Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-20
COLLEGE BASEBALL,
Clubs Little Affected by Gradu'
alton of Last Years Stars.
TIGERS PROSPECTS GOOD.

Excellent Material at Columbia, Yale,
Cornell and Penn to Replace Missing
Piayers-Harvard Loses Only Cap
tain Dexter Of the 1907 Lineup.
Prospects for a successful season on
the college diamonds are exceptionally
good this year. This is In spite of the
fact that the leading teams Of last
year lost by graduation many Of their
best players. especially their pitchers.
Cornell and Brown. which went
through a good season in 1907. are
somewhat depleted by the graduation
of their ablest men. On the other
hand, teams like Columbia. Yale,
Princeton. Harvard and Pennsylvania
seem likely to come forth strong and
vigorous for the coming campaign.
Many of the baseball players on the
Cornell and Princeton teams, whose
records were so nearly alike that It
was almost impossible to decide which
deserved the college championship last
year, will be missing when the season
starts this mouth At present it looks
as If the Tigers started the season
with better prospects than the Cor
nellians. There were few pitchers last
year In a class with Deshon, who has
completed his college course at Ithaca
Deshon will be missed by the Cornell
team more than any two other play.
ers, for he was a remarkable college
player.
The chief loss sustained by the
Princeton team is Captain Cooney, a
fine catcher and batter. Heyniger and
Drews, the star twirlers, are still In
college and will play this year. Be-
sides these two veterans, Eve other
members Of the 1907 team have been
working In the cage for the past few
weeks. Princeton will start the sea-
son with fine prospects for a champion
ship team.
Brown met defeat but once during
the 1907 season, and her record was
almost as good as that Of Princeton
s-d Cornell. The mainstay of the
Providence team in the pitching de.
partment was TIT. now a member Of
the New York American league team.
But Brown. which has turned out
many professional player, still has
first class battery in Captain NJ. Ray-
mong, catcher, and Nourse, pitcher
Budlong, at third base, and Dennie, In
center field, are the only other veter-
ans, but there is plenty Of promising
material among those ineligible last
year. . escs.. X -..-
Harvard Is depending upon graduate
coaches now, and they have the men
for championship team. Eight out
Of the nine players on the 1907 team
are still eligible, and some Of them arO
liable to be crowded out by the young
sters. Captain c. r. Leonard has an
fine lot q pitchers at Cam
bridge this year. s~e Is
Captain Tad Jones' b strict disci-
plinarian. and he has already informed
the Yale baseball candidates that he
will stand for no footing during the
training season. The graduate coach
Ing system is also being tried out at
Yale this yexr. Tad Jo1sey is probably
the best college catcher in the country
today. Van Week, Merritt. Dunbar and
Parsons will look after the pitching
Some Of the candidates
for the outfield positions, are Romar.,
Lppitt. Murphy and Cushing Coy,
the great fullback. will be tried cut at
first base. WIpeaton. another football
player. and N'iIAams will 6xht 1t out
for second base. FEELS Of the 1907
freshman nine VIII probably play short
stop. and Logan, sophomore, Is a
promising candidate for the third cor
ner. t sst
Led by Captain Fennell, formerly of
and coached by Arthur Irwin.
tho University Of Pennsylvania team
sturts the season with few veterans
and host of youngsters. The 1907
season was disappointing II not a
one for the red and blue.
The graduate coach's biggest problem
Is to develop reliable pitchers
Frank V. Goodman, an old Columbia
player. is looking after the blue and
white team this year. As at Pennsyl-
vania. Columbia is badly in need of
pitchers. There IS big squad at work
in the cage. and hopeful reports are
being sent out. Nearly an of last
years team are stif1 In college,
Although the 1907 Dartmouth team
is stfll in college and practic silly intact.
most Of its members are ineligible be-
cause they played summer baseball. It
VIII take heroic work to turn out q
good team at Hanover this year.
Penn State, which defeated Cornell
fn one Of the greatest college games Of
1907, retains seven Of her last years
team. o.
As usual the Cleveland team IL