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"The Concert of the Glee Club of the University of Michigan, last night, was a splendid musical treat. The members composing it have fine natural voices, in the main, which they have well cultivated. That the large audience before them was pleased was testified by repeated applause ".
The club gave in all twenty-six concerts with very satisfactory results. Everywhere it met good audiences, and everywhere the alumni were enthusiastic and hospitable. By wearing University caps the glee club gave to some persons the impression that they were members of a fire-company, while others took them to be Arabs travelling with Forepaugh's circus.
Through the indirect influence of '70's glee club a "College Choir " was formed in 1869 which led acceptably the devotional singing at chapel services. In 1870-71 the University glee club was made up of juniors, and there was a sophomore club with ten members. Then came a year of stagnation; the University glee club became dormant; and The Chronicle, after noticing the entire absence of musical organizations, declared that society sing- ing and the "distressing pæan of '73" were the only choruses heard. In accordance with a suggestion of the college paper a glee club was formed in every class, and the societies and classes vied with each other in practicing college songs. The University Sodality, devoted to instrumental music, was organized in 1874,
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and in 1875 the University Glee Club was revived. The college year 1876-77 was characterized by a renewal of interest in college singing; meetings for practice were held frequently; and the Glee Club made a successful tour, visiting Detroit, Jackson, and Eaton Rapids. After 1878 the Club again became dormant.
In 1878-79 the only musical association composed wholly of students was the " University Orchestra", at the head of which was L. J. Locy, '78. Five years later Harold Wilson, '82, '86 h, had charge of the society. In 1884-85 it gave place to the " Chequam- egon Orchestra ", which continued to exist until the formation in November, 1895, of the " University Band", now a flourishing and useful organization.
The University Glee Club was revived-this time effectually- in 1884, and since that year it has been one of the most import- ant of our student societies. It is supplemented by the University Banjo Club, formed in 1889-90, and by the University Mandolin Club, organized in 1895-96. From 1883 to 1891 the Ladies' Am- phion Club was one of the musical organizations of Michigan. For six years each of the freshman classes has maintained a glee club and a banjo club. The University Glee Club in 1890, accompa- nied by the University Banjo Club, visited several Michigan cities and also Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, giving con- certs which were very favorably received. In 1891-92 the annual tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs included St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha, and in 1896 the combined organization travelled as far west as Salt Lake City. The members of the Glee Club from the final revival in 1884 have been the following:
