The above program was given at the district meeting of teachers in Collins High School Saturday.
April 20, 1911, Boys Club Team Wins Friday afternoon on the home grounds the Boys Club baseball team won a splendid victory over the Cambridge High School team, defeating them by a 13 to 4 score. Cambridge has long been famed for its baseball teams and the Collins Boys were expecting to have their hands full. Cambridge started the game with a rush, bringing in two scores the first inning. For the first three innings Collins played wild, as a result of a short attack of stage fright brought by the whirlwind start of the Cambridge boys and their size and formidable appearance. However, this did not last long and pitcher John King settled down to his usual form. After the first three innings King’s pitching and his splendid backing by infield and outfield, proved too hard a problem for Cambridge to solve and they failed to score again. After the Collins Boys got their stride, they gave a splendid exhibition of consistent batting and piled up 13 scores. The lineup of the Collins team was as follows: Arlo Heinrich, (c), John King (p), Harvey Westcott (1st), Ray Carver (2nd), Oliver Shearer (3rd), John Thompson (ss), Eddie Harsh (lf), Amos Botheras (cf), Earl Kendig (rf), Leon Keagel (rf).
What? Baseball! Who? Colo H. S. vs. Collins Boys Club. When? Friday afternoon at 2:30. Where? Ball park, Collins. How much, Adults .15, children .10, Ladies, free. Who will be there? Everyone who enjoys a good game.
April 27, 1911 The baseball game between Colo and Collins last Friday was a very interesting and exciting contest up to the last moment of play. Neither team scored the first two innings. In the last half of the 3rd inning Collins managed to bring in one score. In the fourth each team scored one run. Colo soon made a spurt and brought in three more, making the score 4-2. Collins brought in one more and later each made a score, making it 5–4 in Colo’s favor. It remained thus until nearly the end of the game, when in the last half of the 8th Collins scored two runs, placing them one ahead. Colo had but one more chance at bat. If Collins could shut them out in this inning, the game was won. There were two outs and none on base when John King hit a batter, thus letting a man to first, who managed to get clear around before a third out was made. This tied the game the again with the score 6-6 and only half an inning to play, both teams strained every effort. After two outs and no one on base, Harsh got a single, King followed with another, leaving a man on third and first. King tried to steal second and the Colo pitcher threw wild to second, letting Harsh in with the winning score.
Both teams played consistent ball throughout the game. Both Scogsberg and King deserve credit for their good pitching. Ginter of Colo made a home run. Final school, Collins 7, Colo 6. Lineup as follows: John King (p), Arlo Heinrich, (c), Harvey Westcott (1st), Ray Carver (2nd), Oliver Shearer (3rd), John Thompson (ss), Earl Kendig (lf), Eddie Harsh (rf), Amos Botheras (cf). The Collins boys expect to go to Melbourne Saturday.
May 8, 1911 Rural Eighth Final Examination This examination will be given in the Collins High School on Saturday, May 13, 1911. Rules governing: A pupil to be eligible to take the eighth grade final examinations: (a) shall have finished course of study set forth in handbook for Iowa Schools, pages 16-150 inclusive. (b) shall have come from a school the course of study of which ends with the eighth grade. (c) shall have passed a rural preliminary eighth grade examination, evidenced by records in