The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-11
Norld Of sports.

During the past week the Brown base
ball squad hSSe been cut down TO 25 met.
and this number will probably be retained
until the outdoor work commences with
next spring term. Until that time the
practice in the cage will be very irregu-
lar. due 10 the fact that the term exami-
nations are being held In the Lyman
Gymnasium.
Glass arms" and tender hands have
now entirely disappeared. and the men
are In as good physical shape as the or
dinary team at the middle OF the season
would be, The preliminary work III the
cage this winter has been more Wan or
dinariiy successful, and this Is d1e in a
large measure. to the ability and iaith-
fnlness OF Coaches Gammons and Mich
OILS.
Capt. Clarke has decided to call all the
men from their vocations, and start IN
practice Monday, the 18Th OF the monih
This Will give the men but Few days ~
home, and the remaining week OF the NJ
cation will be spent in work on the ula-
mond at Andrews field
The problem of flling the fnheld POSI-
tions seems not so hard 10 solve as IL ala
earlier in the season. Some OF the men
are, showing. a form that bids fair TO
make them fully the equals OF the play
crs who graduated last year,
Crane. "a. seems To be able 10 cover
tirst FRS base IN ially as good shape as s,oma ola
botn an ability ard "A Willingness 10 try
for everything that IL thrown at him.
II lis seldom that he misses "A ball His
work with the stick H. also above the aN-
erage and the prospects, are now that he
will take care OF the. first turn.
Gray. another freshman. Is practically
sure OF second base. The young fellow
shows unusual ability In handling aDound
balls, and can cover large area OF
ground I'm a game lie Is ttine weak az
batting; nlt will undoubtedly improve as
the season advances.
With Crane on erst base. the shortstop
Af4E
tile Harry Paine. who can play any posl-
tion ana play IL well, VIII be placed be-
tween second and third, The hdnt thsn
calf. Barry. Penley. and others 10 de-
pend omit seems as though Brown should
find man who can suitably MI the place
left vacant by Cranes graduation.
Instead of one baseball game this
spring between the two lower classes,
Capt Clarke is desirous OF arranging
series OF games between all four classes.
This method. which Is Followed at many
other colleges will create greater inter
est In the the, sport. VIII deve19p Narsi'y fnr r- a
else on the part OF more men. Already the
Freshmen. Sophomores. and Juniors have
elected their captains and managers, and
Il is expected that the Seniors will soon
follow suit.
BROWN NOT YET CHAMPION.
According To the constitution of the In
tercollegiate Hockey League, IL appears
that Brown, whose team won first place
I'm the league race this winter. VIII De
obliged to win two more games before
she can claim The national champion
ship.
There is "A clause I'm the constitution.
which says that at the end of the regular
season, the two teams holding hrst ana
second places must play a series OF threo
games. The college winning two out OF
these three contests viii get the cham
pionship cup. Brown and Yale. there
fore, Will meet In New York on saturday.
March 16, and Wednesday March ~;
lrI IL mo Ut a.
arranged later on. There IL good reason
for a Brown victory i'm these games for
the previous contest showed that Browns
superb defense knows very well how to
break up the Yale team play. while the
heavy Providence forwards can be de-
pended upon 10 keep the puck close 10
fhe goal posts