Caption: Book - Overview of University of Illinois for Chicago Alumni (1926)
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94 DlRECTOBY OF ILLINOIS MEN' I N CHICAGO AND V I C I N I T Y 95 OH bnS „ ?. gl3 Mo "Mo* £i ft" ^ * Careful attention is paid to the development of the freshmen. The lad who thinks that he can make good if he can only get a chance receives a full opportunity. Coach Ruby handles his men well, is a strict disciplinarian, but is quick to applaud as well as censure. His men like him. And they know he " knows." BASEBALL LLINOIS is a stronghold of baseball interest. Historic triumphs of the past inspire the players of today. In the trophy cases in the old gym are countless baseballs—some painted in the colors of Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania and West Point—mementoes of the year when Coach George Huff and Captain Carl Lundgren led the Illini east—others wrested from the Chicago Cubs in the days of "Tinker to Evers to Chance" when the Chicago national leaguers were world's champions. Under George Huff, director of physical welfare, Illinois in 24 years won eleven baseball championships and tied another. Carl Lundgren succeeded Director Huff as coach and in two out of five years of his regime Illinois nines have been champions, I • " M^ 3 3 E<'°d«. H EcJJgfK Oh "I ^ ! *j "»" « In some universities baseball may be sparsely attended but Illinois Field is evident of the important niche which the sport occupies here. A new stand has been erected and it is possible to seat 10,000 persons. As many as 10,000 have witnessed a game in the past. Football and track reign in the Memorial Stadium but baseball has Illinois field for its very own. There is an excellent diamond for the freshman squad, which is coached by Paul J. Stewart, former Illinois captain. The freshmen play many games with the varsity and the annual varsity-freshman game is warmly contested. The varsity squad annually takes a southern trip for ten days. Carl Lundgren 7s pitching-was an important factor when Illinois won the baseball championships in 1900 and 1902. Then he was a standby in the box for the Chicago Cubs for seven years, in two of which they were world 7s champions and three, national league leaders. In 1905 he was the third pitcher in the league, fourth in 1906 and fifth in 1907. After serving as Princeton freshman coach for two years, in 1914 he J © 5 u
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