The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-11
EARLHAM FACES
BRIGHT FUTURE
IN ATHLETICS
Move Expects Baseball Team
to Be Fastest Aggregation
Next Year.
eY RAY JORDAN

Despite the fact that tho war has
taken many college stars. Earlbam
college passed through the crisis with
stronger representation Of athletes
than ever before, according to officials.
While many Junior and Senior ath-
letes were taken the freshmen class
produced a super-abundance Of raw
material 1t Is believed that many Of
the athletes will return next year and
Earlham may even have a stronger
representation.
Ray B. Move, director OF athletics
at Earlham. who left Sunday for his
home In Rochester. Ind, stated before
leaving, that in his opinion Earlham
would be the top notcher in the l. C.
A. l.. race next season with the return
OF many OF the old athletes and the
influx Of new material.
Future - Uncertain.
A review OF the Earlham athletic
year Is a bright one, though the future
Is uncertain. Many Of the old athletes
are planning to be back and many new
ones are planning to come.
Football probably will be the most
uncertain sport participated In next
year. Last year i received a hard
blow at the beginning of the year when
Paul Gordon, captain, and Synder, the
quarterback, entered the service. Earl.
ham loses among its football bright
lights besides Gordon and Snyder,
Harold Brown, Bob Johnson and Os.
bourne. leaving a possibility that ]. X.
Hoerner. Raiford, lobe Jesup. lookout
and Hadley will be among the candi-
dates for next year, barring the un-
expected.
hn hr{n ~ a.
the future, Coach Move believes, will
be the Quaker basketball team. The
excellent showing 1t made this year
in the race for the I. C. A. L pennant
was entirely satisfactory and under
the conditions that the Earlham team
had to undergo In putting up a strong
fight Earlham fans had no reason to
kick. Meeks and Edwards left at the
end Of the season and Pitts and Brown
were lost to the team in the middle of
the season. Lawler, Pontius, Jessup,
Carey and Johnson will be back to
start the season.
New Basketball Men.
New men may be seen in action on
the Earlham basketball squad next
year They are Miller. chosen all-state
guard at the high school state tour
ney. Miller is from Rochester and
White. all-state floor guard from
Lebanon. Both men are anticipating
entering Earlham next year and in
case they do. will contribute much in
bringing the I. c. A. l.. basketball pen
nant. to Earlham college.
Coach Move starting with raw ma.
terial. built a track team that copied
third place in the I. C. A. l.. meet, and
won a dual meet from St Mary's
With several of the old men back the
ensuing season track fans can look for
a stronger track team that will put in
bid for more first places than ever.
LAWYER Raiford. Rife. Carey, Johnson,
Farquard, Ellsworth and r. Edwards,
will be the track men returning. Davis,
who took first in the high jump. will
not be able to return.
Breaking into the baseball season,
under adverse conditions with raw ma.
terial and late work. on the diamond,
Coach Move ended the season with a
fairly strong aggregation. With the
majority of the men intending to re-
turn to school next fall the Quaker
aggregation will present a live wire
outfit when II starts the 1919 spring
work.
Taken as whole the teams repre-
senting Earlham. this season have
made better showing than was at
first expected; and IL things break
right Earlham should gain more pres.
tige In the Athletic world next season.