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The Washington times., 1902-03-30

things. But on the whole il is more ad-
visable TO follow this plan than run the
risk of running the pitchers through over
work for the later games, for If pitchers
are TO be brought into the best condition
their work must be increased gradually.
Otherwise their effectiveness will be
greatly lessened. and perhaps destroyed.
This is but one of the many problems that
a coach may have TO solve, but it will
give an idea of the sharp lookout that
must be paid in order TO meet the eaer'
gencies that arise.
Team Work.
Team work is a point that requires
lot of attention and is perhaps the most
difficult part of a coach's duties. To the
average spectator baseball looks like an
individual game. but to the initiated It
is much different. While individual work
has Il great deal TO do with winning
games. team work has come to play a
most important part. 1t is along the
line of team play that baseball has shown
the greatest development in recent years.
The average spectator associates the
idea of team work and the use of signals
as belonging to football, but this has of
late years become almus; rs prominent
a feature OF baseball. When a team is
at the bat men must init and run" to-
gether through the agency of signals. At
certain time base runner must know
that the batter will "bunt" in order TO
advance him base. or the base runner
will attempt to steal base with bat
ter trying TO aid him by hitting the ball.
In fielding the basemen must know when
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SEZDING -HOHIE
Success DEFENDS Crafty Upon Amount Of
Spirit Displayed-SStrain on Young Pitch
ers in Early Part Of Season One Of the
Greatest Handicaps to Overcome -1ar-
mony Must Prevail Among the Men. ~

regularity in every movement OF the day
work helps wonderfully in developing
team spirit With time for study, regular
hours for meals, hours for practice and
going to bed promptly at certain hour
makes it possible for the college baseball
player to be in the best physical condi-
tiCn and thus play well.
A Ridiculous Contention.
There are many people who contend
that strict training for college baseball
players is not necessary, and to prove
their contention cite instances of famous
professional players who pay little CT no
attention to strict training rules. IN
answer TO this it may be stated that pro-
fessional players as a rule are much older
skill through years of practice. Age has
knit their frames and they are better able
to stand more hard work.
The college man rarely has more than
four short seasons in which to learn the
game. While ii is true that some profess
sional players have done good work in
spite of paying no attention 10 training
sight very quickly these days. Even
professional players with their years of
experience in learning the game have
Gene to appreciate that strict training is
the Eost necessary part of their work.
and to insure their holding on they are
giving more attention to IT each year
If this Is true Of men who have learned
baseball thoroughly through number OF
years of experience it is at once appar-
ent how much more necessary it is for
college men who are just learning the
game.
Tie idea of college baseball is to fur
nish students with a healthful form OF
recreation and provide a means for the
students cf the various institutions to
meet in friendly rivalry. These contests
help to build up university spirit and
bind the students closer together. A col
lege team to be successful must have tho
undivided support of the student body.
The value Of baseball to students in ad-
dition TO its heal;hfulness is that it
teaches self-reliance, quick thinking and
and acting. and finally II is not meant
to prepare him for professional baseball.
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a throw may be expected from the catch
er to catch a base runner mapping: the
pitcher receives a signal from the catcher
to throw to bases for the same purpose.
All these points must be carefully worked
up. and the team that masters them wins
games. baseball team must depend
upon united action to win.
Rudiments of the Game.
In developing college baseball team,
owing to the inexperience of the average
their learning thoroughly the rudiments
of the game in all its departments. They
must be taught that it is not the man
who has the most strength and swings
his bat the hardest that makes the best
batter; but on the other hand that a mod
crate amount of strength used with care
in striking at good balls is the most eff
fective way; that a short well-placed
"bunt' is often of as much value as a
long hit.
Likewise in base-running and fielding;
speedy runners and strong throwers are
not necessarily the best men in these
departments. Coed judgment as TO when
to run and where to throw is most
needed. The value of these points can
only be impressed on the players by re-
peated practice day after day. And that
is the main point in coaching; the con-
tinued pounding away on a few ideas until
the players understand and follow them
naturally.
