New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
ATHLETICS AT YALE.
MEN OF MUSCLE TO BEGIN ACTIVE WORK
AT NEW-HAVEN

New-Haven, Conn, Jan. (SpeciaD.-With the
opening OF the winter term at Yale tomorrow mid
year athletics will Immediately begin in prepara-
uoh Ior the important spring in baseball and
rowing with the exception of the hockey. gym
nastic and basketball teams. no Yale team will be
IN active training. though there will be activity in
every branch to some degree. The annual winter
vacation trips of the hockey and basketball teams
nave now closed The hockey team lost three
games and won one on its Pittsburg trip, winning
only from the Western intercollegiate chamnions
Two or the other games We're lost by a single goal
only, and, as the Yale team was unusually light
the showing made is not regarded as discouragfng
Inc intercollegiate series opens on January Is and
the hockey team will work from on to get into
trim for the big games. The team this year has
lost three of the seven men-Bronson. forward;
Tantor. goal. and Cox. coverpoint-their places
having been taken by Potter Ward and Hitch
cock, respectively The other players are the same
as last year including Stoddard. Inman and Snow
forward, and G. B. Ward at point The Yale team
expects to make good showing when the cham
pionship series begins.
OF the remaining Christmas trips the basketball
team has also returned to college, having lost only
one game a college team, the University OF
Minnesota. The basketball team put up a strong
showing on the trip. and increased in form all
through. 1t dropped games to the Central Young
Mems Christian Association. Of Chicago and the
Pittsburg Athletic Club The championship series
Will begin soon and a good season is promised for
the Yale team
With the resumption of college attendance the
track team baseball team and the will get
down to the preliminary work for the season. This
year novel method has been tried of working out
candidates for the long distance the track
team. Hitherto the selection of candidates has
Deen without method. and Yale has therefore rare
y had good long distance men. But last fall
Mike Murphy began entirely system He
first turned his attention TO the country
ners. and evolved some fair material When the
Cross country season ended he put the best OF the
men men on the relay squad winning the championship
WIN WIN them later on; This week he will take the
pest or this resifted material and turn II over TO
the track team. Murphy said to-day that, although
IT naq 1ot neen 1ae custom 70 tram long distance
men indoors, he would do so this year using also
the outdoor track which has been built in the gym
once, and when warmer weather comes Will run
outdoors The regular track team will not start
Crew work begins once under the leadership
OF captain III, kmnzig OF the varsity crew rev Last Last
but the large squad of new material will begin i'm
medately, will the freshmen. using the big row
looks now as II Captain kunzig would put out
heavy this year. Weymouth the varsity full
playing on the basebaI team. as had been expected
He captained last years freshman crew. but Is also
New-York twirler. for two seasons when both were
students Bucknell College. Weymouth Is almost
throughout, although composed Tor the most part
OF veteran oarsmen. Johnson, the strength OF last
There will be daiIy practice runs by the crew men
from until warm weather, the crews getting
the harbor in March
The baseball team begins work IN the gymnasium
and the cage right away. captain Guernsey ana
team this year. The only weak spot will be in the
pitchers box. but Johnston himself pitcher OF
FSnTte F6e ne sR9 Paen item Sophomore seems at
present to be the leading pitcher in sight. with
age right along till March and there will be daily
practice in batting in the cage
enthusiastic than ever before and along all lines
excellent prospects are promised.