New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-16
HARVARD.
CREWS on THE RIVER AND BASEBALL PRAO'
TICE OUT OF DOORS.

Cambridge, Mass. March Il (>peciaD-Thc ap-
proach # spring has given fresh impulse 10 tno ~.
,ore-t IN athletics There seems little hEelhoou 'na'
tbe university crew Will be Obliged to discontinue us
vol, on the river and the class crews one by one are
leaving their indoor training. The coaching Oh 'he
crew. is somewhat irregular and they are oonsou -
depend almost entirely on such aid as oiu oa'7"O'
about the university can give them Inc uhi'cI'y
nine has already begun outdoor practce' 0"''e ''o
,d year examinations the batteries have been at Work
in the cage under the superintendent IN olarAso,i
and once or twice q week Captain Dean wou'u "iNo
hc men into Boston. where the use OF an oid sha.l's
rink had been secured for practice In batuh8 ~"
candidates have been thinned out rapidly ou' c"o"e
mon will be retained TO make two fuil Mines N'o"e
tbc candidates for catcher Cobb new man. Is uo'"7
good work: the old catchc,s, Upton ana MASON, arc
both IN training Bates Howe and WigGin' al oiu
ulayer, are the most promising pitchers EI'V'5 t0
new men who may possibly gain places on the hiii9
ana Uovey the wclLknOwn tennis player, VINO ehleieu
the Law school from Brown last fall. ana 'oFDt't
~ the football player. ll0vcy's position Is '".N
base or shorts0p, and Captain Dean ana lie VIII Pioo
ably divide those places between them INC a'"Ie'''
association has decided to send IA tugoi-""f 'cai' "
fine Mott Haven games and in order TO give the team
practice match will be arranged with some o"''"'o
foam for the winter meeting. There VIII be- however,
no cla-, tugs A. heretofore. Harvard has done huc
o foster tie Interest in athletics In the various prePa
tory schools Of the neghbOrhood. n cup WIS o"'ioN
Ly Harvard some years to be contested lor III lo'
ball; Holmes Field is used by tho lnleschoa'uc N'"
etic Association for its annual sports. ana 40" 'o
lawn teuni, association IS making aHdisclhc"'' III "
intcl,chulastic tennis tournament.
The opening OF the new part OF the university
mu,.nm for the use Of the botanical department hl'
lon room in Harvard HALL the old quarter, HI u.o
department which has Drcn taken up 10y, nc %'P"tff
urut, of classic, and history. the need "l a. Pa.
rental nhrirc, ha, be one marked. csPcc@iN 7in,c
In. regular COLLEGE library cannot he "Prhtn &
evening. Money haA been raised therefore, ann ",iI
AR, now i'm pp.Cc7, Of formation ePt'dl IN "a "a
Ir3ry and ,pc, al historical library, boli 0i Niu.I
VIII ultimately DC well equipped bIth ave ia 4i"'N"u
Hall .it,ar,. I,sotco
Tie COLLEGE IA, been made r e.idHa,y s L19g9
~ am estate which Will bring between S1oUJo
and 100000. The Lcgu"st, lko tn other TO
cent one rom ric Faycrwcathrr estate y plr
t.rally unrestricted. and good d-iA Oh n.t,c.,
49,, l. shown iu rho question how me cu!Po.aun.l
y-iil di.po-. 81 the two sum. lhc pl'-ptN, -, - 40
,,,rf ,i.,c of several things which the cnc-' h''l'
i,t, in /. diacuIt 10 sAy which need Is the gIcat9s
I'M. udrt- Items. I've, feel, l0V imam any lHlF 49,
th, vaut Of A ucg library reading room. ard II is pos
.pI. tlat ~omc of the money may 20 toward that'