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The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westmi.nster, Md. PAGE THREE Terror Linksmen Win Tennis Team Beglos Season Terror Nine Loses Three One And Lose Two To TERROR TOPICS With Win Over St. John's And Wins One; Outlook Is Place Third In Loop By Harold Solomon Netmen Lose Two To Swarthmore Promising For The Future DEFEAT LOYOLA GOLFERS And Loyola, Tie Washington; FOR ONLY VICTORY Baseball Centennial Ransone Undefeated Doug Catington Stars In Pitchers' Battle At Penn State; Blue This afternoon Western Maryland collides with Washington The Terror netmen opened the Ridge Game Is A Rout Western Maryland's golf team con. College in a baseball game on Hoffa Field. Several hundred spec- crown defense aguinst St. John's, and eluded its past week's activities with tators will, in all probability. be on hand to witness this plash. Few defeated the Johnnies by a 7·2 count. Two weeks have elapsed since the a record of one victory and two de- of them will realize that this ball game, in the form that they see The Green and Gold racketeers took baseball season began with the rainy feats. The win was achieved at the it, is the culmination of one hundred years of everything but one singles and one day battle against Yale, and the expense of Loyola, Friday, April 21, baseball playing, for this spring marks the one doubles match. Coach Hurt put a Green Terrors have proved them- on one of those extremely windy days hundredth birthday of the founding of baseball. team composed of Harold Bell selves to be a respected opponent. The which characterizes April golf play- In the spring of'1839. Major General Abner Wright, Alex Ransone, Harold Solo- pitchers are getting the kinks out of ing on the home course. John Far. Doubleday, then a stripling of twenty. traced the mon, Wilbur Prentiss, Ted Bowen, their arms, the catchers are all get- rell, Loyola's number 1 man, and the pattern of a baseball diamond on a field at Coop- and Bill Anthony on the courts. Sid ting splendid opportunities at field Maryland Junior Champion, beat Paul erstown, New York, laid down a set of rules for a Waghelstein played in the doubles. generalship behind the plate, the in- Burtis 5 and 4, and won his four- group of boys, and called the game baseball. Ed Volkart defeated Wright in the fielders are shaping up well, and the some's best ball to gain Loyola's only The first attention that Doubleday's game at- feature match. Ransone and Solomon outfielders are making sweet catches tracted from the adult world came in 1842 when won from two points. Joe Oleair GeorgeRice for one point and west-I a group of New York "sports" started to play the game in a gentle- played the only other Johnny veter- for the grandstand and benchsitters applaud. All the all, team in ern Maryland's third and fourth men, manly fashion. Their baseball diamond was on Twenty-seventh ans and won over Darden and Tindall to seems to be doing all right, although respectively. The Terror doubles com- Thomas and Eckenrode, took the de- Street, the site later to house the old Madison Square Garden. Three binations were Ransone-Wright, Solo- a few cases of errorltte need clearing ciding three points in the last four. years later, one of this group, Alexander J. Cartwright, suggested men-Bowen, and Prentiss-Waghel- up. some. organizing a "baseball club". On September 23,1845, the Knick- stein. Bostonians Win Wednesday, April 19, the Univer. erbocker Baseball Club was formed. First of all, two Thursdays ago, sity of Baltimore golf team, headed Amherst and Williams played the first recorded game of inter- Swarthmore Snaps Streak Western Maryland met a heavy hit- by Otto Greiner, Middle Atlantic Am- collegiate baseball at Pittsfield, Mass., July 1, 1859. By agree- The winning streak of the Terror ting Boston College aggregation on