New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-22

Kay. and the combination will put Yale a long way
toward winning the championship.
It has Just been learned that the reason for
Yale declining professional help IN developing the
baseball team this year lies in the attitude taken
by the New-York Yale alumni The Nsw-York
graduates interested IN Yales baseball have
come TO the conclusion that graduate assistance
in bringing up a hard batting nine is preferable to
professional help and after some discussion Cap
tain Winslow agreed to this view. This accounts
for the expectations. first raised and then killed.
that Yale would employ Lush. OF the Connecticut
League and several other professional batsnen
and pitchers this season. Yale undergraduates are
not certain that the move is good one. especially
Harvard is 10 have the services OF Keeler,
Frantz and Chesbro all first class baseball coach
ers. Harvard IS believed to be starting policy
OF developing team OF hard hitters while Tale Is
not taking this method particularly.
The Yale freshman baseball squad has now been
reduced to fifty men. and these men will form the
team until the warm weather sets IN. The usual
date Of beginning practice at Yale Field will have
20 be postponed this year week o. more. as a
heavy coating Of snow and ice covers the dla-
mond. A new baseball ground Will be laid out at
the field this year.
brace, through the exertiOns OF Captain o. II.
Reid. OF the Yale swimming team Most OF the Ell
Oarsmen the varsity squad taking regI-
schwarfz The swimming master. and members az
other teams have Joined. among them Edgar T.
Glass the track and football team giant. Glass will
swim FOR the "sher' seniors in the class races in
Tale's track team has been unusually successful
in the various indoor meets this year. and thereby
promises Wen for the spring games Nike Muir
phy. Yale trainer has received numerous in
VitatiOns for Yale 20 enter in relay games I'm the
East and one OF these. FOR the Spanish War Vet
Grams meet in New-YOrk on March s. viii be aC-
cepted. In the games already run of several new
men have come forward who seem likely 20 make
names for themselves IN track athletics this fall
here. one Cf these new men Is Parsons. the fresh
man. whose Spruting powers have already given
him n record at The half mile indoor track and
the distance open air track. That Yale's
team. composed Of Clapp, Monatt. Buruap and
Parsons. could win from Harvards strongest ag-
gregatiOn Howes. Stone. Curtis and COlwell. was
unexpected. COIwelI is regarded as the fastest
middle distance man IN either Yale or Harvard,
but Parsons did not let him win the last lap.
Hail. Torrey and Sumner. all Ell runners.
finished strong ia their sprints lie Moyne's great
shot put OF 46 feet Sa inches viii make the Yale
shot putte-s look TO their laurels this spring. "a
Glass a his best is good for only 45 feet.
III is considered likely that Yale will enter a
crew in the American Henley this spring. though
10 do so Will make necessary some rapid develop
ment OF the oarsmen at time when Yale crews
are usually being brought up slowly 20 the finish
point Yale Will the naval cadets on saturday.
May T. and IN the Henley May 81.