Hamilton Literary Magazine Volume 16 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... The Base Ball Ground. This seems to be a year of change and improvements. The Gymnasium is being refitted and refurnished. Liberal donations have been made for the purchase of new books and for increasing the facilities of the library. The Laboratory is soon to be repaired and repainted. Similar and greater improvements are looked for in other directions. It may not, therefore, be out of the way again to call attention to the long-neglected ball ground. The lot as it stands is utterly useless. Numerous and repeated efforts have been made to put it in a respectable condition. All previous efforts having failed, the college has been obliged to rent a place in the village. Such an arrangement is inconvenient and expensive. Yet even with the disadvan tage of a ball ground two miles distant from the college, a nine has heretofore been picked and trained, which has had no superior among the colleges of the state. Hamilton should put forth every effort to hold a foremost position in the only sport in which she can compete on equal footing with her sister colleges. There is no lack of good material for a first, class nine, though as yet it is but ill developed. To be successful in base ball one must have daily practice. With the present arrangement this is almost impossible. The frequent complaint is that "there is no place to play." The time necessarily spent in going to and from the ground in the village deters many from playing at all. The new gymnasium will give an opportunity for winter work, if some provision can be made for a ball ground near the college, in the SpringWith a very moderate outlay the old lot north of the Library building could be levelled and made ready for use. Liberal offers have been madein years past, to assist in such an undertaking. The...