Foot ball enthusiasm has been temporarily
supplanted by that for base ball and the practice
games are well attended. The chances for a
strong team seem to be good at this writing, but
in actual test with rival teams is the only reliable
comparison.
—The ’95 Spring Assembly, held in the College
Armory, April 19, was one of the most enjoyable
of the these popular gatherings. Being of a mili
tary order, several very handsome uniforms were
noticed, the U. S. Army and Navy and the Gov
ernor's staff being represented, as well as the regu
lation undress of the State College cadet. The
music from Stopper and Fisk was, as usual, of the
finest variety. The gowns were both handsome
and stylish, but further than that our words can
not do them justice.
BASE BALL
The opening game of the base-ball season was
played with Dickinson College at Carlisle. The
game was tightly contested and won by Dickinson
through the purest chance, 'flic main feature of
the game was the fine fielding of Thomas.
Dickinson 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-3
State 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2
On the following day, April 13th, State played
Gettysburg at Gettysburg. The following ac
count of the game is taken from the Gettysburg
Mercury.
STATE COLLEGE — 6. GETTYSUURO. —5
According to what seems to have become an
established custom, in all contests with our friends
from State, we lost. In this instance, at any rate,
it must have been force of habit, for it was by the
purest chance that we did not win by 5-3.
This was the score when State came to the bat
to close the ninth inning. The first two men
were easily disposed of. Then came a man by
the hoodoo name of Walker, who rapped an easy
THE FREE LANCE.
fly to left field. It was well for him and his team
that he hit that ball as he did ; for if it had gone
back to the cinder path, or over to the observa
tory, or anywhere that our brilliant left fielder
might have made a hundred-yards dash for it,
that game would have ended suddenly and the
college bell would be ringing yet. As it was,
however, the fly was so easy and sure that a most
rare thing happened—the left fielder muffed a
ball. After that three hits were made, and the
game was won by the visitors.
The playing of both teams was of a very high
order. Ths batteries did especially good work
and the general all-round fielding was most excel
lent.
Particular mention might be made of the out
field work of Brown. In the in-field, Thomas
and Rice, for State, and Keefer and Gilbert, for
Gettysburg, excelled.
Considering that it was the first game of the
season for us, we have reason to congratulate our
selves on the result. The college has material
for a very strong team, and we may yet hope that
“fortune will smile upon us” more pleasantly in
our future games and, particularly, in the one
with State.
Stuart, 2b.
Rloo, h. x..
Wiilltor.nl) A p 1 2 0 1 0
Greenland, ll' 0 0 II 11 1
Ncsbit, p 1 II II 1 (l
I’nlntor, lb & lib II (I 8 I) II
TliomnH, of &lb 1 1 (I (I 0
Brown, l'f 0 II 8 (I 0
Elsonhorg, cl' II 1 II 0 0
Totals II 0 27 (1 .'1
♦Two men out wlion winning ru
Earned runs—State, 1 j Gettysburg, 2. Two.bnso lilt—Wnlltor.
Throo-baso lilt—Slieoly. Bases stolon—Stuart, Sliooly, Koofor.
Bobos on called balls—Gettysburg, 1. Hit by pltolied ball—
Walitor, Hays, Slieoly. Strnolc out—By Nosblt,2i by Wnlltor, (I ;
byStimmol,(l, I’nssod balls—Tate, 1. Tlmoofgnmo—l hour 48
minutes. Umpire—Kuendlg, Gettysburg.
The third game of the season was played with
the crack Dcmorcst team on. Beaver field April
17th. Stale won by a close score, Demorest near
The score and summary follow :
statu coi.i.nnn
11. 111. e, a. 1:,
„2 1 II II 1
..I II 2 1 1
SIIMMAIIY
(IKTTYSni)II(I.
It, 111. O. A, K.
Lolsonrlng, ll'. 0 0 8 ii 1
Sliooly, lb 0 2 7 1 0
Koofor, 8b 0 1 1 4 (l
Tnlo, 0 0 null
Richardson, el’ I 0 8 II 11
Stlinmel, p 1 0 8 11 11
Gilbert, 2b 2 2 0 1 1
Eoltlos, o. s 1 1 II 2 0
Hartnell, rl, II 1 11 I) II
Smith, rf 1 0 (lino
Totals H 7 2(l* 12 8
in was made.