The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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HE NORM AL ST A R
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
VOLUME IX.
SAN MARCOS TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1321
NUMBER 25
Bobcats Trounce Daniel Baker 18 To 0
Tate Hurls No Hit No Run Game; Bras- Baker Drops
sell and Eubanks Star With Circuit
Drives; Baby Gets Two
The Bobcats upped the lid oil the
baseoali can Tuesday afternoon on
Evans Fieiu and let out Ail the runs
that they nad been storing up since
the opening of the season, by wallop-
ing Damei naker College lo.the tune
of 18 to 0. It was a mercyiess
slaughter, out Bobcats are not noted
tor humanitarian attributes when
grappling with a foreign foe. The
game was uy iar the most one-sided
atfair seen nere m many a year, but
at the same time was a thriller in
more ways than one, and Normal
rooters had cnances to shout their
glee from the first inning to the last.
The most notable feature of the
game was the superb pitching of
a ate, by letting the visitors down
without a hit. It has been Cy’s am-
l,lion to pitch a no-hit game, and
T uesday he realized that ambition at
me expense of Daniel Baker. So far
as we know yesterday was the first
nine the reat has ever been perform-
ed m San Marcos, but Cy turned the
trick in masterly form. To say that
ue nad the visitors on his hip is too
mild. The fact-that he hit two men
and gave four free passes and still
ict them down without a score, shows
what extent he had them at his
IPercy thruout the"entire game.-more
than once Daniel Baker had two men
on bases, but at each time Cy closed
up tighter than a clam, and with the
air-tight support afforded him by the
whole Bobcat machine, retired the:
siae without a Daniel Baker base-
runner denting the plate. He struck
out 11 men during, the entire game.
Brassell led the Bobcats in swing-
ing the war club Tuesday. With two
down and two on in the first frame,
Baby lifted one high over the head
of the center fielder, clearing the
bases and making a clean circuit
clout of .the hit himself. It was a
terriffic wallop and all hats are off
to our “Bambino Babe.” Again in
the filth Baby hit a tall one into the
L ushes in center field, losing the bail
and making an easy homer out of it.
these first three runs would have
been enough to have won the game,
but the Bobcats kept on fattening
their batting averages until eighteen
runs had been made.
Eubanks also chalked up a circuit
clout to his credit, driving one into
the bushes in center field in the sec-
ond inning. Shands was on first
when Eubanks hit.
The visitors used three hurlers p*
their vain effort to check the mur-
derous attack of the Bobcats. Sad-
dler, who pitched the last three in-
nings, showed good form and held
the Cats down decidedly better than
either of his predecessors in the box.
He struck out five men during his
three innings work. Duminal, play-
ing first for the visitors, also played
a good game. He was the life of
the infield, and kept his team fight-
ing till the end of the ninth inning.
Shelton led in swiping bases Tues-
day. During the whole game he stole
something less than half a dozen.
Charlie Jowell caught the pitcher
and second baseman in an argument
and raced down to the keystone hag
without a play being made on him
In the fourth and fifth innings the
Bobcats batted around, the fourth in-
ning with one to spare and the fol-
lowing with two to spare. Shands
iiad the honor of opening and closing
the argument in the 4th inning, some-
thing rare in the baseball world.
THE GAME BY PLAY
FIRST INNING
DANIEL BAKER: Hart hit by
pitched ball. Saddler sacrificed Hart
iu second, Perkins threw wild to Eu-
banks, safe all around. Hart stole
third, Saddler out trying to steal
second. Bates struck out. Smith
out, Shelton to Soyars.
NORMAl: Euoanks struck out.
Shelton out, iiiier to Duminal.
Soyars walked. Lyons singled to
left, Soyars going to second. Brassed
hit a home run to left center, scoring
Soyars and Lyons. Perkins singled to
left. Perkins went to second on
passed ball thru catcher. Jowell out,
Saddler to Duminal.
■SECOND INNING
DANIEL BAKER: Vernon out, Eu-
banks to Soyars. Duminai struck
out. Vernon struck out.
NORMAL: Shands safe on error by
Saddler. Tate popped out to Du-
minal. Eubanks hit a home run to'
center scoring Shands; ball lost m
Shelton out, Pliler to Dumi-
nal. Soyars out Pliler to Duminal.
THIRD INNING
DANIEL BAKER: Verner out, Tate
to Soyars. PLler struck out. Hart,
struck out.
NORMAL: Lyons grounded out to
Duminal, unassisted. Brassell sing-
led to i ight. Perkins tipped a hign
foul, Vernon missed easy catch. Bras-
sed stole second. Perkins struck
out. Jowell out, Verner to Duminal.
FOURTH INNING
DANIEL BAKER: Saddler walked.
Bates walked. Smith popped out to
Tate in attempting to sacrifice who
threw Saddler out at second. Vernon
struck out.
NORMAL: Shands singled to left.
