The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-18
YALE NOTES,

The Yale University basketpal teaHi will play the Fifteenth Separate Mili- tary company at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,, tonight. They leave at 2:90 this at- ternoon, arriving in Poughkeepsie at $ o'clock. Tomorrow night the team will play the Washington Heights team at their gymnasium, 155th street, New York city. Next Wednesday night be played in the Yale gymnasium, with the New Britain basket ball team. The New BritainS claim the title or the national champions. They won every game played last season and met all of the strong teams in this part Of the country. There has been desire on the part of many to see the Yale team play and this game has been arranged for the benefit of these persons, and 1t is hoped a large crowd will be present. On Thursday night the Yale team will play a return game in New Britain. In the game tomorrow night the Yale team will line up as follows: For wards, Beard and Clark; center, Sharpe; guards, Peck and Lockwood.
 DEBATING TRIALS.
 The judges for the preliminary trials to select speakers for the Yale-Prince- ton debate have been chosen as fol- lows: Prof. c. H. Smith, Prof. Irving Fisher and G. c. Clark. The prelimi- nary trials will be held in Al Osborn hall this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The judges for the final trials will be de- cided later.
 LAW SCHOOL BASEBALL.
 There will be third mass meeting of members of the law school this morning at 10 o'clock in room 26 of the Law school building. This meeting has been called for the purpose of the final establishment of the organization. A report of all work accomplished since the organization started will be given and a call issued for funds that the organization may be put upon per- manently sound financial basis. B. w. Farnham, who played left field on last years university team, has complete charge of the law school candidates He will continue to coach the men until the departure of the University base ball team for it's annual Easter trip in April.
 THE COLLEGE PULPIT.
 The following men will occupy the pulpit in Battell chapel for the next nine Sundays:
 February 2O--Rev. Dr. c. M. Lamson of Hartford, Conn.
 February 27-Rev. Dr. Alexander Mc- Kenzie of Cambridge, Mass.
 March 6-Dr. s. B. Herrick of Boston.
 March 13-Dr.C. Cuthbert Hall, pres ident of Union Theological Seminary, New York city.
 March 20-Dr. Philip S. Moxom of Springfield, Mass
 March 27-President Tucker of Dart mouth college.
 April 3-Dr. J. W. Cooper of New Britain, Conn.
 April 17-Dr. D. Merriman of wor- cester, Mass.
 April 24-Dr. George A. Gordon of Boston.
 FRESHMAN BASKET-BALL TEAM. The freshman basket ball team has been chosen and will consist of the following men: A. B. Cotton 1901,, right forward; w. Strobridge 1900S., left forward, G. M. Clark 1901, captain, center; c. D. Lockwood 19oOS., right guard; H. F. Merriam 1900S., left guard; substitutes, E. D. Brown 1900S., L. E. Hemenway 1901. The first game will be played with the Stamford high school at Stamford on February 22. A game with the Poly. preparatory | school, Brooklyn has been arranged to | take place on March 15.
 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. | The library authorities of the univer- sity has adopted the system of the notes and queries slip that is in use in the Harvard and Boston public li- braries. At the librarians desk sheet ] of paper is posted on which any one who desires may write any question about which he is seeking information | Any reader who may be able to an. swer the question is requested to make | it known by writing the answer on the l paper. The purpose is to do away witt undirected and perplexing search, es pecially on questions about sources O. l information and authorities on specific l subject l bOO loN SoLLENJE A. A.
 A freshman relay teamwill be sent tt Boston to race the Harvard freshmen | in the Boston college games on tn, 18th of this month. Trials of candi dates for this team will be run in tn, gymnasium in a few days.
 The second annual indoor open han dicap meeting of the Boston Colleg Athletic association will be held Mon day evening, February 2S in Mechanics hall, Boston. It is expected that rela. teams from Yale, Harvard, Universit, of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Hol. Cross, Georgetown and Institute o Technology will contest.
 Open handicap events are: 40- var, dash, feet limit; 45-yard low hurdles 3 flights, 2 feet inches high, fee limit; SSO-yard run, 40 yard run, on mile run, 10 yards limit; putting 16 pound shot, feet limit
 The track will be 130 yards in circum ference with built-up turns. Only shor and sharp spikes will be allowed i, shoes. Prizes will be given to first second and third in each event, excep the team races.
 HARVARD UNIVERSITY BASE
 BALL.
 \ The Harvard university baseba
 candidates have reported and bega
 work Monday in the Carey building !