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The Mercer Cluster
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Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1922
No. 26
“TIGE” STONE HAS
BIG DAY ON MOUND
Mercer Batten Bang on Vandy
Team 16 to 1.
EVEN BREAK WITH
AUBURN IN SERIES
Tigers Win Final Game From
Mercer on Errors.
By Julian Leggett
“Tige” Stone, star right-hander for
Mercer, turned in a three-hit game
against the heavy' hitting Commo
dores and defeated Vanderbilt, 16-1,
in the first of a two-game series.
Slim Embry, Vandy’s best bet, was
knocked out of the box in the' third
inrting, and Walker, who took his
place, was also hit hard by the Bap
tists in the fourth and sixth innings.
The entire Mercer team had the
tye on the ball and scored five runs
in tbe' first inning. Hammack, first
up, hit safely for two bases. “Wilkes
sacrificed him to third; On four hits
. by the next four men to bat and
three errors by Vanderbilt, five tal
lies were pushed Befogs the plate.
One run in the second, one in the
third,"Tfnti five in the fourth brought
the total to twelve, while Stone was
holding the Commodores to two weak
safeties.
Then, in the sixth, Mercer scored a
couple, and one each in the seventh
and eijgth frames. The only inning
that the Baptists did not score was
in the fifth, when Brown of Vander
bilt got the only tally by knocking
the ball over the left field, fence fc
four sacks.
Mercer’s infield. looked like a mil
lion dollars in Wednesdays game.
Wilkes was arsenic on third, getting
one that was labelled for a sure hit.
The little boy from Adel had the
throw to first down to. a fine art and
fielded his position In excellent style
throughout the entire game. Pren-
. tiss, on short, was playing air-tight
ball and making some mighty pretty
throws to first. Henderson, on sec
ond, decided to show the “Gripers'
Club” that he could play ball and
turned in an errorless game. Irwin
looked good on the first sack, making
one pretty catch of a ball, hit on a
line drive and heading for a safe
spot. This was the seoond game' in
which no miscues have been com
mitted.by the Baptists.
A total of seventeen hits were col
lected by the Mercer team. Shep
pard, Henderson, Harper and Him.
mack did the heavy work with' the
stick. Harper got two triples and a
double out of four times to bat;
Hammack collected a double and sin
gle, while Sheppard and Henderson
got three safeties each.
“Tige” Stone looked better in Wed
nesday’s game than in any he has
pitched this year. The little man
had the heaviest hitters on the Van
derbilt club “eating out. of his hand”
throughput. With one exception, not
a Commodore got farther than second
base, and only; two reached second.
'Morgan caught in fine style although
getting his right hand hurt early, in
the game.
The Box Score
Vandierbilt— ab. r. h. po. a. e
Luten, rf 4 0 0 0 ,0
Reese, 2b .4 0 0 3
Brown, If S I 1 S
A. THOMPSON WINS
16-INNING GRIND
Pulls Out of Many Holes in De
feating Auburn.
By Julian Leggett
In a loosely played game Saturday
afternoon, Mercer lost the second
game of the series to Auburn, 6-4.
The Baptists staged a desperate rally
in the ninth inning, but were unable
to put more than one run,across the
plate.
For three frames, both teams did
nothing; .except threaten. In the
fourth, Auburp[ pushed three tallies
over on three errors,by the Baptists
and three fluke hits by the Tigers.
Mercer then got busy in their half
of the fourth. With one man downj
Wilkes tripled into center field. IrWur
scored him on a Texas leaguer over
third base. Morgan got a single,
scoring Irwin. Stone was safe ,on an
nfield hit, and. Hammack hit into left
field, scoring Morgan- Poore was
next out ceasing the efforts of Mer
cer and tying 1 the scoTe.
Auburn tallied again in the fifth,
seventh and ninth innings bringing
the total score to Auburn 6, Mercer
3, Coach Cody’s ball tossers did their
best to tie thingB up, in the last of
the ninth, but there was no “Tige”
Stone to get a home run, as happened
the day before and with one run
across the plate and three men on
bases, Irwin hit a hot grounder to
second, making the third out.
Hammack took off the hitting hon
ors for Mercer by collecting a triple,
u douple and a single out of five trips
to the plate. Wilkes also' connected
with the apple for a screaming three
bagger into center field.
