The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
BERKELEY NINE
WILL SOON BE
IN THE FIELD
University of California Ex-
poets to Have a Strong
Ball Team This Season

AEoW that the professional baseball
N season has at last come to an end,
| Z the eyes of the lovers Of the national
pastime viii be .riveted upon the
teams representing University of Cali
fornia and Stanford University. The for.
mer college is the first TO come to the
front with material for a nine. Forty
men have already signed the roll and
they viii report for practice or the COL
leSe diamond on Monday.
For the past few years college baseball
mas been rather dead sport The stu
GCnts never seem to get into the game rs
they do when there is a football match in
progress. This years outlook. however.
is brighter than it ever was before. IL
the present signs count for anything
both Stanford and Berkeley will have
two crackerjack mines in the field and a
lot of old-time enthusiasm to back up the
work Of the players and cheer them on
to victory.
When Nick Williams, the Berkeley
twirler. signed with the San Francisco
club last summer the college lost valua-
bic man. But still Berkeley has the giant
Overall as mainstay in the box and
several youngsters who give promise of
making good. Overall is undoubtedly one
Of the greatest college pitchers i'm the
Several other veterans are included in the
Berkeley lineup for this season and if
the youngsters show in any kind of form
Berkeley should have a strong team in
the field
Nearly forty men have entered the
baseball squad this term. The team has
Iosl but three men since last season
They are Tyrell Hamlin, center field;
Harold Braly, second base, and r. Will
Jams. catcher The Old men left are Ar
thur AIckeown. captain and outieId; Or
Wall Overall, pitcher: T. Hendricks first
base; William Adams. snortstop; Louis
Kennedy, third base; w. f.. Heitmulcr,
cutfield.
Besides these the following have signed
for practice:
c. F. Await. Arthur Adams. John Bliss r.
Causley. Clyde l.. Eastman. William Farrs
r. c. Gum. u. J. Graham, H. +. HaEemann
J. /. Harris. l. r. Quilliam. W. a. New
Robinson, S. A. Rimpan G. L. Smith, K. A.
Theobald j. B. Thompson 6. c. Wilson. f.
a. Wilson. j. X Williams, Z. Maier. Harold
Clayton, Z. II. Sawyer, George Hatch H. NJ
Hansen, r. Wardwell. Charles W. Petit
A new baseball organization has come
into the field this season to play against
the mines Of the two universities in the
preliminary games. Ireland of Oakland
Is manager of the new team, which is
StS iNn tlit independents. Jimmy LANA
gan 1900 former Stanford captain and
pitcher. win be in the box, and Charley
Graham of Sacramento will be at the re-
ceiving end Of the battery. Goslinsky.
former State University captain, will
play first base; Weber formerly Of the
Fireman's Fund second, and Harry Ed
wards. Stanford's captain in 1901, third.
Delmas of San Francisco will play short
and Dunleavy, Streib and Ireland of<the
Oakland aggregation will occupy the
field positions.
The schedule of preliminary games as
arranged by Treasurer Harry J. Edwards
for the varsity nine is foilows
January q, freshman-so sorhcmore: January
%. senior Junior January 81, varsity-santa
Clara, at Santa Clara: February l. interclass
finals; February 4. varsity independents: Feb
ruary 10. Observation-Disclosures: February I2
Narsity-Santa Clara; February IA, varsie st
Mary's: February 81. varsity-ndependents:
February 2s. varsity-Santa Clara: March s
varsty-San Jose professionals; March Z var
sity-independent; March varsity-santa
Clara March 81, varsity y-inde pendents; March
q. varsity-san Francisco; March 2s--varsity-
Santa Clara.