The most essential point to impress
upon pitchers is the vital Importance Of
having good control Of the ball. The sue
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A interesting story of very lively
II WaGhingtonian is told by a resi-
4 \ dent of this city, formerly a min
er and prospector in Colorado.
The former is the great grizzly bear at
the National Geological Park, the pros
pector is Mr.. ]. c. Veatch, now a prosper
out business man in the Capital Mr.
Veatch says that he has every reason to
believe that the bear is one that he cap
tured in Colorado in 1885, as he talked
with him "and he knew me, all right" he
added.
Dropping into a reminiscent mood one
morning over his cigar. he began: That
bear knew me to dead certainty.
passed his cage on stroll through the
Zoo recently, and just as soon as he heard
my voice he pricked up his ears and
stopped stock still. Then he glared in my
direction and let loose a growl that took
me straight back to the Big Divide in 'S5
over in Routt County, Col
"He has lost his sight since / saw him,
when he was a cub but bears never lose
their sense of smell. You see, they never
can see very well at any time, their eyes
are too little, but they've got noses as
good as antelopes, and when you talk
about noses you can't go any further
than antelopes.
We'll. as / was saying that bear was
mad when he heard me there at his cage.
for he knew i was responsible for his
confinement. He must be about seven
teen years old now, and all the anger that
he felt when he was soaking wet on the
banks of the Yampa River had been
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door practice about the first week in
March, though cold weather, rain and even
snow are likely to interrupt the prac-
tice up to the 1st of April.
Just as soon as the weather conditions
are considered favorable the candidates
for the team are called out and for few
days put through easy practice in batting
and fielding in order that some idea of
their ability may be had. A good base
ball player is usually easily noted as a
man of ability soon shows it by his move
ments. A slouchy, awkward gait may
/ often hide a great poet, but rarely a
good baseball player.
Begin With Easy Practice.
AS stated. practice is easy at first. The
and are cautioned against hard throwing,
owing TO the great danger of injury to
their arms. Day by day the work is in
creased as the men become hardened.
Pitchers and catchers are worked to-
gether: inielders likewise, and in still
another squad, the outfielders. Each man,
or squad of men, is given the kind of
work required BY the position he is try
ing for. In the early preliminary work
the aim is to develop the men in individ-
ual play.
After this work has been carried as far
as considered advisable, or as time will
permit, the men are practiced in teams
Then follow short practice games between
mines made up of the candidates in order
TO give the men practice in actual play,
just as they will meet it in contests
against other colleges later. As the pace
grows hotter and certain men prove un-
able TO keep up, they are dropped from
the squad and the trials narrow down to
those who seem most likely to win places
Gu the varsity team.
Work in Preliminary Games.
The work done in these preliminary
games must help the coach and captain
to determine the probable makeup of
the team. After z few days of this work
the first games with other colleges begin
and the team must take definite shape.
II the early games are with weak teams
a good idea of the ability of the men can
be secured by using large number of
candidates In each game. For example,
last Saturday Georgetown tried sixteen
players in the game with Lafayette; four
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Coaching and Training University Nine Differs
Much From Handling Professional Players.
Grest Difficulty Of Turning Out Strong
Organization With Only Limited Mum
Der of Students From Which to Select. y
BY H. M. SUTER, Princeton, 90.

- oACHING and training college
baseball team differs much
~ from handling a professional
rine. In selecting college nine
the choice of players must be confined TO
the regular students of 4 college. some
times many, but often few. in number
while in organizing a professional team
the management has before il the talent
of the whole country, as a rule being lin
tied only hy the amount of money avail
able for salaries.
Limited Number of Candidates.
With only limited number of stu
dents from which TO seiect a team, and
these with little experience in playing,
the difficulty of turning out strong col
lege baseball team is apparent. Added
TO this is the fact that the college base
ball season must of necessity begin early
and Las. but a short time. Colleges gen.
orally close in June, at a time when pro-
fessional teams are just rounding into
arst-clase condition. The college sched-
ule is short. usually containing from
twenty 10 thirty games and the series
with each competing college usually from
one TO three games.
College Spirit Necessary.
