Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . second. Texas Christian third,Southwestern fourth, Texas University fifth. Polytechnic sixth,Trinity seventh, and Austin College eighth. Baylor, Texas University, A. and M. College and Southwesternall played and defeated leading out-of-state teams. Texas Uni-versity made a most successful trip through Louisiana, Alabamaand Georgia, winning the majority of games, and upon theirreturn pronounced the college teams of Texas as playing a muchhigher grade of Base Ball. My reason for ranking Texas University as low as fifth place,when her Texas perc
Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . second. Texas Christian third,Southwestern fourth, Texas University fifth. Polytechnic sixth,Trinity seventh, and Austin College eighth. Baylor, Texas University, A. and M. College and Southwesternall played and defeated leading out-of-state teams. Texas Uni-versity made a most successful trip through Louisiana, Alabamaand Georgia, winning the majority of games, and upon theirreturn pronounced the college teams of Texas as playing a muchhigher grade of Base Ball. My reason for ranking Texas University as low as fifth place,when her Texas percentage places her second, is because shedid not play the A. and M. College and lost series to Baylor andto Southwestern, raising her percentage at the expense of theweaker teams of the Texas Association. Further, practicallyevery game was played at home, on a field which is a great handi-cap to a visiting team, with its left field fence within easy reachof a good stinging single base hit. Many of her runs came asthe result of left field home KBIO UNIVERSITY TEAM. TOKIO, JAPAN.
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