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HIE MERCER CLUSTER
IUM‘2,1922
BASEBALLTEAMON
WINNING STREAK
“Tige’
Stone’s Nine Cop 8 Out
Of Last 12.
TIGE STONE GREAT
GEORGIA PRODUCT’
They Don’t Turn ’Em Out Any
Better, Says Mercerite.'
"A bad beginning makes a good
ending'’ is an expression that has
been especially true in regard to
Mercer’s baseball team. Eight out
of the last twelve games played have
been annexed by the Baptist ball
tossers. v
The second game of the Vandcrbilt-
Mercer series was won by the Com
modores. .• Atlie Thompson pitched
for Mercer, and had a bad day
against the heavy hitting Vanderbilt
club The final count was 6-2, with
Mercer on the small end of the
score.
Then the Mercerites took the Rol
lins College Tars on for a. .double-
- header, Stapleton held Rollins down
for eight and a half innings, but
weakened in the ninth, and Allie
Thompson was sent to relieve him.
With three men on and one man
down, Allie retired the.side in short
order, with Mercer Winning by .the
close score of 6-6. In the second
game, Allie -pitched ■ in excellent
style, letting the Tars down with
three hits and one run. Mercer had
' at last found her batting eye and
had piled up ten hits which accounted
for eleven runs. The final score was
IT-1, for Mercer. ' ;'
Exhibition (lames ' ,
The Baptists took a road trip after
the 1 Rollins games, playing the Val
dosta All-Stars two games in. Val
dosta, and. the Quitman town team
orie game in Quitman. Ih . the; first
game in Valdosta, “Tige” Stone
hurled in fine style for Mefcer, win
ning his game, 6-2, and letting the
All-Stars down without a hit. Two
men walked and a couple of errorp
accounted for the tallies of the All-
Stars. ,In the second tilt, the Val
dosta boys got next to Allie Thomp:
son, who was pitching for Mercer,'
and secured eight safeties, and four
runs. Culpepper, hurling for Val
dosta, held Mercer to four hits and
a shutout game. The ace of the .All
Stars had pitched the day before,
but was successful in his “iron-man”
stunt in turning back the Baptists
with the small end of a 4-0 score.
Quitman was next encountered,
but proved to be “easy meat” for
Mercer. Stapleton, on the mound for
the Baptists, gave up seven hits,
which coupled with four errors to
taled six runs for muitan. 1 QMean
while, the Codyites had piled up 14
hits which combined with 10 mis-
cues, gave Mercer 16 runs.
• Returping to Macon, Mercer next
met Kentucky State in a two-game
series.- “Tige” Stone had the burden
of pitching both of those games, as
Allie Thompson was sick. ‘Tige”
came through the first day with
9-0 victory. The Mercerites batted
the Kentucky hurlers all over the
park, while the ’‘little man" was
holding the team from- the Blue
Grass State to three bingles. In the
second tilt, “Tige” was a little more
. lenient with the opposing batters but
held them down enough for Mercer
to win the game, 0-6.
“Tige” in. Breach
The Camp . Benning team next
' came to the Central City, thirsting
for revenge, having been defeated by
the Cody' clan in Columbus to the
tune of two straights. The first
frame- turned out well from their
point of view. Stapleton and Ryals
were unable to hold teh heavy hit
ting oficers down, and the final score
was 16-4 with Mercer bolding down
the small end. But the next day •
different story resulted. Allie Thomp
son had recovered enough from his
illness to go into the box for Mer
cer. For eight innings he was in
Vincible, giving up only three bin
gles, while Mercer had piled up
Seven runs. Then the storm broke!
Allie weakened and was literally
driven from-the mound. “Tige” Stone
was sent to hold the fort and to
stove off defeat, but the wrecking
crew of the soldier team continued
its work. When the smoke had
cleared away, the scoreboard gave
evidence Of eleven runs having been
scored by Camp Banning in that in
ning, and that Meaeer was five runs
behind, the Baptists won equal to
thd task, however, and sept the Ban
ning amuhdsmin to the
By Paul Perry
When so much' is being said of
Georgia-mu'de products, it is well
that Mercer has many products of
which she may proudly boast. The
greatest idol of Mercer’s athletic
world is our All-Southern pitcher;
;Tige” .Stone.
“Tige”. was born in Macon and has
lived here all his- lile. When he was
in grammar school ut Alexander
No. 2, it was said that he was the
best grammar schobl pitcher, ever
produced in Macon. . He went to
.iigh school at Lanier and there lived
jp to his early reputation,"for they
.oo considered him. the best pitcher
that they had ever had. It was here
that he became known as “Tige,” the
.lame he has beer? called by ever,
since.
