New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-07
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
THE HARVARD BASEBALL NINE
OUTDOOR TRAINING BDGUN-THE MEN LIKELY

OH the river and on the diamond. Just now perh"P'.
interest In the latter is the stronger as the p. "
the candidates for the nlhc' pcgah ouV'i'
Yesterday for the first time, Is carried on so near ~
college yard. From now on all inc athie,c
Of the college will centre more and more in the WORK vi
the crew and the nine, ana more eSpec'a"' WI INV
two months in the latter.
Uoryard's nine has plain sailing from now on She
has her two possibly three games to play rrlnoe
ton ON MAY and May 80. her two games WIFI iaio
on June % and June 20, and her practice giheS WIN
professional and minor college teams. In addition al
Easter trip is being planned by Manager o'on'
which will probably include number Of places IN tne
Carolinas MARYLAND and Virginia. The details Oh 'iIs
trim are by 20 means complete yet But win the DO
ginning OF practice Out-of doors IL possible 10 'ahe
general glance the candidates for the university nc
(who will not be cut down again ul inc iu'"u'o
of ApriD, make note of the characteristics OF some "a
the more prominent candidates for the different posi-
tions and give guess as tho final makeup OF the
team. 49,,
Naturally enough, the first question Is ae 10 'he
battery which Harvard will have, and there Is ho
Harvard man but has feeling OF secret eHu''a"o' 80
he chances over the material for this years oat'ery'
Both of last years catchers, Cobb ana IPoh' are III
college and in training and both OF them are stVlS
mon for the place. Both known as sturdy
built fellows Cobb particularly, for it was Coob VINO
cancbt for the B. A. A. team last summer Doth VIII
probably be made of in the games, although WHICH
viii be the fsvorte IL is yet rather early 10 TELL 'ooo
is mere reliable thrower TO second ana Is perhaps
the better backstop of the two, although UPON Is
harder hitter than Cobb. 1t Is in the quality OF the
candidates for pitcher that Harvard men take greatest
Measure There is small in denying the fact that
NJack, Highlands is or less Of a wonder, ana
already men are beginning to pin Their faitl on MS
power to pitch effective ball Tim" keeie' OF 'he
New Yorls who has been coaching the candohes lor
pitcher is rather enthusiastic over him. and thinks he
o;.o,. bo hasa vers
that Highlands is lefthanded man is another point
In favor of his puzzing battcrs Of the nine he is
pitchInc against. Highlands weak point is his IN
effective mastery Of curves. on this point ne Is III
fefior to Bates. Bates, however, IL practically out oil
the question pitcher for the nine this year as MS
health is very poor, and at present he Is IN 'he
Bermudas There is fair possibility Of his coming
hack I'm time to get into training but IS very slight
especially as il would be hard for him to get back into
condition II he could he would make an admirable
alternate with Highlands Besides these two men, there
are Howe '93, and Wiggin '93-bOth of them substi
tutc pitchers of last yearand Winsof 's3 Inc nrSt
named Is the best of the three and he did some
admirable work in the games last year II Bates does
not pitch he is likely 10 be substitute pitcher
with Highlands than either OF the other two lie mas
good control his and shows more or less
strength in his delivery. Wiggin, however. Is by no
means bad
When one comes to first base there is naturally one
man who every one feels will have the place. and that
is Bernie TaffOr '93, The old reliable. He has not
gone into active training yet, bat lie Is always in good
condition. and Harvard has seldom had firstbaseman
who was more TO be depended upon than Traioid the
captain of the eleven lie is an absolutely sure eaten
and fair batter There are other trying for the
place. among whom might be mentioned Fearing. '93.
and Lake '92 but neither Of these men Is as pracused
Or as good in the place Traford
second base is in doubt than perhaps any other
place. Hovey may be moved from his old place al
short stop to second aud in that soule, '93. who
substituted the place year ago. will probably be
tried there and two other men are also candl-
dates for shorstop, among whom are Whttemore %,
and Quigey '94. But 1t is barely possible that Cap
tain Frothngham himself will come in from right Held
to second base, and in that Hovey will probably
retain his old place at short Third base is also In
doubt No one man PLAYED it last year for any length
OF time and the chances that either Dickin-
son. "a; Dodge. 3d. some other candidate Will play
third. II is barely possible that Traford may not
play first. In that is quite probable that DICK
inson will be put into the place and possibly Lake
transferred to third,
In the field things now settled lialloweli W,
is practically of his place at centre, and Of course
Captain rockingham will play right If he does rot con
cude to second In the latter case the most
likely man for Frothlnghams old place al right field is
jack Corbett the halfback of the eleven. Several
other have their minds eye on the place, and
among these are LOweU, 34 falne, ~ ana NMI4ilE'
sp For left field there are several candidates, among
whom the most prominent Washburn, ir. and
Cook, 49,. If rockingham plays second slrewd
guess at the makeup Of the Harvard nine as it will
play in most of its more important games would be
Cobb catcher; Highlands. pitcher TrafoTd first base
rockingham, second base; Hovey slortsop; Lake or
Dickinson, third base; Lake Dickinson left field
Halloweu, centre field CorOett, right field. If Froh
ingham plays right field Hovey will 20 on second,
Soule on short and COrbet will be a substitute But
Of course it is early for Representation.
The nine is being coached by exCaptain Sam
Winslow, 80, and Tin" Keefe. ard il Harvard is
successful In her baseball season this year. large
Of credit will be due TO both of these gentlemen
The outdoor athletic season was fairly started when
the Of Wednesday caused the baseball men TO 20
back into the cage again TO practice. The have
stuck to the river, however and Ii is doubtful whether
they 20 back 10 the tank again. The first crew. and
now is the only crew. is rowing follows Stroke.
Nnde; = Kilton; q, Acton g. RantOul; 4, Cummings
o, Waters p Newell; bow. slade The training table
Is at Mrs. Bucknels, and the named above. with
the addition of Weed Winthrop and Vail, the
eleven candidates at the training table from whom The
final candidates will be selected The freshman crew
has all the time 1t needs now in the tank since The
crew has gone the river The latest ad
dition 10 the freshman Is Grant who rOwcd for
some time the university crew and at the final
cutting down Of candidates sent back TO his class
crew. The men on the first freshman crew are as
follows Davis lsroke Purdon Cook, Grant, WhitlIen,
Briggs, Lambert and Cameron.
Two days ago President Eliot started trip 10
the Far West Stopping few days In Denver. he will
20 thence TO san Francisco and from there will visit
Southern California returning norhwar rs far Port
land and Tacoma.
The annual dinner Of the junior class held on
Thursday evening at the Revere House, in Boston.
100 attended and the president Of the class
b. ". Traford, presided. The officers OF The dinner
were: Toastmaser. j. A. Wilder; orator, J. X. Bell
(of New YORK; poet, s. +. Batchelder chorister, F. 5
Converse
Outside OF the athletic interests. the most important
event OF the week In the college world was tile lect
OF Assistant Professor ianus, in commeinoInucn
of the Booth anniversary Of the birthday Of John Amos
Comenius.
TIE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor Mich, March 6 (Speclan-The annual
6,sehau entertainment in University Hall last week