South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-23

Varsity and YanniganS Go
Through Long Grind; Team
Not Yet Selected.
BY CHARLES A. CRIMES.

day of rest" They did naught
but plug through batting. infeld and
outfeld practice and then. after all
that called the day perfect by plow-
ing through II innings of real COM
petition. No. the contest was not so
exciting as to call for overtime play.
but Dorais forgot the count. and
Chief Meyers memory likewise
lapsed.
Chief enjoys umpiring varsity
yannigan contests almost as well as
eating. Yesterday afternoon he for
got the number of innings and
would have allowed the contest to
continue until dark perhaps, had not
player asked When do we eat?''
Dorais took the hint and after
three hours of the hardest practice
they have yet experienced the boys
hied themselves to. the showers.
Even DOrAis' memory was unmind
full yesterday. ForgeGulness was a
habit with Meyer On more than
one occasion batters were retired on
four instead of three strikes as is
the wont in regular games. In one
inning the regulars, thanks to the
| Chief, were retired on five outs
| Otherwise there were no tustiEable
| -the-umpire complaints.
At the start yesterday the base
! ball men-and the number is dimin-
ishing gradually-stepped through a
lively batting practice Then Do
|
to the pastures. where for 20 min
utes they chased fungoes lifted to
them by FIR. Farley. The ihfelders
listened to Meyers chatter and
stopped most of the liners he sent to
them.
After half an hour of infield prac-
tice the yannigan-varsity game be-
gan. Pat" Murray pitched six in
nings for the regulars with Allison
on the receiving end. Doyle played
first, Capt Sjoberg second, Miles,
short, and MOZART, third base. In
the outfield Barry took care Of the
4 left garden, Bader the center and
O'Connor the right.
Dutch Wrape started on the
mound for the yannigans with Nc
CURE doing the backstoppSg. Bahan
played first, Pearson second, Scanlon
short, and Sullivan third. Red"
/ Donovan chased flies in left field,
/ Scofield in center. and Kelly in right.
True to early season college form
( both teams went at it in hitless won
der fashion. Allison, Sjoberg and
Miles did what little hitting was
( done by the varsity
Murray and Wrape toed the slab
for six innings and had the batters
at their mercy throughout. Murray
allowed only one hit and no runs
in six innings; Wrape took it a little
easier and allowed three hits and
one run.
McCrackenI succeeded Murray for
the varsity in the seventh, and al
though the yannigans got to him, all
their hits landed IN varsity hands.
Tom" Lavery jumped into Wrape's
shoes and allowed two runs to filter
across in the five innings he pitched.
All told the game was fairly close
but by no means thrilling. The
fielding by men both of the inner
and outer lines, was fairly good.
form as the pitchers had the game
we'll in hand at most stages.
The Saturday workout marked the
completion of the first week of out
door practice. Dorais expressed
himself as well pleased with the
progress the team has thus far made.
The personnel of the team is by no
means settled yet. however. Dorais
is as laxative as the proverbial
sphinx, but judging from recent per
formances, a fair line on the make
up Of the team is now available.
Allison lookN like a certainty as
first string catcher, with Mcclure
helping out Murray is first string
pitcher without a doubt. Should
Wrape untangle some of his schol-
astic difficulties he can be used 10
good advantage with Iavery. Nc
| Cracker showed unexpected good
form yesterday afternoon and gives
promise of landing a berth. Dona-
vans arm will probably keep him
out of the box for some time, but il
is quite possible his unusual baseball
sense and ability IS a hitter may
land him an outfield job. Kipp and
Mcclure, other aspiring pitchers.
have not yet been given much chance
to show their line.
First base has Dorais guessing.
Halloran. who was slated for a try
out at the bag. has been in the hos
pital the past week. During his alb
sence Scofield, Bahan and Doyle
were tried at the initial sack SEQ
field and Bahan are good outielders
Doyle is a catcher. OF the three
] Doyle has made the best showing
and it is possible Dorais may keep
him at the job for while at least.
Capt. Sjoberg is q fixture At sec
Ond. Each day Of practice brings
Improvement 20 his brilliant batting
and fielding. Miles. a rangy new
conner, is something Of find al
short. He promises 10 fiji Louie
VOTES shoes with a vengeance. He
has gObbled everything in his ter
ritory in the outdoor practices and
has hit with fair regularity.
Third base offers another problem
MOZART. who played the bag for the
regulars yesterday, is possessed OF a
wonderful whip. but he IS even more
erratic than his rival. Sullivan. who
has the edge as a hitter
Gpofald RAIDER Harry OfConnoF