The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
HARVARD ATHLETES BUSY.
CAPTATN DEAN'S SELECTIONS ron
THE VARSITY NINE.
Schedule for the Frrshm-a's Basrban
Gsmes-A New Shelf tor tne Crew
nntes for IntrrcuIIrrInte TrNek ENrnta.

Schedule for the Freshr-a's Raseban
Games-A New shelf tor tae crew
Dates for Intercollegiate Traek Events.
CNNnutrUE, April 4.-Thc Harvard nine will
open its season one week from Monday. in =
game with a picked niue. ut the Harry Wright
benefit IN BOSTON. The candidates have now
been divided into two squads. and they ARE
working separately. On the irst squad are only
the men that Capt. Dean and Coach iond hays
thought good enough for places rs regulars or
substitutes on the varsity. Those who lave
been retained are!
Pitchers, Cozzens, Haughton, Paine. and Fits,
catchers, S'aunell. Iranch. Brown. aud Morton. nrss
base. I. q. Stevenson, ON ilicy, Roine, AMI Davis,
second base, Dean ana wrcnnl third base. r. II.
Stevenson and %Srlfridge' short stop, McVey, Haskell,
aud Crawford. uutneid. Rand, Beale. burgess, Chan
dler. Dayton, and clark.
This number viii be cut down to less than
twenty men before the training table Is started.
The players who ar. on the second squad will
compose the college" nine. which il this year
to have It's own schedule. Grinin, 90. has been
appointed captain. Although these men have
been dropped from the varsity they are not
necessarily permanently sidetracked. but Will
be taken back II their work warrants II. The
varsity diamond is stu soft, and 1t looks az
though II would be several days before II viii
be- in shape to play on.
the schedule OF the freshmen. as finally ans
nounced by Manager Howe, Is AS follows:
r.Arrll ~ fQston lain school, at cambrldsei Ia
DTuUkilne High school, at Cambridge! Is, Exetor, AZ
Eyettri u, ~ ! T ", at cambridge; 20, somervlls
nigh school, AT Cambridge.
May ?, ,'rotpn, at rotor, II, NJ. !. T.. W, at Cam
nrtdf u. Worcester Acadcmy. at Cambrldgei 10.
Nortn shore Athletic club, at Lynn. 20, Amherst. 'eo,
at Cambridge ~, L. or p, 'gg. at Cambridge; "a,
brown, ~, at Cambridge! so, L. OF T., w. at rhilas
delphla-
1t is felt now among the rowing men at Cams
bridge that the big quaurangular race is practi-
cally certain to DO pulled or at Saratoga. AL
though Harvard rather preferred Springfield,
there Is a general willingness to accept the Sara
tOgt course.
The Harvard crew has, OF course, suffered
very much In the loss OF Jennings from No. z.
1t looks as though Billiard would take his place
permanently, unless ne decides to go to stroke
aud mud u new man for =. The change has
practically assured a place to Dufleld In the
inan, is now assisting Coach MumfOrd from the
launch every day. Mumford has row cd several
times IN the boat with the men. Davy has nj.
most finished his new shell for the varsity,
the one the crew rowed in two years ago. with Q
slightly fiat bottom and stronger bilge.
The dates OF the track games have been made
earlier than was at first Intended. Tho inter,
class championships Will be held either on April
II or April ID, and the varsity games oil April
II. Captains OF the class teams have been
chosen as follows: 90. j. l.. Bremen, Jr.; 'p7.
T.. HOLSTER. 'OS. +. II. Bigelow; 90. II. II. Fish.
Haryard's team for the relay championship al
Phiiadelph!a. on April 20, will probably be
though either Marshall. Mansfield, or Fish may
take the place OF Williams. The ABRAMS ementa
for the Harvard and California dual games, on
May 2J, may yet fall through. California wants
to have the teams limited. to fifteen mon each
aud to have the regular Intercollegiate list Of
events. Capt. Bremen IL unwilling to risk bis
best men in too many hard repeats SO soon be-
fore the Intercollegiate.