VMI Cadet. April 28, 1911

              THE
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1911 NO. 24
TO THE VICTORS,
THE SPOILS
Basket Ball Monograms
Awarded
The aecoad of the Easter hops on
SaturflH.v night saw the presentation
of thp basketball monograms for the
aeaaor of 1911, by Colonel Patton.
He in a short and apply worded ad-dresB
tnld the interet'led audience of
the harrlahips any V. M. I. athletic
team plays under, and in particular
the baakethall,-how every point gain-ed
represent work of the hardest
kind.
The monograms lor the first year,
consisting of a five inch V.M. I. two
aiul a half B. B. one on each side,
WfTH rtv/arded to; Moore,C., Leech,
Ewin^?. .1., Ewing. L., and Shotwell.
Straight monograms were awarded to
Biedler. as manager, which is thi
rustom and to Mecredy, as captain,
for whom this is the third year, as a
monogram man.
The pnat season cannot be called
thf mo^t Huccessful.in view of games
won, hut. considering the material at
hand when the season opened, Ihe
men to whom monog»ams were award-ed
madf rapid strides towards the
bnst team the Institute has ever seen,
and ppxt y a r promises even better
things.
Delinquent List
V. M. 1. DEFEATS MARYLAND AGGIES 8 TO 7
Bryan Breaks Up Game in Tenth Inning with Home Run
The following is a list of the men
who have not paid thoir subscription to
THE CADET.
Tihs list, will be published every
week until these are paid.
FIRSR CLASS
COIP
Collier
Dasliiell
Porter
Rifhard on •
liuohrinund
Smith, .1
Siiiith, M.
Triiik li>
Walker
W h i ' f
WiiHon, R.
SECOND CLASS
Brown,
Brown,
Eastham
Gayle
Gelnn-
Grove
Hustie
H'j^vard
.Jackson, S.
Kane
Long
Moore. C,
Ri^.M!
Stev.Mi^on
Teinpiel on
Throckiiiorton
West
THIRD CLASS
Ewing. 1).
Hard away
FOURTH CLASS
Merry
Graves
Speaking of baseball gtmes we
claim that there was one h^fn last
Saturday. Not that kinri ttf game
that haf you carried to the s k i t s with
hope only to be let down rather
abruptly. And it ended witti the hig
score on the right and propfr side.
Things started right when Jonep-ville
Sewell, the first man, swatted
one for three bases, and Clwrkson hit
one so hard that the third ()a.«(>man
Couldn't hold it, letting in Sewell.
But oh, that third inning, it sure
gave the V. M. L sympathizers a
bump. Hits and errors let four of
the Dutchmen turn the home corner.
And the fourth inning ran it up
one, but we s t a r t e d something our-selves.
Ely, from Jone.3vilio, got a
clean single and Dickens tiipled and
scored on passed ball. Now to show
that a hit is not necessary for a run
here's what Heavy Owen did. He
fanned out, but got to first when the
catcher passed the ball. He was sac
rificed to second and then got on his
toes and stole third, and that isn't
all, he just stole home. And the
score was four and five the wrong
way. The sixth inning finished up
with the score five to seven and still
the wrong way.
In the seventh all thai happened
was that Ely went in to pitch for
Throck.
Ely and Dickens repeated their
stunt of a single, followed by a
triple, in the eighth and wiien Red
Moore knocked a clean singl** to cen-ter,
scoring Owen and tying the score,
things just busted. The ninth just
took the breath out of everybody.
The first man up was safe on an er-ror,
and when he got around to third
everybody stopped breathing. But
by nipping flies things were brought
around 0. K.
The tenth came around and M. A.
C. couldn't hit Ely. And it looked
like we couldn't hit either. It was
two out, the score was tied and Bry-an.
Did he wait for hi.^ ba.ie? Not
much. The M. A. C. coach was try-ing
to gel Heavy to call the game to
catch a train. While he had his bai-k
turned Bryan pulled oft' his Dick Mer
riwell stunt. He hit the ball;
the ball hit the ground just about
three inches inside of third base and
sailed over the parapet. It hasn't
been found yet. Who did i t ? Bry?n.
The team is g e t t i n g right now in
the batting line. They got just thir-teen
hits and Duckitt pitched a no
hit game against the University of
Maryland not long r.go. Throck was
not in his usual good form, but who
can expect him to be good as gold all
the time, when he pitches every
game? You're all right. Throck.
Ely pitched professional ball the four
innings he worked. Nobody got a
hit oir of him.
SCORE BY INNINGS
F i r s t Inning: Ritter out. Dickens
to Owen. Furniss fingk'."! to right.
Shipley flies out to Clurkson. Reu-pert
hit by pitcher Lediiuni fans.
Sewell triples to center, (^larkson
singles to third, ncoring Sewell. Ely
fans. Calrkson steals second. Dick-ens
fans. OwiMi ground.s out to lirat.
Score, V. M. 1., 1; M. A. C., (».
S<^fond Inning. Munigkisen fand.
Gopltz fliPH out to Throckmorton.
Mudd out, Bryan to Owen.
Bryan out, third to first. Moore
fans. Reed fans. Score, V. M. I.,
1; M. A. C., 0.
Third Inning Duckitt singlet to
center. R i t t r r safe on Moore's error.
Dutkitt takes third. Ritter steals
second. Furniss singles to center.
