The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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THE NORMAL STAR
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College ^
VOLUME IX. SAN MARCOS TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1921. NUMBER^lT
Bobcats Get Revenge on St. Edwards
Bobcats and Cubs Play 9 to
9 Tie in Slow Game
Team Turns Tables
on Austin Rival and
g] Beats Them 11-0
HARD HITTING FEATURE
OF GAME
The Bobcats returned with interest
the 9 to 1 defeat handed them by
Sc. Edwards on April 2, Tuesday af-
ternoon on Evans Field when they
walloped that aggregation to the
tune of 11 to 1. The Cats out hit
and out fielded their opponents at
eVery point in the game, and Tare
had the decision, decidedly, on the
r ound. He struck out eight hatters
and yielded but three hits, keeping
them well scattered.
'those who like to see lots of swat-
ting and at the same time a good
tali game, were satisfied Tuesday,
for the game was well played by
both teams, and nearly every run
that the Cats scored was the result
OT hard and timely hitting. Heiser
v/as hit hard but he worked all the
way for the visitors. The grit he
displayed when in a hole was admira-
ble; never giving up, and working ail
the harder when scores were-threat-
m/fd, even after the game was lost.
It might be mentioned here that
Hieser was the twirler that worked
against the Bobcats when they lost
to St. Eds. on April 2.
Both teams played air-tight ball
for three innings. Then in the
fourth the Bobcat artillery opened up
and did not cease swatting that old
apple until the game- whs over. They
hit it to all corners of the lot. Soyars
started the fourth by getting a free
trip to first. Lyons then hit to Hei-
ser who over threw second in an at-
tempt to make a double play, Soyars
going to third and Lyons to second.
Baby Brassell then stepped up to the
plate and lifted a high one over cen-
ter field, hitting the fence and miss-
ed clearing it only by inches. Baby
reached third on his hit and could
have easily have made a home run
out of it had he not been crippled
Baby’s swat was just the opening of
he argument, the Cats scored two
more in the same inning, four in the
seventh and three in the eighth.
Hitting in the pinch seemed to be
the password Tuesday. Jeff started
it with his terrific wallop in the
fourth. Then in the seventh after
Shelton lined one to the left field
xence for three bags and Soyars was
bit by a pitched ball, Lyons tripled
to center Perk followed up with a
ingle to center, scoring Lyons, and
Summers dittoed, Perkins making
third on Atwell’s hit. Pete then
came across with a single to left
scoring Perkins, Atwell tried to
score from second on the hit but was
thrown out at the plate.
Eubanks led in base swiping Tues-
day afternoon, stealing both second
and third in the first, and second in
the third.
THE GAME BY PLAYS
FIRST INNING
ST. EDWARDS—Dodd out, Shelton
to Soyars. McNamara out, Shelton to
Soyars. Decie out, Shands to Soyars.
No hits, no runs, no errors.
NORMAL—Eubanks falked. Eu-
banks stole second. Shelton out,
third to first; Eubanks held at sec-
ond. Soyars flew out to left. Eubanks
stole third. Lyons out, third to
first.
'No hits, no runs, no errors.
(Continued on page 3)
Team Suffers Slump
but Demonstrates
Ability to Hit
Ball
Just before you start on a long
cross-country trip you get your es-
gine to running smooth and nice and
you know she will hit on all six all
the way, tout after travelling two or
three miles on a perfectly smooth
road a tire goes and blows out. Well
that’s just what happened to the
Bobcat machine, last Thursday after-
noon over on Academy field. The
team didn’t blow up, it just blew
out. The team was just off that day,
just as any other base ball team that
has nine men will be off on some
ciays. The team had been running
like clock-work for the last few
games and then along comes apiece
of bad luck and throws a monkey
wrench in the cog wheels, and during
the process the Cubs trot nine men
around the bases, enough to tie the
old game.
No player or players can be held
responsible for the game Thursday.
No doubt you remember seeing back
on the sand lots some games that
Christy Mathewson or Chief Bender
could not have won in their prime.
Well, that’s just the kind of a game
vre had Thursday.
Wo - far as batting -.as concerned,
llie Bobcats piled up enough runs in
the first inning to have won either of
the two previous games with the
Cubs. Then as the game - rocked
aiong they continued slamming the
old apple and running across mine
runs until they had more than
enough to win any normal ball game.
But when a team is off and luck is
against them, they can’t win a game
by spotting their opponent a ten run
lead.
Dawson of Academy lasted but
five innings. The Cats took to his
delivery like a, broke guy to a free
lunch counter, and drove his offer-
ings to all parts of the field. In the
first inning Brasell drove on to the
right field bluff for three bags, and
in the third Eubanks drove one to
center for a double. Both of these
f its were when runs counted. The
Cubs got three doubles during the
game but none of these hits threat-
ened in tieiug up the ball game; they
were too scattered for that. The
thing that hurt came in the eighth
inning with the bases drunk. A base
ball phenomenon happeed in that
eighth inning. An easy fly to center
Held was allowed to fall safely, anct
what in any ordinary ball game
would have been a fielder’s delight
went for a base sweeper and a double.
