New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
THE COLLEGE, BISEGILL NINES.

VALE AND PRINCETON ARE BOTH STRONG
OTHER TEAMS.
Tho followers Of baseball are particularly happy
l,t t,st now. and thoy will continue = be- satisfied
until their respective favortes fall by the waysde
Then they will howl for time. then forget their
troubles AMI buld ny hopes for a stronger team
next year Such is has sbal. and its uncertainty IS
one Of It's most allurns features The present sea
SIM Will without doubt be If the llveiost in the
history Of the game Minor leagues have sprung
,n All over the country. and the Attendance all
around has been uniformly large. In the National
League the attendance has been the largest on rec
orI and tbe opening records in NewYork. Brook
lyn Baltimore. PhIadelph!1. Chicago Boston anu
in other cities have been smashed all to pieces
In the amateur and in the college worlds the
teams took IN, fed early AMI the Interest in the
c,nt.s, has steadily increased C.ose observers no
tee this year a material Improvement In the gen
cra work Of the amateurs. There - also less as
satisfaction over the results of the co..ege games
G. C. Cuylcr's idea OF having one OF the National
League unplres oflciate In al the college games
he's borne cxcelien; fruit The idea Is splendid
one for more reasons than one. Neither Of the op-
POSING teams knows before the game what umpire
II VIII got As the umpire IS professional. ne VIII
not be preJuliced in favor OF either team and. as
he has the National League Endorsement he Is rea-
sonably certain to be a competent man.
College men are taking about the advlsa-
bEity Of forming regular intercollegiate Baseball.
Association on even stronger lines than those OF
football Harvard might ana probably would dodge
such an issue al the start. bu II the crimson legs
found tha. the other colleges favored such step
the Cambrllge boys might fail into line. and then
the much-dcslred idea could be Drought 10 d lVcus'
Such a lelcue-cOmpOsed OF Yale. Harvard, Prince
ton the University OF Pennsylvania, Brown. Cor
nell ana Wil.iams-wou.d certainly be a Success. a
series OF games. say two three. between eacn
point OF view il would surely be remuneratve Even
college men admit that the same AZ Vo'u"o'eu ~
or the teams in the ned this year, Princeton
seems to have as good an al-1round team as any OF
better. Yale has beaten both ne Boston ana me
Brooklyn teams and followed this up WIN ue
ably the best record, all thnss c9nsldered ever
made by n college team. Nae ana princeton nave
yet {, met, and conservative critics at present
IS an all-around team, Princeton IS certainly
Yaes equal If not her superior put n1.e ,rd ms
throw the balance OF power into Ya:es territory
Yllgs pennant chances would be materially les
sensd. princeton has the more veteran PLAYERS, put
ana dash which are mighty good TO have In any
college sport, but particularly analogous In co.,
lcre baseball where quick thinkers always have the
AZ Haryards chances this year do not look partlcu-
lary bright and Their was moi much a., Crimson ssn
at Princeton recently Andy" Highlands is not the
pitcher thai Jack" HighleRds vas last year, and
any great extent Brown has q good team, and so
has the University Of be wear IN Car
ter and Murphy, and Murphys success IN the pro-
yonngStcrs Yale had. About the strongest team
YALE can put in the field this year Garter pitcher;
Greenwa f,sher pos n is behind the
bat ATbghn9t third base esS ap
new men on the team. Murphy was the old catche,
and captain t q, s Change chers change
catcher catcher and Bseow and Taylor the extra aeiders