H. S. Ames, '85 l,
R. S. Smith, '88,
J. V. Denney, '83,
G. J. Waggoner, '88,
L. H. Dennis, '85, S. F. Hawley, 'S5,
F. D. Wiseman, '88 p,
J. E. Boyer, '89,
A. H. Williams, '85,
H. F. Briggs, '89 d,
A. A. Boyer, '86 m,
W. H. Dodge, '89 m,
Harold Wilson, '86 h,
W. C. Elliott, '89 1,
M. H. Clark, '87,
W. W. Harris, '89.
J. D. Hibbard, '87,
C. A. Howell, '89,
S. B. Hodge, '87,
E. L. McAllaster, '89,
S. K. Pittman, '87,
C. P. Taylor, '89,
J. B. Thomas, Jr., '87,
H. V. Winchell, '89,
E. S. Upson, '87, p,
C. T. Alexander, '90,
J. N. Blair, '88,
J. E. Ball, '90 /,
J. E. Carpenter, '88,
F. W. Crane, '90,
R. G. Cole, '88,
H. P. Geisler, '90 l,
S. H. Crowl, '88,
B. L. Green, '90,
P. B. Herr, 90,
D. E. Ewald, '88, J. E. Hodge, '88, C. H. Perry, '88.
C. E. Martzloff, '90 p,
H. F. Pennington, Jr., '90 Z,
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O. C. Smith, '90,
A. J. Vantine, '90,
J. O. Ballard, '91 1,
A. M. Cross, '91 l,
H. E. Bodman, '96, A. G. Cummer, '96,
J. L. Mitchell, '91 7,
J. C. Davies, '96,
William Wilhartz, '91,
D. M. Ferry, Jr., '96,
W. W. Morrison, p. g.,
C. F. Fitch, '96,
Eleazer Darrow, '92,
B. A. Gage, '96,
E. H. Harriman, '92,
K. R. Miner,
H. M. Joy, '92 m,
W. G. Povey, '96,
J. B. Miller, '92,
C. H. Snyder, '96,
W. B. Rogers, '92,
Boone Gross, '97,
E. B. Spalding, '92 d,
W. E. Janes, '97,
R. F. Thompson, '92 l,
A. E. Maas, '97,
W. E. Walter, '92,
C. E. Mead, '97,
E. H. Cheney, '93,
H. S. Snyder, '97,
R. G. George, '93,
R. H. Sutphen, '97.
E. C. Peters, '93,
E. F. Berger, '98 l,
H. A. Leese, '93 l,
C. J. Dovel, '98,
H. V. Richardson, '93,
H. T. Harrison, '98,
W. L. Webster, '93 d,
D. R. Barlow, '94 l,
E. N. Bullock, '94,
H. P. Treadway, '98,
Archibald Cattell, Jr., '94 l,
H. B. Wetmore, '98,
H. B. Gammon, '94,
W. W. Pepple, '94 l,
J. A. Pratt, '94 1/1,
A. H. Fiebach, '99,
A. J. Purdy, '94,
P. R. Furlong, '99 d,
W. W. Woodbury, '94 Z,
W. G. Law, '99 d, W. M. McKee, '99,
H. F. Worden, '94,
W. H. Andrews, '95,
S. I. Motter, '99 l,
J. E. Bland, '95,
W. C. Smith '99 l,
Frank Briscoe, '95,
L. D. Verdier, '99,
R. W. Dunn, '95.
H. S. Pingree, Jr., '00,
H. I. Dunton, '95,
R. F. Flintermann, '95,
G. A. McCollum, '95,
L. S. McCreary, '95,
A. M. Webster, '00 m,
B. F. McLouth, '95,
G. D. Price, '95,
W. R. Wood, 'oo, C. W. Aird, 'oI,
J. Reynolds, '95,
H. W. Hayes, 'OI.
The University Banjo Club has had these members:
