The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1924 Page: 5 of 6
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THE THH ESHEH :: HOUSTON, TEXAS
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Owia Hit Welt —Swamp
Visitors; Score 19-5.
The Rice Institute basebalt team ex-
perienced the pleasurable sensation of
a lopsided win. a joy that heretofore
has not been theirs, when they tram-
pled the Southwestern Pirate nine
into the dirt by the score of 19 to 5
Wednesday. The Owls came from be-
hind in the fourth and tied the score,
after which they found things exact-
ly to their liking.
Dutchy Wilford pitched his most
effective game of the season and let
the visiting batters away with five
safeties. The Owl sluggers, on the
other hand, battered Reynolds unmerc-
ifully for 16 hits. These coupled with
Pirate errors in the field,'gave the
local collegians their total.
The Owls had their heftieth frame
in the seventh, during which stanza,
thirteen men came to bat. Although
only five hits were given out by Rey-
nolds, the Owls managed to tally ten
times.
The Owls might have had more runs
than they succeeded in amassing had
they run the bases cautiously and
well, but some bad work on the paths
kept them from the lead in the early
part of the game. Dan <Bloxsom poled
two home runs and furnished the hit-
ting features of the day. The first
came in the fourth with no one on
base. The seoond was hit in the sixth
and scored two runners ahead.
The longest hit by Southwestern
was a double by Bragg, center fielder.
In addition to his double, Bragg sin-
gled. Rountree singled twice, while
Weatherby accounted for the only
other safety. The Pirates overcame
an early Owl lead in the third when
a .couple of errors, a walk, a hit and
a fielder's choice permitted four op-
posing runners to score.
In addition to Blossom's p*hr
homers, both Hale and Wilford hit
triples. All these swatB were impor-
tant factors in the Owl scoring. Rey-
nolds, who pitched seven frames Mid
weathered the storm of 19 tallies, was
lifted at the start of the eighth in
favor of Gray, who pitched the re-
maining inning safely.
Rice.
Locke cf
Halec
Hill 2b
Wilford p
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0
4
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Totals 42 16 27 IB
Southwestern.
Lee If
Weatherby 3b
Robertson 2b
**Duncan
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33
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Pirates Turn Tables In
2nd Game and Win.
A poor display of baseball, proba-
bly the poorest displayed by the Owls
this season, caused them to bow before
the Southwestern Pirates in the sec-
ond game of the series Thursday aft-
ernoon by the score of 2 to 1. The
Rice nine ran bases unwisely, and
their fielding game was by-no-means
above reproach.
The Owls, held scoreiess for eight
innings by Duncan, ace of the Pirate
tossing staff, essayed to rally in the
ninth, and managed to score a tally
when Ray tripled with a man on base
Two were gone, however; and the
third man was retired before further
damage was done to the score.
The game Was something of a
pitcher's duel between Duncan for the
visitors and Bloxsom for the Owts
The former gave away five hits, while
Bloxsom was touched for six safeties.
The six Pirate fielding errors put the
Owls in position to score on severa!
occasions, however, and Bloxsom de-
serves considerable credit, for he did
his part in holding the Southwestern
team to a comparatively low score.
The Owls looked bad on the paths,
and lost copious chances to tal!y when
runners were tagged out en route
from first to home. Chances to popu-
late the sacks were not scarce, but
nearly every effort to advance them
ran them into trouble. The Ow!s left
eight men stranded on bases.
Both of the Southwestern runs
were on the fluke cariety, The first
was scored in the sixth when Roun-
tree, a felt-handed hitter, soaked one
through second and first that took a
bad hop past the right fielder and
went into the short right field stands
for a home run, according to ground
rules.
The Meunt!
Crump singled and stole second. Bragg
whiffed and Robertson waiked. Beard
flew out to Swartz. Duncan hit to
Wilfbrd, who tried-for Robertson at
second. The throw went wild, how-
ever, and Crump raced home, while the
ball was recovered. The next man up
forced Duncan at second.
