The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-19
SCHOOLBOYS AT THE BAT.
BRISK PRACTICE WITH a view TO
CHAMPIONsHIP HONORs.

Bhow commence mn" SA1
Keen S%trusgies Are Anticipated.
The past week saw the opening Of thsinter,
scholastic baseball season. The westhet
recently has been all the boys could wish fon
and the youngsters made the most Of II Gettind
in some good. hard practice. At Central Parh
the upper and lower grounds presented an ami
mated appearance every afternoon. and the
schools that cannot boast Of grounds of tbeit
own made good use of the space allotted TO them
by the Park commissioners
The Brooklyn lads who play At the Parade
Grounds, Prospect Park. have an advantage
over the local players. The Park authorities 81
Brooklyn try to make things as comfortable 90
possible. Diamonds are marked out and base
bags laid. and onlookers arc not allowed to
hamper the players.
The interscholastic season for the champions
ships of both New York and Brooklyn will be,
gin this week. and games will he played every
day until the schedule Is finished. The struggle
this season promises to eclipse all previous COM
petitions in general excellence OF play. The
teams will be moro evenly matched than ever
before in the history of the leagues. The cham-
pionshIp in this city Is held by De La Sale In-
stitute, while st. Paul School holds the honors
in Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Latin School will place . strong
nine in the field this year. and the showing the
boys have made in practice gives promise Of
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material obtainable, and every boy plays his
| position. The team will be as follows:
Hail. captain and pitcher: Zimmerman or Matthew
catcher; Smith. FIRST base; Lutkins OF Bowden. second
base. Zimmerman. Mather. or Storms. third base,
Boyd or Plttingcr. short stop; x. Lord or Jophsson,
centre field: Humbold. left field Harrison. Daniels. or
Platt, right field.
Hall played full back on the football team
Ia ct season. and is an excellent choice for the
position. He has good control Of the ball and
can be relied upon in . close pinch. His curves
are very deceiving. B~annerman, who will
probably receive Halls curves. Is another good
man. He is a sure batter and can be counted
upon for a hit when needed.
Mather is another clever player, and can Do
put in to catch at o moments notice. First bag
will be looked after by Smith, another good
man. He has q long reach. and stops many APP
parently safe hits. Lutkins at second base will
be q stone wall. He figured we'll in football Lass
season, being captain. He Is a fast runner. .
sure hitter. and covers . lot of ground.
The rest of the players have got the science OF
the game at their finger tips. The school 10 oon-
ident Of victory. and with the candidates all in
condition should be on the top of the heap whom
the proper time comes.
The nine that will represent the Adslphi
Academy are rounding into f1rst-class condition
at Adelphi Fields. Park place and Classon ave-
nue.. The school will be somewhat Handicapped
through the loss of Jewell, who pitched last
year, but there is any amount Of material to pick
from. and the management is confident that tho
boys will mako q creditable showing. Grun,
tho captain. will play third base. The Forney
brothers will also be on the team this year. and
II they have as good q knowledge of tho game
as they have of pole ~vaultinR they should prove
valuable acquisitions.
The "Poly Prep" candidates have been hard
at practice for the past week. In all about
thirty candidates turned out and displayed
lively interest in the fortunes Of the team. All
showed up we'll. and in some there 10 . marked
improvement over their form of last year. til
not known whether there will be q varsity
team this year, but the interest of the school
will be concentrated in the nine of the prepare
tory school. The foundation for q successful
season is being laid by Charles F. Norton, tho
nanager' and under his directions tho boys
hopes Of st. Paul School, I Gsrden CITY Hs.'' The
and they viii make - boia I'D to retain the
ehanpionshiP; George Ray Hare: formerly
from present indications the school should have
q formidable team, including nearly all of lasa
?The Pratt Institute team began outdoor prao-
tice at The Parade Grounds Prospect Park. Lass
being Higgins. Kelly, Bris.ei. and Milne. The
~ eoNoioo hieb "a ihSb your, "hiio Xix u
brooklyn High School will be strongly repre-
made up chiefly from last seasons team. No
schedule has yet been arranged with teams out
side or the regular league, but a brisk CAM
Since the annss! games Of the Athletic Asso-
a little in training. and although the members
are omewhat sore. they claim to be In pretty
the greatest number Of points at the recent
Square Garden games, and did better
sesola was a. s.p %. sSan Is the se dSns i .hs on. Until, ,%ii
runner had a sore foot in the Long Island
second. At the Berkeley School games he be-
came sick before the race. but he managed to
Barnard's baseball team played it's first game
OF the season with the Columbia, s~ephomores on
showing. The IsaHu work Ge Of the m maa Ss = 0 poor.
as waA the fielding. with the exception OF Settz,
w more p psseaic an ts srrG hdss gnanmnisi; NTH a little
by the time the interscholastic series
The track team at Dwight School will be some
.hSt Handicapped by the loss of Capt. w. r.
McGord, who viii not be able to train this year
The assistance OF the schools trainer, help to
get the team into condition, and, II possible, to
spring games than those OF last year. H.V.
Lyall, captain of the tenni. team. has not yes
but hopes to get the players at work very soon.
some Of the candidates are members Of tho
atoms, and a good team should be selected. The
school Will probably have n tournament q
OF weeks before the New York Inter-
,choIG Is 4. 4; contests; the first, and second
he big games. All the arrangements for the
baseball team have not yet been made, but
ne school will not be represented in the Inter-
Berkeiey Schools track team. under the direo-
ION OF Newman and j. H.. Hulburt, will begin
Tor tho spring games at the Oval nexs
The candidates for the baseball team
llayed their nr,t practice game last Tuesday,
the Staten Island High Scnool by
core 81 o too All the boys showed up Well.
out WI! have to get rid of that overconndens
to be in IL when the championship games
,eGin: This feeling cost the boys many a game
The, young athletes OF Wilson a Ksllouo,.
.chool dd not have a very successful Indoor
'eason, but hope 20 make a better showing in
ne outdoor games. McDayitt got a place in
he htty-yard run at the Madison square Gar.
zen game, and scored the only point for hha
cho4l, lie ls fast rounding into form, and dur
mg the season should make some OF the cracks