P. R. Gray, '90,
O. C. Smith, '90, F. R. Ashley, '91,
J. O. Ballard, '91 1, H. P. Dodge, '93,
J. A. Jameson, Jr., '91, B. E. Page, '91, H. W. Booth, '92, J. E. Ferris, '92,
J. R. Sutton, '93, R. F. Hall, '94, Roger Sherman, '94, Goldwin Starrett, '94,
J. B. Miller, '92,
A. D. Rathbone, Jr., '92, G. C. Prentis, '92, W. B. Rogers, '92, E. L. Sanderson, '92,
H. E. Sauer, '92,
H. F. VanDeventer, '92,
C. C. Warden, '92,
E. C. Peters, '93,
J. B. Taylor, '94, Adolph Tyroler, '94,
H. F. Worden, '94, R. R. Case, '95,
J. A. Jameson, Jr., '91,
J. A. Stevens, '95, J. B. Archer, '96, Howard Bement, '96,
W. A. Spitzley, '95,
C. E. Pease, '98,
C. D. Terrell, '98,
T. R. Woodrow, 98,
E. C. Worden, '98,
J. S. Symons, '00, W. W. Talman, '00, J. E. Watson, 'oo l,
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B. S. Colburn, '95,
W. J. O'Brien, '98,
C. H. Conrad, '95,
R. F. Palmer, '98,
R. F. Flintermann, '95,
H. W. Standart, '98,
A. H. Hunt, '95,
C. F. Steinbauer, '98 d,
C. H. Morse, Jr., '95,
R. B. Upham, '98 7,
R. F. Hall, p. g.,
A. R. Wren, '98,
H. S. Barton, '96,
C. C. Adams, '99,
H. E. Bodman, '96,
E. B. Adams, '99 2,
R. D. Ewing, '96,
W. C. Boynton, '99,
H. P. Hart, '96,
W. C. Cooper, '99,
F. E. Miller, '96,
H. A. Fenton, '99 2,
J. S. Pratt, '96,
H. T. Griswold, '99,
W. W. Thayer, '96 l,
E. B. Jones, '99,
H. W. Cummings, '97,
Paul Oliver, '99,
F. S. Gerrish, '97,
D. H. Wagar, '99 l,
A. F. Maitland, '97,
C. E. Wehrle, '99 h,
W. B. Rich, '97,
A. B. Groesbeck, '00,
W. A. Starrett, '97,
J. H. Thompson, '00,
A. H. Stoneman, '97,
P. B. Pendill,,'OI,
R. S. Cummings, '98,
A. M. Rust, 'or.
The membership of the University Mandolin Club follows :
C. H. Morse, Jr., '95,
H. W. Standart, '98,
R. D. Ewing, '96,
C. F. Steinbauer, '98 d,
G. A. Geist, '96 m,
W. C. Boynton, '99,
L. R. Hamblen, '96 /,
W. L. Cooper, '99,
E. M. Holland, '96,
H. A. Fenton, '99 7,
J. J. Lasalle, '96 m,
H. T. Griswold, '99,
W. W. Thayer, '96 Z,
F. R. Hoover, '99,
H. A. Cole, '97,
E. B. Jones, '99,
A. H. Stoneman, '97,
G. E. Ball, '98 l,
Paul Oliver, '99,
J. C. Blair, '98, 1
W. J. Stone, '99,
R. S. Cummings, '98,
C. E. Wehrle, '99 h,
J. R. Davis, '98 d,
A. B. Groesbeck, '00,
C. E. Groesbeck, '98,
A. W. Norton, '00,
Allan Loomis, '98,
M. H. O'Brien, '01,
W. J. O'Brien, '98,
P. B. Pendill, 'or.
Since the year 188t the University has maintained a chair of music, and has offered a varied and comprehensive curriculum in the theory and history of music. It also lends its support to the University School of Music, an institution with which it is sympa- thetically though not organically connected, Francis W. Kelsey, of the University Faculty, being the President of the corporation by which the school is governed, and Albert A. Stanley, the Profes- sor of Music in the University, being the Director of the School. In 1893 an auxiliary corporation erected the building in Maynard street now occupied by the School of Music. Identified both with the School and with the University are the University Musical Society and the Choral Union, affiliated organizations which have existed since 1879-80, and which gave their first public rehearsal
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J. R. Davis, '98 d,
J. T. Mountain, '99,
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on the evening of May 4, 1880. It was through the efforts of the Musical Society, seconded by Professor Kelsey, by Mr. Charles Buncher of Detroit, and by other friends of the University, that the great Columbian Organ was secured for University Hall four years ago. In May, 1894, the Choral Union having become so strong that it was able to perform by itself the great oratorios, a musical festival was held in the great hall of the University. Annually repeated with constantly increasing success, the May festival at Ann Arbor has come to be regarded as the chief musical event of the year in this part of the country. Besides the festival the Musical Society gives every year through the Choral Union a series of grand concerts.
CHAPTER X SPORTS AND GAMES
In the days before the Civil War desultory games of football, baseball, and cricket, for which there had not been any regular practice, constituted the "athletics" of Michigan students. In The Palladium for 1860-61 we find the first mention, so far as the undergraduate press is concerned, of this now absorbing department of college life. By page 46 of the publication above mentioned the "Pioneer Cricket Club" of the class of '64 is credited with eight officers and twenty-five members, Frank Todd being the President. In 1861-62 this organization continued to thrive; F. A. Buhl was President, and Schuyler Grant, J. C. Hart, and Q. A. Thomas were the "Ground Committee ". In 1864-65 was formed the " University Cricket Club", with P. Baldy Light- ner, '67, as President, Melville M. Bigelow, '66, now eminent as a law-writer, as Treasurer, Dwight N. Lowell, '67, as Secretary, and H. W. Stevens, '66, as Captain of the first eleven. At the request of this organization the Regents appropriated fifty dollars to pre- pare playing grounds, which were fitted out not far from the Laboratory. The same club flourished in 1866-67 with fifty-four active members, with the same President as before, and with Ed- ward L. Walter, '68, as Secretary, E. E. Kane, '67, as Treasurer, and F. M. Smith, '68, as Captain of the first eleven. Joshua W. Waterman (long afterwards the founder of our Gymnasium) repeat- edly visited Ann Arbor for the purpose of encouraging this sport; but The University Chronicle of October 12, 1867, noted that the Cricket Club had become disorganized, and that the stu- dents had been "rifled of all ambition or stir in that direction ". The game was supplanted by baseball and football, although there was a revival of it in April, 1872, when a new club was formed with S. T. Douglas, '73, as President, and with a first eleven com- posed of S. T. Douglas, '73, W. H. Wells, '74, St. H. C. Parker, '74, F. A. Maynard, '74, Wayne Hayman, '73, L. B. King, '74, E. F. Laible, '75, H. A. Thayer, '74, C. R. Wells, '74, G. S. Cook, '73 p, and F. W. Fletcher, '75. This club played and won two match games with the club organized at Lodi, and lost a game to the Peninsular Club of Detroit. There was another brief revi-
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val in 1881-82, but evidently the game is too much of an exotic to take firm hold here.
