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SUMMER SCHOOL TEAM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP 11-8*
STUDENTS’ CAMPAIGN
PACKS WINNING SPEED
SUMMER SESSION’S FIRST
BIG ADVERTISING
PLAN IS WORKING
Accommodations Extensively
Strained for Opening.
By Waldo E. Wood
The student campaign at
YALE AND MERCER
Rivals on Baseball Diamond to
■ Try Forensic Fields.
By Guy Welch
Mercer Challenge* for debates with Yale,
Rain Breaks
Rally
Ip Big Batting
Eighth.
for getting students for the next Cornell and-Harvard were islued by team’when the game was called by
term is one of the greatest ever put Dr. Montague, chairman of Mercer’s' Umpire HornbJrl
on by any college, according to L. E. debating-council. Yale accepted but Mercer’s lineuj
Smith, who is one of the student Harvard and Cornell, whose schedule Williams,
campaign managers. | was full for the coming season, asked Hanirnuck,' as.; J
In a statement made today by Mr. that negotiations be opened for the' Welch, center;
Smith, he said, “The campaign now coming year. |
on promisei to bring more students Not, satisfied, with a clean sweep of ,
to Mercer next year than have ever victories from colleges in four South-
planted their feet within the walls ern States, Dr. Montague has chail-
of the college in any previous year, lenged universities of the far North
It is inciting the jealousy of other in an effort tp/find a Worthy opponent
colleges, and both the colleges and for -4us .undefeated teams. Among
the newspapers have been trying,to those.challenged are the leading uni-
get onto our scheme.” . | versities of America.
So great is the scheme in the eyes Dr. Montague will next spring send
of the leaders that they have refused B ' debating team across the Mason A
. to give out the details, and they con- Dixon line to stage a debate with
Adently expect to bring eight hurt- Yule’s 'representatives in Washington,
dred students to Mercer next year where it will be under the auspices
“The plan is making a profound of the George Washington Univer-
impression on the people of the H ity. Dr. Mont igjc taught at George
State,’’ said Mr. Smith, “and it is the Washington for twenty-twb years and
greatest advertising'plan Mercer has was dean there. He will most likely
ever put on.” _ ' | accompany the team on its trip to the
More Dormitories | Capital City. . . • '
From general appearances of the in the years' just preceding the
campus, and from statements made latter, “old" Mercer men have been
by the students concerning Mercer’* heard to mmplainingly aak why-Mar.
capacity, - it seems there will have to \
Josh Cody’s mqflhly touted Kiwanls
team -yesterday hjat to the champion
Mercer Summer School team by the
score of 1-1 to 8. ‘ Both teams were
undefeated and the result of yester
day's scrap gives the college t>oys the
city championship.
The score was. called in the first
of the eighth with the Mercer team
leading IS to 8, It was during quite
batting jamboree - by the school
TERM TWO HUNDRED
SUMMER SCHOOL
TEAM HAS RECORD
MANY ENTRIES
FOR ALL COU RSES
Prentiss, Bryson, Hammock and
Simmons Do Twirling.
Simmons, p.; Mc-
irin, lb; Harp,- 2b;
[kson, 3b;' Lee,'If.;
imona, rf.
ter-(lid not put out debaters like those
some more dormitories built- on she used to in. the past when they
the campus. There have already been were in her student body. “She used
several added in the last two years, to take the decision in almost every
Even the old dining hall has been contest,” they would say.-' For some
thrown open for bed rooms, and a reason this debating pride was si
new, dining hall has been, built. This lowed to burp low for a few years,
is the splendidly equipped brick but now, to the pride of every loyal
building which went up last fall, and Mcrccrian and to the credit of Drs.
was opened in the 'spring. It will Weaver and Montague, this fire hus
seat 660 students, and plans are on been rekindled so thut it recently
foot for‘enlargement. flared up and forced all her opponents
Never before in the history of the to yield before the onslaughts qf her
institution, it is alleged, has Mercer representatives. Dr. Montague says:
so extensively strained to apeommo- debating team that will defeat-
date the rapidly increasing numbers Yale will put Mercer on the national
of students.. They, are pouring in map of colleges. She will then be as
from every angle, nook and corner, we n „r better known far literary
and, from the courses offered by the work «h for her basketball career.”
school and elected by the students; —_—
L F. BRIGGS
Mercer’s new Purchasing Agent
now-in charge of office.
