The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-21
Collegiate Baseball
Chd177pion May Be
Decided IN This Civ.

is4lf1i w GdIHe neINeeTl wesleyan
and West Virginia Teams
Will Be Played Here.
BUCKEIAcSclON, Mar. &C. TUESDAY
the Wesleyan baseball team will leave
on the big souther ntrip. This trip,
including as II does, no less than ten
games is the hardest ever negotiateds:
by the college team and will test its
strength to the limit. Little practice
has been secured and the best that Is
hoped blythe squad on this journey iaS
some good experience in the south er1t
china res that Will be invaluable when
the more S2 important games OF the.
sched conlc on later in the season.
Large Squad Training.
" about 7 hdrty men have been
coming out regularly for the team
1T IS likely that the twelve men that
viii be taken south will be selectedE
from the following: Singleton, Neale,
MORRISON. Stansbury, Daniels, MaE
11er, Allen, Snodgrass, Chapman.
ler Looney, Merrells, Curtis Heav
her, r. wv. Shumaker, q. ID. Shumak
5er, kellison and Harvey The men
haFeHonly been able to get outside for.
practice three times and OF course, VI
Mount Pleasant and Carlow have been
limited in their OF portunitie les for see
Ing the men perform. @
Singleton to Catch.
looks as though the lineup vii
nave ~ to be decided more on past per
formances than on anything that has
been shown this season SO far. Single
ton will catch without doubt; w. Shus
maker will hold down first; Her,
chapman, Merrells Loonev and Heav- q
ner+ will fight is out for second and
third. with the odds favoring. MI Her
and Chapman; Neale wi I'LL likely he 2S
played at short and Daniels, Ke11ison.
o.rShllmakeT. looney and one or two 4;
others have the most favorable chance
for the outheld .ss The pitching stan
mas three fixtures in the persons of Us
Monsoon y. "a M agnel. and Stansbury yfio
viii be. is problen1atical sondsrass
Allen Romine and several. others are
trying, but SO far il has been impos
sfhle 70 Judge OF the ability and past
experience wi III lie n the largest factor
II determining who will be carried
Nagners Looks Good.
Wagner, as q pitcher, seems to iii
Tie best new man that has turned tlp
AL wesleyan in a number or Wears II
BE and strong, WI til good All jis ali fi
plenty OF s1easfl nc Ii as eEeat III 49,
most ayoraibfe IMPRESSION ana aRsE
iLindoubtedly be one OF the ma inst
cf the team throughou the sea
Mtor1sson should. be in for By fas us sS
pest eaTsa: ieyan 10 date lss
now heHis slightly handicapped AbS w. sass
injury received in basketball but this
- healing rapid aud he VA Dr. q, ass Ia
L 4p shape for tn openihg. s4slies.5Es
sLansbl1rss, picking lis last year at sf
WESLEYAN, seems TO be due Tor u bet
ter ear til an he has knusMn since !
9tl2 B3a1 Last year he suffered irons F9
sore arm to some extent and MAS not @
used egulaIly. lis experience vii l
SAND him II good stead. Sing letonS
canght all the games on the su1th ern
TIP lnl9ia and OF course Isl prepared
Sllnmaker to Play First. sls
humaker at first ], while ustaeet tisl y
rcsll liars in the closing games
lastzyeal, Was eyerthe less q; ensa-
ton and his Phenomenal hftting III IL
the "a ird game with West Virginia q. he
Well as IN other contests. is vel Eie
menlbered. Chapman ait second !. Al
though ha wing been at Wesleyan for
thre ears, has never played base
ball He is q little weak with the
IS Iie. ksilud t from hat he has e1-
hlbted so far but ia iii lding he 81 oMg
uecide e th es best form OF any
new me ntrvfng for field sDpsitionsEs
Miller at third played regularly AZ &
number Of games last year and III is s s
weakness at hitting sossgreat al TIL al ~
time, seems to- have entirely a sap
peared. L1ooneX .is also Showing con
siderable ability VI It'll the MI lop
Neale a MainstaT. ssss
Il lNealea at short stop, while newS II nj
the Job, will Without doubt. be the
mainstap OF the inf1eld He IS ex5
perienced and WI u help balance aad
hold together tile ngsters being
tried there. In: t;:e1a out eldss Daniels
Earl in the 81 4 season he was anofs
played regularly, but when he bruke
in the game finally he H broke in. to fs
stay and his catches were the featuf0s
ofaa number OF the games played here
His hitting too was timely and N III
Tally for extra bases. Last sun 9 IS:
ner he played ball with the best team
n his section Of West irginia and
securing more home runs Il ian
lumber Of games in which he zpaTtfe
pat'ed mas = natlra - the
own. Ssss ss3s ss
klhson Heacy III tier
Kellison is another outd elder
ought to slow this year. Iva "a AZ
good hitter. his fielding Is much an. ss
proved and III seems almost sas certa
y that he Will make the trip
originally 81 catcher ana
product OF Buckhan high school
seems to- be the strongest contender
or the other outti ED position
;hough q number OF other men a.
showing up to- advantage: Shunnak
s "a reliable hitter and his feldfnFafs
rp to par. N Ess
NJ -Ty,E 40 -, ~,
ZIP on TUESDAY afternoon s. mined
+, followinE the inal examiniasfionss
or the spring term and sbeRin