VMI Cadet. February 1, 1913

              VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTLTUTB, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1913 NO. 16
LYNCHBURG Y. M.
C. A. DEFEATED
Goes Down for First Time Before On-slaught
of Varsity—Banner Year
in Athletics Started With
a Rush
Varsity Basketball Quint^ put the
banner in the banner year, when in
the first game of the basketball sea-son,
the quint representing Lynchburg
Y. M. C. A. met defeat at their
^ hands for the first time in history to
t h e tune of 24 to 22.
I. "All things come to him who will
but w a i t , " is an old saying that
different people have been believing
in and also doubting for the last hun-dred
years, but the real significance
of the proverb was brought to light
in the present athletic year at V. M.
I. Judging from the rceord that was
to be looked back upon, who ever
thought that V. M. I. would have
beaten a team, t h a t in their history of
five years experience with the same
men, and with a record of only one
game lost in t h a t interval, had down-ed
the Varsity by an overwhelming
score each time. Perhaps no one ex-cept
the basketball squad itself.
Lynchburg Y. M. C. A., as their
opening game has taken Varsity for
t h e i r easy meat, every year since bas-ketball
was organized in barracks,
seemingly to [every one as merely a
practice game, as we were defeated
and defeated badly each time. But
nevertheless, if you d o n ' t succeed the
first time hit 'em again. We did'nt
succeed and hit ' em again, but got hit
harder than ever. But overlooking
t h i s trifle, the same men who met
such a flood last year buckled down to
hard work, and with work and grit
openly declared that this year would
see the last of the triumphant march
of the opponents.
I When it was heard around barracks
t h a t we were going to beat Lynch-burg,
it was some joke, and many
were the kicks t h a t went up against
the team for even trying them again.
But they stood the knocking. Well
Lynchburg came and you see the re-sult.
What do you call it? Luck!
I t could'nt have been luck for anyone
t h a t saw the game saw also t h a t it
was a fight from the blow of the
whistle until the crack of the pistol.
Well what was i t ? Again comes the
banner year. V. M. L was j u s t nat-
/ urally tired of being such easy meat
and bucking down are showing the
onlookers what we really can do.
In this the first game every man
s t a r t e d the thing with a rush as each
knew exactly what kind of a scrapp-ing
machine he had to buckle against.
Surprising was no name for the feel
ing that swept barracks when the first
exhibition of the t e am was witnessed.
I t overlapsed all expectations. One
thing that shows up exceptionally
well this year that was not as much
in evidence last year as should have
been, is the good judgment shown in
individual, and team work. The
makings of a winning team.
Kramer, of McCrum's drug store,
has ordered fresh candies and flowers
for the February hops.
MINSTREL SHOW EX- j BASEBALL SCHED-
^ ^ COMPLETED
Enjoyed by Enthusiastic Audience on
Night of Dec. 26 ; Many Strong Teams to Be Met in
— j Coming Season—V. P. I. Game
in Roanoke Feature—Twelfe
Games at Home
A f t e r some delay occasioned by the
dicfl^iulties of filling several open
dates. Manager " B i l l y " Bowles has
at l a s t made public the baseball sched-ule
for 1913, and it is probably the
haraest ever undertaken by a V. M.L
team. A«total of sixteen games ap-pear
on the list, for abroad and the
remaining twelve in Lexington.
Among the strongest teams are in-cluded
St. Johns, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Trinity and Kentucky
S t a t e at home, and V. P. L, North
Carolina A. and M., and Trinity
abroad. Perhaps the biggest game
of the season will be with V. P. L in
Roanoke. Last year the teamslbroke
even, V. P. I. having a walkover in
Lynchburg, while a f ew days later in
Roanoke V. M. I. came back strong,
winning t h e game by a decisive score.
I h i s year onjy one contest is schedul-ed
and the greatest effort will be put
f o r t h to win the " r u b b e r ."
The prospects for a winning team
are f a i r l y bright, but at present the
b a t t e r y department appears to be woe-f
u l l y weak. Throckmorton and
Moore who did practically all of the
pitching last year will both be absent
f r om the lineup. Throckmorton was
lost by graduation, and Moore will be
unable to play. Reed, the mainstay
behind the bat for three years has
also graduated. The other monogram
men who have not returned are Grove,
first base, and Witt, infield. Captain
Bryan will again be found at third
base, while Creswell, whose sensa-tional
work was the talk of last sea-son,
will be a fixture at short. Miller
of last y e a r ' s infield, has also return-ed,
while the heavy h i t t i n g outfield
remains intact, Clarkson, Dickens and
Sewell all being present. The rat
class will no doubt turn out some
promising material, and if a couple of
good twirlers can be developed to help
out Cox and Watt of last year's
squad, the team will be well balanced
in every department. The first game
is on the home grounds Saturday,
March 22nd, and by t h a t time it is
hoped that the new a t h l e t i c field will
be in condition, but at present the
outlook is very doubtful. The schedule:
Satrday, March 22—Open.
Wednesaay, March 26—Randolph
Macon College in Lexington.
