The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-26

The Oklahoma university base
ball team went down III defeat in
both games with the Chilocco In
dians, thus losing the state cham
pionship. This leaves Chilocco with
a clear claim to the title. The score
in the first game was to :, and in
the second 3 to ?. These games
were hotly contested, bu; the In
dians proved themselves superior TO
the Sooners. Two games with Phil
lips university at Enid will close the
Sooners' baseball season.
The University tennis team, COM
posed OF Claud Monnet and Forrest
Darrough, returned Wednesday aft
ernoonfrom Austin Texas where
fhev had met the Texas university
team. Oklahoma lost the contest
by 2-3 score, and i'll the double
contests lost three ont OF four sets.
Jed !. Johnson of Walker, the
university representative, won first
place in the state prohibition ora
test. His only opponent was Harry
Bird Cline OF Ardmore. who repre-
sented Phillips university. Ohm
sons subject was National Sobrie-
ty'; Cline's subject was "The Hand
writing on the Wall Cline was
awarded second place.
Oklahoma took the eighteenth III
tercollegiate track and ield meet
which was held Friday May II, or
the Aggies' field at Saltwater by a
score Of 73 l-3 points. The meet
was held on wet field and rain fell
at intervals during the afternoon.
The track was heavy and no rec
ords were approached. Other teams
that participated in the meet were
the Oklahoma Aggies, second with
81 l-3 points; Phillips university
third with q l-3 points; Southwest
ern normal fourth. with . points,
and Northwestern normal if!h with
2 points. McGee OF Oklahoma, and
Bottger, Aggies, tied for first honors
as individual point winners, with 15
points each. McGee worked only in
track events while Bottger showed
up in the field contests. Mctiee took
first i'll the lOO-yard dash. 220-yard
dash, 22O-yard low hurdles ard Bot
ger won first in discus, javein and
shotput.
Out Of the lOS Oklahoma mea
who earned commissions at 'hc third
officers training camp IA Camp
Travis, nearly one-tfth arc gradu
ates or former students OF the uni
yersty. In all 20 SoonerS have been
graduated from the camp and ar
expecting their commissions imme-
diatcly. The training camp at Camp
Travis was opened January ) and
lasted until April 10. This camp diff
fered from those which preceded it
in that the men who attended il
were taken from the ranks and not |
from civilian life. The men did not
receive their commissions 'mmedi-
ately upon completion OF the work |
in the training camp, but were sent |
back to their respective companies. |
The men who are former students |
in the university and who earned .
their commissions are: Ebert Boy .
Ian, Albert :. Clnkscalcs, Arthur .
b. Germany, Walter /. Ditzler,
Henry NJ. Furman, Daniel l.. Gar
rett. Thomas K Garrett, Murray
NJ. McCune, David McKowan. yoln
c. AIileiken, Louis Sonrcnschein,
James NJ Woods, Frank Parsons
Henry ID. Risland. Andrew e.
Wright. Jesse X. Frye, Harry c.
Conwill, William G.. Stigler, Don
Wicker, and Harry l.. Wirick.
Thursday afternoon Theta Sigma
Phi. the woman's journalistic frater-
nifty, held its last meeting for this
season. Besides the reports OF the
past years work and the discussion
of the plans for next year. The fol-
lowing officers were elec'el; Pres;-
dent, Fannie Inez Bell; yice-presi-
dent. Jessie Kelsey; secretary, Ber-
ME Henry; treasurer. M2rpuerite
Streeter; keeper OF the archives.
Grace Threadgill.
The state board OF educ7tion has
voted TO offer the university OF Ok .
lahoma hospitals 10 the UniteC
States government for any war
WORK. The offer will be made imme-
diatcly. The university controls two
hospitals in Oklahoma City, the uni
ver,ity hospi'1l and the emergency
hospital.
Next fall. those students ion the
university who are compelled 10 {
take military training Will have 90 .
deposit S25 with the university trcae- ,
urcr as a part of their regular en-
trance fees and the university will
buy their uniforms. This was or
dered at the recommendation ut !
President Brooks. Those students
who already have uniforms which {
meet requirements will not he oblig
ed 10 buy new ones. If any money ,
remains after the uniforms are pr-- {