first co-ed gym team con. posed of the following girls will go along: Ethel Ann McLure, Maud Hud son, Irene Mears, Irene Richardson. Ora Mae Jackson, Irene Shaver, Eva J. Lockman. The girls will have spe cial acts on the program and accor(l ing to the instructor they carry them off in first-class style. The programs will sport the follow ing features: Tumbling, by boys and girls; dancing, by girls ; Clog dancing, by Ernest Hughes; apparatus, by boys and girls; juggling, barbells, pyra mids ; balancing ; quartet, boy's and girl's and an orchestra. The ready-made orchestra, the Gym (Continued to Page 6, Column 2) Vomen of Carolina Mears, Eva J. L.ockman, Irene Rich ardlson, Irene Shaver, lithel Ann Mc Lure and Maudl Hudson. The lowc r photo shows Bill Poole doing a balanc ing act with George Tompkins and the whole team in the background PHONE 5181 Yellow Cab Company DAY AND NIGHT The Cars That Carry Insurance For You SHAVING SUPPLIES HAIR TONICS, HAIR OILS, "STACOMB" AND MANY OTHER TOILET ARTICLES Columbia Barbers' Supply Company 1326 Main Street Columbia, S. C. 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