The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-23
A NICARAGUAN PITCHER.
Coach Warner OF Cornell Thinks He Has q
Wonder in DeshOn.

ITHACA. April 2?.-It looks as II Coach
Glenn s. Warner we're going TO have better
luck with this springs baseball team at Cor
nell than he had with last fall q football eleven.
The nine has now won i've straight games,
and all OF them we're against good teams.
including three professional aggregations.
The whole team seems TO be playing In hrst
class form and shows the good effects Of the
long winter coaching in the net.
A new addition TO the squad this year 10
Deshon, a little native Of Nicaragua, who IL
registered as . junior in the college OF Agri-
culture. Deshon never saw baseball game
until four years ago, but he soon found out
that he could pitch. Under Coach Warmers
training he has developed into the best
pitcher on the stat. II not one Of the best
Cornell has ever had In the box.
Deshon has pitched three games so far this
year, and has his FIRST man TO send 90 first
on balls yet in Wednesdays game with the
Syracuse professional team he struck out
thirteen men; he has delivery that is very
puzzling, tho batter never knowing whether
be is going 20 release the ball from down
near the ground or up above his head,
Cornell will play her first big game next
Saturday, when she Journeys to Princeton
70 meet the Tigers. Deshon viii Undoubtedly
pitch. aud Il will then be. seen whether he
can hold himself together In big game the
way he has done In these minor ones. II
he does all who have seen his pitching de-
g are that Coach MaTnef mas a md, The
AgiH'h AAsaN - NN'N Wv
The Cornell crews have had a hard weeks
work on tho inlet and on tho lake. The
water on most Of the days has been rough, but
Coach Courtney yentured out, nevertheless
and with wide sldeboHTds on the shells gave
Inc onrsmen a taste Of work on rough water
Two days ago Coach Courtney gave the second
and third 'yarsitics q chance 20 get At each
other over the tWO-mile course. The two
eights are rivals for the honor Of going down
TO Philadelphia 70 row against the Quakers,
but the second varsity main tai ned its title By
defeating the third three lengths.
Coach Courtney has unique crew rowing
on the inlet, made up OF ooXswains. They
practise every afternoon In afour-oATed shell,
one Of them acting as coXswiaQ aud four at
the oars. Courtney says that he wants his
CoXswains 20 be Renerals Of the crews, and
that IN order 10 command they should know
how Il goes at the sweeps.
The FIRST cricket game Of the Cornell sched-
ule 10 approaching and the cTlcketers are
getting Into final shape. The Utica Country
Club team viii be played az Utica on May II.
the Niagara Falls Country Club team az MAG
ara Falls on May y, and then Harvard at
Ithaca on May 10, which will pc the frst maic-
match OF the season. A. the practise pros
crosses 1t becomes more evident that Cornell
will he weakest IN the bowling department
Gregson, Close and MacPhsTeoA have been
doing the best work 40 far but there iq much
room for lmproyement. The crowded con:
dltion OF Percy field has forced the cricket
men 20 engage grounds OF their own. They
have lenscd a set Of tennis courts behind the
Town and Gown Club on the hllb 1890.