ateur champion and holder of other tennis team, extended over from)ast Hoffa Field in the first official game sectional championships, took the Ter- ment, the winner would be the team scoring 65 runs. They played season, was snapped by a powerful rors into camp by a 5·1 score. Grein- four solid hours with Amherst finally the victor after 26 innings, of the season. Scoring in every in- er won his match with Oleair, and also b-ya 66-32 score. Swarthmore net outfit to the tune of ning but the fourth, the Bostonians Captain Ransone continued his 8·1. piled up twelve runs and eighteen hits enabled his foursome to gain a point Baseball as a pastime received a serious setback in 1861 when fine tennis to garner the only Green off Carroll Cook, while the Terrors for the best ball with his Score of 75. tRe Civil War broke out. Ball teams disbanded, and the players and Gold point when he defeated Dor- were amassing three runs on eight Paul BUrtis, in gaining Western signed up for the serious business of war. The boys in Blue, though, iss, the Garnet number one player. hits off Fallon. Burns and Fallon led Maryland's only point, was second carried baseball off to the war with them. There were reports of Lack at" practice had a great deal to the enemy attack, the former with low with a 76. Shifting a strong Union prisoners playing baseball with their Confederate guards in do with the loss, as the 'rerrors had three singles, the latter with two man, Johnson, into' the last fcuraomo, prison camps. It is told too, that during the long campaign before only several days of outdoor practice. singles and a triple. Joe Drugash Baltimore won all three points, al- Richmond a game was played during a lull in hostilities between Swarthmore had been practicing since starred at bat for the Terrors, with a though Thomas with an 80 gave him picked teams of the Union and Confederate armies. Southerners early fall on their indoor courts. double and two singles. Linton, 'I'ar- a good battle. learned enough about the game to realize its sports advantages. button, and Ryan scored Western Terns Trim Terrors Baseball emerged from the Civil War more strongly established Maryland's three runs. The last match of the week, played than ever as the national pastim~. Then, on Saturday, the Green 'I'er- Saturday, April 22, was taken by the rora traveled to Penn State to meet University of Maryland's team by u the powerful Nittany Lion team. A 5lh·lh score. The Western Maryland Prayer of a Sportsman beautiful pitchers' battle resulted be- team was handicapped in that Oleair In the entrance to the Swarthmore fieldhouse is a bulletin tween Watts, Penn State pitcher, and and Thomas were both absent, and board. On this board is a poem entitled Prayer of {J, Sportsman, by Doug Catington, hurler for the 'I'er- men had to be substituted for them. Berton Braley, which, I believe, is the answer to the sco~ers on the rora. The final score was 2 to 1. Only Neil Eckenrode, playing number 2, Hill who look at sports merely on a won and lost basis and who three Western Marylanders got hits- took the only score for Western Mary- moan every time one of the teams loses a game. To them, victory Honeman, Drugash, and Barkdoll; land by halving his match with Bill is everything and losses something to be sneered at. The poem ex- while four Penn Statemen garnered Rea, who is one of the University of presses better than most of us could the prime maxim of sport: bingles off the delivery of Catington. Maryland's bctter basketball players it is not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you played The lone Western Maryland run waa . in addition to being a good golfer. the game. scored by Honeman. Burtis, playing number 1, against his Blue Ridge Routed former team mate in high school, Jim Dear Lord, in the battle that goes on through life, On Friday, the Green Terrors