The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-26

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sity OF Virginia will meet at the park 10
contest for glory.
| It will be a great event In college cir
| cles and good many outsiders Will
/ certainly be interested in 1t, on account
| of the reputation of the two contestants.
| The one represents the best trained and
st successful set Of athletes OF the
North, while the other has amongst its
numbers the picked men OF Southern
climes.
For long time II has been the desire
of each OF these universities to meet and
| compare their strength, and, after some
| trouble. or account of their distance apart.
! two games have been arranged-one at
! Richmond on April list, the other at
| Charlottesville on the following Monday.
| The Yale team leaves New Haven on
Wednesday. playing Thursday with the
| University Of Pennsylvania at Ph'ladel-
| rhja, Friday with the Y. M. G. A. at
| Washington, and arriving in Richmond
| Saturday morning.
The team. under Captain Laurie Bliss
with some 'heeiers," will put zip at some
convenient hotel where they can get rest
and comfort. The men this year are a
younger crowd than usual, from the fact
thae 1t is made up entirely OF under
graduates. The Undergraduate rule, which
debar9 men of the university depart
ment from playing on the team, deprived
Yale of some of her star players.
Captain Bliss at the beginning Of the
season found lot OF inexperienced play
ers on his hands. from which he was to
Flick bis team. AS result OF this, and
On account OF the severity OF the win
tef, most OF the time has been passed
in training In the cage.
The system OF training, which every
Yale team goes through, may be or In
terest to some. The most of the ball men
live en- the campus, where all the halls
are situated, and where everything is
convenient for their needs. Regular hours
are kept for rising and retiring. and no
matter how enticing the company In
which he happens to be. and no matter
row sleepy he may feel I'm the early
hours OF the morning he must observe
the hours set down by the captain.
When they are walked in the morning
they dress and go over to the place
where the training table is set for them.
There they get n breakfast OF milk, toast,
beef and cold bread. After eating they
prepare for Rotations and lectures. At
10 o'clock they assemble In the gymna-
stun for exercise. On the wide floor OF
the second story they go through diff
ferent movements Of the body, which tend
to build up their muscles. After that
they swing clubs. put the shot, pull
weights, throw the hammer and vault.
When they have spent an hour at this
they take a plunge and swim in the
big marble tank, and soon after you see
them issue from the front doors and
al 80. a. q ha11 A.
they sit down 10 a meal OF substantial
food of the best quality. Strong soup.
rare beef, shoulder Of mutton, vegetables
and milk are spread before them, and
after eating heartily they sit around and
talk. Some go 10 their rooms for study,
others play pool or billiards. while
others discuss the chances of the teams
success.
At o'clock In the afternoon comes the
hardest work Each man gets on his
suit and goes to the cage. There you
will see the different men practicing for
different positions. A pitcher on one side
draws his muscles up and sends the
ball like an arrow against the cushioned
mark, or may be a catcher is practcing
with him, and each seems TO love his
part Of the pastime In another corner
some one is knocking little flies as
grounders to a few of his companions;
in another part a tall. athletic fellow is
practicing base-runntSg. and so on until
Captain Bliss calls his men for the long
run. Together they start off like a
pack Of eager hounds. They dash down
the streets, up alleyways, across vacant
lots, over bitches, back across the green
to the cage again.
This exercise is one of the most bene-
fetal, for il gives muscle and mind TO the
players, while their power of endurance
is greatly increased. The men, as yet,
have had little practice at field work. so
after the run they take their regular
round of knocking and catching balls
after which they prepare for supper
which is served promptly at 8. Having
finished their meal. which is made up OF
light food, we'll cooked, they hang about
the club rooms IN little knots, talking
over the days events. One by one they
drop out and the place is deserted At rhe
appointed hour they leave their respective
haunts Of pleasure and turn to their
rooms. where sleep comes unbidden to
their weli-kept bodies
The pitchers are especially lucky this
year in having JOHN Garrison, the famous
player, TO coach them, and under his care
Yale will likely turn out some phenome-
nal twirlers. After settling down, the
Yale men will most likely have a desire
to see the city, and they may be seen
strolling about wearing their college en-
blems-blue ribbon OH buttons with big
US upon them.
The University OF Virginia men will
crowd into town early. and before mid
day the college enthusiasm will show it.
self along the busy streets. AS the hour
for play draws near the crowds will be-
gin to turn toward the park, and, IL the
day is clear, Richmond's famed society
may be seen rolling along in fashionable
turnouts to the playing grounds. Yaie's
''heelers" will try TO drown down the
yeils Of the Virginia men, and there Will
be no lack OF enthusiasm.
MICHAEL GAVIN 49,
Yale University.