Extra base blows were at a prem-
ium. Ray garnered the Owls' only ex-
tra with his triple in the ninth. Lee
doubled and Rountree poled one for
the circuit for the Pirates
The Owls' punk fielding was not so
much dile to actual erring as in poor
judgment and handling of the peilet
Two things served to redeem the Owls
m part. A double play, Hitl to Swartz
to Adams, mowed down the Pirates in
the eighth, was the fiAt Ray's stab
of Rountree's drive to the right field
stands was the second.
Rice.
Ab H Po
Locke cf 4 2 5
Swartz ss 2 0 3
Halec 4 1 4
Wilford 3b 3 0
Bloxsomp 4 0
Hill 2b 4 1
Adams lb 4 0
Ray If 4 1
Fisher cf 3 0
Totals
* Batted for Beard in 9th.
**Batter for Lee in 9th.
Score by innings:
Southwestern 004 100 000— 6
ifice .? 200 318 100—19'
Runs?—Locke 2, Swartz 2, Hale, Hill
2, Bloxsom 4, Adams 2, Ray 3, Fisher,
Wilford 2, Lee, Rountree, Bragg, Rob-
ertson, Beard. Errors—Wilford, Fish-
er, Adams, Hill, McDaniels, Weather-
by 2, Crump 2, Robertson. Two-base
hit--Bragg. Three-base hits—Hale,
Wilford. Home runs—Bloxsom 2.
Stolen bases—Hale, Swart!, Wilford.
Sacrifices — Hale, Adams, Swartz,
Weatherby, Reynolds. Double plays—
Bloxsom tq Hill to Adams. Bases on
balls—OH Wilford 1, off Reynolds 4,
off Gray 1. Hit by pitcher—By Wil-
ford, Crump. Struck out—By Wilford
7, by Reynolds 2, by Gray 1. Innings
pitched—By Reynolds 7. Umpire—
Countryman. *
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Traveler—No, you can't fool me.
Do you think I've been riding in sleep-
ers all my life for nothing? 6
Ticket Agent—I shouldn't be sur-
prised.—Jack o' Lantsm.
Southwestern.
Ab
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Totals
32
6
27
9
Lee If
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Rountree lb
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Crump aa
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Bragg cf
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Robertson 2b ,
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2
Board cf
4
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2
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Duncan p
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0
3
Totals
33
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12
Score by innings:
Rice 000 000 001-
S juthwestem 000 001 001—2
Runs—Adams, Crump, Rountree,
Errors—Wilford 2, Swartz, Weather-
by 4. Hayden, prump, Bragg. Two-
base hit—Lee. Three-base hit—Ray.
Home run—Rountree. Sacrifices
Fisher, Wilford, Swartz 2, Crum^ 2
Stolen bases—Locke, Hale,** Crump.
Double play—Hill to SWartz to Ad
ams. Bases on balls—Off Bloxsom 2,
off Duncan 0. Struck out—By Btox
som 4, by Duncan 1. Passed bali—
HaMen. Umpire—CouMryman. Time
—1:45.
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She is so dumb that she thinks Gor<
don Qin is a student at Lafayette.
But she's wrong—it's John BMtCy-
com.—Burr; - .
BLUE-MAY MPS
CLOSE ONE FROM
FARMERS, 9 TO 7
The Rice Institute Owls won their
third game of the season Saturday
when they pulled a game out of the
fire in the fourth and put it on ice
in the seventh and defeated th% To*as
Aggies in the second game of the se-
ries by the score of 9 to 7. Rice's
win Saturday gave the locai collegians
an even break in the series.
Dan Bioxsom tossed for the Owis
and pitched a nice, consistent game,
though he was touched for a total of
11 hits. The Aggies rampaged about
in the first, third and fourth frames,
but after that were aHowed but two
hits.