Tate sacrificed Shands to second; out
Pliler to Duminal. Eubanks safe on
hit to Rudder, Duminal stepping off
first in catching had throw; Shands
going to third. Eubanks stole sec-
ond. Shelton fouled six straight.
Shelton singled thru second, scoring
Shands and Eubanks. Shelton stole
second. Soyars flew to Bates, who
dropped ball, Shelton scoring from
second and Soyars going to third on
the throw in. Lyons beat out an in-
field hit, Soyars scoring. Brassell
flew out to Bates. Perkins beat out
infield hit, Lyons going to second.
Jowell safe on error by Verner, fill-
ing the bases. Shands out, Saddler
to Duminal. (Shands opened and
closed the inning.)
FIFTH INNING
DANIEL BAKER: Duminal struck
out. Rudder out Perkins to Soyars.
Verner struck out.
Verner now pitching for Daniel
Bakre.
NOMAL: Tate singled to left. Eu-
banks singled to left, Tate going to
second. Shelton beat out infield hit;
filling the bases. Soyars hit to Bates.
ac short who missed ball, Tate and
Eubanks scoring. Lyons out to Du-
minal, unassisted. Shelton and
Soyars scoring on the play. Brassell
hit a home run to center, ball lost
Second Game to
Bobcats
FREQUENT AND TIMELY HITTING
FEATURE SECOND FRACUS
WITH VISITORS
Daniel-' Baker came hack much
stronger Wednesday and the Bobcats
were torced to be content with the
big end of a nine to one score. Sad-
dier, who pitched the last three in-
nings of Tuesday’s game, worked all
ihe way Wednesday, and altho was
touched hard and often at times, at
ether times closed down and pitched
uke a veteran.
Naturally the Bobcats did not dis-
play the aggressiveness and flash as
was displayed in Tuesday’s game, but
there were thrills enough, and time
and again the stands were brought to
their feet by long and timely hitting
of the Bobcat batsmen. Bob Shelton
and Eubanks were the swat stars of
the day. But of four trips to the plate
Bob registered a triple, two singles,
and a sacrifice; and out of four trips
to the plate, Eubanks got away with
three singles. In the seventh inning,
j-■•-ted a high one over center
fieid which went for three bases.
Perk could have easily made a home-
run ou„ o: it, so the Daniel Baker
coach said, but Perk km w there was
no urgent need of another score an 1
die not further exert his two hundred
pound::. Charlie Jowell, however,
brought him in with a slashing single
thru short.
The visitors lone tally came in the
-i lining after two men had been
gi.vn a free ticket to first. With one
out and two on, Duminal, the peppy
first sacker for Daniel Baker, tripled
v; niter. The hit was good for two
runs out stupid base running cut it i->
one. Land, who was on first whe n
Lie ball was hit, waited till the ball
hit the ground before running. Pie
passed third and Duminal drew up
behind him, stepping on the bag.
Land was cut off at home by a wide
margin, and cut off from going back
to third, was an easy out, but which
would have been fust as easy a run
had he started around at the crack
of Duminal s bat, as Rudder did from
second.
Daniel Baker threatened to score
in the seventh, but inability to con-
nect safely in the , pinch retired the
side. With one away, two walks and
a single loaded the bases. Snake
tightened up here and the Cats came •
out of the hole in a manner that
made it seem like an every day oc-
currence. The next man up struck
out and the last man grounded out
to Shelton, unassisted.
Ivey’s appearance in the box was
his first this season, and we only hope
that his following starts will prove as
successful as his first. Altho a trifle
wild at times, he was never in danger.
BOX SCORE
Normal
A.B.
R.
H.
o.
A.
E.
Flubanks, 2 b
4
2
3
0
0
0
Sh lton, ss
3
3
3
1
2
0
Soyars, lb
4
2
2
8
0
0
Lyons, rf
4
1
0
1
0
1
Brassell, If
4
0
1
1
0
0
Perkins, 3 b
4
1
1
3
2
0
Jowell, cf
4
0
1
0
1
0
Shands, c
4
0
0
2
2
1
Ivey, p
3
0
0
11
2
1
Totals. . . .
9
11
27
9
3
Daniel Baker
A.B.
R.
H.
O.
A.
E.
Hart, cf
3
0
0
5
0
1
Saddler, p
4
0
1
3
2
0
(Cotinued
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Summer Normal Faculty Texas Best
Educators
Bulletins announcing the eighteen-
th summer session of the Southwest
Texas State Normal College are be-
ing mailed this week.
As previously stated, the summer
session will be divided into two terms:
the first half term beginning June 13
and closing July 21, the second half
term starting July 22 and ending Au-
gust 26. The summer Normal will
open June 13 and last until the sec-
ond week in August, closing with the
state examinations, August 8-11.
The faculty for the coming sum-
mer session will be one of the strong-
est the Normal College has ever had.
