The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-04
SPORT AT HAMILTON COLLEGE.
Boom in Baseball and Track Athletics
AmonE the Students.

LINTON, May 3.-Baseball and track ath-
letics are booming at Hamilton College. The
candidates for the baseball team have been
working hard since the field has been put in
playing order and are rounding into shape. d.
]. Coogan OF the class OF %. University Of
Pennsylvania. is the coach. and he has been
here since the opening Of the spring term. He
played two years with the Washington Ma
tional League team and is now ono Of the
catchers of the Rochester Club Of the Eastern
League. Misfortune has overtaken the team
in an injury to Dunn. 1901. the best pitcher in
college. which will keep him out OF the game
until the last of May. Most Of the men. how
ever. are veterans. Capt. Baker will play sec
ond base. J. Millham will play third, and there
are three good candidates for first in c. r.
Millham. CHRISTENSEN and Yauger. Shortstop Is
being commended for by q number OF freshmen
players. Hcyl and Robertson. old players. will
be found in left and centre fields, and Weston.a
new man. will probably play right field. Be-
hind the bat the mainstay Is Stephens. who
has proved his capacity in former years. In
pitchers. Holbrook. Van Ammee. Lee and
Robertson are in training. and. though with
Dunn out. this Is the weakest spot in the team.
Coach Coogan believes that he can develop a
good pitcher from among them. The team
will he strong in batting and base running.
Stcuben Field has been enlarged and levelled.
and the diamond put In good shape. A new
grand stand. with twice the seating capacity OF
the old one; is being built. The schedule thus
far Is as follows:
May 4, Union, at Schenectady: 10. Hobart. at Gin
ton, u, llion. at nion; y. Hobart at aeneya, 20.
gate, at Hamilton; il, Colgate, at Hamilton.
In track work Hamilton will try to duplicate
York state Intercollegiate p-nnant. The loss Of
cunningham. who has entered West Point, is
e e"Ho h'i Tor th t"S orange T"ng; }XithiIa,tSicF 9 GlnHG. '2hr as thy
track men in charge. and more than forty are
to p, 0strander. 80. in the mile and half
mile runs. His brother, Roy Ostrander. held
the younger Ostrander lowered it. He is
entered in the oren meet at Cornell andat the
10 ZION Ma H%ysn n Gam Ssav Inst "a thu ih"m mi1s he r,n ran at th ira
open meet in, Brooklyn, and he is running in
better form this year than ever before; Tho
meet at Binghamton in May has been with
drawn: to the great disappointment Of the
The recent meeting Of students. faculty and
alumni to take action on the Advisory, Boards
bate between President striker and W. r. Ter
rett; pre- Er2fe as of lax and history, who liz i a
proposition was to get swectland Of Cornell for
ten weeks, Many Of the students felt that such
an expansion Of Expense would be a dapGerous
baseball and track athletics in the spring fol-
lowing. President Stryker spoke very earnestly
in the policy proposed. He said the noint
had been reached in Hamilton athletics where
its students could get out Of. the old rut and
put themselves in touch with the larger col
lcges. He was warmly applauded. DR.. Terrett
terms held that to add $500 to the expenses al
ready planned would he, undue extravaganza.
Pullman. Wilson and others had been $3.50.
DR.. Tnrrett spoke fifteen minutes. He was fol-
lowed hv DR.. striker again. The motion was
then put and lost.
The senior class has decided to turn over the
profits of this years baseball to the Athletic
Committee.