1920 Cedrus Yearbook

1920 BASE BALL T HE ground-hog kept his promise this year in good faith. It seemed impossible for the manager to draw up a contract with him any earlier than the 25th of March. Owing to this fact, baseball practice started later than usual. However, as soon as the sun became generous enough to leave a few heat rays on the college campus, the boys naturally began to talk baseball, get the old mitt out of the trunk and knock a few flies. The enthusiasm grew from day to day until every boy who was interested in baseball began to "work" in order that he might make a position on the team. When the first practice was called, twenty-five men came out, the most that had been out for several years. Manager Carl Duncan, a former Cedarville star short-stop, who has returned to school after an absence of some four years, arranged games with nearby colleges such as Antioch, Wilmington and Wilberforce. Bob Colman, one of the four letter men, was unanimously elected captain. He soon realized that a big problem was before him. In previous year:3 the problem has been to get enough men to make a team, but this year more than enough for two teams were out working hard for a position. At first Captain Colman thought that he was lacking a good pitcher. He began, however, to look the bunch over and soon found several goou prospects. • Markle and Lyle, both new men, were given the orders "to get in shape." Wright, our speedy little southpaw who was with us last year, seemed to have the edge on them all. And even our captain, to his surprise, began to show signs of being able to get back into his old position in front of the umpire. Sanders and White, both new men, seemed to be the only ones who could hold these twirlers. At the time of this book going to press only one game had been played and this being with our old rivals, Antioch. The game was very interesting and exciting from start to finish. It was not until the last inning that the home team was able to nose ahead at all and the game ended with the score 6 to 5 for Antioch. Wright pitched a great game, allowing only a few hits. Colman was not able to play on account of an injured knee and his services at first base were greatly missed. The lineup was as follows: Thorn, lb; Malin 2b; Markle, 3b; C. Duncan, ss; Brown, If; Creswell, cf;P. Duncan, rf; Sanders, c, and Wright, p. S. M. C. 72