New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-13
PRINCETON ATHLETICS.
Track and Gymnastic Meet This
Week-BasebaU Outlook.

Princeton N j.. March u (specia)-The second
annual meet of the Princeton University Track and
Gymnastic Association will be held Wednesday,
March Is. in the gymnasium. For the track events
Princeton die medals Will be awarded-gold silver
and bronze for first, second and third places. In
addition to medals. the winner of any event Will
be awarded his numerals. Besides the regular
competitions there will be senior-junior two mile
relay race. and a sophomore-freshman mile
relay race.
The order Of track competitions will be fol-
lows: Fifty-yard dash, scratch: 5e-yard hur-
die, scratch SS0-yard run. scratch; one-nile run
handicap; two-ulile run, scratch; pole vault
scratch; one-mie relay. '67 '0S; two-mile re-
lay '05 VS.. '06. The events in the gymnastio meet
will include work on horizontal and parallel bars.
flying rings. sidehorse. tumbling and club swinging
About fifty candidates for the university baseball
team reported for practice at the cage during the
early part of the week. but the squad has been re-
duced daily until now the varsity squad from all
classes includes only twenty men. The candidates
are first given long drill in handling grounders
under the direction OF Hillebrand the coach, and
Captain G. T. Wells The men are then divided
into four squads for a long batting practice. A
run of four laps around the cage ends the days
work for the outielders and tnfelders, while the
short drill in pitching and catching.
Although PRINCETON lost some valuable men oy
fast years star pitcher. Byram, and catcher
Jun Cooney. who made such strong battery last
his development and improvement were w5ndeTfg
ByraIl is a member or the present Junior Ci6SS
and will therefore play this seaSoL and next ,. J.
Reid ir who has played varsity for the last
two years win also be able to play this season So
and next. He caught for the 'O3 team, put last
year he to third base and Jun Cooney
took the catcher's position. Cooney Is a sophomore
this year and will therefore play three more more
seasons. With Captain Wells on second base, these
four men are the only members of last years
varsity who are now in college. The varsity
squad is as follows: 19O6ZCaPtain H D. Wells sd
Forsythe, Henry, D. Doyle. Young, lewis 1SOo-
Reid Bard, Byram, Council; 199I-Iahnlser'
Cooney G.. A Walker, /. Doyle, Kidney, New
comb Mclean, Watt: 19OS-Wister, Helm. COOK
Fish Throckmorton, Huston, Bissen HaniH'
The prospects for a good track team this spring
are also bright. a number Of men who were not
eligible last will be able to compete this
season OF the fifteen points scored by Princeton
in the intercollegiate at Philadelphia last May
the winners of points are still IN college
They include Captain r. z. Williams, 90. winner
of second place in both half and mile runs; s.
PuelOn- Miller '07 who won fourth place In the
1OO-yard dash; besides NJ B. LOCKER, +, e6
mile run: j. L. Greene. '05 in the broad
lump and J. c. Atee 'O7. in the quarter. There has
been a big loss in the weights by the gradua-
ton of John Dewitt. but there are some promls-
ing candidates who have shown ability. IL ,.
Tenney O7 is at present the most likely candi-
date in the pole vault as H Moore IS In,
eligible. The freshman class is expected TO
furnish some good material in the distance runs.
hurdles and weights. Connors Runyon ana
Mccormick are particularly promising