The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-25
LANCE TO COACH
STANFORD'S nine
The Big Professional Sc
cured by Baseball
Players.
Fine Prospects at Palo Alto for
a Winning Team This
Season.
Not Sure Of Good Pitcher, but Some
Crack Athletes Are Among
the NV Men.

Dig Dill AduSe, Ou0 VI tAS sldI Udoc-
bali players on Eastern diamonds and
probably the greatest fielder in America,
was engaged yesterday afternoon to coach
the Stanford baseball team during the
coming season.
Negotiations for his services had been
going on for some time, the immediate
obstacle in the way of the Stanford man
agement being the lack of ready funds on
the part of the student body, which feared
that nothing would be left in the treasury
after all old debts and seasons expenses
should be paid out of the football profits
OF the year.
The baseball men circulated subscrip-
ton lists among the students and by pri-
vate contributions raised the money Deces-
sary to obtain the services of the coach.
Yesterday Baseball Manager L. James
of Stanford came to this City and COM
pleted arrangements with LANCE, who has
been here several weeks. The coach will
take the Palo Alto players in hand on
February 1 and will give them instruc-
tons each afternoon until early in March.
Lange will then leave for Chicago 10 re-
sumo his position as center fielder on the
great Chicago professional team. When
LANCE leaves BILLY" McLa1ne, who has
played as pitcher on the stanford Varsity
Tor four seasons, the full limit OF service
according to the existing intercollegiate
agreement, will help TO coach the players.
He captained the Varsity last year.
1t was Lange VINO coached the Stanford
team for three weeks last season. His sue
cess, though he was with the men but That
short time made him the first choice of
the Stanford players. This season he will
devote six weeks to The team.
Il n ho hoSn oh r. of pol
Alto Manager James declared yesterday
that he does not think Stanford ever had
brighter prospects than at present. The
only draw back, he says, is the lack of
tirst-class pitcher to take McLaine's old
place. But Lange says that ne does not
worry about pitcher. He thinks that
from the material at hand he can work one
into form in tn time that he is to nave to
spend on the team.
Manager James is having the baseball
field on the campus put in excellent con-
diton so that the half hour or more OF
regular practice during the afternoon rec
reation hours may begin as soon as uni
versity work Is resumed after the present
holiday vacation. This year he asserts
Stanford will have one of the best base
ball diamonds ever IN the State He is
taxing particular pains to have a good
field.
For five successive years Stanford has
defeated the University of California in
the annual intercollegiate baseball
matches and has held the cham pionship.
Tue Varsity nine OF the season of 81
that is to maintain The championship or
lose ii to better team will be developed
from the following players:
Pitcher-Weldon '9s, who was one of the
Varsity pitchers during 1894 and 1895, and
who is expected to return TO college at the be-
ginning OF the new year; Plate '99, Rudiell
'97 and CIemans 90, a football player himself
and brother of the old Stanford gridiron
hero and reputed to be an excellent baseball
payer.
Catcher-C. strohn 100, who played first
base for the Tufts-Lyons when that team re-
Gently won the coast championship; Jeffs '9S,
Varsity catcher last season and end on the
First base-Young '97, Varsity first base
last season; Bronco '98, promising new
man.
Second base and snortstop-Harris '99. Var
| sity second base last season, who will return
| to college al the beginning of the year; Taylor
! '9S, Varsity shortstop last season, who is ex-
pected TO re-enter college; r. Strohn '98,
who played OIL the Varsity team last season;
| Loughead 90, who played shortstop for
Tufts-Lyons in the final championship games
| at San Francisco; Murphy 90, the freshman
| quarterback who distinguished himself in the
| Thanksgiving football game and who is also
hurdler and jumper.
| Third base-Sharp '99. who played the po-
| sition on last seasons Varsity.
Left field-Jeffs '9S, the Varsity catcher of
! last year; Wight '9S, substitute on the team
last year; C. McLaine 90, brother of the old
| pitcher
Center feld-Freeman '99, who held the
| position last season and who is also a football
| player and one of the two intercollegiate tennis
| champions.
Right field-Captain Charles Thompson '97,
| OF santa Barbara who filed the place last
year.
! Games will be arranged with the Uni
yer ity of California, Santa Clara College,
st. Mays College, the olympic Club and
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