The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-11
Especial to the Evening star.l


PRINCETON. April 11.-With all the
championships in the indoor sports de-
cided, the baseball team outdoors for a
fortnight, the rowing candidates about
to begin work on Lake Carnegie, the
track athletes %prancing around III Uni
versity Field every day. the spring sea-
son of sports in Princeton, and the last
lap of the yea may be said to have
begun.
On His Good ehavi
The weather man has been on his
good behavior and generous to Prince
ton in the last three weeks. and it is
owing to this feet that the baseball
team has had an opportunity of get
ting into condition so early. Last year,
before the team took its Southern trip,
1t had had but one day of outdoor prac-
tise. So far six games have been
played, and only two have been Cancelled
on accoun of inclement weather. The
first was, the contest with Fordham,
scheduled for Wednesday, April 8. There
were many groans hen the students
here awoke on We 1nesday morning to
find the rain coming down In torrents,
for 1t was hoped that Princeton might
give indications. even so early in the
season, of the kind of team she has
this year. as Fordham has already
beaten Yale. and a comparative score
with Princeton might have old a great
deal. Another contest will be arranged,
however. The other game Cancelled was
that with the New York Americans
yesterday.
Schedule Changed.
Manager Don Gensler of the base
ball team has made two changes in the
schedule. owing to the fact that the
Collegiate team of East Orange has
Cancelled both their games. In place of
these contests. the Montclair Athletic
Club nine, which is composed of prac-
tically the same mon who made up the
Collegiate team, will play Princeton on
April % and on May 81, in case of no
tie with Harvard. Penn State will be
here.
But Two Twirlers Right.
Unfortunately for the team, there are
only two of the pitchers who have de-
veloped into Their regular condition
yet. These are Clark and Wilson,
Drewes is laid up with an injured arm,
oAN 10y hh6Ois viz 10 q DOl WcdlncT
pitcher, is patiently awaiting the pass
ing of the cold days,
Are Making Good.
| When the candidates were first called
out there were four positions to fill
catcher, first base, right and centre
field. So far the men who have been
occupying these berths have made
good, although a shift is daily expected.
Dawson has put up a good game back
of the bat. n has also been hitting
the ball. His throwing is good, but
there is a tendency to drop pitched
balls. He will doubtless improve, how
ever, as the season advances.
At First Bag.
At first base. Eddie Fish has won a
permanent position. He has had only
two errors so far and these were ex-
c%eptionally hard throws from the in
field. AT the bat, he leads the team.
getting at least one hit In every game
so far. He is a good infelder and al
though first bag is comparatively new
to him. he is improving so rapidly that
there Is not the least doubt but he will
be a capital first baseman by the time
of the Yale and Harvard games.
Warwick "a Star.
In centre field, Warwick has been
pulling down long flies. He is a con-
sistent batter and a pinch hitter. II is
in right field that a change is expected.
Pitman was tried out there for some
time, but although he played errorless
a In the field, he did not get a single
hit. Balm, who replaced him, seems to
snow better signs of hitting ability, but
1t would not be surprising to see Eddie
Dlllon, the second bascman, go to right
field, which Is now so weak and
sammy Reid to second base. The
latter is a good batter and a fast and
reliable infelder.
Other stars. TOO.
Vaughn at shortstop, Sides at third
base and Captain Harlan in left fold.
are also stars of the Princeton team.
Captain Harlan's catches In the field
and his throws to the plate always
bring loud applause. Sides, at the
third bag, has been scooping up every
thing, n his throwing to first base Is
something not often seen In amateur
or college baseball, Vaughn is proba-
bly, the fastest shortstop in the colleges
today, and, like Sides, is a good hitter.
The c%aptaincy of the 1909 team seems
to lie between these two, and each is
doing his best to distinguish himself
so that the position might be his, for
merit is the greatest factor in the
choice of a leader on any of Princeton's
athletic teams.
Candidates.
The track candidates have partici-
in several indoor meets during
the winter with considerable success,
SO that already something definite can
be known of the kind Of a track team
Princeton will offer to the intercolle-
gate world this season. Coach AL
Copeland is working the men daily on
University Field. and the system Of
novice meets seems to have brought
out a couple of finds" for Copeland
does not talk of the prospects of the
team, but is all smiles.
The schedule for the track men is as
April 25-University of Pennsylvania
games at Philadelphia.
April 3O-Thirty- seventh annual Gale
games at Princeton.
May Twelfth annual interscholas-
tic games at Princeton.
May 9-Princeton Yale dual meet a.
New Haven.
May le-Princeton Cornell meet a,
May 2a-Princeton n c Columbia meet at
New York.