VMI Cadet. February 15, 1913

              THE CADET
VOL VI VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1913 NO. 18
BASEBALL CANDI-DATES
CALLED OUT
Seventy Men Respond to Captain
Bryan's Call
A call for candidates for the base-ball
team was issued by Captain
Bryan on , Tuesday night. About
seventy men responded to the sum-mons,
of whom twenty signified their
intention of trying for pitcher. As
this is the position that has been
looked upon as weak, it is extremely
gratifying to see so many men out
for it. The wealth of material for
the other positions seems to assure
us of an exceptionally good team this
year. Work has already been begun
on the grounds and as soon as the
weather permits practice will be held
on the hill. The men trying for the
batting positions have been practcic-ing
in the gymnasium for some time
and are in such condition now that a
few days work on the hill will put
them in fine fettle.
The schedule this year is a hard
one, but the outlook is particularly
bright and it is an assured fact that
V. M. I. will be as crediatbly repre-sented
this year in baseball as in foot-ball
and basketball. When the fine
record of these teams is called to
mind there is very little more to be
said. With every man who is out. for
the team putting forth his best efforts
and every other member of the corps
lending his moral and vocal support
there is no reason why the coming
season should not be the baseball sea-son
par excellence.
(lEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GIVES
VARSITY THE SCARE OF THE SEASON
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Washington Aggregation the Best Seen on the Floor Here This Season—Going
Down Before Varsity 25-12
CRITTENDEN APPOINTED
ASSISTANT MANAGER
Will Assist Scott With Business End
of Football Next Year
Much speculation has been enter-tained
for the past few weeks, since
the election of Youell to the captaincy
of next year's football team, as to
whom he would give the honor of
aiding in the management of his
eleven. Many men were spoken of
as possibilities, all good, but he
realized that he had an exceedingly
hard job on his hands in the picking
of a man who would prove a worthy
successor for "Red" Scott, who has
arranged without doubt the best sche-dule
ever undertaken by a V. M. I.
team since the inauguration of the
sport here. However, last Monday
Youell's selection was announced, and
we feel that it is the wisest of many
years. We join with the entire corps
in congratulating him on the wisdom
shown in the choice of the assistant
manager of football for the year 1913
—O. B. Crittenden, '15, of Missis-sippi.
"Better late than never."
The above truthfully spplies to the
game Wednesday night when Varsity
added another scalp to the well filled
belt, defeating George Washington
University of Washington, 25 to 12,
It was all on account of a misunder-standing
between both teams, George
Washington was scheduled to play
here Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
and Tuesday afternoon were wired by
Manager Flannagan to that effect.
Their reply was that it was too late
then to arrive in Lexington for the
game at that time, and could only
get here late that night, in fact too
late to play. For some unaccount-able
reason they arrived in time for
the game at 8 o'clock, after drill had
been pulled off so as to have a free
afternoon Thursday. To sum up the
entire performance, notice the result.
Varsity has bucked many different
teams this season at home and abroad,
and can truthfully say that this one is
undoubtedy the best of the series.
Every man of the five of George
Washington were fast men in every
position. Attention is especially call-ed
to the playing of their two guards
McNalley and Regis, captain. They
are the two best seen on V. M. I.
floor in many a day. Regis deserved
unlimited praise for the way he stuck
to the game throughout, however hav-ing
time called several times on ac-count
of a recent operation he had
performed.
Varsity as usual were there with
the goods and at times seemed some-what
slow on the floor came up to the
required standard and took a tight
hold on their "rep." Leech taking
a fast running start and throwing a
perfect and pretty goal by a overhead
movement, and Battens goal from a
difficult angle along the side lines,
after being replaced for Stroud at
center, were two of the many features
deserving attention, Lowry as usual
was there in the same old style by his
running the floor with the ball and
Clarkson's ability to throw the sphere
the entire length of the field getting
it out of reach of their opponents at
every practicable stage were addi-tional
laurels for the Varsity.
3» Since the beginning of the season
of basketball this year, the one no-ticeable
fault that seemed could not
be remedied was the inability to
throw goal from foul. No one real-ized
this more fully than the men
themselves, and the practice of late
has been in the main to improve thi-default.