McCullough, lb. 4
Neeley, cf .-...4
Kuhn, as
Woodruff, 3b *
Bomar, c ..........2
Embry, p.
Walker, p. .......
Totals.............
Mercer—
| Hammack, If .
Wilkes, 3b
Henderson, 2b
Sheppard, rf
Harper, cf .....
Prentiss, as
.....2
0 10
..SO 1 8 24 12 8
jfr. r. h. po. a. 4.
2 2 0
.4
.4
.......4
.......4
„..„4
Irwin, lb ...^...:.;,... ; ..6
Mergan,-c 1 ® H
18tone, p .^.......8 2 1,0
Tftals. :...86 U £27
Score by innings:
I Vanderbilt
Mercer
2
3
0 0
0
2
0
©
1
8 0
u
.ooo ooi ooo— i
.611 6M II*—W
Summary: . Two-base hits, Ham
I Mack; three-base hits. Harper; bom
J ma, Brown; stolen bases, Neeley, b-
|«n; aactMse Mta, Wilkes, #
By Julian Leggett (
Ailie Thompson, Mercer’s port-
sider, and -Grant, Auburn’s eighteen-
year-old wonder, staged as brilliant
a s ab duel as has ever been seen at
Central City Park, last Friday after
noon. For sixteen innings it was
nip-and-tuck between the Baptists
and the Tigers. Sheppard’s clean
drive .to right field, scoring Hender
son, broke up the game in the six-
PHI-DELTAS FAILTO
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
Ciceronians Debate Whether
Mercer Shall Be “Co-ed.”
A challenge for an.athletic contest
Which consisted of a track meet and
a series of baseball games, and the
annual impromptu edbate was issued
by the, Ciceronian Literary Society to
the. Phi Delta Society on Monday
evening. The challenge was rejected
“in toto.” -'•■■■
The failure to accept this challenge
by the Phi Deltas was unexpected
since the impromptu debate is or has
been an annual affair heretofore.
An interesting debate was given on
leenth, with Mercer on the big end the subject, “Resolved, that Mercer
of a.4-3 Bcore. [should be made a co-educational in-
“Tige” Stone contributed the other stitution.” The affirmative side of
feature of the game when he the question was championed by B. R.
Andrews, J. A. Lawrence and F. L.
Gunn- The negative was defended by
slammed one of Grant’s deliveries for
four sacks . in the ninth inning, scor-
ing Poore and tying the. score 3-3.
“Tige” was pinch hitting for Ryals
and came through with the goods.
For the- next seven innings, the
game rocked along with neither team
able to put over the deciding tally
until the last half of the sixteenth.
Henderson,-first up, hit safely. Poore
fanned., Sheppard did his part to
ward winning the game.by getting a
clean single to right field and scoring
Henderson and winning the game.
Ailie Thompson hurled as if his
heart depended on the outcome and
with his teammates making many
errors at critical moments of the
the game, turned in as good a brand
of pitching" as ever seen on a Macon
diamond. In thirteen of the sixteen
frames, the Tigers had men as far as
sts'ond and several times as far as
Scott, Knowles, Hixon and CreeLj third base and either none, one or two
hit well for the Tiger outfit, Knowles men out AllieV exhibition of. pinch,
getting a double a^d two singles out pitching during these periods was
of five times to bat. A total of nine
safeties was collected by Auburn!
two being of the fluke Variety..
v
The Box Score
Mercer— ab. r. h. po.
Hammack, If 5 13 0
Henderson, ss .. ’ 3 0 1 4
Poore, cf 4. 0 0 0
Sheppard, rf 3 0.0 0
Ryals, 3b .1, 3 0 0 1
Wilkes, 2b 3 1 1 0
Irwin,, lb 5 I I 9
Morgan, c 3 1 1 11
Stone, p 4 0 1 2
♦Ellison . 1 0 0 0‘
Totals. ......34 4 8 27 13
♦Batted for Ryals in ninth.
Auburn—
Richardson, 2b
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
5 11 1 5 1
-phenomenal, and not an earned run
was made off the little southpaw.
Grant also put up a good exhibi
tion uf pitching, Mercer getting; only
seven <^iits off his delivery, but these
a. e. came when hits meant runs. Each
0 1 pitcher fanned fifteen batters. Ailie
1 1 walked two and hit two, while Grant
1 0 walked two and hit none. The differ-
0 1 ence in their pitching came in the
0 lj support accorded each. The Baptists
2 l( misoUed a total of twelve times, while
1 'the Tigers turned in oniy five errors.
