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A STRONG FIELDING NINE.
Baseball Team Begins Its Easter
Trip—Four Pitchers Taken—
Individual Criticism.
The University Baseball Team left
New Haven on their Easter Trip yes-
terday morning and were scheduled to
play Manhattan College in New York
yesterday afternoon. The men had the
benefit of ex-Captain Keator’s coaching
the last three days of last week and
made considerable improvement in their
general play. As it now stands the
team is a good fielding one, but the men
have not yet got into the best batting
form. The make-up for the trip will
be: J. W. Wadsworth, Jr., ’98; first
base; C. A. H. deSaulles, ’99 S., second
base; S. B. Camp, 1900, shortstop; J. J.
Haen, ’098, third base; G. C. Greenway,
98 S., left field; J. W. Wear, ’99, center
field; H. B. Wallace, ’99, right field;
M. L. Fearey, ’98; C. M. Hall, ’99 S.,
G. L. Cadwalader, 1901, and G. 5S.
Chauncey, ’98S., pitchers and C. E.
Sullivan, 1900, and P. C. Kiefer, 1901,
catchers. It will thus be seen that four
pitchers are taken on the trip. E. 5S.
Bronson, 1900, and E. M. Eddy, ’99 S.,
have been taken as substitute infielders
and outfielders respectively. Some sur-
prise was occasioned that L. W. Rob-
son, 1901, who played third up to last
week and who seemed a very promising
man, was not taken. The pitchers will
have their first real chance to show
what they can do on the trip, as the two
games that were played last week af-
forded scarcely any opportunity for
judging. The following will give some
idea of the work of the individual
players who compose the team:
THE INFIELD.
Wadsworth; who will play first, is as
good a fielder in that position as Yale
has had for several years. He is tall
and has a good reach and is especially
strong on low throws and_ pick-ups.
He is well up in all the fine points of
the game and exerts a steadying influ-
ence on the rest of the infielders. As a
batter he is not as strong, but has im-
proved rapidly since the team began ~
practice and gives promise of being at
least a fair hitter by the time of the
championship games.
The playing of Camp and deSaulles
at short and second, respectively, is too
well known to need much explanation.
deSaulles played on the University
team in his Freshman year, but from
then till now he has had no practice
and so has not yet fully regained his
form. When in form he is a fast and
sure fielder, covering a large extent of
territory and throwing well. In his
batting he is strong and leads off for
the team, being pretty sure to reach
first base in one way or another.
Camp’s greatest fault in his fielding is
his tendency to take bounding balls on
the pickup, instead of on the long
bound, a thing which Mr. Carter gave
special attention to correcting when
he was here. He covers a great deal
of ground and tries for everything that
is within possible reach, thereby making
some phenomenal stops. On _ high
flies he is perhaps the surest man in the
infield, covering not only his own posi-
tion, but a part of short and left and cen-
ter fields. In covering second on
thrown balls he is sure, putting the ball
on the runner with the same motion
that he catches it. Any one who saw
the championship games last year will
remember his batting. He seems to
have a peculiar faculty of making a hit
just when it is most needed, his home
run in the first Princeton game and his
two-base hit in the last Harvard
game being examples. On the bases
Camp and deSaulles are both fast,
shifty runners and excellent sliders.
Both use their heads to good advantage
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and in that way gets bases where other
runners would be out. :
At third, Hazen is steady, but a little
slow and inclined at times to fumble.
Last year he played second in the big
games in a finished manner. He has
had a long experience at the game and
never in the most trying moments
loses his head. His throwing is fair.
Like Camp he can hit the ball in a
pinch. He is rather a slow runner,
but makes this up to some extent by
his sliding. Robson, a Freshman, who
has played third part of the time, is a
little apt to be too anxious. He is
left-handed, and a very strong, accurate
thrower. His throwing is perhaps his
strongest point, as he is a weak hitter
and a poor base runner, not using his
head. He has not yet had enough ex-
perience in college playing and does not
fully understand the game, but will un-
doubtedly develop into a strong base-
man next year.
Of the outfielders, Captain Greenway
has been handicapped a good deal so
far this Spring by his arm, which he
strained last year in the first Princeton
game. He is getting the use of it more
and more ever day, however. As a
fielder he needs no mention, covering
all the left field territory strongly. His
batting is even stronger than his field-
ing and he is perhaps the best judge
of pitched balls on the team.
Wear, in center field, is a strong all-
around player, covering a large field
and throwing well. He played with
the nine on the Easter Trip last year
and up to that time led the team in
batting, but was prevented from play-
ing later by low scholarship. He has
a thorough understanding of the game
and plays it for everything there is in
it. He is equally good as a batter and
as a base runner.
The right fielder, Wallace. is an un-
certain player. On balls in front of him
he is strong, but on long flies over
his head he is weak. As a batter he is
only fair and cannot be depended on to
hit in a tight place. He is a fair base
runner and in this uses his head well.