The game Wednesday night
cretainly showed the improvement and
was noticed by every spectator. Out
of ten chances taken by Ewing in
throwing goals from foul nine proved
to add nine additional points to
Varsities string.
One regrettable incident of the
game was the small number of Ca-dets
present. The fact was excus-able,
for not having the required num-ber
of Lexingtonians as usual, the
game was not advertised in town at
all. In some respects it was excus-able
for the men in barracks, for they
were not notified until a very few
minutes before the game started.
Even then it was turned out several
times, and snould have had a better
attendance. Watch yourself and don't
"gum the game."
Between halves McMillian and Sat-terfield
led the corps in several cheers
which with the small crowd came out
well in the end.
Box Score:
V. M. I,
Name
Ewing
Leech
Stroud
Batten
CI arkson
Lowery
G, W. U.
Name
Kuffn
Noonan
Gore
McNally
Reges
Officials:
Miss Williams in Portrayal
Soathern Scenes
of Old
P. G. F. FT.
F. 3 1 9
F. 2 2 0
C. 1 1 0
c. 1 0 0
G. 0 1 0
G, 1 0 0
p.
F.
F,
C.
G,
G,
Referee,
L. Timer, Averill, V.
G.
3
1
0
0
0
Bear,
M. I.
F,
1
1
3
1
4
W,
FT.
0
4
0
0
0
and
W. & L. Wins State Championship
On last Saturday night Washington
and Lee, by defeating the basketball
team of the University of Virginia in
a hotly contested game in Lynchburg,
won the undisputed claim to the
championship of the state. The game
was cleanly played throughout, but
hard fought and although completely
outclassed Virginia put up an excel-lent
exhibition in the face of the odds.
There will be an entertainment at
8 o'clock tonight for the benefit of
athletics The attraction will be Miss
Louise Williams in a portrayal of old
times in the South. The Staunton
Leader has the following to say of
Miss Williams:
"Staunton has never seen another
artist just like Miss Williams. Born
in Georgia, her father having been a
gallant Confederate chieftan, she
knows from first hand observation the
quaint old Southern characters she por-trays.
As she told in perfect dialect
weird darkey ghost yarns and sang
the old Southern songs it was as if
one had been transported by some
magical process from the present into
the past.
"Very pretty, a representative type
of Southern beauty gifted with unus-ual
historionic and elecutionary abili-ty,
she is a real artist."
From this laudatory comment it can
readily be seen that the small sum
of twenty five cents will be far from
wasted, if spent to see this perform-ance.
Besides, every cent that can
be scraped up for athletics is necessa-ry
and all are urged to attend.
During the performitice the Glee
club and the Mandolin club will ren-der
several selections, and with this
added attraction, the evening is Cer-tain
to be one of the most enjoyable
for many weeks.
Military Notes
For the first time in its history,
Dartmouth University will have a
gymnasium team. It is probable
that it will soon compete with other
universities.
Although the change in weather
conditions is not exceptionally notice-able,
owing to the approach of the in-auguration,
the battalion has come
out from its winter quarters and is
fast rounding into shape for its trip.
Only one battalion drill has been held
as yet, but company drill i s in order
and the men are showing that the
long lay off from field work has not
decreased their proficiency in the
least. No fear need be entertained
for the performance in Washington.
Practice on the range has been
held for the past few weeks during
drill and parade periods by small
squads at a time, and the results ob-tained
have been very gratifying.
Owing to the limited time allowed for
this instruction it is of necessity very
slow, and it will be many months yet
before the entire course is completed.
However the practice is being pushed
as rapidly as possible, and the men
are fast gaining proficiency in this
branch of the military duty.
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V. M. I 24 Lynchburg Y. M. C. A,.. .,22
V. M. I 26 U. of S. C 13
V. M. I 44 Roanoke College 6
V. M. I 55 N. C. A. & M 6
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Inaugural Parade
The latest reports from Washington
in regard to the inaugural parade are
to the effect that it will be composed
of two divisions. In the first are to
be placed the representatives of the
regular army, the navy and the ma-rine
corps, together with the Cadets
from West Point and the Middies from
Annapolis, In the second division
will be all military troops and the
Cadets from the various military
schools throughout the country, the
latter arranged according to the date
of their founding.