0 Gibson and ,Amall did the heavy
0 hitting for the Tigers, while the Bap
0 fists had Sheppard, Stone' and Sears
jn the big hitters’ row. _ Of the seven
6 safeties collected by Mercer, one was
a home run by Stone and one a two-
bagger by' Hammack. Gibson got a
total of four hits out of eight trips
H. T. Bell, W. C. Lowe and J. C. Tur-
ner.'
Although the negative displayed
fine oratory and a logical argument
showing' the defects and ills of
"t'o-ed Mercer,” the affirmative won
a unanimous decision of -the judges.
W. H. Odum, chairman of the com
mittee to find out if there was
medal being offered to the best orator
and debater, reported that a medal
was being offered. The day set for
the contest was Monday evening,
May 22, 1922. The subject will be
posted later.
VOLUNTEERS LAUNCH
STATE ORGANIZATION
Scott, ss
...6,
2 2
2 4
0
blow.
Knowles, cf ....
5
0 3
0 D
9
Gibson, c
2
1 0
9 2
0
The Box Score
Arnali, 3b
.4
1 1
0 0
1
Mercer— . ab. r.
h.
po.
a.
e.
Griffin, lb' 1 '.....
. .. .'4
0 0
13 0
0
Hammack, If 7 1
1
1
0
0
Creel; rf
4
1 1
0 0
0
?
T
2
Hioxn, if a
4
0 1
1 0
1
Poore, cf ...6 1
0
3
0
0
Moulton,'p
2
0 6
1 3
0
Sheppard, rf .7 0
2
3
1
0
Grant, p
1
0 0
0 .1
Q
o
2
0
1
. ' —
—-
—
Stone, 3b 2 1
1
3
1
1
Totals „....
3
6 9
27 15
3
Wilkes, 2b .....6 0
0
6
6
4
Score by innings:
Mercer 000 300 001—4
Auburn - 000 310 101—6
STUDY CLUB ELECTS •
At a recent meeting Qf the Mercer-
Montague Study Club the following
officers were elected: Mrs. J. W. Far
mer, president; Mrs. C. W. Pope, vice
president; Mrs. Lee, secretary; Mrs.
Adams;, treasurer; Mrs. Jelks, “re
porter.
The ladies of the club were award
ed diplomas for the study of the
Convention Normal course. Dr.
Montague made an interesting and
encouraging talk,
4, Sheppard; base on balls, by Em
bry 2, by Walker 3, by 8tone 2
struck out, by. Walker 6, by Stone II;
hit by pitched ball, Hammack by
Walker; hits, off Embry 8 with seven
runs in three innings; wild pitches,
Walker 2; balk; Walker; left on
basee, Vanderbilt 4, Mercer 7; toeing
pitcher, Embry; umpire, Btoodworth;
thee of «um, t;l»;
Sears, lb
Morgan, c
Thompson, p ...5. 0
2 13
0 15
0 1
Totals..
52 4 7 48 18 12
Auburn—
Richardson, 2b
Griffin, lb ....
Scott, 8>.
Gibson, c
Creel, rf : ........
A mail, 3b i... .6
Knowles, cf ........*...,..6
Hixon, If . . .5
Davip, If . ,.. .1
Grant, p :..7
ab.
...8-
:..7
...8
. ...8 .
...:6
h. po.
1 1
0 16
1 3
4 17
0- 0
2 0
0 7
0 2
0 0
0 0
The need has long been felt for a
closer and more co-operative union of
the various local volunteer bands
throughout the State. To' meet this
need a committee of Georgia student
volunteers met at Bessie Tift last
Thursday night. for the purpose of
adopting plans for a state-wide or
ganization. , .
In this meeting the name, “Georgia
Baptist Volunteers,” was chosen, a
constitution drawn up and adopted,
and officers for the coming year
elected. ' In its initial state it will
consist of all the Baptist volunteers
in Georgia, grouped about the three
Baptist colleges: Mercer, Bessie Tift
and Shorter.
The officers for the coming year
are: Ralph Moore, Mercer, president;
Mary Appleby, Shorter, vice presi
dent; Mildred Thomas, Bessie Tift,
secretary and treasurer,, and Guy
Welch, Mercer, corresponding Secre
tary. ■ ; „
The first state meeting is plann
for next October and will possibly be
held in Macon.
