New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
pp1NcETON'S BASEBp LII TEAM.
rur1R WORK NOT Up TO EXFECTATION-IHr
TRACK TEAMS BAD RECORD.

r,,rrp WORK NOT Up TO EXPECTAT1oN-ThE
TRACK TEAMS BAD RECORD
pr,rc.ton June cspeciaD.-The Princeton pase-
,r .aa,o while not coming up to the expectations
NJ the undergraduates early In the season. mas
shown nm ability 10 rise 10 emergency AT c''''Va'
times Their work has greatly deterorsteu III '"e
last two weeks and the second fale game was o
nv n narrow margin, and Harvard was del'a'e'
on,y after seventeen innings This poor work mas
been due in great part to tho uncertainty III '"e
makeup Of the team and in the difficulty the men
bavs exnerienced in adapting themselves to their
rour rostlons In the season nve men nave peen
PLAYED at second. with the result that no one OF
them is now capable OF playing the base eHec'NeV.
In no two games has the outhed been the same ana
the men are no better fitted for their places 'han
aarIv IN the season Kelly removed from first
base before tho Harvard game, and before ne was
reins,ated two weeks OF valuable practice had been
loo, Tho injury Titus received in the Orange game
Wednesday complicated matters still further. and
the men entered the Yale game badly handlcappe'
by the uncertainty in their makeup FOR the mar
ward game on Wednesday tho management have
decided 10 place Jayne In the box. and VIII reserve
rastor and Wilson for the Yale game Saturday In
New-York Easton showed signs Of overwork be-
fore the Harvard game, and his weak showing In
that contest persuaded the management to give
him an entire rest during tho week. His record In
the Yale game previously surpassed anything ever
seen on a Princeton team. Wilson's WORK IN 'he
Harvard game in which he held the wearers OF
the crimson down to ten scattered hits In sixteen
innings will entitle him offciate In several or
the remaining important games. Altman mas taiiei
10 come up TO expectations this year. ana 1t Is
doubtful n he will be entered IN the box again this
season The one redceming feature Of the Work OF
the inhed has been Wards playing at shor'stop'
Gunstcr at third. has improved in his batting ana
20 nlaytng n reasonably effective game In the heId
The outAe!d IS paying A sharp. clean game ana Is
materially helping the team by uniformly heavy
batting
Princetons poor showing IN the intercoNesa'e
track games last Saturday was the greatest us
appointment the college has suffered IN many
long year The team opened the season Win Tea-
sonablv good prospects % making close ngAt WIN
Yale and Pennsylvania, but after two months
training the capable men we're either susp'n'el
from tho college or incapacitated by an excess OF
work. while none Of the unknown quantities mace
the least Improvement Princeion's record on VIC
track groves that something j. radically WRONG
with tho training methods IN vogue. The team De
gins every season with n number or chnW p"hS.lp
men entered from other colleges. but hefore the
crucial test comes they are overfrain'i 70 snch Al!
extent as 20 be practically useless. II an cina'
amount Of attention were given 70 the track as 10
thc ha scbau and football teams. In ne minds OF
those VINO are IN q position 20 know. there would
be no reason why Tho former should not make an
equally good showing.