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mawmam fililH . The Mercer Cluster SCMOOLS AMD COLLEGES 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