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R3IX CAi Ac- V • THE RED B LACK. Voi.. III. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga„ March 21, 1896. r- V<». 22. Something About Baltimore's Great Short SJop and Georgia’s Coach. «;* r y *• V • •.v ; Twenty-five years ago, on April first, at 1‘iltslon, IV, Hugh A. Jen nings was born. llis youth was spent like that of the average Amer ican, playing ball all summer and all of the winter wishing that sum mer would Mint 1 . llis playing ‘prompted the manager of a semi professional- team at l.ehighton, Pennsylvania, to give him a trial in 189 ’. His lirsl work was as a catch er. lie wits signed by l.ehighton again for '91, but the manager of Louisville hail k< pt his eyes open tile pluvious year and obtained his release from Lebigbton. lie caught his first game for Louis villc in 1891. lie was a success,and chances without nil error. Thu next day he was presented with the beautiful solitaire he wears on his little linger. Such is a brief account of Mr. Jennings’ ball playing. All of bis fame lifts not turned his head nod every one knows him as a conscien tious, modest gentleman. II 'Geor gia doesn’t play winning ball this ATHLETICS. not see until it had nlmost hit his | hands lie was coached under it by the pitcher. This is not my story. Ask A. A. Stegg about it. The Coach is Here and the Real Prac tice of' Varsity Has Begun at L:pst. year well, it won’t be the fault of i her coach. was kept H\ Louisville fora general utility man. The first base - man. I lie nrst base man was released Jennings went to first. Jennings'' lucky day came when Louisville’s short stop was ta ken sick ; he did s > well that Louis- villc sports paid thws.ld shortstop to slay sick, lie proved a •“ pile nom.” Dancing Class. Miss (tipsy Morris, of Atlanta, will come to Athens in a few weeks to open a dancing school. Miss Morris keeps up with all the new dances so thoroughly that the lov ers of lerpsiehore in Athens have a treat in store for them. She hopes to have a number of students to form a club ami all who wish to learn can do no better than join this talented artist’s class. Watch Kkd anii Bi.ack for notice. There is no comparison between the spirit with which the practices are gone ihrogh in this nnd that of The thing that is most gratifying j last year's team. Uit year, lltu is the number of candidates that team seemed to be doing not only have come out. There are enough work, but drudgery. This year, a men trying for every position to snap uud vim characterizes their j make the ones who get them work every move, and the zeal and “gin-. I bard and keep it up. No one has ger" that they put into their work his place sure and Captain Morris! is very gratifying: it is all duo to intends to let no man play who does ^ the coach, Mr. Jennings. The men not work faithfully and eonscisn- know that if they do not play good liously. This is the first year that! ball this year, they can have no ex- our Captain could afford to lie inde pendent. There have always been men who knew that their place on tile team was assured and whoauled accordingly. This year it will he unnecessary to beg any one to play. This is not because we have so ina ny “ plienonis," but so few. There are plenty of good men trying for TO A "FRAT” BADGE. A gleaming badge with its mystic signs '.Mill my eollege relies lying, All ! how Hie sight of i's jewelled side Sets all my fancies flying. etise for it. They also know that they are to have an opportunity for revenge on Auburn and for demon strating to Vanderbilt (ieorgia’s athletic superiority. Mr. Jennings seems to see every play; he mixes the right amount of censure with his praise, and already, by bis many good traits, lie owns thu town, as far as the boys are How well I remember the day iwas every position and with hard work ami tile very excellent coaching that concerned, is being given them, they should j make (ieorgia’s ’9(‘>leain a good one. Drill will not interfere Twenty eundidnles have been at playing again work all of the week with the Thu park lias been catchers, ! fixed up and the practices, on drill On mjdn.Lt,with great pride swelling Moore mid Nalley; pitchers, Morris, afternoon* will he had out there. How much tome meant tin- mystic signs l* K ipj. ) .Short, Richardson; first base, 1 The games ibis year will also be at For 1893 Baltimore Tim < I'Koiirke for him. exchanged; I'ii the world no secrets telling. j How proud and fair my lady looked ,, . . c ,, . • ,i Over her true heart wi ning, lie played successfully in 93, but , T|(l . B ,badge.while I told my tale, A life’s devotion swearing. 