That cut the Bobcat’s lead to one
run and in the Cub’s half of the
mnth they made that one run.
But still the old ball game was not
totally void of good base ball. The
work of Capt. Soyars was phenominal
both in fielding and baserunning
He had more chances at fielding balls
than a first baseman usually gets, but
be handled them all without a ripple.
In the third, with the aid of an error,
Soyars scored from first on a ground
ball to third. He was nearly to sec-
ond when the ball was hit, breaking
up all chance for a double, and see-
ing the third baseman throw to first
he never hesitated at second but
rounded that bag at top speed and
beat the return throw to third. In
bis effort to cut Soyars off at third
the Cub first sacker threw wild to
third and Soyars easily scored. Out
of four trips to the plate Soyars drew
three walks and made three runs.
Thursday’s game was probably the
longest that has ever been played
here. It lasted fully two hours and
forty five minutes. By all rules of
base ball etiquette the game should
have been called on account of dark-
ness at the end of the eighth inning.
But it was not, and thereby hangs
another story—a very differtnt story.
What happened over on Academy
field Thursday does not by any means
mean that the Star or the Normal
thinks any mss of the Bobcats. It
ail comes in a life time and is accept-
ed in that spirit. We believe in the
team as much as ever, and admire
their fighting spirit. We know they
can play ball and win ball games
when they are right, and they are
right most of the time. The team
starts on a long trip tomorrow, and
will play about eight games before
returning. Because they leave on
1 nday perhaps it will not be p'ossi-
i Is for the student body to get to-
gether and give a big demonstration,
but every student in the Normal can
let the players and coaches know
that we are behind them, win or
lose, by telling them so personally
before they leave. That will not be
as loud as a vt 11 i-ai’*.- b> : it will make
the team feel just as good and will
inspire the players to fight just as
hard.
BOX SCORE
Normal .......
A- b
R.
H.
O.
A.
E.
Eubanks, 2b . .
.;. 5
0
2
2
2
I
Shelton, ss ...
. . . 5
1
0
2
3
2
Soyars, lb ...
. . . 2
3
0
13
0
0
Lyons, rf .....
0
0
0
0
0
Brassell, If ...
. . . 5
2
3
1
0
0
Perkins, 3b . . .
... 4
0
1
0
4
1
Summers, cf . .
... 4
1
1
1
0
0
Shands, c .....
... 4
1
1
2
1
1
Jennings, p . . .
... 4
0
3
3
1
0
Jowell, rf ....
... y
1
2
1
0
0
Totals . . .
----38
9
13
27
11
5
Academy ......
A.B.
R.
H.
0.
A.
E.
•E. Brown, 3b .
. . . 3
0
1
1
0
2
U. Brown, 2b .
. . . 5
2
1
2
1
0
Clavert, lb ...
. . . 5
1
2
12
0
0
Harris, ss .....
0
1
1
6
0
T. Brown, cf . .
. . . 5
0
3
1
0
0
Shaver, rf . . . .
... 4
0
1
0
0
9
K. Brown, e . .
. . . 5
1
2
1
1
1
Dawson, p, 3b
. . . 4
3
1
5
2
9
Rea, If .......
1
0
3
0
1
Newman, p ...
. . . 3
1
1
1
2
0
Totals . . .
. . . 43
9
15
27
12
4
Y. W. C. A. Secret
Revealed
—
The Y. W. C. A. met at the regular
time Wednesday afternoon, and had
a live devotional and business meet-
ing. Miss Laura Wendt led the devo-
tional service, reading as her Scrip-
ture lesson the first Psalm. Miss
Schmidt gave an exceptionally fine
talk upon Enthusiastic Service, dnd
we are sorry that the whole student
body did not hear this inspiring lyies-
sage. Following the devotional ser-
vice the secret that has aroused much
curiosity was revealed. The -Y. W.
is going to have a real, live good-
time party Saturday night. All
members of the Y. MI C. A. are go-
ing to come and all other boys inter-
(Conlinued on 'page 4)
PHYSICS CLUB
ORGANIZED
NEW CLUB STARTS OFF WITH
LARGE MEMBERSHIP
Last Saturday morning all inter-
ested except the girls who unfortu-
nately had a. conference with Mrs.
Shaver, met in the Physics Room for
the purpose of organizing a club
which bears promise of being one of
the most interesting and at the same
time instructive clubs on the hill.
