The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-12

Prospects at New Haven
None Too Bright.
MANY BASEBALL FAILURES
Blue Has Not Won Championship fsg
Seven Years-Hopefui for Strong
Crew-Track Sports.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. lat
Yale the feeling is growing that the
string of unbroken victories In most
branches of sport. with the exception OF
baseball. which the Blue has won for
three years. viii be shattered and that
the coming year viii put on record 3
smaller number CT wins that any for
several seasons.
In football Yale has won two OF the
last three championships, In rowing
Yale has not lost to Harvard since 1893.
IN track athletics Yale has won the in
tercollegiate and the dual meets the last
two years out OF three Yale has won the
intercollegiate hockey championship for
four years, out Of six, since the inter
collegiate association was organized. For
the last three years out OF four the
basketball championship season has been
landed. The outlook for the coming
year IS very different.
Confident of Victory.
In rowing Yale is confident Of again
landing victory on she Thames. for
most OF her wonderful crew Of last
season are back, and the excellent new
material assures Yale one of the best
eighths she ever had next June, while
at Harvard It Is not thought that the
new system can be developed and set
10 work in time TO make hrst-class
showing in one year.
The Yale Daily News, the official uni
, versity organ, said editorially that the
chief athletic task Of this year would
be to win the baseball championship.
which, alas and aIacki Yale has not
landed since 1893 Yals's new coaching
system is calculated, the athletic Of
facials think, to get every bit OF energy
out of the baseball material which can
be secured. but. as at Harvard in the
case of the crew, it is doubtful whether
the first year of new system can show
il up at It's best, especially as the base
ball material at Yale is this year poorer
than it has been for five years. The
whole university is on tiptoe 10 root
for the nine, and the wave OF enthusi-
asm for the success OF the team has
no. been equaIed since Capt. Gil
Greenway set one like IT going in 1898.
when he went into the big games with
a lame arm and pitched the Blue to
victory.
Track Athletics.
In the realm OF track athletics the
outlook is discouraging. Winners OF
seventeen points at the intercollegiate
meet We're graduated last year, ana
there are no stars in sight u replace
them. That Captain McLanahan ana
Coach Mike Murphy viii develop some
strong new men is expected but little
hope is felt that Yale can again turn
the trick in the dual game with Har-
Yard and at the intercollegiate this
year.
The outlook for the football eleven
,axt falt is that of the under dog Los
ing the backbone Of the most WonoefIui
rush line that ever stood together on
the defense, Yale has the task or ali
ing the places OF the giants Rorabaek,
Kinney, Hogan, Bioomer. Neal, Rock
well. and Owsley.
Hockey Outlook.
In the cases OF the two leading winter
snort teams, the hockey and basketball
aggregations, the outlook OF the hockey
PLAYERS Is better than that OF any other
team n the league. EXCEPT Harvard,
and 1t IS as good as the Crimson. Tals's
team is faster than that of Harvard
and will be fully as aggressive, but will
not be as heavy and solid ca the de-
Tense It looks as If Yale and Harvard
were sure to get into the f1nais. AMI
that 1t would be toss-u4. 80 pick thss
winner In basketball Yale viii be con-
tent with second place, oonceding first
to CoIumbia's team, which won the
championship last year, and has proved
by its early games this ye@c that IL is
fully up TO its usual standard.