1894 was really bis first year of successful ball. In that year Glass- () |, j.|,,; in iing badge, with your inystb cock played in 44 games and lead lly short stops ol, tun lie play ed m 13’J games. signs, , ‘Mill my college relies tying, leanings was sec w|l . |t ( | r ,. amil you „f the old sweet Since 1891, he has played in! every game Baltimore has played, including games against amateurs, exhibition games, etc., etc. In 1895 he lead the League short- slops in butting, fielding, and base running. He stool ninth in the list of all the batters. Ills fielding rcc- urd was .1143, while his hatting av erage was .385. lie has proved himself invaluable to Baltimore and can play in that town us long as he cares to. His most successful single game was the well-known fifteen inning game last year between Baltimore ami Boston. In the lust half of the fifteenth, with two men out, Keeler got u single and went right down to second. Jennings was the ncYl man up. He made the remark to one of the players, “Well, it’s all up with the shouting," and slammed the ball down the third base line for two hags, scoring the winning run. He owned the town that night, and loug after the name of lajrd Baltimore has become a myth, that two-base hit of Jennings will he town talk in Baltimore. In that game, he accepted twenty-one PlIHt, How you Art my faiifivi* Hying ! Till: Am mm h. SCIENTIFIC NOTICE. AH students interested in Biology, Physiology, or any other old ’Ology will do well to ask Percy Middle* brooks about that turtle and thill chicken. Stubbs, Weddington, ('oiinally, Buioc, Brad well; second base, Hall and Stubbs; short stop, Clark,(.’rane and Keinp; third base, Short, Mur ris; out-fielders, Davis, Gray, Love- joy, Kemp, Dougherty, McBride, Price and DuBose. It is altogether too early to go into a personal criticism of the men. Some very good work has been done and next week liard practices will he had every day. the park. Captain Morris has not been feel ing well for the last three days, hut hopes to he nA right by Monday. A LARGE BLAZE. The most execrable work done in the class games was the base run ning. Had the bases been run or dinarily well, the results of at least three of the games might have been About half past nine last Thurs- The idea of a man’s not day night the great hell under the trying to score from second on a water tower tolled onl iU grim single; yet, w.th the cxcepl.on alarm, and the gallant fire depart- the old ’Varsity men, a w ment of Athens dashed out to the seldom attempted, ( uses noetic of coiiAngration. Down on n*t!or<! in the National Lmigtn? of Broad street a black smoke was seen men scoring from first on a singli ; issuing from the building wliioli w hile it is true that they are better was occupied by the Athens Knit rllnneris * tl || lhe fi,.| ( | (;r H are ting Mill Company. The department did splendid a '*° * u |" r, " r on( K - work considering the high wind One of the most interesting things The tennis courts will soon he in as good condition us they call he gotten. There is no big heavy roll er in town that can ho brought over on the campus. II a small roller will do them any good, a preliminary tourney will bo held as soon as the hoys can get in prac tice. As the courts are now, no pleasure cau possibly he derived from playing on them. of was very are on ONLY A BOY<?) Only a little Freshman, Only a '‘slog" of bear, Only a little curse word, Only a feellug quesr. < inly a head four sizes. Only a monk or snake, Only a worried being, only a dizzy shake and the combustibility of the build ings, and at eleven o’clock the hell rang out the welcome tidings of the Fire King’s defeat. f>osa covered by insurance. A number of students and ne- in professional hall is the implicit confidence which the base runner lias in the man coaching him. He never seems to know where the ball is his eye is kept on the man on Only a note from faculty, Only a talk in brief, Only a little r.kAoad tii|>. Only a lad in grief. groes were on hand watching with the coaching lines. It is by such jealous eye the neighboring dispen- W(>rk llliit are won and chain- sary. Mr. secured a pair of hose from the wreck and hath he is going to wear them. Tint KKi’OKTKK. caught a high foul which lie did Only a father's anger, Only a lifted eain. Only a sudden dow n fall, Only a little pain. pious made. It is tradition at Princeton that one of tln-ir catchers Only a little pleading. Only a broken reed. Only a darn good flogging, Only a boy ia need. Kbitz. 'll DNIVERfUT OF GEORGIA LUH’.AOm MANLbCKu-A COLLECTION ru