New-York tribune., 1886-05-02
COLLEGE BASEBALL MINES.
STRIVING FOR TIE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHO WILL REPRESENT THE SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
IN TIE ASSOCIATION GAMES

WHO WILL REPRESENT THE SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
IN TIE ASSOCIATION GAMES.
Now that the brief college baseball season is
heeinpin nd odds being laid hrisky among college
men. glance the field may prove interesting Last
years cham pcnship for the first time hy liar'
ward with unbroken record OF ten victories. Yale
and Princeton tied for second place the end OF the
regular each winning games aud losing
three; the extra exhibition game howover. went to
Princeton. Dartmouth four games and lost SIX
and BroHn and Amherst brought up the with ono
victory apiece and nine defeats. There will be six
colleges in the association this year and ten games
will he played by each club before Dartmouth was
dropped however at the last convention and Williams
taken in ITS place Amherst, Yale and Princeton have
played exhibition games with the New York niue
Brown has made Southern tolr, end Harvard has
gotten practice ont OF amateur clubs about Boston.
some iniercnces as to the strength OF the different
COLLEGES may he drawn from tho played and ffom
the records OF the indiy idual players
The Harvard nine for this year practically the same
that won the championship last June Nichols ana
Allen will again he the battery. Nichols is by all odds
the best lro nj player in the association. For two
years he has 10 in the pitchers position and last year
he made the highest batting average on record Aieh
has led the college cschers for two years and also
stands hgn the batting list The infeld AMI outheiu
both iar but the nine is likely to wn II at all on
its batting and battery willard and smith, the
centre fielder ana first basen N. stood setohu """
fourth in the batting last year. Nichols mas
not been pitching 'in practice lately, having hur' MS
elbow week two aeo. The nine WILL probably be
made up follows: Nichols, p Allen, e.; smith !
d. Phillips, b.. Holden b.; Wiestline, ss; Foster
!. f. WIllrd. c. T.; nenshaw, r. I.
Princeton has elective pitcher in Bckham. but u
Handicapped by lack of a good catcher. Brownee ha
held Bickhsm with difficulty and King, the chang
pitcher, is likely take Bickhab's place In sevefa
championship games FOlr OF the men on the nne are
new the fielding IN practice games has been lalr ,i @
no natine good Ihe nine VIII lI9any ne MAJ r up
%. Taylor, b.. Blossom, S.. Robinson J.. IL hlhs'
Yale pulled through last year with weak nine by
good and good fortune. Tne cun has 'ech
rcorsamzeI entirely tns year is PROBABLY sonser
Tue pew it .er Sfagg disting himself on the ~
n.ne and has shown az well III practice gahes' r no
inicld fair and the outdcd strong hut the nine a.
whole i, weak at the bat. Good base running 'll
timely hits may make up FOR this as has often dom ID
the pist Tne nine haa been p aging follows: stage,
l. Damn. &. March. b.; stewart, = d.. cross "
Noycs -. /; Brigham. l. f. Bremncr c. T.; Sheppard
Amherst has also developed a pitcher, Jrtson.
Sfe,rns wo caught in some OF lat years viii 10
the regular hatcher this YEAR Amherst was beaten
twice m practce games with the University Of Penns{
a''d ~ill probably not he able 70 cc SucreI,'I ,
with Pnncctun Yale or Harvard Its helHnS J.. ucl.l
than is batting The nine Will pay a, 60, i4"'%' :
Marble, o. Coates, -. Storra. l. ke"tihs' T. /
Brown has done poorly in practice and WAS beaten by
Harvard fifteen ~ cnty runs day or twp "S" ~ ~
Cambridge. the DID latey, GunderS"n ana 'iAIA n -
still AT work. Gundefs pitches an lrrr-l'f tHe l'
requires better support tAnn the other vi 'ycr' often
nlnn TrOwA- he-t championship game Il .rnrrh'Ls
played with Harvard The mncll ana onlhrla are
almo. altogether new rhe nine has been pl iyln, ~
follows: Gunderson p. Clark. c.. Browheii' !.
Cooke > h.; Taylor b.: Warren ss.; Murphy l. l. ;
McCrcrry. e. :. Bia ,icll, r. T. , go,
RE new william. nine has not peen heard from yrf'
but !. probably much the rs the ore thal ione,
scented that college last year AMI Ilhycd mum 't "a -.
exhibition games with Other col "ge teams htId"S
then fairly gnol. Int It's natting weak. Nl'S, VI
coi So Will want firmly established In the as" "a
non before trying IA high place. ON t'c wi"e In
chi,f contest VIII ho bcw Princeton ana lidiN"u
| ~ ih9e. look now, with Yale rather dangerous
opponent for either.
/ The 10 lowiu, games are scheduled for VI Y;
Nav Harvard. I.rowp. at Providence NaeWhans; AZ
Wiiamstnwn. NAV -tfOwn fIn,e Oh az fiihr' t'I ny
Harvard. \ lle at NcwIldyrnt Brown Amherst II M
lerst May 10 Iialv Amherst ~ Ann rs MAY -
I,rown-Ya Yale at haven. Mas vale uncc'on AZ
Prluceton; Harvard " iitlms AT Muiam,i2"n. Nay -
/ timnriue. NAV d iiiit 't''' H.
Providence MAY -,-N ale amherst ~ Amhrr.t lattai,
Prnc ~ at Princeton. Nav : D.; own Nil,iam- al NJ III
ia siown. nay 70 HtoVn-ll lrvId a Can'rdRe; Am.
herst lr nceiO frincr0n Nav - Prime ton rO~n Al
Providence ami. william az VI lan town May .'I-
Ira Harvard. at Cambridge, Williams ale 1T New
Have