New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-09
BASEBALL At COLUMBIA.
Prospects Are for Strong Team
This Year-Lauder to Coach.

The Columbia baseball candidates are preparing
to begin work in the cage in the gymnasium. W.
A. Tilt who elected captain OF this years
team. has been making efforts ever since ms cleo
ton to get together strong nine. and it looks now
as though he would be successful.
An attractive schedule. including games with
Yale Cornell. Harvard Pennsylvania. and prob
ably Princeton. has been arranged With most Of
these colleges two games will be played. one of
them in New-York.
Captain Tilt has not yet succeeded in his efforts
to form an intercollegiate baseball league, although
later his plan may be carried through. More
home games will be played this year than usual,
owing to general dissatisfaction among the IN
dergraduates with the few chances they have
had in former years to see the team play
1t has yet been definitely decided. but it
is believed that William Lauder the former New
York National League third baseman, who coached
the team last year, will drill it in the coming
season. Lauder will have, to start with, several
of last years veterans. well as some promising
candidates from last years freshman team.
The biggest task he will have his hands will
be to develop a batting nine. Last year the
team showed excellent ability in fielding, both in
the in and out fields but when came TO the bat it
was weak. AS result several games were lost
by small scores, which little ability to hit the
ball would have saved.
The biggest loss to the team is W. r Tyler, who
captain and pitcher last year. Tyler a
wonder in the box and won more than one game
simply by his pitching. He was also a good batter
10 take MS place. tnere Is captain OlI VINO plCcne0
for his freshman nine, and twirled in few games
the latter part of last season. His work will be
supplemented by that of Kruger, tall, Ianky
fellow, who gives promise of making good, if he
can get better control. and Bradke. sophomore in
the medical school, who was out for a time the
early part Of last season.
The other who will have to be replaced are:
L. G. Saunders, left field J. T. Fitzgerald, right
field; H. G. Cannon, centre field and c. L Franz
bach catcher Both Saunders and Frambach were
-IA ba urd TO aFoIoR
Frambach's place behind the bat will probably
be taken by either Young or Carter. Last season.
when, because of an unfortunate disagreement with
Tyler Frambach left the team, both were
tried at the position. Young has the disadvan-
tage of being short that he reaches high balls
with difficulty, but otherwise showed ability to
handle the swift ones AS Carter wrenched his
spine in football game, last fall, and is not yet
so far recovered to be back in college, his parents
may object to his engaging In athletics in the
Most of last years inheId are back in college
last years team, the nine is not likely to lose
strong second base: P Nohowe third base: Z.
T. Collins, shortstOp and W. A. Tilt, who played
Collins and Armstrong batted for about go last
season. while e, Mcdowell was no! not far behind ~ =
likely to prove a difficult position for the coach
To- m Young Selma Is dp the 10 b pay BUT ff this Is go
At present there seems to be no other competent
An entirely new .outfeld will have TO be found.
Metzenthin Colurnbia's former football star, may
get place here, as he showed ability both in
catching flies and in batting in the one or two
games that he played last One of the
extra pitchers may be worked in the outfield, and
it is hoped that Kenney, substitute outfelder
last year, who has for time been away from
New-York business, may register in college
the second term and try again for the team.
Kenney one of the best hitters last years
squad
ton is Williams, a second year medical school
man, who from Leland Stanford. where he
is said to have showed decided skill. E. V. Kehr-
lein, 'O7, and J. n. Wheeler, O6. likely to be
two other valuable acquisitions to the squad. Both
men made a good showing on the freshman team.
Practice this year will be under somewhat bet
ter conditions than formerly South Field has
been sodded, that there is a smooth grass plot
for a diamond where formerly there Was-not much
else but series Of Jumps and bumps, which made
good work in the infeld practically impossible The
as formerly, owing to the better facilities for
cnmrnodating a crowd.