Saturday, March 29—V. P. L in
Roanoke.
J Thursday, April 3—St. Johns in
Lexington.
Saturday, April 5—Roanoke College
in Lexington.
The long heralded minstrel show,
given for the benefit of a t h l e t i c s under
the management of Frazer and Merry i
proved to be one of the most enjoya-ble
a f f a i r s ever pulled off at the Insti-t
u t e . It showed careful work both
on the part of the managers and par-t
i c i p a n t s and [its success was f a r be-yond
the hopes and expectations of
the most optimistic. It brought out
some excellent material in the corps
and threatened to flood the stage of
today with stars by the wholesale.
Every number on the program was
exceedingly well performed and not a;
dull moment was spent daring the en-t
i r e evening. The minstrel show
proper proved to be the laughter pro-voking
hit of the affair as was to be
expected. It took the form of a fac-u
l ty meeting at the I n s t i t u t e , and the
various professors present were horri-fied
to find t h e i r own images, if not in
appearance at least in actions, per-forming
on the stage. The peculiar-a
r i t i e s of each and every one were
displayed to full advantage and this
work the crowd enjoyed to its f u l l e st
extent. Avreil and Root in a bunch
of foolishness did their share towards
the evening's pleasure. Randolph,
Jennings and Hardaway were espe-cially
good in a short sketch, and
were enthusiastically received.
Schmitt, accompanied on the piano by
Clarke, gave several excellent selec-tions
on the violin, and nothing more
need be said than t h a t he was up to
his usual standard. The mandolin
club played many popular pieces and
remarkable talent was evident among
i t s members. The glee club, compos-ed
of seven Cadets, showed the result
of good training and gave a very cre-ditable
offering indeed. The show
taken all together was a huge success
and it is hoped that a similar attrac-tion
may be arranged each year in the
f u t u r e .
Neir—Morris
Although rather late, we wish to
announce the marriage on Oct. 31,
1912, of Miss Beatrice Neir of Chi-cago
and Omaha, to Eugene P. Mor-ris,
'07, a prominent lawyer of Wat-seka,
III.
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What We Have Done
V. M. 1 24
V. M. 1 26
V. M. 1 44
V. M. 1 55
Lynchburg Y. M. C. A 22
U. of S. C 13
Roanoke College 6
N. C. A. &M.... 6
V. M. I. GETS GOOD PLACE
Will Follow West Point Cadets in the
Inaugural Parade
The Cadets of t h e Virginia Military
i n s t i t u t e will be well up in the front
ine in the inauguration parade which
Will escort President Wilson f r om th^
capitol to t h e White Hoiise. tSeneral
Leonard Wood, grand marshal has
assigned the Virginia boys the placfe
in the parade. They will follow thfe
navy Cadets from A n n a ^ l i s and thfe
West Point Cadets.
The Virginia Military I n s t i t u t e i3
the first military college of the coun-t
r y to make application for a place in
t h e inaugural line, and it was reward
ed with a good position.
The parade, so f a r as mapped out,
will be as follows: Three regiments
of infantry, one regiment of coas^^|>
t i l l e r y g ; one regiment of c a v a ^y
one battalion of field artillery, one
b a t t a l i o n of engineers. West Point,
Annapolis and V. M. I.
W. & L. FANCY DRESS BALL
Date of Feb. 4 Chosen for Brilliant
Affair
February 4th has been chosen as
the night for the fancy dress ball of
Washington and -Lee, and the entire
first class of the I n s t i t u t e is viewing
with the student body in the interest
being taken in the preparations for
it. This annual ball is one of the
most elaborate affairs of the South
and lucky indeed is the one who is
permitted to participate in it. It,
a f t e r our own final ball, is the one
great event of the'first classman's life
and in a f t e r l i f e this night is looked
back upon as one of the hapiest ever
spent in Lexington.
The preparations, under the excel-lent
management of Miss Annie
White, have been almost completed,
and the indications are t h a t this ball
will even surpass those of former
years in its brilliancy—if such a
t h i n g could be possible.
Lieutenant Malone Will
Serve on Sulzer's Staff
F i r s t Lieutenant Paul Malone of
A. company, Sixty-fifth i n f a n t r y , was
yesterday appointed a member of Gov-ernor
elect Sulzer's military staff.
Lieutenant Malone was graduated
from the Virginia Military Institute
of Lexington, Va., the West Point of
the South. He entered the Sixty-fifth
i n f a n t r y as a second lieutenant on
Dec. 30, 1908, and on Sept. 13, 1910,
he was promoted to first lieutenant,
and was assigned to A. company.
Lieutenant Malone's name was sub-mitted
by Colonel George J. Haffa of
the regiment. Lieutenant Malone is
a Buafflo boy by b i r t h and is the son
of Senator elect John F. Malone of
No. 290 North street. He is in the
general insurance business in the El-licott
square. Walter F. Gibson of
the Seventy-fourth infantry was the
Buffalo representative (ui Governor
D i x ' s staff.
The above appeared in a recent
Buffalo, N. Y., paper. Malone was a
member of the class of '08.