The throe-fold object of the organ
ization is (1) to promote interest in
mission, work, (2)'.to get in touch
tvith isolated volunteers and enlist
now ones, and (3) to increase the
Christian fellowship and foster
more spiritual life of Georgia Baptist
volunteers.
The functions of the organization
are so planned as to become eventu
ally a part of the Georgia Baptist
Convention..
MERCER TENNIS
TOURNAMENT
The Mercer doubles tennis tourna
ment is to start tomorrow, as the
singles tournament has already al
most been completed. Names of all
entrants were to have been turned in
either to Frank Nulls or to L. L.
Lovett by Thursday morning, and
the first matches are to be. played
tomorrow.
In the singles several very good
matches have been played during the
last week. Ed Davis, in his match
with Haddock, had very little trou
ble, winning two love sets from him.
In the Davis vs. Lovett match, Ed
displayed the best tennis which had
yet been seen in the tournament, tak
ing two quick, Sets from Lovett, 6-0,
6-2. Lovett is. an excellent prayer
himself, about the best of the boys
living on the campus, but he was
helpless against the driving and
the placement of Davis, who is unan
imously doped to win the tourna
ment.
In the Merritt vs. Wilson matclfc
Wilson put up a hard fight, but lost
two straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. In the
second set he at one time led Merritt
4-3, but at this stage Merritt put: on
a rally, winning the next three
games and the match.
In the Cutter vs, Cousins match,
Cutter looked .like a sure winner, tak
ing the first set 6-4 and leading
Cousins 4-2 in the second set. At
this point, however, Cousins got
started and won four straight games
and the set. In the next set until he
had Ctuter 5-0. Cutter then won one
game,. but Cousins took the next,
winning the set and match.
Six men were left ih the singles
afternoon, Davis, Vincent, Merritt,
Cousins, Graves and Nalls. The win
ner of the Vincent vs. Merritt match
to play Nalls and the winner of
the Cousins vs. Graves match is to
play AaVis in the semi-finals.
MERCER DEBATERS
WIN LAURELS 1898
Totals..
..66 3 8 46 15 5
Summary. Two-base hits, Gibson,
Hammack; home runs, Stone; stolen'
bases, Gibson, Creel, Richardson;
struck out, by Thompson 1.6, by Grant
16; walked, by Grant 2, by Thomp
son 2;: bit by. pitcher, . Creel, and
Knowles; sacrifice hits, Aroall, Hen
derson, Poore: passed ball, Morgan;
lAt op. bates, Mercer 8, Auburn IT.
Umpire, •JUoodwurth. Attendance,
B. CLEM POWERS
Macon Memarial Day Orator and
Mercer Gra finite
For Five Years Mercerians Win
Southern Intercollegiate
Debating Contest.
“In 1897 or ’98 John Temple Graves
offered a prize to the best speaker in
the. State of Georgia,” said. “Dixie”
Coates, instructor at Lanier High
School. “Later he included other-
states.” A Southern Intercollegiate
Oratorical - Contest was organized
among the cplleges of the South and
all colleges which were interested
showed a great deal of interest.
For the first five or six years Mer
cer lyon the prize. Such men as John
Roach Straton, Adiel Moncrief, W. F,
George, . Mark Bowling, Sidney
Hatcher and others represented Mer- ’
cer during the , first few years of the
organization; and as has been said
before, they came home with the
bacon, . '■>
After eight or ten years had
elapsed and no college had been suc
cessful in defeating Mercer, all the
others, withdrew from the, organiza
tion. Then of course Mercer could
not form an organization by itself,’
and the Southern Intercollegiate De
bating Contest ceased to be t func
tioning organization. ' -. -
These contests were usually held in
Atlanta and the whole student body
would get there-itai'some way. Prob
ably many of them ^hoboed” as they
do nowadays. -Anyway, they. got
got there.
On one occasion, the First Baptist
Church was giving a reception' ip
honor of . the victoribua Mercerites,
and ’ li Doc” Bloom, for many years
janitor of Mercer, was present. He
was asked to say a word.’ Making
his way to the front, and after the
applause- had subsided, he began:
“Friends,’ when I left Mercer, I
thought Mercer was down dare, tat
when I got here, 1 found it right