eam that his comrades were engrossed in like indulgence.

WAYNE OUTCLASSES HERNE

ARTHURS DEVELOPS ANOTHER GREAT TEAM.
PEGGIE WARD AND REDDY RAY STARS.

Wayne defeated Herne yesterday 14 to 4, and thereby
leaped into the limelight. It was a surprise to
every one, Herne most of all. Owing to the stringent
eligibility rules now in force at Wayne, and the
barring of the old varsity, nothing was expected of
this season's team. Arthurs, the famous coach, has
built a wonderful nine out of green material, and
again establishes the advisability of professional
coaches for the big universities.

With one or two exceptions Wayne's varsity is made
up of players developed this year. Homans, the
captain, was well known about town as an amateur
player of ability. But Arthurs has made him into
a great field captain and a base-getter of remarkable
skill. An unofficial computing gives him the batting
average of .536. No captain or any other player of
any big college team in the East ever approached
such percentage as that. It is so high that it must
be a mistake.

Reddy Ray, the intercollegiate champion in the sprints,
is the other seasoned player of the varsity, and it is
safe to say that he is the star of all the college
teams. A wonderful fielder, a sure and heavy hitter,
and like a flash on the bases, he alone makes Homans'
team formidable.

Then there is Peg Ward, Worry Arthurs' demon pitcher,
of freshman bowl-fight fame. This lad has been arriving
since spring, and now he has arrived. He is powerful,
and has a great arm. He seems to pitch without effort,
has twice the speed of Dale, and is as cool in the box
as a veteran. But it is his marvellous control of the
ball that puts him in a class by himself. In the fourth
inning of yesterday's game he extended himself, probably
on orders from Coach Arthurs, and struck out Herne's
three best hitters on eleven pitched balls. Then he
was taken out and Schoonover put in. This white-headed
lad is no slouch of a pitcher, by-the-way. But it must
have been a bitter pill for Herne to swallow. The proud
Herne varsity have been used to knocking pitchers out
of the box, instead of seeing them removed because
they were too good. Also, MacNeff and Prince, of Place,
who saw the game, must have had food for reflection.
They did not get much of a line on young Ward, and