The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-22
rR1ycEroy-Y1nE BAsEBAnL.

The Tigers in Better Form for the Game in
 This City-Princeton Alumni in New
 York Propose to Attend the Big Game in
 a Body.
 Princeton, N. J., June 21.-After four and half months of constant daily pratice the sturdy youths who compose the Princeton baseball team will be al- lowed to go out of training and be their own masters again after next Tues day On that day will be played the last game scheduled on the Princeton program.
 Active preparations have been going on for the last great game of the sea son, which will occur in New Haven next Tuesday, with Yale In the series between the blue and the orange and black each team has won two games, Princeton defeated Yale twice on the grounds of the former, allowing the blue not single score in either game.
 Yale won by a scratch at New Haven, and secured decisive victory last Sat- urday in New York. As the season has advanced, the Yale team has shown marked improvement while the Tigers have been deteriorating up to the last few days. The arrival of Coach Billy Earle has made considerable imp oVe- ment in the playing of the Tigers, but
 their batting is still weak. It is felt
 that unless the Princeton team takes q
 brace with the bat, little hope of gain
 ing the championship can be entertain-
 ed.
 Upon the arrival of Coach Earle SeN-
 eral changes were made in the makeup
 of the team Titus was placed behind
 the bat and Smith succeeded Sankey Ut
 second, the latter going to the bench. Kelly was again placed on first, and Captain Bradley returned to center field. Second base has been the weak point of the infield during the entire season. Smith is the best solution, and is now putting up star game. Kelly at first played cleanly against liar yard. but in his recent practice games he has been somewhat cratic. Ward
 and Gunster are both playing their po- sitions in the most approved manner,
 and Titus behind the bat is throwing l well and receiving the ball in excellent form. The outtield is doing good work and can be relied on. The greater DOT ton of the time during the last few days has been devoted to batting prac- tice, with a view to bracing the team up for Greenway's curves next Tues day The men have shown some im- | provement. but have not gained their old time form by any means.
 The team will leave Princeton on
 Monday afternoon, going to New York, where the night will be spent al the
 Murray Hin hotel. On Tuesday morn | ing they will go by train to New Ha- ven, taking lunch at the New Haven | house before the preliminary practice | After the game the team will disband | for the season, and it's members will go | to their homes
 These are the players whom Captain
 Bradley will take on the trip: Titus, i catcher; Wilson, pitcher and fielder;
 Kelly. first base: Smith, second base;
 Ward, short stop; Gunster, third base: 1 Easton, fielder and pitcher; Bradley, | fielder; Altman, fielder; Geer, substi-
 ute catcher; Wheeler, substitute field-
 CT: Sankey, substitute fielder, and
 Jayne, substitute pitcher.
 | Captain Bradley tonight expressed
 himself as hopeful cf q f ating the blue l He said the marked improvement made
 by his men since the game in New York | last Saturday had given him great en- | couragement: that the men were in
 good condition and felt hopeful, al- 1 though not over-confident. When ask
 ed whether Easton or Wilson would be | placed in the box, he said that he had 1 decided to intrust Wilson with the | pitching, because of his excellent show | ing made at Harvard last Wednesday. l Should Wilson .ail to come up to eN- pectations Easton will be called in from | the field. | The alumni of Princeton university in New York and vicinity propose to
 attend the game in a body. They have | engaged special cars to be attached to 1 the regular New Haven express, leaV- | ing the Grand Central station at noon | The committee of the alumni having i charge O. the affair are Edwin A. 5. l Lewis, George William Burleigh, and l William Bayard Blackwell.
 THE NIFIL BITTILTON.