The success Of a college baseball team
depends on the amount Of college spirit
displayed by the students and their en-
thusiasm for the game. 1t is in this way
tha: the great handicap in lack of num-
bers and playing experience is made up.
To the aforementioned drawbacks 10
turning Of a strong college baseball
team must be added that almost never is
the same nine together for more than one
season. Some members CT the team leave
each year either through graduation or
for other causes, and each new season
finds places on the nine vacant. 1t is this
point that must first be considered in TAX
ing up the work OF coaching a college
baseball team. These vacant places must
be filled from the material at hand,
whether 1t he coed or bad.
Indoor Practice.
Where facilities for indoor practice are
available the work can begin at any time
during the winter, hut as most colleges
lack such advantages. only outdoor work
is considered In this article. Here in
Washington IL is possible to begin out
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| cessful pitcher is the man who can put
| the ball over the plate when it is neces-
sary. Young pitchers are apt to think
that all that is necessary is great speed
and sharp curves, but no twirler has yet
| been discovered who can throw ball so
fast or curve it so widely that batters
cannot hit it. The pitcher must be taught
| that in order to be effective a close study
J of batters who face him is necessary.
Their weaknesses must be discovered and
the aim must be to catch them off their
guard by pitching the kind of ball least
expected. Base runners must be watched
closely and not allowed to get too long
leads. or the pitcher will find that he is
handicapping his catcher.
Tendency to Swat"
Batters require lot of attention. as
the tendency is to swat" away at the
ball with the idea of landing home run.
College players are rather weak batters,
and to this side of the work the coach
must give lots of time. The men must be
taught that waiting carefully and receiv-
ing a base on balls is the safest way to
reach base; that by waiting carefully
they are worrying the pitcher, and that
batting is a matter of taking an easy po-
sition at the plate and swinging at the
ball with much care and moderate
amount of strength. Home-run hitters
are of little value to team, as their
specially" does not occur often enough
to warrant their being retained on the
team.
Physical Condition.
With the regular playing season begun.
the coaching must be directed toward
keeping the men in good physical condi-
ton. After the team has been selected
and the men are playing regularly togeth-
er a spirit of harmony must be kept, and
''grouchy'' men relegated to the bench.
The question of training is a matter
that enters prominently into the develop
ment of a college baseball team. AS the
men are young, it is only through keep
ing them in good physical condition that
the best results can be obtained. Those
good old stock rules that we all know
about-regularity at meals, care in diet
and refraining from the use of tobacco.
cover the case very fully. The idea Of
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FOUND AN OLD FRIEND AT THE zoo.

A interesting story of very lively
II Washingtonian is told by resi-
1 n dent of this city. formerly a min
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-23
PEACE EXPECTED SOON
INDICATIONS POINT TO SPEEDY END
OF HOsTILITIEs IN SOUTH AFRICA.
British Cabinet TO Meet in Council To-
Day-Defnite Announcement May
he Made shortly.

LONDON, May PA Cabinet council
has been summoned for tomorrow. The
consensus here is that all the signs are
propitious for peace in South Africa, but
the British officials have given no indica-
ton of the course which the negotiations
between Lord Kitchener and Lord Miner
and the Boer delegates at Pretoria were
taking That conferences are occurring
regarding the basis on which peace shall
be declared is the sum total of the informa-
ton which the War Office has vouchsafed
up to the present, though it is intimated
that a definite announcement of the result
peaceful or otherwise. may speedily be ex-
pected.
The expectation that peace is close at
hand has obviously taken a strong hold
of operators on the Stock Exchange The
buying of consols and gilt-edged South
African shares continues, it is believed, In
behalf of well-informed interests.
