The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-06
North Carolina Rhodes scholar. Win
ming Prizes and Setting England
!-HilVss IHfdeiy predicted when she
C4eil Hhtsies scholarships were all

li[vse lTfde!y predicted when she
Caeil Hhtsfes scholarships were all
nounced that England vas on the
point OF being shaken from a settle
ffahit asaEt" Isiinadt a1iys ,he hrs-
diction mas been verified through tbs
medium OF th4l4lsasd men who nave
been sent 70 -Aeancient university
Of Oxford from the colonies and
from America These young schol-
ars and atLeletes come from people,
who have accomplished things in
their own w@Errand they have not
fallen under the famous spell of The
British inertia which is said 70 cover
the adult expatriate-from America
or the provincial colonies like a pail.
The latest illustration OF this truth
concern two North Carolina boys.
graduates OF the University and
Wake Forest respectively, who have
not only led the entire university in
scholarship, but who have set Eng
land wild on the subject Of base
bah.
James Horner Winston, a sou of
ex-Judge r. ". Winston, and Rhodes
scholar from North Carolina, recent
" won at Oxford the prize OF $50
awarded for standing the best exam
nation in Christ Church Colleges Of
the University upon law, He is i
student IN the law department, he
course Of which IS very thorough,
and will graduate in June In win
ming the prize he reflects honor on
this country aud justifes his paren-
.tage. The honor is all the greater
when it is considered that the stu
dents with whom he came in cOmpe-
titien are drawn from every. part OF
the world and come from the most
famous, institutions of learning.
More picturesque, however. was
Trantham, of Wake Forest, in the
organization at Oxford, of a baseball
club from American students. The
game took like cWildfire- in the, an
Gent Island and the Interest spread
to the atheIetic clubs of London, one
of (which organized a baseball nine
which recently went to Oxford and
engaged the Americans. The result
as might be expected, vas in favor
of the fans from this side Of the va
ter, the. pitcher Of the American team
being Mr.. Winston and. the short
stop Mr. Trantham, The score in
this game was an old fashioned one,
such as used to OCCUR when the atm
letic field was the meadow lot be
hind the iron foundry-19 o 7.
The game was. played on the goth Of
May and a return engagement is .
he pulled off in London after the
Britishers have had opportunity to
get, into better practice.
Baseball in England was treated
with the. usual serious enthusiasm
by the press and all of the illustrated
papers had full and detailed accounts
Of the game, describing every play
with ridiculous accuracy and apply
ing to them terms which would make
an average American "rooter' fall dead
What will happen when the two mines
strike "Lunnon town" must be mag
ined. The grounds will be crowded
with nobility, and with .cockneys on
the bleachers. Even Edward the Seven
Times may be On hand in the parquet.
A runner will make a dive for third aid
emerge safe from the dust amid cries
of "scrimmage'' Some other lusty
prayer VIII pIlHS tue "ollo" dSdiHH'
the leather for a home run. The au-
dience will sit very still, adjust its
monocles, mark the arch of the ball
and observe, soto voice, to one an
other: "A bally good swat, old chap
pie"
With Whitelaw Reid acting as
'"chaperone, as it is announced he
will, with royalty on the side lines
and a regiment of infantry present
to protect the umpire, the game is
expected to revolntionize the British =