The sun., 1895-02-24
HARD WORK AT HARVARD.
CAYDIDA1ES TRAINING TO EXCEL
ON WATER AND DIAMOND.

shape-Many bail Players Practise fou
Places oa the Nine, but the Material !,
Mostly Green The Facuity's opposItio-
60 Football stir- Up hitter Fseii.a
AmonE the Studests-Piaysrs Is.ore ths
Vote snd Contiaus Gymnasium wsrk.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Feb. 23.-The great sensa-
hon In athletics at Harvard during the past
Week was, OF course. the faculty's vote on foot.
bali. The exact wording Of the faculty's state.
ment as a result OF the vote Ia: " Resolved, that
the faculty desire the Committee on Athletics to
put a stop TO nil intercollegiate football con-
tests" Now the studentsa at Harvard have little
fear that t. ouinion Of their learned teachers
will go for much against the Athletic Commit
tee and the strong feeling Of the graduates. But
this action Of the faculty has stirred up very
bitter feeling among both grad duates and under
graduates. Harvard has met with an almost
unbroken series OF defeats in football for many
years. But last fall step was made In the right
direction and partial success attended the eleven.
That tho faculty should again try to crush out
football Just as it was being placed on higher
level ut Harvard is what makes every Harvard
man extremely irate.
There is one peculiar thing about the meeting
of the faculty In which this odious decision was
reached. 1t was special meeting called for the
alleged purpose of discussing tho advisabilty Of
confining the games to home grounds. The at
tendance at the meeting was small, and instead
footboll eptireIv ,yos yo,od or M. 80 o..t
did NOT renrs,cpt ,ui,s on.-ha,, - ,h, -
and was moi. therefore n trno d.cjsor - ~
Harvard faculty hut univ ,,r,y out - ,h.
eighty-nine. With full vote and attendance
such decision would never have been
reached. The faculty has the power nomi-
nally OF abolishing football at Harvard,
though the Athletic Committee is vested with
@ tne rea' power, subject TO the suggestion OF tho
.Soi.S tho no M.ira,G nj. ," w0uia never
them th's week by the faculty There would
,n nave 10 DO another vote OF ths faculty when
and tb.n n I, vcrv doubtf,,I ~ The yo,a ,,,ouId
r.sn,t hssoro ,,no t"a,,i, shn,,I ~" '1 "Uu.u
to pass a vote over tho decision of the Athletic
COMMITTEES that bodv would rasign ot,lco i,,ms-
diately, and a!l athletics would be in pretty
state at Harvard.
The students are OF tho opinion that the fac
nlty's move was moro of a bark than bite, and
tney are not worrying much about tho .inal out
COINS OIL inc matter Capt' arthur Brewer on
the very day that tho faculty's vote was an
.,",.an. ,. ea'ea ou. o,nan 'luau q, ioo'pat,
payers tor gymnasium WORK until the general
The candidate, for no.i,,ans n, N. ,v.rsi,v
va"es ioi pos!tions oh INC varsity
under tn, supervision Of Capt. whttemore. The
new men arc given practice in picking up
Erounders in tho cage each afternoon. practice
in starting for bases and then little light gym
nasium work and run outdoors. The old men.
S.a af t9s is,eby play great
Ths " oiit,oop FOR strone hsII min, tb,s SAMSON
tam ie dismal Sii,rs irog ot nnnr asI 'ears
sgement,, and i ought to 10 1 lesson to the
'Ls hns IN fc, WIZ not os
It must Be built up of green materisi. In nm men
for the battery positions the crimson is pretty
splendid work IN the boy. and With good
SUPPORT Harysrd would have Come St out
miserable uackinr uirhIand. received 'he he
continued to pitch steady. strong ball lie will
The sscnnd,sv yyruc Ui tHE 'epf pane es year no a0
have dane very rrehtnhi. wnrt On d tb ,as, Wiz VIII
se sailed ppUH 1na the srrqc Young phepo
st ali may this year be able to scrape togethers
ltI1 Mj ,ssin ballast and pitch few Gnmss aTy.rd
seasn,I of ,eomrse he VII ~, u Tnu t ~, & n.
Of the cstcbinS epecs w cone s IN ror she oalE
was caIie unon 20 do H SSnd TnG
outside OF these two men Harvard has lille o or
notaient in the bacEstop line. ,''''' -
mon. There are PRACTICALLY no positioI, 81 settied
on at all. or course Can't. SVhittemore will NAV
either second base or short stop lint the other
positions are omen IN iii coners Tbe nin. mat
get a stronger infield than il had lasI year when
some Of the alleged bali PLAYERS chosen were ~e'
such "a hard working, energetic captain this sea-
son. and things ought to run along much more
the intieid this year Is that OF "Aiiy Dickin-
son. who has covered the initial hag for
four years. There are a numbe of aspirsnt, for
tho place, among whom perhaps Lacey. an old |
Amherst player who is in his second wear in the
Law School. is the most promisinn Tbere Ia |
just possibility that e Bob Wrenn, tho tennis |
champ mpion will don his baseball clothes this
spring Wrenn is AN old ball player and =
beautiful infelder His batting, while nothsrd. |
Is sure and scientific Haskell the short atom ~ |
tho Exeter nine last season, will be out 10 show
his speed. There are many candidate. for in |
field positions at work now in the cage but none
of them give much promise although there emay
be a dark horse or two among them
Harvard has got TO have an entirely new out
field this year There are some twenty asprant, |
to positions in the field with no ex ne rienned |
ball PLAYERS among them On the whole War
ward ought to have fully as good a hail nine a. |
last season, nnd. IL IN Ia manared riohtiv a far |