Taken as a whole, then, the fielding
department will, barring accidents, be
very strong this year and the success
or failure of the team will depend on
the batteries. All the men are seasoned,
heady players with a good deal of ex-
perience and who work well together.
Fearey, as was predicted some time
ago, has proved to be the leading
pitcher. He has already shown great
improvement in control over last year,
when he was wofully erratic and wild.
In the Holy Cross game he started out
by striking out the first two men and
holding the team down to two hits in
the four innings that he pitched. He
has good speed and curves and watches
the bases well. He has changed his
slow “pretzel” delivery of last year
into a faster and simpler one, giving
the runner much less time to get a
start than formerly. He is a good
batter and base runner and bids fair to
be Yale’s mainstay in the big games.
Hall, ’o0 S., pitcher well against
Wesleyan Saturday. He has had a lame
arm all the Spring, but seems to be get-
ting over this. He has had good control
and fair curves and speed and uses his
head n pitching to vreat advantage. He
watches the bases very closely. He is
a fair runner, but a weak batter.
Cadwalader, the football center, has
not done as well as was expected
as a pitcher, being thus far only fair
in his work. He depends mostly on a
quick drop ball and has fair control
and speed. In the last two innings of
the Holy Cross game, which he pitched,
he was hit quite freely, but the day was
cold and raw and he had had no chance
before. Towards the last he steadied
down and did better work. It is very
doubtful if he develops so as to be
used in any of the big games.
Chauncey is a pitcher who has been
made this year and for one beginning
has done very well. In the game last
Saturday he was given a chance for
the last four innings and with a wet and
slippery ball kept Wesleyan down to
two hits, but gave five bases on balls.
Behind the bat Sullivan and Kiefer
have done all the work. Sullivan seems
now to be the leading man. He is a
good backstop and a slow but accurate
thrower. In the last two games he has
made several fine catches of foul flies.
He is very cool and watches the run-
ners closely and steadies the rest of
the team as well as his pitcher. He
is not a strong batter, but is fair. On
the bases he is slow.
Kiefer is a quicker man than Sullivan,
but not as steady a backstop. He is a
Freshman and as yet has had but little
chance to show what he can do. In
the game on Saturday he seemed to be
weak on foul balls.
by McKena (s).
Yale’s First Two Games.
YALE, 6; HOLY CROSS, 4.
The University nine played its first
game of the season with Holy Cross
on Wednesday, March 30th. Yale won
by a score of 6 to 4, the game being
called in the sixth inning on account
darkness. The game was devoid of
brilliant plays with the possible excep-
tion of Sullivan’s catching of two foul
flies. In fact the game was of such
a character that little estimate of the
strength of the team can be made from
e
Behind the bat Sullivan, who played
the first four innings. was more steady
than Kiefer, who finished the game.
Wadsworth fielded first base well and
made one of the four hits. At second
deSaulles had no chances. Camp batted
well, but as yet does not seem to be up
to his form in fielding. Hazen, who
played his first game at third, had but
two chances. His error was a poor
throw to first. i.
The most promising feature of the
-game was the pitching of Fearey. He
exhibited considerable speed and had
good control of the ball. Cadwalader,
who pitched the last two innings, was
rather unsteady.
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Stolen bases, deSaulles, Hazen, Camp,
Wadsworth, Fox and Gaffney. Bases
on balls off Fearey (2), off Cadwalader
(1), of McKena (7), of Linnehan (2).
Hit by pitched ball, Hazen. Struck
out by Fearey (4), by Cadwalader (2),
Wild pitches by
Fearey (1), Cadwalader (1). Time of
game I hour 36 minutes. Umpire,
Gruber.
YALE, I2; WESLEYAN, 5.
The second game of the week was
played on Saturday against Wesleyan.
After the fourth inning the game was
played in the rain, spoiling all chance
of good work. Wesleyan was weak
at all points and showed the lack of
practise, especially in batting. For the
first three innings with Hall in the box
and the regular team behind him, Yale
played well and blanked Wesleyan, but
in the fourth Eddy, Bronson, Robson,
Chauncey and Kiefer were substittited
for Greenway, Camp, Hazen, Hall and
Sullivan, and did not do so_ well.
This is partly accountable to the rain.
Wesleyan scored all her runs in the
sixth on two hits, two bases- on balls
and errors by Bronson and Robson.
Yale’s runs were mostly the result of
Wesleyan’s loose fielding, except in the
seventh, when Wallace, Chauncey,
deSaulles and Wadsworth bunched their
hits and netted three runs.
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Summary: Stolen bases—Yale 5, Wes-
leyan 7. Base on balls—By Hall 2,
by Chauncey 5, by Townsend 2, by
Fox 1. Struck out—By Chauncey 4,
by Townsend 2, by Fox 2, by Manly 1.
Passed balls—Kiefer 1, Williams 1.
Time of game—One hour 50 minutes.
Umpire—Gruber.
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