Savitar . ce— The 1921 team started out in championship style, having no fear of anyteam, and rightly so. The Tiger squad was the class of the Valley. It wasthe only good team at the opening of the season. The first seven games werewon by the Tiger Club, four of them being shutouts. About that time, in themiddle of April, the final exams were over, and the cream of the clubdecidedto quit school with the majority of the students. Spring is no time for school. Lefty Pruett, the Tigers pitching ace, decided that the Valley circuitwas not the best in the world, especially from an economic standpoi
Savitar . ce— The 1921 team started out in championship style, having no fear of anyteam, and rightly so. The Tiger squad was the class of the Valley. It wasthe only good team at the opening of the season. The first seven games werewon by the Tiger Club, four of them being shutouts. About that time, in themiddle of April, the final exams were over, and the cream of the clubdecidedto quit school with the majority of the students. Spring is no time for school. Lefty Pruett, the Tigers pitching ace, decided that the Valley circuitwas not the best in the world, especially from an economic standpoint, and sohe decided to let the St. Louis Browns affix his John Henry to a contract for twoyears—thereby depriving Missouri and the Valley of the best college pitcherseen in years. Murphy, who had caught Pruett during the first part of theseason, decided that it was too hot to go to school and so did not register for theSpring semester. The loss of the two best players on the team injured the team I If. ^ ^^^^ Page 287 ATHLETICS : I D BBS in not only material but also in spirit, and the Tigers were fortunate to winthree of the remaining eight games. The team has a new coach this year in the person of Jerry Jones, a formerNotre Dame player. Jerry has the task of putting a new team into the field,for very few letter men have returned and not all are sure of staying the Springsemester. It is practically a certainty that Leo Murphy will once more leaveat the end of the regular second semester. Coach Jones will have a fairly good offensive team to start out with, for the22 Tigers are masters with the clubs. The catching department and the out-field crew are well taken care of, but there is a scarcity of material in the infieldand on the mound. Murphy will have no opposition behind the plate, and will be well sup-ported by Evans, Schwimmer and Greathouse. Captain Dick OReilly, Low-rance, Berry and Roberts will be placed in the outfield. Berry is the only one ofthe four
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