The Owis started off slowly and not
untii the fifth inning did they show
signs of life. In this stanza, how-
aver, the Rice nine drove Doc Graves
off the mound. Five hits in the fifth
including a home run by Hale, a pair
of doubles and a brace of singies did
the dirty work.
Graves was replaced by Jennings,
who allowed four hits and two runs,
enough to win for the Owls, in his 3
2-3 innings stay on the hill. The Owls
fielded weil, and this was an impor-
tant factor in their victory. Timely
blows off Hloxsom made the Owls
took weak in the first innings of the
game.
Charlie Swartz did tne hefty hitting
for the Owis, hitting safely four times
out of four trips to the plate. Two of
these were doubles, while the remain-
ing pair were singles. Ail were timeiy.
Puckett, who drove out three homers
Friday, also had a perfect batting re-
cord with two hits out of three times
up. Pucket was walked thrice.
Chapman started things rolling for
the Aggies in the first when he hit
a home run with a man on base. This
blow went into the right field stands.
Rice Men WH!
Play Two More;
Has Bad Season
Rice is none too strong in the South-
western conference baseball race this
season, and have little chance to raise
themselves out of seventh place. Two
games remain on the Owl schedule,
and provided the blue-grey nine wins
both of these, and Southern Methodist
University drops their remaining
games, the Rice team may go into
sixth place.
The chance is a iong one, however
Rice has won three out of twelve
games. Two of these were from Bay-
ior, and the remaining one from Texas
A. and M. The two remaining games
for the Owls are with the Baylor
Bears at Waco.
The Owis played their last game on
the local athietic field Thursday af-
ternoon when the closed the locai sea-
son with Southwestern. This was not
a conference game.
Conference Standing.
Team
Games
Won
Lost
Pet.
Texas U.
14
14
0
1000
Baylor
13
8
5
.015
T. C, U.
14
8
6
.571
Okl. Ags.
. 4
2
2
.500
Texas Ags.
15
7
8
.467
S. M. U.
16
5
11
.312
Rice
12
3
9
.250
Arkansas
6
;P
6
.000
Girls' Doubles
Meet To. Open
A tournament in girl's doubles, the
first in four years, will be staged
next week at Rice Institute. Consid-
erable interest is being shown, and
the affair speaks well for the work
of the Tennis ciub this seson. Ptayers
wiil choose partners in doubles this
year regardless of ctassiRcation.
Those wishing to register in the
doubles tourney are requested to sign
the card placed for that purpose on
the girls bulletin board.
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TENNIS TEAM TO ENTER
TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK
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The Rice Institute tennis team, vic-
tors in four out of five meets thus
far in the season, wil) essay to add
further iaurels to their string of vic-
tories when they meet the Oklahoma
A. and M. net squad Monday after-
noon on the local Y. M. C. A. courts.
The Owi courtmen have defeated four
strong teams and look tike the Insti-
tute's best athietic bet of the season.
The meet next Monday wii) be the
Owi's iast untii the conference meet
which wiii be staged next Friday and
Saturday at DaHas under the auspiees
of Southern Methodist University.
Rice wil! send her teguiar quartet to
this meet in the hope of annexing the
toop title.
Considering the fine showing that
has been made so far, the biue-gray
quartet is conceded an even break with
Texas University to cop the meet.
The cream of tennis ptayers in the
Southwestern conference wili be on
the Daiias courts, and the Owts wili
meet the strongest group of competi-
tors that they have yet been caiied
upon to face.
In Fitch, Reed, Moore and Blayney,
the Owis are pinning their faith. These
men have not yet faiied to produce
a)i season, and it is generatiy thought
that they wiii return to the roost with
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a crop of wins stuck under their arms.
The Owls have defeated Baylor
University, Texas A. and M., South-
ern Methodist University, and Tulane
thus far, having been defeated oniy
by the strong Texas University team.
While the local collegians are far
from overconfident, the coming meet
with the Sooner Aggies is expected
to be an Owl win, and will put the
Rice team in fine fettle for the meet
the following week end.
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