The Washington times., 1905-05-29
HARvARD'S TEAM
UNUSUALLY FAST
Crimson Elated Over Show
ing Of Players.
CRlPPLES HAVE RETURNED
Improvement Has Been Gradual-Cam-
bridge Is Hopeful of Beat
ing Yale.
CRlPPLES HAVE RETURNED

tory over Princeton, followed by her
overwhelming score against Williams,
has given 10 Crimson undergraduates
more keen satisfaction than anything
which has happened in long time
To defeat the Tigers is. in itself. worth
whole seasons efforts. for although
OF late years Harvard on paper seemed
to have by far the better team. when
II came to the actual conflict Princeton
Invariably came out ahead. Consecutive
defeats since 1900 and only three VIC
tories IN all the years the two famous
institutions have met on the diamond
that was Harvard's record before last
SATURDAY.. and now that the chain ac-
fually has been broken. Harvard men
believe that the tide at last will begin to
set In their favor.
One OF the Strongest.
Taken with the Understanding VIC
tory over Williams. Harvard men be-
lieve their team is by all odds the
strongest college team playing any
where today. In Philadelphia Williams
played Harvard almost TO a standstiil.
fighting it out for ten innings and then
barely losing by a score of 5 to 8. Since
that time she improved steadily until
she was able TO defeat Pennsylvania,
Brown, Holy Cross and Amherst. all OF
which teams, except PENNSYLVANIA, had
defeated Harvard. That Harvard. after
ali this, should swamp Williams by so
overwhelming a score shows that, al
though Williams has improved steadily
since the game in Philadelphia, Har-
ward has improved also. until to-
day she has practically no peer In the
intercollegiate baseball field One rea-
son for this increased strength OF the
rafa i'm Of
the eripples. Herman. Mahar, and Cap
tain Randall all We're suffering with
injuries at the time Harvard had her
slump, and even now the absence OF
Arthur Mccarthy, who is laid off with
a bad ankle, keeps Harvard from put
ting her strongest possible team in the
field.
Played Summer Ball.
Just what will be done when Nc
Carthy returns is not known. Previous
to his injury he was playing right
field, and now that Adahar. who has
been playing that position admirably,
has been disqualified for having played
.tsuInmer ball. Mccarthy msty fiii IN
right field Center field. on the other
hand, where Mccarthy played as
freshman last year, presents an oppor-
tunity This place is now occupied by
player who, by his timely three-bagger.
won the Dartmouth game a couple OF
weeks ago AT that time, IN the ab-
sence of Francis KeInble, the Exeter
freshman, who was i'll. Dexter was
playing second base. and his work at
this bag was SO steady and rellaple
that a great howl went up when' on
Kenbie's return, Dexter was sent 10
center and the freshman got his CID
nE
feeble stickwork Kemble himself has
been replaced by Bradbury, who, al
though he is one of the most brilliant
felaers on the nine, so FAR has given
few indications Of being much better
"sticker'i than the man whom ne re-
placed Dexter, on the other hand, not
only has shown himself as steady and
consistent an ~outfielder as an innelder.
huf he also has kept up his good work
with the willow-whfch, aftef ali, IS
the one thing which wins games.
When Mccarthy returns. thefeIofe,
the chances are tne.t dexter VA WI he he
clever little batter and GroQnd-coVereI,
whose services are now lost 70 t4e
Crimson, will again take his place IN
fha tall grass In center field. with
this combination Harvard should enter
tain no serious anxiety about pessng
In addition TO having q stronger team
personally, the men as WnOie nave
Shown an unprecedented Improvement in
batting.
Timely Hitting.
This improvement cannot altogether be
gathered from paper, for the simple
reason that Harvard, more than any
other college, is coached 70 play the
.'stand-&nd-gait-ga
Take Captain Randall. for instance
In his freshman year his hitting was the
one thing which put him on the varsity
asam. For the last two years. however.
he has fallen away off-at least SO il
looks when one consults his record. As
q matter of fact, however Randall gets
10 arst more times than any man on
the Crimson team. How does he do 1T
simply by usingya good eye and good
judgment. College pitchers are not pro
fassiouaIs and If the college batter Is
steady enough to wait. four chances out
of 6xs he will draw enough wide ones 10
enable him TO trot TO the bag The
trouble is most college batteFs are TOO
eager 70 hit the bali The pitcher knows
this. and consequently they ara" theih
by working the corners
Rau,iall and a majority of the Harvard
haeebau team are cognizant OF this fact,
aud II enables The Crimson team more
.ha, anvtlling else TO win games when
another faculty which Harvard seems
10 have been cuItiyating OF late is the
ability TO hit the ball az the time when he.
hits are needed most To this fact Wiz
ness the Princeton game won By Har-
ward with six runs out OF & a tota! Afa4 OF
thaws' home run and his three-bagger,
escb of came at q time when men were
IN hsses- must be taken into account
The same Is true of other hitters as t.s wei; !;
WIN eomparativeIy few exceptions II
80 "a 10 Ia that every hit made by
Harvard player in the last hVe games
t1f the veteran players herman, Me
clrthy and Stephe nson. as well as Mat
~fhews are batting well, and the new
Tner.-Deater and Leonsrd-are ,nt,,,,als,, also
hatssr man last year II can hardly be
explained for at the beginning asnpestad OF ss
> whether his weakness with the stick
would not keep him altogether eilt. from m
making the team. WIN tttsa[1 ae1aathY ~ anu far
Matthews, however, his eattlng SO far
has been more consistent 4l1.l thaii aaat .ls. OF
any ether member Of the Harvard team