This photograph shows the 1913 Springfield College baseball team. During this season, they went 2-13-0 and were coached by Austin G. Johnson. The team members (and their class years) were Walter Campbell (1916), Martin R. Chittick (1913), William J. Diehl (1915), Alfred G. Eddy (1915), William H. Fountain (1915), LeRoy E. Haskins (1914), Owen E. Horne (1913), Daniel J. Kelley (1913), William A. Lang (1916), Gardner I. Ritchie (1915), Alfred A. Smith (1914), Frederick W. Stone (1913), and Henry Wielt, Jr. (1914).
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Johnson coached a total of six seasons (1909-1914) and had an overall record of 21-50-0 and a .296 winning percentage. The team began training after Easter vacation, which put them at a disadvantage against many of their rivals. According to the 1914 yearbook, "a lack of unison and co-operation on the part of the men was distinctly felt."