en· BrowneIl, was beaten 2 and 1 after I ask but a field that is fair; tertained Blue Ridge College on Hoffa-- being 5 down with 6 holes left to play. A chance that is equal with all in the strife, Field. "Entertained" is hardly the Frank Lesinski and John Pieri lost A courage to strive and to dare. ALEX RANSONE word for it; one rtUght better say their matches in the last foursome to And if I should win, let it be by the code "massacred". FOil, by the time give Maryland the win. With my faith and my honor held high, Washington College was encount- scorekeepers had put away their ad- And if I should lose, let me stand by the road ered in the third match of the season, ding machines, Western Maryland And cheer as the winners go by. which ended in a 3·3 tie as darkness had made 22 runs to Blue Ridge's 2. Cindermen Drop Opener To necessitated stopping the play. All The Terrors' grand total consisted of of the singles were completed before Strong Washington Team Pennant Predictions the matches were stopped. scored the four runs in the second, four runs in Ransone, the third, one run in. the fourth, two Solomon, Prentiss and runs in the runs in the fifth, four BENDER AND LESINSKI TAKE As the Gow, Bug is unwilling to lose out in the race for news- Terror points. After dropping the sixth, and seven runs in the seventh. first set, Ransone came back to win ONLY FIRSTS FOR W. MD. paper supremacy with the New York Times and the Baltimore Sun, Cook and Cole pitched for the Ter- it behooves the Sports Editor to pick the winning teams in the the next two and take the match. Sol- rors, while Garber, Gloslci, and Dig- omon played the finest tennis of his gilJio shared mound duties for the The Green Terror track team S~~~ol~ai~u:~ingAi~h~~~~h~n~l~e~~!~~~d ~:a:n~~~~~e~.k!W1tht~i~ career to massacre "Goop" Zebrowski, victims. Barkdoll led the batting at- emerged from its opening meet with erudition that would amaze several of the profs on the Hill, Proph- 6·0, 6·1. Prentiss defeated Shockley tack with two doubles and two ~ia:~i~r~~~~~:~e;~e t~~n:~~rtm:~: et Solomon gazes into his crystal ball and sees the Yankees repeat- in straight sets for the third Terror singles, with Drugash and Stropp point. ·Wright, Bowen, and Anthony right behind him with three hits. which w·as held at Chestertown on ~~;;er tf; t~:;W~~~~ ~:~~~~ and facing the Cincinnati Reds next all lost three-set matches to the Cook and Cole limited the Blue Ridge- z:l:~:a:;:~t~O produce a new reo- Baseball Team Shoremen. men to four hits, while the Green 'I'er- "Reds" Bender took the pole vault If the baseball team could keep its hands glued to the horse- Lose To Loyola rcra got 20. Loyola came to town On Saturday, with a 10-foot performance, and Les- hide and not commit so many errors, it would have a fine chance Last Friday Loyola College enter- I for a fray with the Terrors. When inski put the shot 38 feet 8% inches of winding up the season with one of the finest winping averages a tained the \Vestern Maryland netmen the game was over, they had "gone to to win the only events fo!' the Green Terror nine has attained in recent years. The Havensmen have and didn't prove to be v~r~ good hosts, town." Bunching twelve hits to score and Gold team. played fine ball in spots, but attacks of nonfielditis, a pa~ticularl.Y Although every man on the West· malignant disease that affects baseball players, have rumed sev- ~o:rr~r;' t~:n:o:~~ ;~~s;~n u~~e:re~~~I ~!g~~el:;nO~h::~n~i~;i~;;~:~~n:c:~~ ern Maryland squad put forth his best eral ball games. Coach Havens must see baseballs trickling out of ed in singles play this season, and the second. Catington and Smith effort to defeat the Shoremen, their gloves in his sleep. Bowen were responsible for. the o~ly pitched for Western Maryland, and ::~~~~~::::~O~~:nt~,.:~~~~t'f:~:V~;~tt~~:~af~~~~l~~ir:;d~~:~~;r::;~~J':f:h~;Y!ke:!