Baseball was formally introduced among our students in the spring of 1863 by John M. Hinchman, '66, of Detroit, who had been a member of the Detroit Club. Oscar P. Bills and E. C. Page, both of '65, laid out a diamond in the northeast part of the campus, and three years later the Regents appropriated one hun- dred dollars for the im- provement of the grounds. The batter faced the medi- cal building, and many long drives were made in the direction of that seat of learning. Of course the game differed considerably from that now played: the pitcher was restricted to an underhand delivery; the TAPPAN HALL. catch of a foul bound made an "out"; strikes were not called on the batter; bases were not given on "balls"; and owing to the straight-arm pitching the batting was much heavier and the scores far larger than now.
In the spring of 1864 a meeting of the students was held, and the organization of the first " University Baseball Club " was effected, J. M. Hinchman being elected President, S. B. Ladd, '65, Vice-President, E. C. Page, '65, Secretary, E. L. Grant, '66, Treasurer, and W. J. Maynard, O. P. Bills, and H. E. Burt, all of '65, directors. These officers chose the following first nine:
J. M. Hinchman, '66, c., E. L. Grant, '66, p., E. C. Page, '65, I, J. P. Nixon, '65, 2, F. J. Simmons, '66, 3,
O. P. Bills, '65, s., C. M. Goodsell, '65, 1., W. J. Maynard, '65, m., C. S. Fraser, '66, r.
Hinchman was chosen captain of the team. The members of the nine had no uniforms, and paid their own expenses. There was no charge for admisson to the match games. Scores of the games played in 1864 have not been preserved, but it is known that the nine was successful; and there was great enthusiasm. A class nine, the first of its kind, was formed that year by the freshmen of '67, and it played games with nines from Dexter, Lodi, the Ann Arbor High School, and the Normal School.
The University nine for 1864-5 was the same as for the pre-
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ceding year, except that W. J. Cocker, '69, took the place of F. J. Simmons, '66, at third base. Hinchman was re-elected captain, and the team had match games with Jackson, Ypsilanti, Dexter, and Lodi, all but the last named being defeated. In the autumn of 1865 E. L. Grant, '66, became captain, Hinchman having left college. In the spring of 1866 the organization of the University Club was enlarged so as to include the professional departments, and two teams were selected, which played regularly together, and from which the first nine of the University was chosen. This was made up thus:
F. A. C. Macmanus,. '67, l, c., Galusha Pennell, '68, s.,
W. J. Cocker, '69, p., A. H. Pattengill, '68, 1.,
J. C. Bigger, '68, l, I, E. W. Gale, '68, m., L. O. Goddard, '67, 2, A. E. Wilkinson, '69, r.,
Samuel Hayes, '69, 3, J. M. Stout, '68, sub.
During 1866 games were played with nines representing Ann Arbor, Jackson, and the Union School of Ypsilanti, in all of which the University was successful, the scores being 33 to 11, and 19 to. 5, with Ann Arbor, and 61 to 41 with Jackson. Both '68 and '69 had class nines that year.
In 1867 the newly established University Chronicle urged the team to go into training in order to win the champion- ship of Michigan, and it invited larger subscriptions from the students for the purpose of helping the nine. Early in the spring the men were put in training by daily practice on the campus. Every afternoon the University team met one of the class nines. On the fourth of May uniforms of white, the first ordered for a Michigan nine, were received. After defeating nines from Ann. Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Jackson, by scores of 30 to 26, 42 to 12, and 43 to 15, the nine made arrangements for meeting the Detroit Club, the champions of Michigan. Seventy students accompanied the team to Detroit for the purpose of witnessing the first game, which was played on June 15. It is said that on their way to the grounds the boys were met by an old baseball enthusiast who asked them with whom they were going to play. " The Detroit Club", they answered. "What", he rejoined, "not the Detroit first nine " ? Receiving the assurance that such was the fact, he turned and looked the speaker full in the face, and after a moment's. silence, gravely remarked, "Well, boys, you'll be sick enough before night ". Michigan won by a score of 70 to 18, the Detroit players being able to do little with Blackburn, the University pitcher. The game lasted three and one-half hours, and among
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its features were six home runs, four by Dawson, Michigan's catcher. Ten " missed flies", four of which were credited to Michi- gan, show that the fielding game was hardly up to present standards. On their return to Ann Arbor the victorious team was welcomed by a great crowd of students.
About this time The Yale Courant asked why Michigan University could not send a baseball nine to play at the approach- ing Harvard and Yale Regatta; but the early closing of our college year, and the distance, were insurmountable obstacles.