In addition to the regular teaching
staff there will be a number of phom-
inent educators from various parts
of the State. Teachers in the Summer
School are as follows: E. L. Nunally,
B. A., instructor in San Angelo Hign
School, who will teach Latin; Bonner
Frizzell, M. A., Superintendent of
City Schools, Palestine, who will have
several clases in English; and Miss
Jeston Dickey, B. A., formerly as-
sistant in public speaking at the
University of Texas, and at present
instructor of public speaking in the
Breckenridge High School, who will
have charge of the public speaking
department.
The following list of well-known
Texas Educators will guarantee Sum-
mer Normal students the best of in-
struction: Conductor of Summer Nor-
mal, L. H. Kidd, B. S., Superinten-
dent of City Schools, Cameron; E. Ft
Bentley, B. A., Superintendent of
City Schools, McAllen; Miss Sal lie
Duncan, B. A., instructor in Lock-
hart High School; E. B. Stover, Su-
perintendent of City Schools, Orange;
Miss Berta Lowman, B. A., Principal
of school at Staples; M. V. Peterson,
B . S., Superintendent of City Schools,
Yorktown; Daniel Smith, instructor in
Fligh School, Yoakum; Joseph C.
Tucker, B. A., Superintendent of
City Schools, Brenham; Joe B. Pres-
ton, B. A., Principal of Sfevenvilie
Fligh School; J. H. Morgan, Superin-
tendent of City Schools, Eagle Lake;
P. A.. Bennett, B . A., Superinten-
dent of City Schools, Mason; and L.
D. Williams, B. A., instructor in
JViain Avenue High School, San An-
tonio .
The Summer School will likely have
a record breaking- attendance owing
o the new certificate law which pro-
vides that any student who attends
the Southwest Texas State Normal
College during the session of 1920-
1921 may exercise choice as to
whether he1 will complete work under
the terms of the New Law, or con-
tinue under the provisions of the old
law, provided that he completes his
work by September, 1925.
Harris Blair
Banquet Tonight
MAIN SOCIAL FEATURE OF
THE YEAR
Of all the social features of the
year, for the Harris-Blair boys the
most important and the most inter-
esting is the annual banquet given in
the spring of each year. This year’s
'r anquet is to be doubly interesting
since the after-dinner speakers for
the evening are among the most ac-
complished of the faculty and student
body of the Normal. These speakers
always treat every subject in a most
pleasing way and as the subjects for
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borne More “Dope”
on the new Coach
Due to lack of space it was im-
possible to get in all of the write up
of Coach Sheffield in last week’s
Star. Probably it is a good thing,
because there is so much to say
about our new coach that the readers
of the Star may not be able to grasp
it all at once. It was mentioned in
last week’s issue that Air. Sheffield
had coached and managed many pro-
fessional and semi-professional base-
ball teams. Among these teams are,
Uvale, Marfa, and Bartlett in Texas,
Ramon in the state' of Washington,
and Racine in the State League of
Wisconsin. He met with success in
every one of these teams.
Many of us knew of Mr. Sheffield
in his connection with St. Edwards
College in Austin, where he coached
baseball seven years. While he was
coaching the St. Edwards team, St.
Edwards had baseball teams which
lield the Southwest Texas State
Championship. Out of the 113 games
played, 98 were victories. These games
included exhibition games with Uni-
versities, semi-professional teams, and
schools in the same class with St.
Edwards.
With this brief account, with the
account in last week’s issue, of Mr.
Sheffield’s baseball record, we can see
that the Bobcats have a good coach
who will give them some real base-
ball. Just look at the way he hand-
led l he team in ihe Academy game
and it can he seen that he knows
some baseball and knows how to put
it out.
For the past few months prior to
his coming here, Mr. Sheffield has
been at his home in Uvalde, Texas.
He says that it is rather late in the
season to do much, but in the short
time that remains he is going to give
all he has towards putting out a win-
ning team. He will not teach any
classes but will devote all his time to
baseball. Coach Sheffield sure has
the right spirit in him because he
says that it is not only this year's
team in view but next year’s team we
ought to have. If there were two
diamonds he would work out the
scrubs at the same time and get
them in shape for next year. He in-
tends to give all the men a chance so
we can have the best possible team.
Come out and back up the coach and
the team and let them know that we
are behind them.
Dramatic Club Out-
Door Play Big
Success
A ONE ACT PLAY PRESENTED
IN TWO ACTS
The Rabbits Foot Dramatic Club
held its regular meeting on Thomp-
son’s Island last Monday evening
where a one act play, “Glory of the
Aiorning,” was ably presented by the
following members: Eratha Garison,
as Glory of the Morning, Daniel
Smith, as Black Wolk, Robert Robin-
son, as Half Moon, and two Training
School students, Geneva Lancaster, as
Oak Leaf, and Leonard Farris, as Red
Wing. The play was indeed truly
American, dealing with Indian Lore,
and the wild and natural setting of
the scenery of Thompson’s Island
lent itself admirably to the spirit of
the play.
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