Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-05
SIZING UP THE BIC
COLLEGE BALL TEAMS
By Edward r. Bushnell.

By Edward r. Bushnell.
The intercollegiate base ball season in
the east Is now under way. and has pro-
crossed far enough to give line on the
probable strength of the big five" Be
tween Princeton. Yale Pennsylvania.
Harvard and Cornell the first three teams
look to be the best cared for. 1t may be
taken as an invariable rule that Prince
ton always has a first-class team. the
Tigers winning premier base ball honors
quite as often as Yale takes the foot ball
championship. This years Princeton
team has started out exceedingly We'll
the men showing real ability both in their
hitting and fielding. Princeton, is fortu-
nate in retaining nearly every member
of last years splendid team. so that few
changes have been necessary in the line
up The Tigers have additional cause to
be thankful in the possession of two OF
the best pitchers in the college ranks In
Heyniger and Drewes. If these men show
the effectiveness throughout this season
that they did year ago the Tigers may
we'll be feared by their rivals.
Yale's Team an Enigma.
The Yale team Is still an enigma, and
will continue so until the Els line up
against one or two members Of the big
five. Without doubt the preliminary
games of the Yale team will be watched
with more interest than usual because
of the radical experiment which is being
tried at New Haven this year. Capt.
Tad Jones. probably the best college play
err in the country has shouldered most OF
the coaching burdens at Yale. and. with
the exception of the assistance he will re-
ceiye from time to time from graduates
will do all the coaching. Ordinarily an
experiment Of this kind would be fraught
with great danger and even if it succeeds
at Yale will hardly constitute an argu-
ment in favor of the plan. for 1t will be
more of a tribute to good material and
an exceptional captain II 1t succeeds than
to the system itself. Yale's team con-
tains some good hitters, but unless Van
Week settles down in his pitching the
Ellis will be none too strong in the box.
New Hope for Penn.
College men generally are predicting
that the University of Pennsylvania nine
of this year will show beneficial results
from the new coaching system, and that
the Quakers will be a real force on the
college diamond. In view of the splendid
record the Quakers have made in foot
ball and track athletics. the inferior work
of the base ball team has caused much
comment in college circles. The trouble
in the past seems to have been the alb
sence Of the same Intelligent coaching on
the diamond that is evident on the grid
iron and track. After two years Of ex-
perience with purely graduate coaching
the Pennsylvanians came to the conclu-
sion that something must be done. and
this year secured the services of Arthur
Irwin, who coached several of PENIS best
coach. though retaining John Blakeley
as the responsible graduate coach. This
years Penn team has some new blood
from the last years Freshman team
which is asserting itself in splendid fash
ion. Two of the most notable of the new
men are PauXtis. the foot ball player at
first base and Port. the old Mercersburg
Academy boy. behind the bat. Both of
these men are hard hitters and also play
their positions well. There is an effective
pitching staff in Fennell, Twitmire Col
lier, Simpson and Chapman.
Harvard and Cornell.
AT Harvard the season is so backward
that the Crimson nine never gets as early
a start as the other big colleges. But
this years Harvard team is bound to be
strong. on account of retaining so many
veterans from the previous year.
The Cornell team is now touring the
southern colleges. but without as much
success as last year. The Ithacans sorely
miss Pitcher Deshon. and Will be fortu-
nate indeed to finish as strongly as they
did in 1901.
intercollegiate Schedule.
Although there is no intercollegiate
schedule this year, the various members
OF the big FIVE" play more games than
usual against each other. and the chances
are that the results will at least indicate
the intercollegiate champion. The base
ball statisticians will be helped a great
deal by the fact that Princeton and Cor
nell have scheduled two games instead
OF one as last year. The only break is
the failure of Harvard and Pennsylvania
to get together. but the relative standing
OF these two can be obtained by compare
tive scores. Columbia is left out In the
cold as far as games with the other big
colleges are concerned. The New York
ers have but two games scheduled with
Pennsylvania and one with Yale, but
none with Princeton, Harvard or Cor
nell. The following schedule shows the
games that will be played by Princeton
Yale, Pennsylvania, Harvard and Cor
nell with each other. and which may be
regarded as the games that will settle
the intercolleg iate championship:
May 2-Cornell VS. Princeton at Ithaca; Yale
VS. Pennsylvania; at New Haven
May 9-Pennsylvanfa vs. Princeton, at Phlla-
delphiu: Cornell VS.. Harvard. at Ithaca.
May 16-Harvard Princeton at Cambridge;
Pennsylvania vs.. Yale, at Philadelphia.
May 20-PrincetOn VS.. Pennsylvania, at Prince
ton
May 23-Pennsylvania Cornell, at Phladel-
phia: Princeton Harvard at Princeton.
May 2I-Garvard VS.. Princeton, at New York
IN case OF tie.
May 30-YaIe Princeton at New Haven;
Cornell Pennsylvania. at Ithaca.
June 6-Yale VS.. Princeton at New Haven.
June 1Q-Haryard VS.. Cornell. ut Cambridge.
June 13-Yale Cornell. At New Haven.
June 16-Ialc Princeton, at New York in
case of tie
June 1S-Hsrverd Yale. at Cambridge.
June 2S-Harvari Yale, at New Haven.
Juss 2T-Harvard vs.. Yale, at New York In
case OF tie.