The nine for the spring of 1867 was formed thus:
G. E. Dawson, '69, c., J. A. Blackburn, '70, p.,
W. J. Cocker, '69, I, A. E. Wilkinson, '69, 2 & p.,
E. W. Gale, '68, 3, E. F. Cooley, '70, s.,
A. H. Pattengill, '68, 1., Samuel Hayes, '69, m.,
W. A. Butler, Jr., '69, r.,
W. H. Boardman, '69, sub.,
W. C. Maybury, '70, sub .. Robert McCart, '67 l, sub.
In the return game (played October 17) with Detroit, the University men, owing to over-confidence, were defeated by a score of 36 to 20. As the final game, scheduled for November 2, was not played, the championship for that year was not decided. The University Chronicle declared that Blackburn as a pitcher had not his superior in the state or in the Northwest; and no doubt this was true. The same paper also expressed regret that there was not some college near, where our nine could go to play, and from which visits could be received.
In April, 1868, Samuel Hayes, '69, was chosen captain of the first nine, and W. C. Maybury, '70, was selected to lead the second. The two teams practiced regularly, and on May 30 the long postponed final game with Detroit was played. In the eleventh inning Michigan made two runs, winning by a score of 26 to 24. "Never", said The University Chronicle, "has a more closely contested game been played in the West. Never did men feel happier than the University men after the game". Another game between the same clubs took place at Ann Arbor, June 4, and the University was again successful, the score being 26 to 18. The nine for this year was the following:
G. E. Dawson, '69, c., J. A. Blackburn, '70, p., W. J. Cocker, '69, I, A. E. Wilkinson, '69, 2, G. H Lothrop, '70, 3,
E. F. Cooley, '70, s., F. A. Crittenden, '71, 1., Samuel Hayes, '69, m., C. C. Smith, '71, r.
The same team was selected for 1869, but owing to the dis- bandment of the Detroit Club and to the unwillingness of other
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neighboring clubs to meet the renowned representatives of Mich- igan, no games were arranged. Class games were frequent that year and the next. The nine for 1870 consisted of the following undergraduates :
A. G. Bishop, '73, c .. E. F. Cooley, '70, s.,
A. G. Tyng, '73, p., B. W. Smith, '71, 1.,
C. C. Smith, 71, I, J. A. Fulton, '7I, m., C. H. Coldren, '72, r.
Morris Starne, '70 1, 2, R. D. Harrison, '73, 3,
This nine played only one game, defeating the Ann Arbor Club on April II. In the autumn of 1870 a class league was formed, and '73 came out victorious. There was however a decided lack of interest in baseball, owing to the introduction of football, a game in which more of the students could take part.
April 25, 1871, the University Baseball Club was reorganized, J. A. Fulton, '71, being chosen President, and J. A. Mercer, '71, captain of the first nine. The team selected was this:
H. A. Thayer, '74, c., F. A. Maynard, '74, 1.,
Wayne Hayman, '73, P., G. E. Hall, '74, I, C. H. Dane, '73, r.,
R. D. Harrison, '73, m.,
W. S. Sheeran, '73, 2,
C. B. Keeler, '73, sub.,
J. A. Mercer, '71, 3, W. H. Wells, '74, s.,
W. R. Clark, '74, sub.
For at least one thing this team was remarkable: all of its members with but one exception, were underclassmen. Both '73 and '74 contained excellent baseball material, while '71 and '72, particularly the latter, were very deficient in this respect. Al- though the nine for 1871 was strong, a schedule of games could not be arranged, and the record for that year is limited to the annual game between the freshmen and the sophomores, in which the latter were victorious by a score of 74 to 19. A team to rep- resent the University was not selected in 1872, although many students took part in "scrub" games. Doubtless the attention given to football and to the revived game of cricket caused a · temporary slackening of interest in baseball, but the chief difficulty, a difficulty which continued for long, was the absence of strong teams with which to play. In 1873 the regular nine was reorgan- ized so as to present these names:
F. E. Bliss, '73, c., F. N. Wood, '75, P., G. E. Hall, '74, I, W. L. Sheeran, '73, 2, W. M. Safford, '75, 3,
W. H. Wells, '74, s., F. A. Maynard, '74, 1.,
E. D. Root, '75, m., Wayne Hayman, '73, r.
October II, 1873, the Mutuals of Jackson were defeated at Ann Arbor by a team composed chiefly of juniors and freshmen,
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the score being 19 to 9; and on October 25 the freshmen defeated the sophomores by a score of 60 to 43. The team for 1874, as. selected by Captain G. L. Winslow, was as follows:
G. L. Winslow, '77, c., A. J. Stellwagen, '75, s.,
W. R. Roberts, '77, p., W. F. Baxter, '77, 1.,
P. R. Wilson, '75, I, E. D. Root, '75, m.,
F. K. Stearns, '77, 2,
G. H. Abbott, '75, 3,
F. R. Buell, '76, r.
Of the games played by this nine the only one of which record remains was with Ypsilanti; and was a victory for Michigan. The deciding contest of a series of games between the seniors and. juniors was gained by the seniors, May 23, by a score of 13 to 9 ;. and the annual sophomore-freshman game was won by the fresh- men, October 3, 1874, by the score of 34 to 21. In the spring of 1875 the team was organized with E. D. Root, '75, as captain, and. was formed thus:
G. L. Winslow, '75, c., G. H. Abbott, '75, p.,
W. R. Roberts, '77, s., O. P. Shepardson, '75, 1.,
C. S. Burch, '75, I, E. D. Root, '75, m., W. C. Johnson, '78, r.
F. K. Stearns, '77, 2, O. W. Ferdon, '77, 3,
The games played in 1875 were with the Mutuals of Jackson,. May 18, 5 to 7; Ætnas of Detroit, May 29, 15 to 10, and June 5, 6 to 7; and Unas of Kalamazoo, October 22, 5 to 2. Owing to. the abolishment of "straight-arm " pitching, and the calling of strikes on batsmen, the number of runs per game now began to. fall off considerably. Stearns, the fine second baseman of the 1875 team, afterwards became President of the Detroit Baseball Club, which under his guidance won the championship in the- National League.
In the spring of 1876 the following nine was selected:
F. E. Bliss, '79 l, c., W. C. Johnson, '78, s. s.,
J. S. Ayres, '77, p., W. W. Augur, '78, 1.,
C. L. VanPelt, '76, I, E. S. Siebert, '76 l, m.,
W. R. Roberts, '77, 2, O. W. Ferdon, '77, S.,
W. H. Murphy, '79, r.
The schedule for 1876 was greatly abbreviated by the refusal of the Faculty to permit the team to play games out of town; for it was impossible to induce clubs to visit Ann Arbor when return games were prohibited. In consequence of this ruling a projected tour fell through in 1877, and with it the home games which had been arranged. A nine containing only a few of the regular play- ers was defeated, May 26, 1877, by the Mutuals of Jackson, 12 to. IO; and a hurriedly picked team was defeated in October by the.
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strong nine of the Memphis (Tenn.) Club. The Michigan team for 1877 was:
G. J. Lonstorf, '80, c., G. P. Castle, '77, c.,
O. W. Ferdon, '77, 3,
W. R. Roberts, '77, s.,
W. C. Johnson, '78, p., W. W. Hannan, 'So, 1.,
W. W. Augur, '78, I,
W. M. Thompson, '80, m.,
A. S. Deacon, '80, 2,
W. H. Rand, '77 h, r.
The first game played in 1878 was at Ann Arbor, May II, when the club from Three Rivers was defeated by a score of 31 to I. The team for the year was as follows:
F. E. Bliss, '79 l, c., W. C. Johnson, '78, s., W. W. Augur, '78, 1.,
R. H. McMurdy, '80, p.,
W. M. Thompson, '80, I, O. W. Ferdon, '77, m.,
W. W. Hannan, '80, 2, E. L. Webster, 80, 3,
H. S. Richards, 'So p, r.
Early in the spring of 1879 two teams selected by the base- ball committee of the Athletic Association began practice on the campus. A game played by the nine with Detroit's new profes- sional team at Detroit, May 17, resulted in a defeat for Michigan, 2 to 22. Six days later a nine from the Tecumseh Club was defeated at Ann Arbor, 27 to 7, and in the return game, played on Decoration Day, Michigan won, 14 to 3. A second contest with the Detroit professionals, at Ann Arbor, resulted in favor of the latter, 17 to 7.
In the autumn of 1879 the game between the sophomores and freshmen was won by the DON M. DICKINSON, '67 l former, II to 3, the sophomore battery, Davenport and Hodges, being very effective. Hodges was made captain of the University nine in 1880, and the team was constituted thus:
C. H. Hodges, '82, c., F. W. Davenport, '82, p., W. M. Thompson, '80, I, J. F. Gallaher, '82, 2, W. W. Hannan, '8c, 3,
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