The evening world., 1893-12-19
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Comparison Of Yale and Har.
wards Baseball Nine Material.
Nv. f. Lutyens's Good Mile Performs
ance in England.

yasaru, Yale and Princeton athletes
are Just now resting, but after the holi-
DAYS the long season Of fitting candi.
dates for the nine. crew and athletic
team will begin in earnest. On paper
It looks as II the New Haven university
would have things pretty nearly its W
way on the baseball diamond.
To begin with, Yale WV have the pow
erful assistance of Carter, tie attenu-
ated pitcher. whose speed and curves
have always been such a terror to college
batsmen. and. indeed. even the profess
s~ionals have great respect for the pitch
ing Of this young Brooklynite. On the
other hand, Harvard loses the services
OF Jack Highlands. who pitched her to
victory last season. even against the
mighty Carter. Harvard also loses
"%slugger" Mason, who caught Highlands
last year. Third Baseman Abbott, Sulli-
van. the hard hitting shortstop. and
10 the four-year rule, and Firstbaseman
Trafford was graduated in '93, 80 1t will
be seen Harvard has to find an entire
lowell, the best of the college centreield-
ers,. is gone. Cook and Upton are the
nucleus from which Harvard must build
Capt. Cook has a gigantic task on his
bands to make up a winning team, al
though he has some, promising material.
Andy Highlands and wigsin, both sub
likely candidates for pitcher, but neither
can pitch anything like as well as Carter
or Jack Highlands. Hapgeod. "a: Ste.
f IsoTsil, AZ -; i aayss, .ss;; u Wh fGa,ane, ea%' IS;
Paul, Grifin and Winslow, 's6, ali give
good promise. None Of these, however,
s ssi1s Z e sood' i Is 4 s0G nlne e't may So be t sot.
weak IN batting.
51s' Ya H. team isfi viii Sn,as be HEADED s, b. Can't sDd
fast base runner. OF last years team,
besides Case and Carter. Pitcher Davis.
tnfelders Stephenson, Rustin, Arbuth;
Speer are available. The team has two
excellent candidates for catcher's posi-
tion with Murphy and Greenway, both
Between the Blue and the Crimson the
odds at present look all in favor Of the
Blue.
Followers of amateur athletics in this
country will take much interest in ac-
counts Of the big inter-club competition
in England recently. between the Lon
don and Cambridge University Athletic
This is one of the important athletic
fixtures of the year, and it brought out
SINE unusually fine performances, of
WHICH the most sensational was pTODdDly
that of W. e. Luytens, the Cambridge
runner. On a path which was not at its
best. in chilly weather. the Cantab did a
mile in 4.20 10.
Great things are expected Of Lutyens
In consequence Of his performance. 1t
Is believed that, with favorable condi-
lions, he eouid smash W. g; Georges
consider the mile amateur record. since
they begrudge Tommy Connect credit for
his world.s-record mile in III As at Bos-
ion IN England snas sdmm mew to phs see Il La s I desi n
come together. we, on this side. believe
worsted before either Of them.
A Chicago despatch says: zone Of the
fastest bouts eyer seen In this city was
the eight-round. glove contest. between
Write, the local feather-weight, last
night. The boxing was Of the whirlwind
order from first to last. The Australian
White weighed 1923 pounds and looked to
be ut least fifteen pounds less than
Critic. The latter forced the fighting
I'm the first and second rounds White
began to tire, and after that was not
the nth round White landed three or
four times, which made Critic move
back. AS agreed upon, II both men
stayed the contest out, 1t was decided a
draw. Whites right hand was broken"
There is only one thing needed to insure
the success Of the Red Bank Ice carnival
next month";" said Sparrow" Robert
son, and that is Ice" The carnival Is
billed for Jan. %, "a and Is. There will
ioeboat racing the oath. and the cham
1ionships on the 18th. The curling COM