The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-12
SMITH ACADEMY'S DEFEAT
WAS a. GREAT SURPRISE.
Team Has Been Playing in Kara Luz"
of Latc-Nen Not HorAipS
Together.


St. Louis Tniversity's overwhelming de-
~. - .a,ram, ,o,n uas quite
feat Of the Smith Academy tearh W I'll.
a surprise TO followers OF amateur oaSe2at'
last Saturday. the college team beng under
,a,e5 for .ho mos. ,.,t nv those Interested
.a'.u' ioi '"e "ioS' al ~ a-nar,,,y )
IN the spot - EahE OF lHs uH' x
boys are youngsters, who wCud appear 100
small for even an academic team, thai their
1.-p'ISi"s ."'Ii.'' %
Smith A~cademy's team has been playing
in hard luck Of late and the men have not
80 .or,,,, ,oaa,rar rri.n lr.,,,b <.ood-
- 'VeI - o
"'ess 10 iui'y accus'om 1he!h % 'AeH posi-
tons, Several players have been switched
- rlys,,a So. .an-,L- 81
We ila@snt. tUH - NJ -, L. 70
partnre some I'M - ft ratec = a General
Ttnsaire w gi - N o,IS ,c,,-.i,~rr car.
POI ne e%ISa tier best. Yet enonsn OF me
ns. S,hoV', az VIE SIR 81 'nz s=d~pH 90
W "a - H.u-n s.[,ts@L a=st.satIom;
'hIi,' = ny fAlsI 9 : -. -...s q. !iiIhe.
aD't!s!, on. Inc sa.5IlutG P!G!sFS aIpsdt
70 ~ 9p.ut me strongest pHaCh turned OSt
"i me 1.ana aVehus s.a21i Ht !ase;
fiishs team was disturbed IN the last ten
Gays by a switching Oh positions similar TO
rta L"i,o~ ~ ~ NJ siniiA I'm ihs
snahS-up w t4t aheft the wore 81 ne
HickeT was missed from the pitchers hoE.
flshs TWO s9DStltutts' or taken rom
stcoIt uaSt anu tHs OtE"E rom IISIs ptphtt
cduai % holding down a battery POSITION
with ease.
Gruner depends mainly on a swift,
straight ball without any fancy frilis or
curves. Yet this ball worked woniers In
the game with Manual and proved alto
gcther psrplex!ng- Smith did good work IN
The game and showed even better form IN
tt" match with Curcor'.la Seminary. Win
the present ataptahility as regards switch.
Ing positions shown by rs men High shn,iid
win the interSch yl-s l. championship this
Manuals team. so far as battery goes.
was one of the organizations thought capa-
he OF giving Eigh School n rub at It's best.
bickc ana Mooney are = l-kl9w bat
! terry. probably the best known in ths
scholastic class. Yet EHgh School took two
men from Dases for its pitchers box and
won out. On this showing. the SCHOLASTIC
championship does not iook TO be 4 par
t.cuiaTly open affair. II seems TO grayitate
toward the High School already. :.
-
II the game at RolIa Saturday. when the
Christian Brothers team beat the Miners
by the score Of I to {. the college team,
showed itself TO be a much stronger or
ganizdtion than has been indicated IN sew
eral Of its games !ateiv. All the men nut
up strong contests al their respective DO
elrded gross Tas faults By ~ one Ss' or two incl msn w iho
missed through sheer ca-elessness.
Foley. in left field. PLAYED . fawless game
did good work in cente- S.Ii ,r,iis Hie-
gins. In the pitchers box. and pownes Mt
I ptoran a use showed Eood form; Jimmy ny
list bv failure tn trend ca-efrlt- 70 What
he was doing " > " "
Higgins srfuck out SIX men allowed b,,t
tjn,es n. ,ns hat SeiIar PioT5sn ,,d -
lev did some tiT1oiv work win, the stict
KeIjav's drive In IN. ninth won the game
FOR e n G as II drove in two men and
won tha game ~
Graves and CUMMINGS of -he Miners nrob.
abiv dsd the hest work their battery ex-
bibItion beiny good '"- ~
IT Mccarthy who will he ememherei
ne ona of the hest mile and q baIf men nro-
dlced in this eitv Of iata and Who was The
star Of C, r Ct= track taam last season,
is dur1cafing his performances at Rolla.
His record fer the half mile. made in the
c. p g field day last season WIS 2.6i hut
ne SURPASSED this last Friday in The School
Of Mines field dav when he covered |tha
distance in I:6e as. -
This is the best time that has been made
in the Middle West of late. and. If con-
firmed. VIII bring him well up to the front.
Before the record Is accepted as authentic.
however. IL is likely that the course will
be gone over and an inspection made to
see that everything was strictly in accord
snce with rules.
Mccarthy also appeared in the class re-
law race. which was wen by his team. the