The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
YALE TEAMS AT WORK.
Oarsmcn. Baseball Players and Athletes
Preparing for the season.

NEW HAVEN. Oct. 20.-Progreas has marked
the work iu athletics at Yale during the past
week, and while the varsity men are out In
full force the coaches are paying special atten-
ton to the freshmen. a. they are OF necessity
sighted in the spring. The freshman crew
has been seated. the bias eball squad called out
and a line secured upon likely pla yers. while
the track aspirants have been worked pretty
strcnuously and some promising material I'M
covered. Fall training II In full swing and
Yale managers and athletes realize that only
hard work can develop an average representa-
tive body next spring. while unusual effort
must be expended to get winners.
At present the freshman crew is rowing
as follows: Paeobes. bow; Hunsiker. q:
Hay. 3; Pomeroy. Z; Barnum. S; WEIGH. g.:
Hooker, Z, and Wallis, 8. The class crew
captains have been selected but the oars
men have not been chosen. The captains
are Shields, senior: Griswold. sophomore,
and Domonick. junior. The fall regatta
comes on November ). in which the varsity
does not compete. The latter crew Is rowing
In the same order as last week. Two new
shells are being made by Davies Of Cam
bridge for the Yale Rowing Association.
Coach Billy Lush and Capt. Kinney have
kept both freshmen and varsity baseball
squads pretty steadily at work this week.
but have laid particular emphasis upon the
batting feature Among the first year men
MeTTlII from hnuONtT uAb uOLC NGl IN Nuc
boX. Malley from Lawrenceville in the in
field, and Rend OF Chicago as back stop.
The varsity nine has not been out as n body,
only the individual members reporting as
Rotations happen to allow. and then train
ing with. the general squad. In the short
lineups Of the varsity squad, so-called. Kinney
Meyer and Parsons in the box. with Taylor
and Jefferson alternating at frst base. Jefer;
son seems the better Of the two on the initial
On the cinder path Capt. Marshall has to
work without much assistance from Johnny
Mack, who Is with the football men. He
has picked some likely men. however. from
this season. R. W.. La Montagne, 90 s..
in the 100 and 23O dashes. and r. Altschul,
in the same distances, show up pretty strongly,
stevens are promising in the 40 yards. l.:
for the half milers, while r. A. Splitter. 'Oa;
give promise OF fair work at a mile. Yale
will lack good hurdlers, as none has shown
up yet Of any marked ability. G. d. DEM
Gilbert will be the star pole vaulter without
form with the shot this fall and has decidedly
improved over his work last spring.
Great Interest has developed in swimming
and water polo this fall, and thirty candf-
dates are working on the short distance
schwartz, the professional, and Richards Of
Iawrenceyille are attracting attention by
their excellent work in the tank. Trials will
the Ss h soHic soon TaU to d St tSe New a s YSTR z H.s sEsfc
Club In November.
Yaleis chances in intercollegiate athletics
are in no one branch 80 promising as IN the
former Intercollegiate champion. and M.
Gilbert, l.. E, Everard and Baker, q fresh
man. were. on the main floor for the first time
Issued. They should prove a strong group
around which 70 gather a winning team.