Moreover,- even, greater .' fame
awaited him when he began his ca
reer in college baseball. In his .first
year his pitching was quite a sensa
tion and when he beat the University
jf Georgia he became Me jeer’s .ath
letic idol. He was chosen as one of
the All-Southernpitchers, which is
quite unusual for a Freshman.
For the past tko years “Tige” has
oeqn captain of the team, and has
been the. nucleus around which has
been made a great baseball team. As
rule, a pitched is not a good'ball
player when' it: comes to hitting,
base- running and fielding. But
“Tige” is a.n exception—he is an
all-round good bail player. He has
played almost every position on the
team, . and his hitting has always
been a feature.
During the summers “ige” plays
r different South Georgia towns,
but never goes into organized ball.
Every year he has many flattering
offers to sign . up for professional
ball, but he always rejects these, a%
he wants to get an education before
he. goes to any league.
Another reason why “Tige” is so
popular with every one is that, he is
so modest and unselfish. He always
gives the team all the honors that
people try to bestow upon him, and
seems never to think of'himself. He
believes in' clean sportmanship, and
never makes any objection to. a deci
sion of the umpire. No one ever
hears him bragging or even men
tioning his baseball record- He is
man Of action not of words, and he
is a Georgia -and a Mercer product,
When the. last half of the eighth was
over, the scoreboard read “Mercer.12,
Camp Benning 12.” In. the first half
of the ninth, the officers were unable
to'tally, and Mercer annexed another
game to right side of the , ledger
when-the winning run was scored in
the last of the ninth. The final re :
suit of the struggle was- 13-12.
Defeats Georgia 8-0
The big games of the' entire season
were next in order! Georgia versus
Mercer, in Macon, May 19-20. “Tige'
Stone was in the box the first day
but was unable to hold the slugging
crew from Athens. The Baptists
were also helpless against the slants
of Jack Frost, Georgia’s best bet, and
went scoreless. The final and sad re
suit of the game was: . Georgia 6,
Mercer 0, But the second day Mer
cer woke up and ofund that the team
from the Classic City could be de
feated. Allie Thompson at last came
back into his own and held the Geor
gia team to four measly hits, while
Pantone, hurling for Georgia, was.
knocked from the bog. Fred Sale
relieved Pantone and was touched for
a hit and two runs by Wilkes, who
was the first to face the new pitcher
Mercer 8, Georgia 0, was the final
and glorious score.
Of the eight games won by Mer
cer, Kentucky 8teto, Georgia, Camp
Benning, Valdosta, Quitman and
Rollins College are the victims. Mer
cer loet one to Vanderbilt, Camp
Bending, Valdoeta and Georgia. Itattl
the 27th of April, Mercer had Won
■even games and dropped eight.
Unhrereity of Florida, Rollins, Yale,
Auburn, Vanderbilt and Benning had
bean conquered, while Yale, Florida,
Rollias, Tech,. Georgia, and Auburn
had won u game each from the Mar
Mritee..
HARVEY SHEPPARD
LEADING HITTER
Fifteen Games .Won and Eleven
Lost During Season.
Mercer has one of the hardest bit
ing aggregations of ball players that
ever represented a Southern college
or university, according to statistics
given out by Coach Cody. The total
average for the .season is .291.
Harvey Sheppard with an average
of ,376 is leading the regulars while
Dan Hammack, the nex( in line, is
hitting .346. Stapleton with an av
erage of .600 tops the list but- he has
only been to bat ten times. Others
hitting above .300 . are Thompson,
Stone, Clegg and Harper.
Overcoming a bad start qf nine
games lost and seven won, which ex
tended through the Vanderbilt.series,
Mercer won eight out of the last
eleven gamed played, losing one game
each to Camp Benning, Valdosta and
Georgia, The final percentage for the
season including the Georgia game
was .666. '
The record of games won and lost
'with the respective
’scores are
as
follows:'
''
Score
Opponents Score
Mercer 10
Florida
6
Mercer
6
Florida
7
Mercer
1
Rollins
4
Mercer 17
Rollins.
