The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-28
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NEW HAVEN, April 2o.-The Yale base
ball team returned TO New Haven We'd
nesday evening weary in body. but wise
for the experience they had on their trip
among the professionals and the Southern
colleges Clutch" Carter looked as
though he had dropped at least twenty Of
the 2O4 pounds OF good, soldd flesh that
he carried away from New Haven. ana
Captain Rustin. Kedington ana several
other members Of the team seemed TO be
In a sort OF a cOmatose condition. Tru-
deau's arm was so sore that he could
not have tipped his hat TO the prettiest
girl In Pennington Annex, and Thompson,
another substitute pitcher, limped along
like a laid-up foot ball player.
The team as a whole played very good
ball on the trip. but they also played in
a good deal OF hard luck. The manage
meut ondoavOrcd 10 crowd In too many
games I'm the short time which the team
was allowed 20 remain away from New
Haven. Hard luck was against them az
the beginning OF the trip. Carter had
worked himself too hard IN The first game
against the Giants. and sore arm that
made him wen-nigh useless FOR the rest
Of the trip was tho result Trudeau
started In wen, but his muscles failed him
and he also became cripple.
But aside from these misfOrtunes Yale
played very poor ball from start TO hnish
as compared 20 what she expected TO play
The splendid showing made against the
Giants in the first game showed win
what high 1hopes Captain kustin ana
Dutch" Carter had left New Haven. But
even this game developed weak spots and
the latter continued 10 grow worse az the
team went on. The result Of ii all is that
Captain Rustin has come back determin-
ed 10 make a general shakeup or IL
players and remedy the weakest places
at least.
First of all and most surprising. too,
ReIlngtOn has proven failure az Sec
Ond base. Ills splendid showing IN the
practice before the team left New ha-
ven made every one confident mat ale
had found "A great player for this i'm
portant position IL Is now dollars 20
doughnuts that Fred" Murphy will have
TO put on his baseball toys and 90 back
TO this position Unless all the players
are greatly deceived Redington Is out of
the race There * only one other man
now in sight for second base. Joe
Quinby who made a failure al short stop
last season. seems about 10 repeat his
performance again this year. He has
done some very fair work at second, how
at this position.
The other position that proved most
unsatisfactory during the trip was short
stop, which was filed by the younger
Quinby The latter is n Freshman and
his work was so poor that Captain Rus
tin has laid him of temporarily, which
practically means that he has been drop
ped from the team. There seems TO be
no one who can play short and IL conse-
quenuy remained for Captain Rustin to
do what Captain Case did last year. come
I'm from the field and nh this trying place.
II is practically decided that this change
will Doe made and a new man will there
fore have 10 be developed FOR center Held.
Keator viii probably go back 20 this posi-
ton and q substitute viii be put ia right
field. RedlngtOn viii stand good chance
10 get this place If he is fired from sec
ond. He really belongs In the field and
had always played there until the latter
part Of last season.
OF the new men Kcator especially dis
tinguishel himself during the Easter
trip. tie came home with twenty-one
hits 90 his credit. which gives him good
lead over any man on the team in thV
battirg list Greenwav was strong as
usual behind the bat. but weak when DE
came 10 use the stick himself. Stephen
son put mp "a rafting good game az first
and Fincke played third 50 steadily that
ne Is considered fixture at this position.
Yale met with unique experience I'm
her game with the Georgetown team
The latter are noted for playing a scml-
professional game and Yale is always
looking for tricks when she plays there
This yea tho cefrgctOwne played a
trump card. Trudaau was In poor form
when he faced them and they appel him
for several goods ones Captain Rustin
went chasing ono of the first hits made
of his pitcher ard was Just getting well
under IL when ne discovered that be was
on the verge Of young precipice forty
feet high. The Yale captain IS rot a.
custlmed 70 running on "a layer Of at
mospnere and his courage failed him. The
Georgetowns saw this. and from that
time On kept pounding the bah over 20
left field and running up .he'r alarming
score.
Although Yale keonly feels her weak
points her confidence that the champion
ship Will be hers has not been shattered.
She VIII 20 10 work % profit by her ex-
perience and try 10 whip Harvard and
Princeton even though she failed 20 make
the Giants got up anything more than a
few pounds of extra steam
The Varsity crew is rowing In the same
order in which Percy Bolton and John
Rogers arranged tho men month ago.
Two of the six substitutes We're dropped
this week. namely CoOnlcy and Wheel
wright. This leaves Judd. Miller. Bailey !
and Simpson as subs" an OF whom row. |
ed in the Freshman boat last June
one OF the results Of Yales visit 10 the |
Southern colleges this Spring will be a |
return base game in New Haven by the |
University OF Virginia. The date will |
probably be May Q. and it aill be the first !
game ever played by the Nirginians In |
New Haven.