Four wins and one loss is the rec
ord of the Mercer Summer School
baseball team to date. The Macon
Retail Association, the Civitans, and.
Case-Fowler Lumber Company are
the victims, while Gordon (Ga.) was
victor in a 8-2 contest.
The first game played was wiih the
Macon Retail Association, which re
sulted in a 12-3 victory for the Mer-
rerians. The entire Mercer team had
on' their slugging clothes and col
lected a total of sixteen hits. Bryson
held the Retailers to six, safeties and
four runs. *
Gordon defeated Mercer in the sec
ond game, 3-2. Dan Hamroack waa
on the mound for the Summejr School
but was sick before he went into the
box, and “Rabbit” Prentiss had to re
lieve h : m. Inability to hit Gordon’s
pitcher caused the. only defeat of the
summer fob Mercer. -
The Civitans were taken into camp
to the tune of- 4-8, in the' third game,
which was played - at Central City
Park. .Mercer held the civic club well
in hand until the eighth inning when
three runs were scored on one hit and
three errors.
Ifca-rjr Scoring
In the fourth contest, Mercer gave
the Macon Retail Association the
short end of a 16-5 score. Lowery,
on the mound for the Retailers, was
ineffective and gave up seventeen
hits. The Mercerians scored at will
and - turned the game into p track
meet before the final inning was
played.
- in the last game the muchly touted
It was announced . yesterday by ( .dse-Fowler team Went down in de-
Professor George M. Sparks that with the Merceriahs on the big
Mercer would build on-Alumni Feild ’ e nd of a 15-8 count. The lumber
u modern scoreboard-this .fall when I company used three pitchers
FOOTBALL SCOREBOARDS
Ry C. W. Lynch
announced ■ yesterday
Sparks
they appear to he from almost every
walk of life.
So rapid has,been, the increase -and
so great the demand that Mercer has
had to add several years of work to
the different departments. To Law
has bash added one year, the first
*r tap
the football season starts. This 1 **T®rt to Stop the heavy hitting Mer,
scoreboard will give the spectators | team.- Fifteen hits were garnered
of . Mercer’s, football games the score the combined delivery of Ether-
of the game’ in progress by quarters,! >dge, Kelly and Pelham Fuss, “Bo’
the number of yards, to go, the num- 1 Turner, second baseman for Mepcer
ber of downs, the names of the ref-| led the attack wjth three out of four.
eree, umpire und head linesman, the * • Sheppard, Mercer’s catcher, got
.score by quarters of others Southern f^ur- safeties, one of which was a
By Manly McWilliams 1 earficS then in progress .1 double; but of six trips to bat. “Rab-
That Mercer is to have a football The ■scoreboard' will be modeled hit” Prentiss held the' Cafe-Fooler
team worthy to represent her this a ^ e|> that at, Georgia Tech and it is crew Well in hand, giving up eight
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
time Mercer has ever had three years
full is evident by the fact that prue : 8uproBe j |,y those in -authority' that >«*■ fanning seven. Ed Irwin;
tjcally the entire varsity will be buck thjg improvement in scoring will' first baseman for Case-Fowler
nf law- T <1.0 SMu.nl at- Christianity tQ .start ’practice September 11th. In draw many fans 'to the games, that played stellar ball for. the losers in
foL idfod ^\£d» bY which U,lditi ° n l ° varsity there will be w , 1( , not conM . otherwise. . i the field and got a triple out of two
^ma^ean^t^Th M here 0 " hUm ' qU *V nU ” ber ’ 0f T" wh °' The scoreboard Wili be located at times at bat. ,
totL mmA *" them8elve8 >W*?n ■ »' pr « p the south end of the field. This and The Summer School meets the
S the a.m^krv ‘ , ** t > ear * nd “ U thoUKht the other improvements that are eon- Kiwaniahs at Central City Park
for that degree at tne seminary. mnh y that the Freshman team WiU template.! qn Alumni Feld will muke T,huisilay. in What promises to be one
1 u " * J of the best games played in Macon
this summer. Circle “K” is undefeat
n ^n the o r„ r L 0f TZ * “ bU ‘ t0 the V “ r8ity “ hard it one of the best in the South,
students has been granted iby the p, uire These men will also be eligi-
highe^ universities in the United l|o ^ p , ay in nMtr ; y B li games —
“Geeehie” Carson, varsity ’1#, and
catcher of fame, will return and ev
eryone knows that when “Geechie”
gets in the barkfleld and says “Give
it to me, Pi,” that something is
.bound to move mighty fast.