~~:~~~: Terror points. A very hIgh wmd Flynn dld the hillwork for the Loyola. Several excellent baseball prospects have been uncovered in of brief training nine days period men. hampered the players. Nice hillwork it was too, for he limited th.e Terrors to three hits, one Bills scored Western Maryland's ton. , M::o:~~:: ;:a~!b:~r!of:~g\;::h~;~ button belie their size and are heavy hitters. Women'sAthleticDepartment each by Bills, Drugash, and Tarbut.. ton, seem to be well·filled by Watson Ramblings ToSponsor "Play Day" May6 single run. -_-- and McCalley, who turned in starring The Hopkins baseball nine suffered a severe loss whe!l John performances in the dashes and the Donahue, star Bluejay pitcher, signed a pro contract WIth t~e NEIGHBORING COLLEGES TO (Cont. from Col. 1) distance l'Uns, respectively. Salisbury Indians ... The Preachers seem to have lost theIr Washington; second, Buck, Washing· Two--mile RUb-Won by W. Ford, three-year softball monopoly. The other fraternities are licking SEND Cpl\ll~ETING TEAMS ton; third, Tully, Washington. Time, Washington; second, McCalley, Wash- their chops in glee ... Burtis and Oleair played off a grudge golf 23.2. ingtonj third, Chase, W. Md. Time, match the other day at a dime a hole. Burtis won eight up and still On May Day, the women's athletic Pole Vault- Won by Bender, W. "play 11:18.5. lost forty-five cents. Queer world these golfers live in '.' . "Duke" department is sponsoring a colleges Md.; second, Pinto, Washington; t Wh':"'dh,inwgt.onF;~~d'"ownda' "hK,lnagtre;nw. 'T~;~;, one of his singles tennis matches has gone to three sets ... Wash- have been invited. The colleges who High Jump-Won by Tully, Wash- 10 feet. third, Watson, Washington. day" to which neighboring Ransone believes in making things last as long as pOSSIble. Every One-Mile Run-Won by McCalley, Md. 5 ft. 8 in. ton; third, Holljes;W. U~ "V ington College seems well on its way to the baseball championship. have accepted the invitation to par· ington; second, Robertson, Washing- 5:01.2. . .• The Terror baseball loss to Loyola is the first time Western ticipate in this athletic meet are Discus-Won by Kilby, Washing- 440-Yard Run-Won by Buck, Maryland has lost to Loyola in several years. Notre Dame of Baltimore, Marjorie Webster School, University of l"Ifary- ton; second, Storm, Washington; :;::~~~~~~,s~~:c~m:~~~a~a:~~~~ The courtmen faced a wind of hurricane proportions while land, Towson State Teachers College, third, Lesinski, W. Md. 114 ft. 11 ton. Time, 53.2. playing at Loyola last Friday. Several of the lighter members of and American UniverSity. in. 100·Yard Dash-Won by Watson, the team wanted weights to keep them from blowing away. . . Six Games Selected Shotput-Won by Lesinski, W. Tully, Md.; second, g Washington; second, Tully, Wash!n - rah~o~~s~~nN~~~~~eT~~;'t~~~e~;e;i~t~:~~~~ e~silie.r~o~si/;o~o~~~ The games selected for the inter. third, Kilby, Washington. Washington; 38 ft. 8"*- ~~~d.third, Bender, W. Md. TIme, a betting man, place your money on the Terrors w_hen'We play coHegiate competition are volleyball, in. Javelin-Won· by Pinto, Washing. 880-Yard Run-Won by Bucking· ~aa?b~fte~a~~~~~~e~~rc~~~::.ati~:;~o~~!t~~~~e:~:Jh&~~/~:3T:~J :~f:b;~if.te;n~~h :~~~~~ C~~I!;~n~i~i ton; second, Lesinski, W. Md.; third, ~;:: :~::;in~:;I~r:eC;:d'M~~WiSTi:~ only nosed out Western Maryland 2-1 ... Bucknell, one of the have about twenty girls entered in the Bender, W. Md. 149 ft. 7% in. 2:11.1. Terrors' 1939 football opponents, loses the serv~ces of Lou Toma- competition. \~estern Ma.ryland ~!l Broad Jump-Won by Tully, Wash· 220.Yard Dash- Won by Watson, setti a great football player, through graduatIOn. Undoubtedly have as many gIrls as pOSSIblepartlcl- ington; second, Watson, Washington; (Cont. to Col. 5) I Ter;or fans will breathe easier with this threat gone. J pating. third, Bender, W. Md. 20 ft. 9 in.