The Independent (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1910 Page: 3 of 6
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THE INDEPENDENT
TO HOMECOMERS, GREETINGS.
The management of the Independ-
ent extends greetings to all Poly stu-
dents who have returned for a day of
home pleasures, and wishes that the*
day may be indeed full of joys. In
addition we would like for you to
read carefully the pages of the Inde-
pendent, the new College weekly, see
whether or not we are keeping apace
with our school, and if so tell us; if
not, also tell us where we can make it
of more use. It is our desire, through
the columns of the paper, to keep up
with our college life, to reach the stu-
dents for those things that are best
in such a life, and to present to those
students and friends of the institu-
tion on the outside those things
which will be of most interest to you.
Its columns are always open to you
for the expression of those things
which will help us to make a “Great-
er Polytechnic.”
If wo meet your approval, hand us
your subscription and we will send
you the paper for the next school
year—and in addition include the re-
maining issues for 1909-10.
THE ABILENE BASEBALL TRIP.
Two Garnett Lout; Three I VON.
After a night of singing and gen-
eral merry-making spent on a west
bound T. & P. passenger irain, six-
teen of our boys landed in the little
town of Cisco ai ;>:30 a. iri. "hey
were met by the manager o! the
Briton Training'School baseball team
and escorted about a mile and a half
out of town to the mixed dormitory
(young ladies occupying the second
floor, while the young men stay on
the third), maintained by that insti-
tution. It took some thirty minutes
to walk the distance, and the boys,
tired and worn-out, got to bed about
4 o’clock. All were up the next
morning by seven, however, and par-
took of a good country-style break-
fast. After that( instead of trying
to get more sleep, as they should have
done, the boys walked to town, and,
after taking things in there, got back
to the school just in time for lunch.
The game had to be called at 1 o’clock
in order that the team might catch
its train to Abilene. After the first
few minutes of work out our boys
suddenly realized that they had been
too much alive during the previous
twelve hours, and by the end of the
third inning they were the sickest
bunch of fellows ever caught in base-
ball suits. The game was won, how-
ever, by the excellent pitching of
Taylor, who not only held Briton
down without the semblance of a hit
but struck out twelve men. This was
an excellent starter for a young
pitcher, and we are seeing big things
in the future for the lad from the
West. Poly won the game in the
sixth, seventh and eighth innings by
driving the ball all over the lot and
scoring eight runs. The game w-as
called in the eighth, in time for the
crowd to see a foot race between the
red-suited Poly men from the ball
ground to the station. This ended
the brief stay in Cisco, but each man
has said he will long remember the
visit because of the kind treatment
received while there.
The next afternoon at 4 o’clock the
game with Simmons, at Abilene,
began, and the boys were even in
worse shape than they were in Cisco.
Not a man of them could lift an ordi-
nary bat, and there was a grand rush
for the lightest in the bunch, and
when “Rube” broke we knew that all
was lost. Simmons has about the
same team this year that they had
last year, and we should have beaten
them this time just as easily as we
did then, but we were “all in.” The
game' was lost twice on bad throws,
a half a dozen times on weak hitting,
and once the crowd became so excited
it rushed out upon the ground and
interfered with the players so much
that a man was able to make a home
run on a single. The umpire’s work
here was poor. It received dishonor-
able mention in the Abilene Reporter.
Bowman pitched a good game and
should have won. The score was 4-5
in Simmons’ favor.
The next day’s game was much
faster and cleaner than this one, but
it ended in a way just as disastrous
to us. Score 2-3. Taylor pitched
this and again showed his ability,
holding his opponents runless until
the last half of the eighth. At this
point, when two men were down, two
errors and two hits netted three runs
and won for Simmons. But with all
this, the Abilene school would have
stood no show had it not been for one
professional on their team. This
man is the same Oliver that the Dal-
las Giants are clamoring for, and he
has been playing professional ball
several years. His home run in the
first, his timely two-bagger in the
second, and his superb pitching in
both games proved to bo the “medi-
cine” for us. The news does not seem
to have gotten as far west as Abilene
that it ifl “dirty” athletics to play
professionals on college teams. The
president of the school f reely ad-
mitted that Oliver was a profes-
sional, but attached no special sig-
nificance to the fact, and il was com-
mon talk around the campus that he
was receiving his tuition free and
that he attended classes only when
the spirit moved him.
