Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-18
HARVARD TEAMS
IN GOOD SHAPE
LOSSES BY GRADUATION NOT
LIKELY TO HURT
RECRUITS LOOM
UP BETTER THAN USUAL
Baseball Nine and Rowing Crew Seem
to Have Best Outlook for Sue
cessful Season Next
Year
RY CHESTER LAWRENCE

BY CHESTER LAWRENCE
After a glance over the material that
will be available for Harvard athletic
teams next season it would seem that
the baseball nine and the crew will
have the best chance for making a
good record. che football eleven and
the track team lose heavily by gradual
ton, and much material will have to
| be developed next fall to replace the
men who are going out
The university eleven that played
against Yale last fail lost nine men by
graduation last month, and of the four
substitutes who were in the game last
fall two also will be gone. Following
are the H" men who will be eligible
to play football next fall: Captain F.
| II. Burr, 'O9: H. Fish, jr, 10; S. Hoar
| '09; G. G. Browne, 10, and V. P. Ken
nard, 10.
Captain Burr probably will play
tackle, unless he should be shifted back
to his old place at guard Other candl-
dates for tackle are Fish, Kennard,
Robinson, Hadden, Phillipbar and
Comstock, all of the second eleven, and
Oyeson and MacKay of the freshman
eleven. There seems to be very few
good guards, and with Burr at tackle
the best candidates will be Hoar and
rorcheimer, and Mcguire and Dunlay,
the freshman guards. There are sew
eral other men who played guard on
the second and the freshman elevens
last year, but they lack weight, and
for this reason hardly will be able to
get a place on the varsity eleven.
There seems to be plenty of end ma
terial. G. G. Browne, Forster, Hous
ton and Pierce of last years squad will
be out There also will be Cooper of
the second team, and Crowley, Cor
h6ft and HARDING of h
man eleven. r. c. Brown, former cap
tain of his freshman eleven, was i'll last
fall and could not play, but he ought
to prove a valuable man next fall.
Harding of the freshman eleven played
tackle last season, but on account of
his light weight probably will be tried
out at end,
Both Newhall and Starr having grad
uated, the position of quarterback will
have to be filed with untried men, Cut
ting, Cate and Galatti are considered
the most likely candidates. Cuttings
work improved rapidly toward the close
of last season and he may develop into
a likely man. At the spring practice
this year G. G. Browne, the end, also
was tried out for quarterback.
Nourse probably will fill the center
position. He was Grants substitute
throughout the past season, and plays
a quick snappy game. The other cen
tiers are Smith Of the freshman team.
light but quick player, and Dore of
| the second team. For the fullback po-
sition there also is an abundance of
material. more than for any other po-
sition on the eleven. Blummer and
Waterbury, the university substitutes,
backs, and Cutler and Minot of the
freshman eleven are first-rate players.
w. H. Brown, a former Exeter player,
who was ineligible to play last fall, is
heavy and powerful fullback. AS
there seems to be only two regular
candidates for halfback, Gilbert and
Graydon, some of the fullback material
will be transferred to halfback.
Baseball Team Strong
Instead Of as in football. only two
members of last years team remain
ing, all but two of the members of last
years successful baseball nine will be
back next year. Captain Leonard, who
has played third base for four years
and who has been one of the best bat
tiers, base runners and fielders on the
team, will leave college. Mccall also is
| likely not to return, and there Is
chance that Harding viii not be back
The pitching staff next year will be
excellent. Hartford and Hicks, both
OF whom won many games last month,
will return. Besides, there is r. G..
Mckay from this years freshman teara
and Lanigan of this years pitching
staff. D. o. Slater, '0S, and D. G. Bren-
nan, 'OS, who pitched this year, will
graduate. Currier and Simmons, with
| possibly either Mccall or Harding, will
make a good infield.
OF the freshman team Captain Ham,
Briggs and Hall will be candidates for
first base. J. c. Hamlen, '09 r. w.
Rowley, '09, and R. S. Marshall, 10, of
this years second team, and p. s.,
Twitchell ii, may secure positions in
| the infeld. They are fast players and
the competition between them will be
close. w. G.. Carlisle, who substituted
for Currier behind the bat this year
Currier giving him chance to get his
H" in the first Yale game-will grad
uate and his place will be filled by r.
c. Brown, TO- who was ineligible this
year, and ]. Sweetser, II.
The outheld is likely to remain in
tact. For this Lanigan, Harvey and
Aronsos will be eligible. Dana would
be sure of a place in the outfield If he
were not such a poor batter. From the
freshman team Mclaughlin may be
a useful man. F. w. Kemble, substi-
tute infielder on the team this year, and
J. D. Pouns, substitute outfielders, have
graduated.
In the rowing crew prospects for next
season are brighter than they were for
this year. The only man who rowed IN
the Harvard shell at New Haven last
month who will not be back next year
is j. Richardson, jr., the crew captain,
who was number seven. One of the
members of this years crew probably
will row at number seven, and to fill
the vacancy there will be p. Whiting
ton, 09, of the varsity four-oar, and r.
M. Ellis, '09, of the same crew, as we'll
as r. w. Cutler, II, L. Wilmington. Jr.,
and other members of the freshman
crew. Then there are number of men
from the upper class crews whose work
this year was very promising. The
secondary rowing in the fall also is
likely to develop several good men.
With regard to the track team, 1t is
more difficult to make a forecast than
for any OF the other teams, since so
much depends upon new material and
the condition of the men on the day of
the games. But, taken as a whole, the
team for next year is not likely to be
even as good as the mediocre outfit of
this year. or those who scored in the
dual meet with Yale and the intercol-
legiate this season the following nine
men will remain as a nucleus for next
years team: Captain w. M. Rand, '09;
r. s. Blummer, 10; G.. P. Gardner, jr.,
10; r. G. HARDWOOD, '09; C. G. Little,
10: r. r. Merrihew, 10; r. P. Pope,
10: r. NJ, de Selding, $40, and w. w.
Witcher, '09 Beside these nine. there
only are a few OF the other members of
this years varsity team and only one
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