Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-08
OUTLOOK is GOOD.
Prospects For Good College Baseball In
1908 Are Decidedly Encouraging==Plenty
of Good Material Already In Sight.

form the ba ckbonc Of what promises
to be strcng team. Capt Raymond,
catcher, and c. l.. NOurse, pitcher,
form as strong d college battery as any
in the country. The other two Old
men are Budlong, third base, and
Denni., center field. Among the most
promising Of the new material are
Nimerly, first baseman Of the fresh
men; Regnier. its captain and second
baseman; McGurty. shortstop; Bliss
pitcher. and Hennessoy. catcher and
outfi"IdeT. in addition there is Bus5.
the subpitcher to Noursc.
Capt. Jones will have d hard task at
NV Haven making UP some Of the
ground the Yale team lost last year in
losing tn Princeton, Cornell and Harry
ard, ami breaking even with Pennsyl-
vnnia. Their il plenty of material ut
New Haven. besides Captain and
Catcher Jones from last years nine
Yale has II. Jones, Van Week ana
Parsons. all first string pitchers;
Gushing. FIRST base; Sweeney, first and
outfield; Williams. second base, and
Clifford. outtied. Merritt, pitcher;
PhIlbin. catcher; Coy. first base;
Wheaton. second base: Fels, shcrtstop,
and Murphy. center field. are all can
didate&, having earned their right after
Il year on III" freshman team. This
year Yale will make no southern trip.
a. she believes good hard work at
home is more profitable.
Harvard enters the season Of 1908
with better prospects than in many
years. Last season Coaches Pieper
and Castle. both graduates, surprised
every one at Cambridge by developing
Il nine that defeated Yale and Cornell.
and this season the same staff will
have eight Of the 1901 Varsity TO work
with, including Hartford. the star
pitcher; Currier, catcher; Brennan and
Slater. subpitchers; Briggs. first base
Mccall, second base; Leonard, captain
and shortstop. Simons, ShortStoD;
Harvey. center field, and Dana right
field, comprise the old material. For
second string men and for old material
she will have Hicks and Lannigan, the
freshman pitchers of last year; Hall,
first base; Arson. Slater and Founder.
all fielders. Last season Harvard took
two victories from Holy Cross, the
first time in eight years.
After q series of disastrous seasons |
Pennsylvania has returned to the pro-
fessional coaching system. and Arthur |
Irwin viii again have charge of the |
baseball squad. The Red and Blue has !
plenty Of last years Varsity in evil
dence, but the supporters of the nine
look to the freshmen to supplant it |
when the 1908 team is picked. Fennell, |
Simpson and Brady of her pitching
force have returned, and with them |
will he Chapman of the freshmen and |
a new man named Spring, Judd, first
base, is now out for the outfield:
Brokaw, second: Cochran, short, and
Henry. outfield, comprise the list. Or
the freshmen there are Porte and /
Smith. catchers; Panels. the foot ball
player. first base; Landrigan, second
base: Wood. shortstop, and Smylie,
Burns ard Thayer, outficlders Regain.
the quarterback, was expected to COW
or the third bag. but recent oper-
alton for appendicitis may prevent
that.
Dartmouth has practically all of her
1907 nine returning this year. but
faculty regulation barring all men who
played summer baseball not neces-
sarily professional ball. lost for her
six men The outlook for Capt. Glaze
is none too bright. but there is good
t" fill the depleted ranks.
Penn State looks forward to another
good year. Last year her most notable
vitt'ry was II Thinning affair over
Cornell. with K. Norhis facing Deshon
This season there ar" back from the
1901 term l.. Eurhis catcher; Il. Vor-
rs. Mitinger and McCleary, pitchers:
Hirshman. first base: Cree. captain
and shortstop: Ferguson. right field;
Coulson. left field, and Bray, sub
pitcIer ana outfielder.