New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
ATHLETICS AT YALE.
Candidates for the Varsity Nine Begin
Daily Work

New Haven. Conn., Feb. a CSpeciaD--Ysle's var
sity baseball season opened this week with rous-
ing mass meeting of the candidates in the trophy
room of the gymnasium To-day the field candlaates
for the varsity. TO the number OF 15e began daly
work in the cage in the gym lot, batting ana
stopping grounders, where the battery candidates
and the freshman squad have been working Iof
some time. Captain winsow expects TO get ms
men out into open air fielding soon as the
weather settles. which will probably be within 4
month. An unusually severe baseball schedule Is
ahead for this season, at least four new games
having been added TO past lists it being captain
Winslow's plan TO give his team practice IN games
with other teams rather than unnterestlng bat
ting up.
OF last years fast Yale nine which. although IL
did win the championship, took hard game
from Harvard, only three players have been grad
uated-Garvan. pitcher for three years; Captain
Guernsey, third base and Wear, right field 1t
now looks. however, If Yale were 10 suf1er an
even more serious loss in the enforced retirement
of BarnweT centrefeld. who returned TO the faIe
Law School this year for his fourth season on the
Eli team Barnwell is now in a New-York hospital
undergoing treatment for leg injury he received
last fall playing class football II is not likely that
he VIII be able 10 return TO the diamond again
A good nucleus Of veteran players remains, now
ever YaIe's list Captain Winslow viii eaten
again this year and the infeld viii be made
I'D of IittlefeId first base: MetcaIf. second
base; Miller, shortstop. and Chittenden, third
base. In the field Cete, the clever fresh-
man on last years nine will again play
In the pitchers box the only old pitcher Is
Patton whose arm did permit him TO pitch last
year after the Easter zip. OF the new men OF
most promise Morgan Bowman, 'ds. is expected 10
turn out one of the bes; pitchers Yale has had in
years. He comes from Hill School. where he had
an all around athletic record and where ms
pitching was remarkable He played fnIiDack last
fall the varsity football team. experienced
professional pitchers who have coached Bowman
ssv that he has the making of an unusual univer-
sity tvi-ier Another freshman Of promise is
kr-E0 short CT nT
An the vacant positions in the field several Of
years freshman nine will be called in. Hazen-
Ninke. first base. and White, rightheid' are ooth
Yale's outlook for the year is again less en-
coura ging in baseball than is Harvards, but with
Winslow Yale undergraduates expect to see sue
cessful Yale this year mas a professional
head coach for the first time William H Murphy:
formerly Of the New-York team and a graduate Of
the class Of go Walter Carter. S5, will give some
Easter trfp the pitchers viii probably have special
coaching by some League twirler
The Yale is on the harhor for the hrst
time this year and from viii train steadily
for the June races Thus far the crew has had sew
eral setbacks due TO illness and other troubles OF
has been out Of the boat for three weeks with
for several DAYS more Cofin. who rowed No. 3
last year. has been i'll and has Just rejoined the
shell seems likely 10 be able to at all
this year owing TO scholarship conditions His loss
in the university. though freshman -,
Adams. the four car stroke last spring mas beeTl
tried at varsity stroke this winter out ms reach
has been short that he M s been taken out Cap
tain Waterman bow for two seasons, Went 10 me
port side experiment last week ana later
went stroke. though he viii not keep TINS po-
sition in all proba hility cross ana Judson' laS'
with StT1bbs Scctt and Miller from the class crews
years eight only Kunzig and Weymouth have LETT
college leaving, with DAYS reureIneHt' IN
rere 70 iI one of These vacancies with plenty of
good TO i'll the other two