Most of us no doubt were at the
Chautauqua and saw the electrical
program rendered there the first
night. If it was not interesting
then the people there have an unfor-
tunate habit of craning their necks
for exercise. The Physics Club has
students in it who are capable of
conducting experiments similiar and
perhaps even more interesting. Altho
the Physics Laboratory is not equip-
ped with all the apparatus which
Mr. Ford used in his experiments it
has a good part of them and is able
to be used for a good electrical show
any time. However ail the time of
the Club will not be devoted to elec-
trical experiments but experiments
will be made in mechanics, heat, and
light, and other interesting physical
phenomena.
Nor will all the time of the meet-
ings be devoted to Science for good
times in other lines will not be neg-
lected. At suitable times there will
be picnics, banquets, visits to inter-
esting things about the town, and if
enough out of the ordinary to justi-
fy it, trips may be made to places
out of town.
If the Club develops as it should,
credit in science may be given for
. •xporimcniu conducted by the .stu-
dents. This is mere speculation on
the part of the author and is based
on the fact that the Dramatic Club
members get credit for the work they
do in their plays. •
The following members were elect-
ed temporary officers: Vannie Per-
kins, President; Roger Robinson,
Vice-President; L. W. Gardner, Sec-
retary. The next meeting of the
Club is to be held on the 30th,
when the girls can be present and
permanent officers elected.
SOCIAL EVENT OF SEASON FEA-
TURED BY MANY ELOQUENT
AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES
By far the most eventful occasion
of the year to Harris-Blair members
was the annual banquet held at the
Cafeteria last Saturday evening at
8:15 o’clock. All were highly pleased
with the marvelous change brought
about by the decoration that were so
exquisitely arranged. Such a won-
derful change had been wrought that
some were reminded of the Royal
Courts of the old country. To add to
all of the pleasure gained from the
decorations there was the delightful
pleasure to all of the boys of having
at their side the most beautiful of all
of the works of nature. The girls
could all have easily been the beauty
winners in any contest. All of this
made it inevitable that the speakers
of the evening should do that which
men always do under sufch circum-
stances—iheir best.. And all who
were there will ag-ree that their best
wa such, that we' are anticipating
some of the world’ greatest orators
to evolve from that talent. Music
from behind the screens added much
enjoyment to the evening.
After being seated around the ban-
Foot Ball Spring
Training Under
Way
SQUAD WORKS OUT TWICE
A WEEK
The Bobcat foot ball machinery is
being lubricated very early this year
as the spring training has already be-
gun and is well under way. Since the
Normal is now in college class we
are holding our position there by
following the example of the larger
colleges and universities by having
light training in the spring for the
next year’s foot ball team. It is said
by the best coaches and authorities
on the coaching of foot ball that
spring training is an indispensable
asset to a team, because such funda-
mentals as passing the ball, punting,
set-kicking, blocking, charging, and
many other details of the game can
be learned in the spring, thus making
it possible to get thru the fundomen-
tal. training earlier in the fall, all of
which makes for a better team. So
we are looking forward to as good a
team as we had last fall, altho we
will have lost several of our best men.
The bunch works out twice a week,
cn Tuesday and Friday. They have
been doing some light track work to-
gether with the kicking, passing and
receiving of the ball, and every one
of the fellows, say that spring train-
ing is great stuff. So come out all of
you aspirants for the foot ball team
r.ext year and you will get some
valuable training .
BA
Normal Sending off a
Heavy Swatting
Team
SHOULD MEAN A REAL TERROR
TO OPPOSING ROUNDSMEN
The team that makes the trip
next week is a good one when it
comes to swatting the pill. Altho
the present batting average is not
unusually high, it does not reveal the
fact that the team has only caught
its batting stride in the last five
games. If we had the average for
(Continued on page 4)
quet board so appropriately arranged
in the shape of an “H,” all soon
found unusual joy in the delectable
menu, consisting of fruit coctail,
chicken salad, creamed peas, creamed
potatoes, olives, rolls, cream and
cake and coffee. For this real treat
we are indebted to the Home Eco.-
r.omics department for many helpful
suggestions and valuable assistance.
The Harris-Blair society also wishes
to express its sincere thanks for the
help given by the Art Department,
and for the serving which was done
by Misses Non Douglas McGaughy,
Mabel Morris, Lucile Langford, Le-
nora Walters, Anna Polsgrove, Vivian
Smith, and Elsie Franke. We wish
also to express our thanks to Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold.
The after dinner speeches were the
best as a whole that have been ren-
dered here in years. Most of the
speakers came up to the standards
placed^ by Mr. Birdwel'l in having
honery looks, a joke to begin with,
something to say, a pleasing and
forceful way in which to say it, good
i^lustrations, good terminal facilities,
end a poetical conclusion. The Star
could be filled for one issue with
what was said at this banquet, but
we have not the space to give to all
(Contused on page 4)
Harris-Blair Banquet Enjoyed by
Many
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