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16 THE NORMAL RECORD. evening of pleasure is guaranteed to all. It is intended to show the work that the two societies have been doing. The committee on debates has made arrangements with the Vacaville High School for a debate to take place in that school some time in the latter part of May, in all probability on the twenty-sixth. The debate will be on the question of 'the retention of the Philippines. Seott Hendricks, James Matlock and Miss Anna Reynolds have been selected by the committee to represent the Normals, the two medal debaters upholding the same side they will speak on in the finals. Athletics. This month has been a busy one for the boys, as the following record will show: Wednesday morning bright and early, April 26, seventeen young men started for Oroville. Nine of the above were to uphold the fair fame of the Normal in a baseball tournament at that place. The other eight were to do whatever they could to help the nine win. A great many "ifs" and "mights" were spoken but very few "wills." It was to be,the first time that any Normal team would meet the strong professional teams of surrounding towns, therefore there was very little confidence but only a wish that the Normals would win. At a little after ten the Normal boys took the field against the baseball team of Biggs. Our boys seemed to be nervous and as a result at the end of the third inning the score stood six to three in favor of Biggs. But Biggs had played her hand while the Normals had just commenced. Slowly our boys forged ahead, one and two runs an inning, while the opposing team came to the bat and went out in 1, 2, 3 order. From the sixth on it was a shut out for Biggs. Then, as the third man of Biggs went out in the ninth, the crowd, and especially the seventeen went wild with excitement. Even Jones forgot his sore finger and played the snare drum as he had never played it before, all the way back to Oroville. The score stood 7 to 6 in favor of Normals. It was meet that we and the Normalites should be glad! It showed that we did have a baseball team and that the Normals could play ball! None could dispute the assertion now t,hat we have a first class baseball team. Honcut vs. Normal. The next morning the Normal boys again took the field against Honcut. The latter team had also won the day before from the Oroville Jr. nine. Hendricks was in the pitcher's box for the first tryout. The first three pitches were balls. All the Honcut rooters began to yell. But the next three times Scott pitched, the batter hit the air in vain and Hendricks had fanned the first man up as well as the first one of his season. The boys, on a whole, did good work this inning. At certain times, owing to the easiness of the game the boys became careless and allowed errors that would not have crept in, in a closer game. At the end of the game the score stood 21 for Chico Normals and 8 for Honcut. Normals vs. Gridley, After taking . a rest of about three hours after the game with Honcut our boys took the field against Gridley. An exceedingly strong north wind was blowing so that the correct gauging of a fly ball was almost impossible. Also the batter had to bat the ball dead against this wind. This game was expected to be the banner one of the tournament as the Normals had played two excellent games and had shown themselves capa ble of playing first class ball. Even Gridley felt a lit;Ie uncertain. But straoge to relate very few predictions came true. Particulars of this game had better be dispensed with. Errors for the Normal team would cover the page. To the credit of our team it may be said that only one man struck out. But th? boys, batting against the wind, very seldom lifted the ball out of the diamond. Hendricks batted several flys to the field only to have them caught by the fielders. Jack did not pitch the game he is capable of, although he struck out four of Gridley's batters. His infield support was bum, to use a slang expression, and thus things became worse for our team. On the other hand, the support the Gridley pitcher received
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. April 1900 |
Original Date | 1900-04 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1900 it was published almost monthly. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
Rights | For information on the use of the images in this collection contact the Special Collections Department at 530.898-6342 or email: specialcollections@csuchico.edu |
Format | image/tiff |
Filename | index.cpd |
Description
Title | 1900_04_NormalRecord_.021 |
Original Date | 1900-04 |
OCR- Transcript | 16 THE NORMAL RECORD. evening of pleasure is guaranteed to all. It is intended to show the work that the two societies have been doing. The committee on debates has made arrangements with the Vacaville High School for a debate to take place in that school some time in the latter part of May, in all probability on the twenty-sixth. The debate will be on the question of 'the retention of the Philippines. Seott Hendricks, James Matlock and Miss Anna Reynolds have been selected by the committee to represent the Normals, the two medal debaters upholding the same side they will speak on in the finals. Athletics. This month has been a busy one for the boys, as the following record will show: Wednesday morning bright and early, April 26, seventeen young men started for Oroville. Nine of the above were to uphold the fair fame of the Normal in a baseball tournament at that place. The other eight were to do whatever they could to help the nine win. A great many "ifs" and "mights" were spoken but very few "wills." It was to be,the first time that any Normal team would meet the strong professional teams of surrounding towns, therefore there was very little confidence but only a wish that the Normals would win. At a little after ten the Normal boys took the field against the baseball team of Biggs. Our boys seemed to be nervous and as a result at the end of the third inning the score stood six to three in favor of Biggs. But Biggs had played her hand while the Normals had just commenced. Slowly our boys forged ahead, one and two runs an inning, while the opposing team came to the bat and went out in 1, 2, 3 order. From the sixth on it was a shut out for Biggs. Then, as the third man of Biggs went out in the ninth, the crowd, and especially the seventeen went wild with excitement. Even Jones forgot his sore finger and played the snare drum as he had never played it before, all the way back to Oroville. The score stood 7 to 6 in favor of Normals. It was meet that we and the Normalites should be glad! It showed that we did have a baseball team and that the Normals could play ball! None could dispute the assertion now t,hat we have a first class baseball team. Honcut vs. Normal. The next morning the Normal boys again took the field against Honcut. The latter team had also won the day before from the Oroville Jr. nine. Hendricks was in the pitcher's box for the first tryout. The first three pitches were balls. All the Honcut rooters began to yell. But the next three times Scott pitched, the batter hit the air in vain and Hendricks had fanned the first man up as well as the first one of his season. The boys, on a whole, did good work this inning. At certain times, owing to the easiness of the game the boys became careless and allowed errors that would not have crept in, in a closer game. At the end of the game the score stood 21 for Chico Normals and 8 for Honcut. Normals vs. Gridley, After taking . a rest of about three hours after the game with Honcut our boys took the field against Gridley. An exceedingly strong north wind was blowing so that the correct gauging of a fly ball was almost impossible. Also the batter had to bat the ball dead against this wind. This game was expected to be the banner one of the tournament as the Normals had played two excellent games and had shown themselves capa ble of playing first class ball. Even Gridley felt a lit;Ie uncertain. But straoge to relate very few predictions came true. Particulars of this game had better be dispensed with. Errors for the Normal team would cover the page. To the credit of our team it may be said that only one man struck out. But th? boys, batting against the wind, very seldom lifted the ball out of the diamond. Hendricks batted several flys to the field only to have them caught by the fielders. Jack did not pitch the game he is capable of, although he struck out four of Gridley's batters. His infield support was bum, to use a slang expression, and thus things became worse for our team. On the other hand, the support the Gridley pitcher received |