BASEBALL OUTLOOK.
If a Good Battery is Found the Nine
Will be Strong.
The baseball practice is now well
under way, the men who played in the
championship games last year having
begun to practice immediately after
Washington’s Birthday. The other
candidates had been at work for three
weeks previous to this. W. F. Carter,
’95, came up from New York three
weeks ago and coached the team for
ten days, devoting most of his time
to the battery candidates. Ex-captain
H. M. Keator, ’97, and F. B. Stephen-
son, 95 S., were here two or three days
last week and gave the men good
coaching. On the 25th of February the
team practiced at the Field, which was
in excellent shape for this time of
year. This is the earliest that a Yale
team has been able .o get out doors
for several years, and it is most advan-
tageous, as the cage work is at best
but a poor substitute for outdoor prac-
tice. The first two days at the Field
were devoted to outfield work, but on
Monday regular infield and outfield
practice was commenced. No reduc-
tion of candidates has yet been made,
but in a few days a number of men
will be dropped.
If a good battery can be developed
the prospects for a very strong team
are bright. Captain Greenway has not
used his arm at all since last season,
so that he does not yet know in what
condition it is, but it is very doubtful
whether he will be able to pitch this
year. At the present writing M. L.
Fearey, ’98, is doing good work.
Fearey pitched in several games last
year but was very erratic. He had
good speed and excellent curves, but
lacked control, a fault which he seems
likely to overcome before the. coming
season. He has been practising in the
cage during the Winter and has im-
proved steadily. He is an excellent
batter, and with control of the ball he
will be a strong pitcher. C. M. Hall,
’99 S., is another promising man. He
was with the University squad last year
until forced to stop by his scholarship.
He has fair speed and good curves
and good control, but is hardly strong
enough to stand the strain of a long
game. The other promising pitchers
are F. Hecker, ’99, who pitched in parts
of two championship games last year,
G..:S, Chauncey, .98:S.,.and G4... -Cad-
walader, 1901, who played center on the
University Football team. last Fall.
He pitched and played third base for
Lawrenceville last year and is a re-
markably quick man for his size. He
has good speed and fair curves and
may develop into a good pitcher.
BEHIND THE BAT.
A. S. Goodwin, 1900, who caught
last year, has been obliged to leave
College on account of illness, and this
makes it necessary to develop a new
catcher. C. E. Sullivan, 1900, caught
for his Freshman team last year and
was with the University squad during
the latter part of the season. He is
small, but a good steady man. His
throwing is rather.slow, but accurate.
It now looks as if he would do the
catching this year. The other candi-
dates are A. C. Newcombe, 1900, and
G. Hecker, 99. Both these men are
fair catchers, but neither is as yet up to
University standard. J. W. Wads-
worth, Jr.; ’98; J. W. Wear,:’99; M. L.
McBride, 1900, and R. Russell, 1900,
are the best first basemen. Wadsworth
is probably the best fielding first base-
man in College, but he is a weak batter.
It is hoped, however, that he will im-
prove in this respect, and if he does he
will probably play the position. ‘Wear,
McBride and Russell are all good men,
perhaps stronger in batting than field-
ing. Wear will undoubtedly play in the
outfield if he does not make first. For
the other three infield positions there
are S. B. Camp, 1900 and J: J. Hazen,
98, who played shortstop and second
base respectively last year, and C. A.
H. deSaulles, ’99 S., who plaved second
two years ago. Camp will probably
remain at short and unless some new
man for third appears either Hazen or
deSaulles will play there while the other
will go to second. Capt. Greenway
will play left field, while for the other
two places there are Atkin, Wear,
Fearey, Wallace, Chauncey and several
new men. 5
The Field itself is being put in shape
as rapidly as possible. The grand-
stand has been renovated and repainted
and the clock on the tower regilded.
The east stand of the football field has
been cut in two and the halves placed
at the wings of the grandstand behind
first and third bases respectively.
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Capt. Brown Must Substantiate.