7
Mercer
2
Georgia
9
Mercer
6
Georgia
6
Mercer
3 '
Ga. Tech -
10
Mercer
0
G«. Tech
1
Mercer
8
Yale
7
Mercer 1-1 - •
Camp Ben’g 1
Mercer
6 ~
Camp Ben’g 4
Mercer
2
Yale
3
Mercer
4
Auburn
3
Mercer
4
Auburn
0
Mercer , 16
■Vanderbilt
1
Mercer
2
Vanderbilt
5
Mercer
6
Rollins
-6
Mercer
1
Rollins
1
Mercer
8
Kentucky
0
Mercer
6
Kentucky
' 6
Mercer
6
Camp Ben’g 12
Mercer
3
~ Camp Ben’g 12
Mercer
0
Georgia
5
Mercer '
8
Georgia
0
Mercer
6
Valdosta
2
Mercer
0
Valdosta
4
Mercer 16 : ■ ;
Quitman
6
162
131
The summary At each individual’s
batting average is
also listed below:
Name
ab
h
pet
Stapleton
10
. 6
000
Thompson -
33
13
395
Sheppard
. 101
38 .
376
Stone
46
17
370
Hammack
107
37
346
Clegg
3
1
333
Harper
58
18
310
Sears
35
10
289
Irwin ■
46
,13
283
Henderson
68
19 .
279
Prentiss
41
io
244
Morgan
79
19
241
Poore
64
13
241
Smith
; 61
14
230
Wilkes
99
21
212
Ryals
40
7
176
Total 881
266
2006
FACULTY TAKE-OFF
MOST SUCCESSFUL
chapel speaker’s favorite story of
Jim, the baseball pitcher, whose |
father had just died.
.“Dr. Pam Ragsdale” made a abort
speech emphasizing the fact that the
treasury is depleted and that it was
necessary that he have some more
“sawsh’* 'at once. He. also greatly
deplored the fact that Bruce New
som. had disgraced Mercer Univer
sity by getting married and hoped
that he would never do so again
without informing the faculty of his
intentions. '
Dainty little “Miss Virginia Gar-
r” made a class-room talk inform
ing the s.tudents of her broad knowl
edge of journalism and stated the
fact that she would pass only the
good-looking bojm.
The next address was by “Dean
Holder,” ; of the School of Commerce.
'He declared that be resigned as dean
of this schooL-dn his own free Will
and accord and at the request of the
faculty. At this time he was re
minded that his cow had strayed into
the Men’s Commons and hastily de
parted yrith his milk pails, return
ing a few,minutes later with a bottle
of'milkwhich he placed under Presi
dent Weaver’s chair. He frequently
punctuated the chapel period with
the systematic clap.
“Prdf. Jacobs," with his insepera-
blc pipe and two cans of Prince. Al
bert, which frequently clattered to
Dignified Seniors Portray More
Dignified Faculty.
By Milton K. Wallace
The dignified Seniors of *22 cast
aside their proverbial dignity for an
hour Monday and gave the members
of the faculty the privilege of seeing
themselves as others pee them.
The “services” began with “Dr.
Whitehorn” leading the song service
with the familiar old hymn, “Ain't
We Got Fun7” followed by an
drees by “President Rufus Walling
ford Weaver” who told the students
that he was deeply concerned about
their welfare and waa doing hie hpat
to place a Mercerite in every boose.
“Dr.. Newman" was called upon to
introduce an old pupil of his, from
Toronto, Canada. The ex-stud
madt.au intonating talk remind
the student body that If they aae-
ceededas he had done that «foy
must ha like thaearly bird and catch
the Orisrin. H* also gave the infor
mation that i rolling Stowe gati
md concluded with the
the Boor,‘made numerous announce
ments..
Mercer’s famous Inventor, “Dr.
Poontang Fountain,” gave a demon
stration of a new winloaa attach
ment that he had invented. He
doubted at first whether it would
work on account of the static, bat it
was a great success.
On account of a bad cold that he
had acquired in the Okeflaokee
swapm, “Dr. Fox” waa abla to give
only a abort talk, using “Snakes” as
his subject.
“The reign of Queen "Elisabeth
was corrupt, chudents,’* declared “Dr.
Whitehorn” in his class room talk.
He finished his address with a warn
ing to the students that they would
have to make a change and buy him
cigars if they wanted to> pass his
Other members of the faculty
made interesting talks.
Those Seniors participating in the
take-off were Forest Williams as
Miss Garner; W. F. Hinesly as Dr.
Ragsdale; T. E. Barron as J. Henry
Burnett; G. W. H, Stanley as Prof.
Peyton Jacobs; Freshman Pharr ns
Dr. Whitehorn; W. H. Odom as Dr.
Weaver; T: W., Smith as Dr. Fox;
G. C. Elrod as Dr. Fountain; W. J.
Wood as Dean Farrar; Warren Hol
land as Dr. Harrison; Bruee New
som ns Dr. Newman; W. G. McRae
as Dr. Holder, and A. S. Johnson as
.Prof. ‘Bo” Ralley. -
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