The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-23
Brewn VARSITY. Baseball Prospects Still
Uncertain-A|I Waiting.
Van Ness Won at New Orleans on Foul
by Tom MankiqS.

So FAR as the baseball situation al
Brown university is concerned for this
season the atmosphere is no more clear
now than 1t was before the faculty and
the students took the action that was an
nounced a couple OF weeks ago and al
most anything is liable to happen.
The situation is go well TIED up at the
present time that everyone Is guessing
a. 10 whether there Will be team an
tho held tins year OF not Up 10 this
time no one mas dared 10 take tne Ss!tua-
ton in hand and make any decisive moVe'
Ana ail are paying waiting game
une students are IA sucn huihor that
ans rtanu tne Iacuity make tahe thdl
N,u par tne present team from playing
utn % suDjec. 20 narsn criticism anu
tt,Sstpty some dcetueu dtDreak anu liis
sacG.ty as well as some Oh the members
o. IN. upper class nave Deen making
eucu assef,,Uhs tndt tney ieel dilhos' 4"
aats bounu 40 advocate me ueDafrlhs VI
<ome- oG the pial cfs now pIohiiV"e S"'"'
oates Iur tne team.
me t,.uln IS san doing its regular train
itp put the WORK - oniy ol "A mar heart
tu-natute and tne interest i not al dli
w,tal az snOWd DC at tnIs tme. ne stu
o.nts 1eel tnGt tney nave made Such
sac.lhces Tor tne sake OF the puflsts IN
a.nieucs az the conege tnat tney can 40
no more ana they want team IN tne
neid tiis year tnat Will wln ana that
me college can put out at this Tune.
,i.,.y ,,au.t tnat the team at present prdc-
tisnn A. one OF the pest tnat the col
Leg, na,. ever mad and 10 sacrlhce them
asain tnis season would be more than
tney couu or ought 10 be calleo upon W
bear IN tne way or sacrihces'
inele has mp 10 TINS ume peeh 40 ptcP-
aratious mace Tor the purchasing OF lne
s,its ana uniforms TOR the team ana no
one seems 10 want 20 take the response
bllty OF gong aneaG VITA tnat, oWins ~
tne an, Granny OF the action OF ths lac
uliy tnat Inlgut hollow. Manager Nalsh'
A mas Deen ie.iIned is Wiling To 30 anesd'
but is wanting the word from the ueah,
ana TINS cannot be had as yet
1ne students are clamorlns Tor the set
tlement OF the question as we'll as Tor the
integrlty OF the present team, while Inc
faculty seems 10 be holding OIL ana waltihs
ior sometnlag 10 apparently turn up II
yynl be rather haru blow Tor the cniesS
snould the present schedule De Apoiasueu
ana the team be uisbanded Ana IN the
event OF sucn an occurrence some OF the
students say that there woulu pe open
rebellion IN some form.
doc" Sexton is still making MS resu-
lar trips TO TINS city and oNerlooking lhe
training. put ne is under no contract,
owing 40 the unsettled CONDITION OF aHali
ana Ane stipulation that was mace IN hl'
contract that should the team De apah
aonea the contract would be vJt lie
stated to some of those intimate with him
tnat AZ was not "A matter OF the money
concerned. but the success OF the team
and he wanted the team TO gr through
the season. "
The men themselves openly say that
they PLAYED summer ball, at least ma
tority OF the team admits the iact, put
they claim that II cannot be proven that
they received money for the work. ana
therefore are eligible for the team some
OF the students say also that among the
new candidates t..ere are men VINO nave
played summer bail. though tins iatter
Statement is not substantiated oy contes-
sions OF the men themselves.
That is the situation at present, anu
inst what the outcome will be cannot
be predicted 1t is thought that the team
will play the season out as scneouIeu'
however This Is the hope OF the stu
dents and the majority of the alumni