The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23
ACTIrE TRAINING AT HARVARD.
Rowing, Baseball, and Athletic Candidates
Are Being Put Through Their PAGES.

Are Being Put Through Thelr Faces.
The approach of the mid-year examination
period, which begins next week and continues
for two weeks and a half. does not seem to
interfere with athletic activity at Harvard.
The candidates for the three upper class crews
and baseball mines have not been called out yet
and will not be until the mid-year examinations
are over. Meanwhile the upper class oarsmen
and baseball players are training the numerous
freshman candidates In their respective sports.
The candidates for the freshman crew are
very numerous and Capt. Goodrich OF the
varsity crew has found it advisable to form
them into several squads. as the owing room in
the Hemenway gymnasium cannot accommo-
date over thirty men. To assist Capt. Goodrich
in coaching there are Perkins, Adams, Sprague.
Dobyns. Dubois; and Robinson OF the senior
the junior class. and Biddlc and Byrd of the
The candidates for the upper class crews will
be called out after the examinations are over.
Plenty Of material is to be found for these
crews. 1t has been decided TO hold the class
races this spring during the week preceding the
Easter vacation, which occurs about the middle
Of April. Formerly the class races have been
short space of time between that date and the
departure OF the crew for New London or
hold the class races earlier in the season.
Coach Lehman is expected back from Eng.
land in March and will stay with tho Harvard
crew until the end, Of the season. From the
men who take part In the class races Lehman
will select the candidates for the varsity crew.
Capt. Rand OF the varsity baseball nine ID
busy with the numerous battery candidates
who were called out several, weeks ago. In adj
ditiOn TO these men the only other candidates
now working are the freshmen, who are trying
for the varsity nine ana their own class nine.
Capt. Rand Will not issue a general call Tor can
didates for the varsity nine until next month.
All the baseball ncn are now using the cage in
the Carey building on Holiness Field.
Now that the iron work for the n1w baseball
cage on Soldiers Field has arrived, work on
that building viii ne rapidly pushed. II IS ex.
pocted that the building viii be finished by
March ! at the latest.
Trainer LathrOp and Capt. Bigelow OF tho
Mott Haven team are d~evoting their entire time
10 the numerous candidates for tho track ath-
letic team. Over one hundred and nifty men are
now in training for the various events. During
the last week work has consisted OF regular
gymnasium exercise with the pulley weights
and dumbbells. Aftcrward the sprinters prac-
ticed starting. When tho weather was favor,
able both sprinterS and distance men ran trial
heats on the board track in the rear OF the gym
nasium. o last years men the most likely can
didates are Morse, EInnnOns, and HOyt III the
pole vault; Holt, Morse, and Roche in the high
Jump; BisClOw in the spirits, ana DICK Grant,
Fish, and Marshall in tho distance runs,
Considerable attention Is being paid to the
candidates for the shot put. and some very
likely material is now being developed. About
twenty men are In training for This event, IN
GLIDING several Of the varsity foo ball team.
The men are practicing each afternoon AT the
Carey building. There will be - shotputtiug
contest in February similar to that which was
held last year. Hdmmer-throwlng, is p~racticed
from n wooden platform IN Holiness Field
whenever weather permits.
Much interest IL being taken in the newly
formed rifle and revolver club. and the member
ship now includes about If y men. over 4
dozen arc shooting regularly at the Walnut, Hill
range. Arrangements will probably be made 10
select a team 10 compete In the S~portsmen's E1-
bibitiOn TO be held at Boston In March.