Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — Collegeville Items. [ARTICLE]

Collegeville Items.

The contest for the annual Conroy oratory medal was , held last Thur-.lay evenjng in the College Auditorioum. Mr. Hollingsworth presided and as he Introduced the difttTerit speakers, gave an interesting . talk on the oration which each was about to deliver. Ross Dean, principal of ihe Rensselaer high school. E. P. Henan and Rev. M. Ehlering acted as judges of delivery: while the Revs. A. Scheidler. F. Waehenddrler, and J. Henkel went* judge- on composition. A anions subjects were discussed by Hie 'orators, making the contest interesting and instructive. Joseph Kemkel was the winner of the gold medal. second place falling to Thomas Harrington. Following is the program: Marche Militaire, F. Schubert... • Orchestra Our Country’s Progress . i •. . Thomas Harrington American Catholicity.. Anthony Pax In the' Olden Times Andrew Sabados 1. stu<ii an ti n a Wallses Orchestra America's Rebirth at Trenton... loseph Kenkel Where Will It End?..George Aman The Panama Canal. .Otto Mueller Smiles and Caresses Orchestra The last public program before the commencement play in June was rendered Sunday evening by members of the Aloysian Literary Society. Considerable tallemt was displayed although those who entertained were still quite young and the program was highly enjoyed by everybody. It was rendered more pleasing by Master McGahey’s violin solos and the splendid music rendered by the Orchestra. Cathedral College baseball team of Chicago journeyed to Collegeville Thursday, May 16, and from all indications would have proved more than a match for the Varsity nine. The visitors displayed the ease and coolness which is seldom seen in mere amateurs on the diamond. The Varsity men made quite a few errors and bad plays in the first inning, but even these can easily be condoned on account of the bad weather. As it was they were 1 on a fair way to recover a great part of the handicap of their opponents when in the fifth inning the game was called on account of rain. It would be a pleasure to see a clash between the two teams on a fair base ball day,. , The following were guests at. the College during the past week: Mrs. Frank Whitcomb and daughter Loretta, Shelbyville; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reed, Auburn; Thos. Maloney, Tefft; Mrs. T. F. Miurphy, Miss Irene Cannon, Mrs. G. N. Clements, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cavanaugh, Chicago. Last. Sunday, May 19, the Varsity met St. Xaviers on the diamond for the third time this spring and for the third time the score at the end stood 2 to 1. • St. Xaviers had defeated the Varsity twice but the latter succeeded in slipping one over the former in the last battle. The score stood 1 to 0 in favor of St. Xjaviers at the end of the sixth. With one down Rachor gained the initial sack On an error by Leissing; Whitcomb fanned; Fitzgerald was purposely given a walk; Sindelar slashed out a. single over short, Landoll heavod the ball over second ami it bounded on into the crowd. B<nh runners scored. St. Xaviers protested on the strength of a ground rule allowing only one base on overthrows to home, first and third bases. The protest, however, was overruled, and by decision of the umpire both - runs counted. This left the score 2 'to 1 in favor of the Varsity and thus it remained to the end. There were many exciting turns in the game; a few times both sides had the bases filled with none or one out, but could not score. The Varsity lost a few chances when they might have scored but for want of watchfulness on bases, three men being thus caught off their guard.