New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-24
FOR THE COLLEGE REMNANT.
THE BASEBALL SEASON ABOUT TO OPEN.
HARVARD. YALE AND PRINCETON THE ONLY
CoMPETIToRs-THB SCHEDULE

HARVARD. YALE AND PRINCETON THE ONLY
CoMPETITo RSITHE SCHEDULE
Th. college baseball men, like the professionals have
decided TO take the Geld earlier than usual this season.
Thu first championship game-that between yale and
be played next Saturday Princeton and
IN. NewJorsey men win be half through their schedule
by May 10 The contest this yesi VIII be triangular
one Harvard Yale and Princeton have finally crowded.
ALL the weaker colleges o. the race and the series IN
will be and exciting rom start TO
finish Other with ave or six clubs In the league
and half the games won or lost even before ucS "eie
played the championship struggle was generally dismal
and unntecsne procession The change 10 the present
h,.s ,,ss natural one In consequence Two years ago
dartmouth was dropped out Of the College Baseball Asso
citation. Last year Harvard, Yale and Princeton cut
away from the other two members OF the sssocsuoh
Brown and Amherst and with Columbia formed the pres
an, co,lcge League Columbia resigned her membership
before tho season half over and this spring though
the University Of Pennsylvania offered TO MI the gsp IL
was decided TO 20 for year. at least with trecciuo
schedule The PcnnsylyaIans will play games with the
three league clubs and II they hold their own
NAV take next year the place made vacant by Columbia
Except that the games will DO close and interesting this
wear Il scarcely safe perhaps hazard any predictions
Yale has won the championship the last two years nov"
ever and put practically unchanged team INTO inc
neId this season Stsgg and Damn the famous Yale Dat
terry are the college players now best Known ana
most tailed about StagE pitched In several exhibit
ton games against professionals during the last three
weeks and though batted hard seems TO have as mucn
ski and pluck Against any amateur hine cer-
tsnly he almost invineible Damn Is an cxceedhsp
&c. catcher and an eminent authority like the $4,000
pitcher CIskson recently put him at the head OF all col
loge hall payers The Yale nfeld Is strong FOR coese
nine Moves short stop, and McConxey the secona
h,seman being both excellent men. Hunt and Calhoun
I'm the outned also valuable PLAYERS Tho whole nine
hat. we'll Yale having scored good many earned runs
OF the best League pitchers in the practice games ana IN
only one or two making poor show at the bat Ii
college tire can well, too. 1t generally manages 70
knd nj
Is TO play four games with Harvard and four games with
Princeton The New. Haven ought TO win s1 games
out OF the eight and will pretty surely get hVe'
Harvard has second in the race for the last Two
seasons teng the series with Yale In 1887 ana losing OIL
the payon The Harvard men are hsndlcapped Dy inc
refusal OF the college authorities TO allow praeuee games
with professionals tho employment 81 professionals
trainer So far nobody what the Cambridge play
ers can do and the zine will be largely an experiments
one Ifenshaw, the heavy weight captain, VIII eaten
again. and Boyden may pitch in some OF the games
Campbell years third bsseman and catcher mas also
been trying pitching and may 20 Into the ooS once OF
twice pony" freshman battery may also DC tried'
willard an old player will stay at hTst BASE ana ouaeN
enboss Of the Dartmouth team, now in the Medica'
School, will play third. Campbell viii take short STOP
II he does not pitch and Gsliysn new man, VIII play
second The outBeders are cLieny new men. the team
as is probably stronger than last years. ou' mas
had little practice on the Held Inc nfS' game "
will play near New.York will be WITH Princeton at Prince
ton on May II Boston experts are gracious enough 10
say that Harvard ought win four five Of the eight
championship games
The Princeton team has taken advantage CT the April
recess to play number Of games with the Baltimore
Washington Philadelphia and Athletic mines The oack
and orange men have shown little and dash. how
ever and while batting has been weak their heidnR
has been decidedly ragged They may pull up however
and make good nght second place In the league NO
one now puts Princeton pennant winner Mer
cur is Princetons best pitcher and Ames viii probably DO
A good deal Of the catching Price and Wagenhurst OF
the lneld old men, and the out6eld Is eood one
The nine not a strong In batting. however Last
year M lost all its games with Yale and all Lut one with
Harvard Princeton has made q good showing since
1888 and the men have extent lost confidence In
their ability Princeton win three games but
will scarcely take four.
seres and so do lafayette, Cornell and Lehieh. But
these associations merely temporary ones and The men,
bership in them changes from yea. The chief
Interest this year will the 0eht between tho three
larger universities Here IL the schedule Of the league
games: l.
April 2s-Yale- Princeton, at Princeton.
May 5-Princeton- Yale, at New Haven
May 7-Princeton- Harvard, at Cambridge.
May 12-Harvsrd- Princeton. at Princeton
May 19-Harvsrd. Yale. at New Haven
May 26-Yale- Princeton at Princeton
May 90-Hsrvard- Princeton. at Princeton
June 2-Princeton- Harvard, at Cambridge
June 9-Ysle Harvard, at Cambridge.
June 1e-PriDce ton Yale. at NewHayen-
0o V.Io xard Carh