Evening star., 1897-05-04
THIS YEARS COLLEGE MINES.
The Test of the Season VIII Come Thi.
Week.


The Test of the Season VIII Come Thi.
Week.
The college base ball teams of the coun-
try have played enough games to allow a
line to be gained on their relative strength
The season is remarkable for the showing
that has been made by the smaller institu-
tions-tWo OF them-Lehigh and Dart
mouth-having been wonderfully success
ful. Lehigh made its southern trip without
losing a game, while Dartmouth has lost
but one. that with Harvard by one run,
after it had twice defeated the crimson.
Princeton has apparently the strongest
team on the collegiate diamond The Tigers
made the southern trip without the loss
OF game, and everywhere impressed spec
tatorS with their clean playing fast field
ing and hard hitting. Princeton has an
exceptional lot of pitchers, who are quail
team. and herein lies her strength. The in
held, while not extraordinary. is fairly
strong and the men are good hitters.
There are three teams about on a level.
These are Georgetown. Harvard and the
University of Pennsylvania Georgetown
Is weak in the box. while the team has
not developed into the hard-hitting aggre-
cation that IT gave promise Of doing at the
beginning of the season. The men are oil
fast, clean players, and Captain Mccarthy
makes an excellent leader. The team has
put up some creditable exhibitions. how
ever, and will probably make a much bet
ter showing toward the close of the coll
lege season.
team and only fair in fielding.
Harvard has the same team that it had
last year save Laughlin at short, who Is
erratic in his work. weakening the team,
Of course. to a considerable extent. Har-
ward is playing fast fielding game, but
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OF all the teams OF the first class, Yale
is looked upon as having one Of the weak
est teams en- the diam0ISd 1t Is certainly
the weakest team that has represented
New Haven for many years, and the pros
pect for the success Of the team in the
coming big games is not especially glow
irg. There Is no one TO pitch but Green
way and he cannot occhpy the box unless
Murphy goes behind THE bat to hold him.
The inf1eld Is weak and the outfield is
worse. while the whole team, according to
all accounts. is a failureeat1th bat.
The Yale team, however, look a surpris-
Ing squirt Saturday. defeating Brown and
putting up an interesting exhibition Of the
national game. but 1t fs noE expected that
this brace will last through the season.
Cornell Is In almost the same box AZ Ynie.
There Is no one to catch Young. while both
the fnfield and the outfield are far from
strong. The team has been hitting fairly
well, and on the whole Il much stronger
than last season.
There Is one team which win give Prince
ton good game. and, although 1t suffered
Saturday at the hands of so-calfed weak
team, there is every likelihood that It will
be as much In the race this year as 1t was
last season. This is Brown. Brown has
one of the strongest teams on the diamond
and has shown up this season in excellent
shape. Its outfiefd Is exceptionally fast,
while Its infield is even better than her out
ieiders. The whole team Is strong at the
bat. and all OF her old players, with the ex-
ceptton OF two. are back on the team. While
her two pitchers have graduated. Brown is
by no means weak In the boz. and win put
up q stiff argument with Princeton or any
ether team she meets Brown defeated
Harvard easily. and the series between the
Proyidence team and the Tigers Is awaited
as being the series Of the year.
Among the minor college teams Lehiah
ana dartmouth have already been spoken
OF. Holy Cross has developed q strong