The annual business meeting of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association was
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, on the 25th of February. The
committee appointed last Fall to nego-
tiate with Oxford and Cambridge for an
International Track meet reported hav-
ing received an unfavorable reply from
Oxford, but as no reply has yet been
received from Cambridge nothing was
done about the matter. It was voted
to notify Capt. Brown of the University
of California, that he must either sub-
stantiate his charges of professionalism
in Eastern Athletics or that his Col-
lege must withdraw from the Associa-
tion. It was voted to appoint a com-
mittee to draw up plans for a separate
bicycling association similar to the pre-
sent track association. ‘This will make
the bicycle races a separate branch of
athletics. The most important amend-
ments were the change in the scoring
rules, making first place count five
points, second place count three points,
third place count two points, and fourth
place count one point, and the substi-
tution of a two-mile run for the mile
walk. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
I. N.° Swift, Yale; “Treasurer. -E:’ M.
Bull, Cornell; Secretary, B. C. Bar-
ringer, New York University; honorary
Vice-Presidents,.° S. °‘J:». MéPartland,
Fordham, and ). D. Clarke, Lafayette;
Executive Committee, J. D. Winsor,
Jr., University of Pennsylvania; E. Q.
McVitty, Princeton; J. T. Williams,
Columbia, and B. H. Hayes, Harvard.
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Brown Wockey Champions.
The Yale Hockey team was defeated
by the Brown team on Saturday, Febs<
ruary 26th, at the Clermont Avenue
Rink, Brooklyn, by the score of 2 goals
to 1. By this victory Brown becomes
the champion of the Intercollegiate
Hockey league. |
‘The game opened with some brilliant
defensive work by the Yale team.
Finally, after about five minutes of play
Hall shot a goal. There was no more
scoring in the first half, which was re-
markable for Yale’s team work, and the
playing of Barrows and Steere of
Brown.
Brown scored twice in the second
half. The line up was:
Yale—Smith, goal; Stoddard, point;
Hall, cover-point; Cone, Barnett
(Capt.), Palmer and Campbell, for-
wards.
Brown—Barrows, goal; Steere, point;
Bucklin, cover-point; Peavear, Cooke,
Day and Hunt, forwards.
Referee, Mr. Drakely. . Goals, Hall,
Hunt, Peavear.
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Track Team Work.
The candidates for the track team are
now working steadily for the annual
indoor meet in the Second Regiment
Armory on the 12th of this month.
This will be the first opportunity for
judging the candidates in competition.
An interesting feature of the games at
the Armory will be a relay race be-
tween the Academic and Scientific de-~
partments,
In addition to the regular closed
Spring games, on April 30, an invita-
tion meet will be held at the Field on
the Saturday previous. The Yale and
Harvard track managements will hold
a conference next Saturday tu complete
arrangements for the dual meeting at
Cambridge this Spring.
The different candidates have been
divided into squads and placed under
the charge of experienced men. Capt.
Perkins has charge of the hurdlers, who
practice on the gymnasium floor every
day. The quarter-milers are in charge
of W. S. Johnson, ’99, while the dis-
tance men are in charge of C. B. Spit-
zer, 99, and H: M. Poynter, t900. The
walkers are being coached by ‘A. N.
- Butler, 1900, and J. P.. Adams, 1900.
In order to encourage: shot putting a
WEEKLY
. handicap contest will be held in the
near future for which a cup will be
given. The bicycle team under Capt.
Tweedy began riding on the road this
week, after several weeks of nreliminary
indoor training.
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s Re, at
A Fence at the U. of C.
An idea suggested by the Yale Fence
has been followed out in a structure
placed on the campus of the University
of California in front of one of the
recitation halls. It is shaped in the
form of the letter C (C. for Califérnia),
built like a counter, with flat table top,
some two or three feet broad, the peri-
phery measuring perhaps fifty feet.