Duckitt scores. Ritter goes to third.
Shipley singles. Ritter and Furniss
score. Shipley takes third on throw
in. Reubert fans. Lednum hits to
third, safe on Bryan's error. Shipley
scores. Munigkiuysen out, Dickens
to Owen. Goeltz flies out to Clark-son.
Throckmorton flies out to second.
Sewell out, pitcher to first. Clark
son out, pitcher to first. Score, V.
M. i., 1; M. A. C., 4.
Fourth Inning Mudd singles to
short. Duckitt hits to Moore, forc-ing
Mudd. Ritter flies out to pitch-er.
Duckitt steals second. Furniss
singles to left. Duckitt scores.
Shiplfy flies oat to pitcher.
Ely sin^-les to center and steals
second. Dickens triples to left,
scoring Ely. Dickens scores on passed
ball. Owen f a n s , b u t safe on catcher's
1912 CLASS
RING ADOPTED
Of numerous designs offered the
committee has selected the one sub-mitted
by the Bailey, Banks and Bid-die
company of Philadelphia. This
firm supplied J:he ring J or the present
first class and has also supplied rings'
for the U. S. Military and Naval
academies in recent years. The die
has already been cast and two sam-ple
rings have been submitted, one
of the light finish, the other of the '
dark. These rings are very pretty,
surpassing any ring ever selected be-fore
by any class at the Institute.
The design of the ring follows out
the plan set by our predecessors in
having on one shank the seal of Vir-ginia,
surmounted by the American
eagle, and is f u r t h e r ornamented by
an oak wreath. The idea of having
one shank common to all rings got-ten
out by the different classes is a
splendid one and we hope the classes
to follow will carry it out.
On the opposite shank appears the
class crest with the numerals " 1 9 1 2"
raised in the center of a heraldic
shield under which appears the name
" V i r g i n i a Military I n s t i t u t e " in re-lief
letters on a ribbon scroll. In
rear of the shield there are crossed
cannon and swords with an army rifle'
.passed ball. Bryan ffMirifipps passing through their junc tur e , wbicb
to second. Owen steals third MOW
out, pitcher to fiist. Owen steals
home. Reed fans. Score, V. M.
I., 4; M. A. C., 5.
F i f t h Inning: Reubert flies out to
center. Lednum saf« on Moore's
poor throw to first. Munigkisen
singles to center. Goeltz hits to
Dickens. Munigkisen forced out at
second. Lednum goes to third.
Mudd out, Mooie to Owen.
Throckmorton out, pitcher to first.
Sewell walks. Clarkson hits to
third. Sewell forced out at second.
Clarkson goes to second on first base-man's
error. Ely fans. Score, V.
M. I., 4: M. A. C., 5.
Sixth Inning: Duckitt safe on
Bryan's error. Rilter grounds out
to Owen. Furniss singles to left,
scoring Duckitt, goes to second on
throw in. Shipley out,third to first.
Reubert singles to left, scoring Fur-niss.
Reubert steals second. Led-num
out, third to first.
Dickens fouls out to catcher.
Owen fans. Bryan singles to right,
steals second, going to third on
catcher's wild throw. Moore gets a
scratch' hit, scoring Bryan. Reed
flies out to right. Score, V. M. L,
5; .M. A. C., 7.
Seventh Inning: Ely goes in for
Throckmorton. Munigkisen fans.
Goeltz out, Moore to Owen. M'jdd
walks. Duckitt fans.
Throckmorton fans. Sewell
grounds out to first. Clarkson out,
short to first. Score, V, M. L, 5;
M. A. C., 7.
Eighth Inning: Ritter flies out to
l e f t , Furniss fans. Shipley fans.
/Sly singles. Dickens triples.scor-ing
Ely. Dickent. out, over running
third. Owen singles, steals second.
! Bryan out, t.hir;i to first. Owen to
; thiro. Moore singles to center.
I Owen scores. Smith goe.s n for
Duckitt. Moore steals second, joes to
Surmounting the shield is another
eagle, lending a homogencus appear-ance
to the ring.
The ring will be set with a buffed- "
top amethyst faceted beneath to add'
to the brilliancv of the alone, the
back of the ring being I t f l open.
Encircling this will be a band com-posed
of bound reeds on which will
be s t a r s in relief. The owners name,
town and state will be engraved on
the inner band. There will be two
finishes to the ring, the light and
the dark, the selection of which is
l e f t to the individual.
All orders havi been booked with
the exception of thos^e who intend to
get their rings next year. The rings,
should reach here about the 10th of.
May. which is the date set by the
company for delivery.
CoRliimeti on page 3
A noted Oxford professor says
that the American Rhodes' scholars
are not examples ol brilliancy and in-du&
try.
The five women's societies at
Northwestern presented " A s You
Like I t " a short time ago, and th«'
eds of the University were excluded'
f r om the performance.
A college will be established at
Fort Hare, Cape Providence, South
Africa. We fear that the student
body will be a sad combination in the
land that knows not of the " J im
Crow'' and like laws.
An entire edition of the Harvard
Lampoon was iuppressed by the fac-ulty
a short time ago because of car-icatures
of faculty members, show-ing
thern in a sad plight. The few
issues that were distributed are now
quoted at $15 a piece; all of which
goes to show that troublous clouds
that hover around the funny editor
have a silver lining. Not so with
The Texan.