New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
YALE'S BASEBALL CHANCES.
SEASON BEGINS WITH NUCLEUS FOR !
GOOD TEAM

New-Haven. Conn. March (speciaD-Basebal
prospects at Yale the main subject OF dis
cussion among undergraduates athletically inclined
as II IS still early for the development Of the
and the track team has not got under way for the
season II be safely predicted that II the
weather turns seasonably mild now the Yale team
will be batting the diamond at the Yale
Field within ten days weeks. 1t will be
necessary that the team go the field earlier
than usual this year the Easter trip South will
come the first week IN April instead OF later as has
been usually the case.
The prospects OF getting out a first class base
ball team this year are better than they have
been for time IN fact, Undergraduate lead
say that there is reason why Yale cannot
nearly duplicate her old champion team OF 80 with
the old and new material which she has on hand
the present time The majority OF the men on
last years team will return this year 10 the dia-
moud. and the absentees will. with one exception
that Of Captain Camp. make little difference in the
strength OF the team. The old TO return are
Hirsoh. catcher; Sharpe. first base; Robertson.
Garvtn and McKelvey. pitchers: Guernsey. third
base. and Waddell Ward and BarnweIl. heders.
With this nucleus the team starts with unusual
promise.
The makeup OF the team Is OF course still prob
lematicaL Behind the bat Pop FIirsch the clever
catcher OF the big games last season. will be the
fixture this year Hirsch played FOR three years
and patiently awaited his time late last spring.
when he went behind the bat and played a steady
team promises to be particularly strong pitchers
Garvan and Robertson. the two men who pitched
in all OF the big games last year are both back
this season. c. p. Cook, the halfback Of the foot
ball team. will also join the pitchers squad. and
will prove perhaps the best man Yale Will have.
Cook two years ago when he was a Sheffield Scieu-
tihc School freshman, pitched the varsity, but
his delivery wild. Last year Cook went to the
back field and was kept the team because Of
his tremendous batting powers. Captain Robertson
49,
take Captain Camp made last year in allowing him
to pitch through entire game. Robertson IS a
careful and telling pitcher up TO a certain point.
After that the opposing team have him AT their
mercy.
The inheld proposition is one that confronts the
Yale managers with the most problems to solve.
ZAP Sharpe. the football halfback at first base
to be a fixture. There is no other man so
certain the base. The remainder OF the inheld.
however. is not easy Of settlement. Second
base and shortstop, two OF the most important
places on the team. will have to be filed with new
men. Guernsey, who played third base toward the
end Of the last year. will play that base
again. unless necessity compels him to take Cap
tain Camps place at shortstop. He Is regarded.
however, as a clever third baseman. good as
any in the colleges to-day. and it will be unfortu-
nate If he has be shifted. There several
good candidates for the inheld who may be called
upon for active service. notably Tobin and Parker,
both players OF ability and experience. Other men
are Mason Mcknight Gilbert. Bayrd. Jefferson.
Smith, Taylor Hurst, Tompson, Whitconb, Foster.
vanderpoel Hall. Twining Lindenbqrg and Hart
The outheld is still uncertain. though Blount.
Ward. Waddell and Barnweu remain from last
years team. 1t likely that Barnwel and
Wadden will at least secure places in the field.
though Wadden may be taken into the infeld, his
work two years ago at first base promising well
for a base. Other who will stand for the
Lewis Smith. Hammond, Hinton, Bailey. Wear
and Boyce. From last years freshman team viii
Curtis. Washington, Tyler and Moore man who
ddates for the outield is J. f. Gregory, senior
In the Theological School. who IS said TO be q
fast fielder and heavy batsman- He IS captain OF
the seminary nine which has Just been formed.
Leslie Johnston is coaching the candidates.
and will have charge of the until the arrival OF
Tot Murphy early In April.
Crew work is going forward at good rate, and
the men hardening themselves TO open harbOr
practice. In spite OF the icy weather OF the last
week Captain Blagden has had his men out the
haroor nearly evs-z kay, and has rowed them UP
and down TO act~Issom them to river rowing and
the tides. The work has all been done in pair oar