The explanation for the form of the
structure is not easily given. No one
seems to know why it was built that
way. The money for it was raised by
subscription among men of the Senior
class. For a few days, a number of
men gathered around and inside it. Its
construction seemed to make it more
comfortable for them to lean their
elbows on than to sit on it. At last
reports, it was not holding any large
measure of popularity, but this may
perhaps be accounted for by its peculiar
structure, which is suggestive of things
commonplace and commercial rather
than a college fence.
thing, men seem -to prefer their old
lounging place on the steps of the
recitation hall, where there is more
going on and where it is cooler on
sunny days.
BORER Galt
Law School Baseball.
Following are the games which have
been arranged by the Law School base-
ball management:
March tioth, Hamden at Hamden;
March 26th, Branford at New Haven;
April 6th, Betts Academy at Stamford;
April 7th, Wilmington at Wilmington;
April. 8th, Baltimore A. C. at Balti-
more; April oth, Columbian Univer-
sity at Washington; April 11th, St.
John’s College at Annapolis; April
12th, Villanova College at Villanova;
May 4th, Fordham College at Ford-
kam; -May 14th, Harvard Law School
at Cambridge; May 30th, Montclair A.
C. (two games) at Montclair.
Athletic Calendar.
March 12.—Annual indoor games,
Second Regiment Armory, New Haven.
April 23.—Annual Spring games,
open to Yale men, at Yale Field.
April 23.—University of Pennsylvania
relay races at Philadelphia.
April 30.—Invitation games, at Yale
Field.
May 14.—Dual Yale-Harvard track
games, at Cambridge.
May 27 and 28. — Intercollegiate
games, New York.
June 4.—Yale-Princeton baseball at
New Haven.
June 11.—Yale-Princeton baseball at —
Princeton.
June 18.—Yale-Princeton baseball at
New York, if necessary in case of a tie.
June 23.—Yale-Harvard baseball at
Cambridge.
June 28.—Yale-Harvard baseball at
New Haven. ;
July 2—vYale-Harvard baseball at
New York, if necessary in case of a tie.
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Whist News,
Negotiations are still oeing carried
on with Harvard and Princeton with
regard to the intercollegiate whist
tournament. This is the first tourna-
ment in which these Colleges have
participated. Some difficulty has been
found in deciding on the number of
representatives from each university.
Harvard declines to play with less than
eight representatives, while Princeton
desires only four. A system whereby
each team may be composed of six men
has been arranged and submitted to the
teams. It is hoped that by this means
the tournament may be played:. The
date proposed is April 2d. The tourna-
ment will be played in New Haven, as
being most convenient for both Prince-
ton and Harvard.
In preparation for the Intercollegiate
event, a preliminary tournament is be-
ing held at Yale. There will be a first
prize, for the winners of this tourna-
ment, and a consolation prize to be
competed for by teams defeated in the
first round.
As a general
Among the signs of
Spring carelessly over-
looked by the poets in
the March Magazines
are seven hundred ex-
quisite designs for shirts
at the store of
CHASE & COMPANY,
NEW HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK.
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Samples can go anywhere the
Alumni Weekly can go.
FRANK A. CORBIN,
TAILOR
TO THE
STUDENTS OF YALE
AND TO THE
GRADUATES
in all parts of the country.
Address:
1000 Chapel Street,
New Haven, Conn.
Several members of the Faculty and
of the three upper classes met last Fri-
day evening at the Hutchinson to dis-
cuss plans for forming a French Club
in the University, similar to the Cercle
Francais at Harvard. No definite ac-
tion was taken at this meeting, but a
committee consisting of J. R. Liver-
more, 798; B. B. Moore, ’99, and J. W.
Barney, 1900, was appointed to attend
to the preliminary arrangements of
such a club. Another meeting for per-
manent organization will be held on the
4th of this month. It is hoped that the
Faculty will give the club a room in
some of the college buildings and that
a French library can be started.
“Spring Styles Ready.”
That’s a very familiar sentence, and
often a very unsatisfactory one. It
leaves you wondering. There are
But no further
specification is necessary, when the
styles and_ styles.
reference is to
KNOX HATS.
All the rest is implied and guaran-
teed—grace, propriety, fabric.
F ull-grown Men
— LIKE —
THE SUN.