The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12
 ON THE TRACK AND THE DIAMOND.

v
 This is the day of field meets and base
 ball games. The programme at Palo Alto is a handicap college field day; at Berke-
 ley, both contest on field and track ana a crossing of bats on the college diamond
 Even this city will see something of col-
 lege sport, for at Central Park this after
 noon the Alumni baseball team will try
 conclusions with the Stanford nine for the third time.
 Baseball at Palo Alto has received
 vivifying influence under the supervisory
 power of John Sheehan Sheehan is now
 the Stanford coach-in-chief and for the
 next five weeks he will be with the base ball men, training and instructing. AL ready an improvement in play has been attained by the persistent grilling which he has instituted process. SheehanS system is something of the same nature as that practiced by Cochran at Berke- | ley. First he works the Cardinal ath- | letes of the diamond in general, easy fielding and batting. Then a practical
 game of five innings follows. A second ] team has been organized and a captain
 appointed. After the game between the first and second hines the most likely candidates for position on the team that will represent the varsity in the inter- collegiate engagements are distributed in their places on the diamond and then a sharp, quick practice in throwing, which continues for a half-hour, completes the days training. When Sheehan took the
 men in hand there was a decided slump
 in the playing. Baseball interest was on the wane, but owing to the sharp meth
 ods in use the latent enthusiasm has been excavated from the breasts of the play CTS and the student body and now there is enough effuson scattered around the | diamond and the side lines to start a large-sized cont1agration.
 | On the other side of the bay Cochran l has been working sedulously with what | if fT hn a HQl | talent There are four men wearing the | blue and gold colorS who, according to | Cochran, are baseball players; Two or l them, Hoag and McLaren, he thinks
 might earn positions on an Eastern col
 Iege nine The others have not won a. 1 place in Cochran's heart. Many things l lack of spirit and poignant desire to wear 1 the college colors in big matches. Coch- | ran took the men out the other day and
 read to them a curtain lecture; exhorting | them to greater efforts and deprecatng | the inexplicable indifference which the l college student at Berkeley shows for the | national game. At present Cochran is | devoting his time in an endeavor to | strengthen the left side Of the diamond l There is a noticeable weakness in all the. | aspirants for third, short and left neld | Hoag was tried at third the other day
 and he may be found there before the
 season advances much further Inere | has been no specialization of positions l on the California nine as yet. The work
 so far has been elementary and experl-
 Since Brunton left college for his
 home pail has, hung over track ath.
 track captain, is doing his best to dispel 1 the gloom but has not met with complete
 success as yet. The field and track meet | this afternoon, though a handicap a1alr. | will show what material there is for the
 intercollegiate and its value. Every man
 with the minutest sprinting ability has l fixed with a view to making the races | even and interesting. At thlS annual | handicap field day in former years some l startling performances were seen, notably l that of John Brunton last year in the lO0 | seconds-at least so the Stanford watches
 The sophomore-f field day at | Berkeley will draw a large crowd Both | teams are evenly matched, but the Sopn-
 omores are considered the favorites The
 chances in each event were consldered m
 full two weeks ago. Ahe entries are as
 follows:
 monds. Drum. ,,'Ol: Hing. Haskins Knight4
 oa 2ao yard N' tash-'OO: Broughton. simonds&
 Drum. ,ol: Hing. Haskins. Knight GriFfsXs.s
 40 yard dash-.oo: Broushton. Drum 'O1:,
 fnS1 sso yard run run'oo sauires Wise. Bayer Ras
 mussen. Smith. Dorety Atke9 eqa Humphrey Td} | McConaughy, Harley. Dozier Clark. /
 Mile Tun-0c Rasmussen D9aety; squiTest M
 ser. Scott, Harley, Tolman, Dozier, McCon-1
 aughy Clark. Beck ,oo .., c-o.o
 Dawson. O1: Bretherick | 22O yard hurdles-O0: Dawson. McNab. '015
 Mile walk-'00: Westerfeld Altken Skalfe+
 ' Shot put.'oo: Goodale. oToole. Peck 'O1E
 GqianIn0n Hammer throW@oO: M1S McNab. oTooe. Peck,
 Pole yauit-'OO Hoffman. simonds. O1$
 High jump-'O0: Hoffman. 'o1: Cooley. Hun-
 Broad jump-Oo: Broughton. Hoffman. si1,
 monds Drum. 'O1: Dickson. Hunter. {
 Just as soon as the field day is coma | pleted the California nine will play the; | Santa Claras This will be their second| | game The first game was early in theI
 season and was won by santa Clara afterS | much improved under the instructions of 1 Cochran. The game will really be a test | of what the strength of the blue andi | gold baseball team is. | on April g. Is and 30. The field day willi | take place on April g. | This afternon at Central Park thel Alumni will play their sixth game. Should, | triangular league will be tied with a per-(
 centage of 50. The teams will line up aA follows:
 Alumni Positions. Stanford | Wheeler ... Pitcher Beckett Allen. First base. YoungS krug or
 Mckee ....-.--..T Third base...... .Edwards3 Lewis. ............ Short stop... .Lougheeds Ireland. ........-.L Left field. d.......... hlaubers Calhoun. ...Center field........ Chandlerj | or Wright Sheehan. Right field - Swindels
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