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Caption: Book - Banks of the Boneyard (Charles Kiler)
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16 On the Banks of the Boneyard Under the efficient management and captaincy of George Huff '92, the team will without doubt show up in splendid form. In speaking of Huff it may be said that Champaign has never had a better all around player. Though weighing when in form about 22$ pounds, he is unexcelled as an outfielder, and in his favorite position as first baseman plays exceptionally well. The pitching department consists of Frederickson '94 and Bouton '91, with Cross '92 as backstop. Bouton has excellent head work combined with good control of the ball. Frederickson, sixteen years of age and standing six feet one inch in height, is considered a very promising pitcher, having fair speed, good control of the ball, and never gets rattled when things are going badly. An effort will be made to arrange games with Monmouth, Galesburg, Northwestern, and Lake Forest; and possibly with Ann Arbor and Greencastle, Ind., for the coming season. OUR STUDENTS UNDER DISADVANTAGE The advancement of athletics in the University is due to the earnest and persistent efforts of the students themselves, having received little encouragement and no assistance from the faculty. Champaign has been handicapped heretofore on the account of a lack of a good gymnasium, and what is equally as essential, a competent instructor. It is true the new Military building has been fitted up as a gymnasium and an instructor secured, but what is needed is a modern college gymnasium with competent instructors under the control and direction of the alumni and the University Athletic Association. The Big Bust-over at Monmouth October 1, 2, and 3, 1891 The meeting of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic and Oratorical Association at Monmouth in the first three days of October, Anno Domini 1891, was one never to be forgotten by those who attended. Our newly-organized Athletic Association was gaining membership with an initiation fee of fifty cents and annual dues of the same amount. Our athletic teams were better than ever before and rarin' to go. Compared to the present organizations, of course, we were a primitive bunch, but two hundred students had joined the association, and the following officers were putting life and energy into the organization: President—Charles W. Cross. Vice-President—Robert H. Forbes. Secretary—Newton M. Harris. Treasurer—James D. Phillips.
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