The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-25
COLLEGE ATHLETES BUSY
And Season Promises Many Interest
ing Events
FIRST BALL GAME THIS AFTERNOON
And Track Team VIII Meet MOrninu-
Side May Sd


The warm weather OF the past week
has doomed athletics at the college,
and large squads are daily training
for the track and base ball team. The
base ball prospects are as good il not
better than any time for several years,
and the squad contains enough good
material to turn out team capable OF
meeting any other OF the college teams
OF this section. The most likely
in the bunch are Anderson, Hyde and
Tracy, catchers, Gregg, Rossbach and
Hoy. pitchers, Thayer, Koch, Mattice,
Hyde and Hoy. infielders, Bowles,
Rieneke and Wohleter, outfelders.
Anderson, the best catcher on the
squad, is experienced and good
hitter, and caught last year for
Manchester college. Owen Hyde is a
very capable substitute and can also
play an infeld position in good shape.
Gregg, the left-handed pitcher of the
squad, comes with an excellent record,
and looks to be one of the best twirlers
on the hill for several seasons. He
has good speed and benders, and
should more than hold his own against
the other college teams. Rossbach
was with the team last year. and made
a reputation as a good, dependable
pitcher. Hoy, highlander, who
comes from Manchester college, rounds
out the pitching staff in good shape.
Hoy can also be utilized to play first
base when not in the box, and is one
OF the best batters on the team. Third
base will we'll be covered by Thayer OF
last years team. He is playing the
best ball OF his career at the present
time, and will make his corner one OF
strongest on the team. The other
infeld positions have not been decided
upon, but Koch, Mattice. Hyde and
Hoy are leading candidates. In the
outfield Manager Rieneke and Bowles
are sure of their jobs, with Wohleter,
the leading candidate for the third
place.
The team will leave May 5th for
weeks trip through Minnesota. Games
have been scheduled with Hamline,
Manchester, st. Thomas and the Uni
versity OF Minnesota, and two more
teams will be taken on to fill out the
week. The home season will be opened
here today and tomorrow with games
with the Pipestone Indian team.
These will serve as good try-out for
the team, but more warm weather is
needed to place them in good shape
for the Minnesota trip.
The track team is coming along in
fair shape, although the men have
been somewhat handicapped in getting
into condition by the cold weather.
The team goes to Morningside for the
first meet of the season one week from
tomorrow, and Saturday Coach Juneau
will have field day at the college to
try out out his material. The Morning
side team is reported to be much
stronger this year than for several
years, and close meet should result.
Manager Sperb has scheduled a meet
with the University of North Dakota
here on Nay 3lst, and on the 23rd and
oath of May the team will be at the
state meet at Mitchell. This meet
should be closer and more interesting,
as Vermillion will be strong con-
tender, and the Brookings boys will
not have the snap they have had the
past six years.
In the weights the team has Reich
and McCordic, the two veterans, and
+. Johnson. Christianson and Bowles.
Reich has been showing up we'll with
the hammer, and McCordic is throw
ing as we'll as ever. In the dashes the
team has bunch OF promising new
men in Koch, Pierce, Johnson and
Matheny. Training for the jumps are
ChilcOtt, Kirk, Koch, Coughlin and
Peirce, and in the hurdles the team
has good bunch in Alton, Coughlin.
Fuernstahl and Chilcott. The team
is we'll supplied with middle distance
men, having Coughlin, Huntermer,
Bacon, Fuernstahl, Pritchard and
Perry. The long distance events will
be taken care Of by John and Frank
Sperb, Sexauer, Huntermer and
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