While the government departments are
discreetly silent Ii is generally accepted
that the summoning of the Cabinet is di-
rectly connected with the south AIrlcal-
peace conference. Most OF the ministers
are out of town for the Whitsuntide re
cess, thought they left rather expecting TO
have their holiday broken up by just such
a summons.
say that peace in South Africa is practically
assured. This is also the general impression
with the other newspapers and the public,
although the former do not go far as the
assertion published by the Chronicle.
a dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Pretoria says that the Beers are seeking
permission to retain their horses. Cabling
from Pretoria, under date of Wednesday,
May p. the correspondent of the Times
says the Boer meeting there is not neces-
sarly final. and il is believed the Boer dele
gates after obtaining information on certain
points. will return to Vereeninging. The
Daily Mail this morning says ii understands
that owing to the protracted haggling of
the Boer leaders at Pretoria Great Britain
has presented them with what is practically
an utimatum, their reply to which is
accept.
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LOGANsPORT DELIGHTED.
"Buckskin'' Lands Put Astride a
Horse-Cheered by Thousands.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, May 22.-Logans-
port was never more enthusiastic than
when the news of the nomination of Fred
X. Lands for Congress was received this
afternoon. Political lines are obliterated
and Democrats, as we'll as Republicans,
are elated over the battle waged by the
Cass county forces III the convention at
Wabash. No sooner had the nomination
been verified than arrangements were made
TO receive Lands and his delegation with
a rousing demonstration on their return
from Wabash tonight. Bands and drum
skin cOlored horse significant of the candi-
dates nickname, .'BuckSkin, was pro-
cured astride which he was placed and
escorted from the depot by a jubilant
throng of thousands of men and women
10 the balcony of the Murdoch Hotel,
where the demonstration wound up with a
characteristic speech by Lands, which was
cheereG TO the echo.
Fred X Lands was born in Butler coi;n-
ty, Ohio. in 1872, and moved to LOganSpOrt
with his parents when two years old.
When a boy he used TO ride the old family
saddle or bride hence his nickname. He
was graduated from the Logansport High
School, studied law in Michael Fansler s
law office, admitted to the Cass coun-
~ bar before reaching his majority, was
graduated from the Law School of the
three-year course in one. He has Prac-
ticed law seven years, and, being gifted
with rare oratorical ability, he has taken
an active part in recent campaigns, &C
companying Colonel Roosevelt and Senator
Foraker on portions of their campaign
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first Of series Of automobile and bicycle
races 90 be conducted during the summer
The automobile races will be the princi-
pal attractions, and IL Is the intention 10
secure entries from Cincinnati Fort
Wayne, Richmond and other cities Of the
state.
Ii is proposed to divide the automobiles
into classes There will be a race FOR the
steam wagons. one for the light gasoline
machines under 100 pounds. another for
gasoline machines OF ten horsepower and
under and a class for gasoline machines
OF twenty horsepower and over. There
Will also be a maneuvering competition
for electric machines. in which daring and
fancy driving will figure In the contest
Gold and diamond medals viii be offered
as prizes in the various events.
For the Decoration day meet a fve-mile
handicaprrace for motor cycles viii prob
ably be arranged and another ten-mile
handicap event for bicycles. The automo-
bile races Will probably be from one 10 FIVE
miles. There are now four machines In the
city that can do forty miles an hour, and a
number that could be entered In other
classes. a meeting OF those interested in
the matter win be held to-day or tO-mor-
row 10 definitely arrange details for the
first meet.
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IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
Republicans Probably VIII Nominate
Judge Clancy.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 22.-The Re-
publican convention TO nominate a candi-
date for Congress in the Second district
will be held about July l and both Linton
and Sullivan are asking the honor 1t is
understood that Judge CLANCY, of Sullivan,
will be the nominee for Congress and that
he will have no opposition.
The Democrats are still in a quandry
about a state senator from this district,
which is composed Of Brown, Monroe and
Greene counties. According TO a contract
when Miers was nominated il was agreed
10 give Cy Davis, of Bloomfield, the SEN
atorship 10 cool off his friends and get
them in line for Miers. Now comes the
word that Davis refused 10 accept the
price and that he will probably be against
the congressional ticket Local Democrats
are confused TO know who would be the
most suitable candidate and il has Writ
ually been decided that either Edwin Corr
or John W. Cravens Will be nominated.
Both are willing and it is understood that
Brown county Will vote for any man that
shall be agreed upon in Bloomington.
