Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
COLLEGE ATHLETES|
Yale Has a Stronger Team Than
Ever.
MADE Up. LARGELY OF VETERANS
A.Westem College to. Try Its Luck
in the East.
CORNELL TO ROW ABROAD

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. April II, 1885,
AS long as the Yale base ball nine of 1895 is
in 1rst-class condition 1t has no alarm of
competition from any college team on the
diamond. The nine. now on its annual
Easter trip to the south, Is meeting every
thing, and when Carter and Greenway are
in the points, and both are in form. is
sweeping all before 1t. In the first place.
the team is made up of heavy-hitting vet
Grams. Fincke Is the only member Of the
aggregation who has not played all or
nearly all Of a previous championship sea-
son on it.
The main strength of the club lies in its
great battery, Carter and Greenway. This
Is their second season. and they play into
each others hands like clockwork. Each
has supreme confidence in the other. and
their work as college battery Is peerless
Walter F. Carter. the pitcher, Is Brook
lyn boy and has played three years before
this on the Yale team. one as catcher and
first baseman and two as pitcher. He Is
twenty-three years old. weighs 1870 pounds
and Is six feet four'inches tall.
John c. Greenway. his catcher Is from
Hot Springs, Ark. He plays foot ball as
well as base ball Both Greenway and Car
ter are at present leading the nine in bat
ting, an unusual fact for battery. Green
way is also fine base runner. He played
two years in Phillips Academy, Andoyer
before coming to Yale.
Frank B. Stevenson of Brooklyn has
played first base two years. He was first
baseman for Exeter Academy till he came
to Yale. Stevenson is heavy hitter. is
six feet tall and Is twenty-four years old
He Is playing but little just now, owing to
a sprained wrist received by base sliding in
the cage early in the winter.
George Redington of Syracuse N. Y, has
been selected to play second base this year.
He 10 in his last year In the Yale law
school, playing on the team of that depart
championship at the Columbian exposition
and was last year center fielder on the
Yale Varsity. He played second base for
Syracuse University two years before his
career at Yale began.
Third base will be played by Clarence NJ
Ffncke of Brooklyn, N. Y. Fincke is a
sophomore and is working his way into a
prominent place In Yale athletics He cap
tanned both his base ball and foot ball class
teams last year and played substitute quar-
ter back on the Yale Varsity foot ball
eleven last fall.
Joseph r. Quinby of New York CITY,
shortstop. was the first substitute for that
position last year. but lack of steadying
qualities last year led Capt. Case to shift
him on the team. Quinby is playing sure
base ball this season and batting stronger
than ever.
In the OutRcld.
ball for j. Bissell Speer Yale's left fielder
He halls from Pittsburg, and played on the
Shadyside Academy team before coming to
Yale. He was formerly pitcher and in
fielder. and was given a place on the Yale
time simply because he could hit the ball
hard. He has now developed into the sur
est outfielder on the Yale team.
Harry NJ. Keator, Yale's right fielder for
this season. halls from Roxbury, N. Y.
He is strong batter and base runner, but
liable to misjudge a hard fly at critical
games, but was removed before meeting
Harvard, owing to the sense of insecurity
his muffs left on the feelings of the coach
ers. He is this year in better form, and
will undoubtedly play the entire season.
Fred Rustin, the captain of the team.
will play center field. He is a westerner.
and has finished three years a Yale
team. He was tried by Capt. Murphy, now
years ago for third base, but left college
just before the big games owing to the
death of his brother. In his sophomore
year he also started the year at third base,
versity of Pennsylvania and did not play
in the championship contests. For the past
two years he has played in the outfield,
where he is surer.
Edward L. Trudeau, substitute pitcher,
halls from Saranac Lake. N. Y. He pre-
pared for Yale at ST. Pauis School. Con-
cord. N. H., where he was pitcher. Last
year he was Yales substitute pitcher. and
in only a single game was he hit hard.
He pitched great ball against the Bostons
and Baltimores Of the National League.
There is not likely to be a single change
in the personnel of the above nine during
the entire season. Third base is, thought
to be the only position about which there
is the least uncertainty, and at present
Fincke is giving no apprehension of a
change there. 1t is a remarkable fact that
Yale has not possessed a star third base
man for nine years.
Yale's great games this year are the con-
tests with Harvard Princeton and New
York league. Two games are scheduled
with all of these clubs. The first game
with New York took place a week ago and
resulted in Yale making a close fight, los
ing by only the score of Z to 5. No games
with the University of Pennsylvania team
have been arranged for this year. as there
is considerable feeling in New Haven rela-
tive to the charges of professionalism
against the Philadelphians.