Sid Ellison; varsity*.'20, will be back
and a candidate for the fullback po
sition left vacant by “Red” Welch,
r - r—? Mercer’s great line plunger for sev-
The annual session of . the Mercer
Summer School is drawing near the
end of its first term.’ About five
weeks ago it opened with an enroll
ment of 175 and has gradually in
creased to near 200, . which is the
largest list on record, according to a
statement made by Prof. Peyton Ja
cob, dean of the Summer School.
This large attendance is attributed
to the fact that Mercer and Bessie
Tift are. united in the school work.
Consequently a number of Bessie Tift
girls, together with girls from other
school's,' are at Mercer. Alsi» teach
ers from other parts of the State are.
here with a view of better preparing
themselves for their work.
Two dormitories' were made ready
for the girls whjJe jn' school and they
are chaperoned : £y Miss. Pell,
The Summer Schpol being the only
one- open to women only under cer
tain conditions makes a big change'
in the regular campus socigl affairs
during the summer mgnths. The.
whole atmosphere is- ' filled with it
spirit of glee and enthusiasm. -
The chapel exercises,' which are
held only on Fridays, are made both
impressive, and helpful by the differ
ent speakers. : .
Hi
ALLIfe THOMPSON HERE
. Allie Thompson, one of Mercer’s
pitchers of fame,' who twirled the •
team to many a victory during the
past season, is now in Mucon and ‘
announced. that he will return tq
Mercer this fall, where he will again'
take up his old position on-the team
next spring. Allie broke his arm in
a game recently and for a while the
prospects for his future playing
were dark, but he will be in position
to defeat Georgia again the comihg
year. -Following an X-ray examina
tion at the Middle Georgia Sanato
rium. ’the surgeons expressed the
opinion thut Allie would be able to
play with' Mercer next" spring.
States, and from all appearances it
seen-s that" if Mercer keeps on grow
ing. in evmry -riby as R has been for
the-liat few pears, nil eyes will be
tinri to her ah «ne of the greatest
ia the South.
ORB FLAYERS
Wh*i the Mkcoa Chess Club made oral years. This practically assures
■a Its list of entries into this year’s Mercer supporters that there will be
rhisa tournament if'was found tha$. a g°°d baekflejd on hSnd. Other back-
flee Mascer heps were entered, Teddy field men who will don the orange
Bari. Okie Barring, Tom Nalls, Ed- find black In September are Norman
marifi Facr^dHM Frank Nalls. . Felder, of ValdoeU, thought by many
TiUp HartAas the beet percent- to be tie faatest half in Southern
ni of the Mercer boys in the tour- football; George Harmon, the. all-
namont, and holds sixth place. Sev- Southern running guard of last year;
enth piece ia held by Tom Nalls, who ‘Shoety" PoOre lefthalf «d “^ty
is . Freshman at Mercer. The fact mapen laetjrenrt eleven ;“Kld” Cecil
that they hold such high placet In a quarterback, and Bennett, the hard
conietent source of wonder to the tackier. Along with “Geechie" Car
er ebau players, for many of the son, Sid Ellison and the new men, 1
ed champion of the Intcrcivio League
. and will give- the Mercerians- a hard
struggle.
DID von KNOW THAT—■ ,
Jossey is in love?
Evelyn, Williams, is from Wood
bury? ,
Carolyn Furse is quiet and timid?
.„ Miss Pell is chaperone?
’Margaret’ Kent doesn’t like boys,?
Juanita White misses Gup
Marie Duke is tier*?
Martha Paulk has bobbed heir?
Ellen- Linder plays the piano ? ;
Gibbs is from Max Lassiter’s
town? ■ -, ,,i"'
Mercer has- no flappers nor Hop
pers ? . - • \ • '■
% D. AULTMAN
uUycrs'in the State Hve there will be a Imckfield on hand that. New Dining Room Manager Flora: “L
£m SS£ anhScdta the.wm he Jmiri stop. | Said by etadmiU to be the “bmt ev«" been both.”
Leila; “Which has the moijt ad
mirers, a..blonde»qr a brunette?”
Flora: “Let’s ask Annie Ruth, she's
- “TIGE" STONE
Mercer’s Pitching Ace,
still mowing 'em down