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WON TWO GOOD PRIZES
AUGUST BELMONT FORTUNATE AT
MORRIS PARK YESTERDAY.
His MastersOn Took the Belmont
stakes and His Mizzen the Eclipse
-Prue, 60 To 4, Winner az Worth.

NEW YORK, May 22.-August Belmont's
Masterman, making his FIRST appearance OF
the year. easily won the thirty-sixth Bel
mont stakes at Morris Park to-day. Five
Of the best three-year-olds in training
faced the starter for the event. which was
at one mile and three furlongs over the
hill. The race also developed some spirited
betting, King Hanover. Compute and Mas
terman all being well played. King Han
over closing favorite at ? TO 1. with, Com
pute second choice and Masterman third
in time. while the others went begging.
Masterman first 10 get in his stride.
and he went TO the front and opened up a
gap of two lengths. going down the back
stretch, with King Hanover second and
Compute and Ranald alternating in third
position. Coming to the three-quarter pole
Burns, en- King Hanover, began 60 close
up the gap. and the hill was q length
behind the leader, with Compute, who had
shaken off Ranald. third This order was
maintained to the quarter pole in the
stretch, where pullman gave Masterman
his head and, coming on. very easily
by three lengths. King Hanover made
game effort 10 hold second place. but
Ranald came with a great burst Of speed
and beat out the favsrite by five lengths,
King Hanover third. Compute broke down
in the stretch finishing last
August Belmont also scored another easy
win with his two-year-old MiZZen in the
Eclipse stakes. Mexican made the running
for furlong, then Dalesman went 10 the
front and led 10 the dip. where pullman.
on Mizzen, let him out and won in a gallOp
by three lengths. Advance Guard, carry
ing 129 pounds, won the Jockey Club
weight-for-age race from the favOrite,
Heno. by a neck Heno was disqualified
for foul and second place was given TO
Dixie Line, making Heno an also-ran.
Summaries of the stake events
Third Race-The Eclipse stakes, for two
year-olds five and one-half furlongs:
MiZzen. l27 (BullmanD. ? 10 Z, won: Dales-
man. I'D SHAW. : to ., second Mexican.
10 IT. Burns), Il TO 1. third Time. !: 05.
Mizzen and Fire Eater coupled i'm straight
betting.
Fourth-The Belmont stakes, for three
year-olds. one mile and three furlongs,
over the hills Masterman, 1a6 (Bullman),
Is to 5. won; Ranald 126 IN. Turner) 80 TO
l, second; King Hanover. 126 CT. Bnrns). 2
to 1 and TO 10. third. Time, 2:22Z 1gniter,
Whisky King and Compute also ran. Com
pute broke down in the stretch
The other winners were: First race SAT-
in, 10 to 5; second, Petit Bleu, 10 l; nth,
Advance Guard. IA to 3: sixth. Mercer, 8
to 5; seventh, Highlander. to l.
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American Association Standing.
peciaI to the Indiananolis Journal.

Specldl 10 the indianapolis JOuTidl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 2.-lndian-
apolis was never seriously in the game of
the series with the Blues to-day, being let
down with six well scattered hits and shut
out by a score of to 0. But three of the
visitors reached second and Kellum was
the only one to reach third, a neat triple.
the only of the game, putting him there.
But while the visitors were having their
trouble the Kansas City men were not
having everything their own way, not be-
ing able to do anything in the scoring line
after the third inning. Miller started in to
pitch for Indianapolis, but after issuing four
passes and being found for three hits which
developed into runs, he was sent to the
bench in the third inning and Kellum sue
ceeded. Miller had got into a bad hole
before he gave up the job, putting two men
on bases on pass and single. These two
were scored after Kellum took hold on
single and a throw in of fly to center field.
After this the locals were kept busy
guessing by Kellums curves and only two
reached second base. the five hits made off
him were well strung out, no more than one
being i'm any one inning. Indiana polls made
two errors, but they did not figure in the
scoring. Kansas City made two runs in the
second inning off a base balls, double
and single right together. Attendance, 400.