The next day (Thursday) we
played the Business College and won,
12 to 4. The game was slow and de-
served no special mention.
Friday we went to the lively little
town of Stamford to meet the Metho-
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HOME-COMING WEEK
Boys you’ll be on the
U
mittee” during Home-
Coming Week, and
you’ll want to be prop-
erly attired.
That’s Easy if you buy College Clothes from
our Young Men’s Store. Two-Piece Suits
$15.00, $20.00 AND $25.00
HELTON & MASSEY
MAIN - - AND - - NINTH
dist school there. Bowman pitched Prof. Hemphill is studying in
and showed his old-time form, letting Paris with Jean de Reszke, the great -
his opponents down with only one jest living teacher of voice. He will
run, while his team-mates piled up leave Paris in August and witness
ten. In fact, the whole bunch came the Passion Play of Oberammergau
up to their usual standard and for This play is given once every ten
the first time on that trip showed years, and visitors from all parts of
real “pepper” and played rings the* world gather to see it. He will
around the team that had beaten return for work in September.
Simmons the week before.
The home trip was made that
night, and the fellows are now rest- Dr. Boaz, who is head of the Texas
ing for their fight with Texas Chris- delegation to the General Confer-
tian University, which is to come oil enee, will leave for Nashville next
Wednesday, Monday.
Entertainment Com-
LOCALS.
POLYTECHNIC ENDOWMENT
CAMPAIGN PROVES
VERY SUCCEESSFL1
Miss S. E. Bates entertained a few pVt cieorpe R. Stuart Cloned at Waco
of her friends at her home in Waxa- w
hachie last Friday, Saturday and Mondau Night.
Sunday. |
- For the past ten days Dr. George
, R. Stuart of Cleveland, Tenn., accom-
Miss Alice Stephens stopped over |mnied bv Dr. H. A. Boaz, President
at Midlothian for a few days last of the Polytechnic College, has been
week to visit her friends there. She: speaking in neighboring towns in be-
made a favorab e impression on the ha!f of the endowment fund of the
i«-st of the family, Polytechnic College. The campaign
has been very successful from every
point of view. Great crowds greeted
Prof. Webb spent lest Monday in Mr. Stuart at every evening appoint-
Corsicana visiting the public school, nient. In almost every case the
He reports everything in fine order, house was crowded to its utmost ca-
_ paeity and the message was received
with great enthusiasm. A generous
Frederick W. Peabody, LL. B., of response was made by every town
the Boston bar, will give a complete visited, showing that the Polytechnic
.exposure of Christian Science at the College is in fine favor with the peo-
First M. E. Church, Thursday even-! pie of the JState.
j ing, at H o’clock. Admission free. President Boaz is very much en-
_ con raged by the reception met with
in the various towns. He found a
We regret very much Mr. Dowda’s number of students expecting to en-
withdrawal from school. ter college the coming session. Pros-
Visitors, keep in close touch with
Polytechnic and her great improve-
ments by subscribing for the Inde-
pendent.
| Miss Maggie Hartgrove, an ex-
student, has recently shown her
loyalty to Polytechnic by contribut-
ing $2,000 to its endowment fund.
To the “Homecomers” the Adkis-
sonian and Susan M. Key Societies
extend greetings and welcome you to
visit them in their hall any time dur-
ing the day.
Remember, April 30th is the day
we meet Austin College on the track.
Four thousand feet of concrete
sidewalks have been put on the cam-
pus in the last few days. How do
you like them ?
THE
Fort Worth National Bank
CORNER FIFTH ANO MAIN
CAPITAL.....$500,000.00
SURPLUS & PROFITS, $630,000.00
OFFICERS
K. M. VAN ZANDT . President
N. HARDING .... Vice-Pres.
ELMO SLEDD.....Cashier
R. E. HARDING . . Ass’t Cash’r
E. B. VAN ZANDT . Ass t Cash’r
W. M. MASSIE . . Ass’t Cath’r
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