The Washington herald., 1908-01-19


/ While Georgetown's prospects are es-
( pecially roseate. nearly all Of the other
/ colleges are banking upon unusually
/ strong teams.
/ Al Cornell there is an almost irrepsr-
able loss in pitcher Deshon. the South
/ American pitching wonder Men who
will try for this years team and who
/ played last season are Watson. captain
and first base. Reiber. second base: He'll
man, shortstop; Eberling right field, and
/ Higgins. center field. Gable. a second
string pitcher OF 1907 will probably oc-
cupy the box IN addition 70 this lot
there are Caldwell bf the subs. and Bar
ker and GoodwilHe. freshman pitchers Of
1896; Williams and Ially substitute
1 catchers out for Hastings Old job. Full
/ ton, Jones, MatchRer, and HerbOld. all
more or less experienced inielders, and
/ JudsOn. an ouJfielder.
/ Princeton looks forward 10 a bright sea
/ son, surprising even last years. for the
good reason that she has not lost Hey
! neiger or Drews her star pitchers. With
these men, there will be Dillon. second
baseman and captain Of the 1876 football
eleven; Sides, third base Vaughn. short
/ Ian, left field. Dawson looks likely to MI
the catcher's vacancy caused by the grad
uation of Cooney. and Warwick is prom
Using for either the infield OF outfield
Harvard enters the season with better
/ prospects than I'm many years. Last sea-
son Coaches Pieper and Castle. both
! graduates, surprised every one at Cam
| bridge by developing a nine which
| trounced Yale and Cornell, and this sea
son the same staff will have eight Of the
1867 varsity to work with, including Hart
i fc:d, the star pitcher; Currier, catcher;
! Brennan and Slater subpitchers: Briggs,
! first base; Mccall, second base. Leonard.
captain and third base; Simons, short
| stop; Harvey, center field and Dana,
right field. comprise the old material. For
second-string men and for varsity ma
/ terial she will have Hicks and Lannigan,
/ the freshman pitchers Of a season back,
the latter having whipped Yale and
| Princeton while in preparatory school at
Andover; Hail, a good first baseman;
| AnsOn, Slater and Pounds. all fielders.
Last season Harvard took two victories
from Holy Cross for the first time in
eight years.
Vale Must Be strengthened.
Capt. Jones and Coach Lush will have
a hard task at New Haven making up
some OF the ground they lost last year in
losing 10 Princeton, Cornell. and Harvard
and breaking even with Pennsylvania.
There is plenty Of material at New
Haven but baseball does not seem TO be
the long suit of the Els. Besides, Capt,
and Catcher Jones from last years nine.
Yale has II. Jones, Van Week, and Par
sons, all first string pitchers, Cushing.
first base; Sweeney, first and outfielder;
! Williams, second or third. and Clifford,
/ Outhelder. Merritt. pitcher: Philbin,
catcher; Coy. first base; Wheaton. second
base; Fels. shortstop. and Murphy. center
| fielder. are all candidates, having earned
their right after a year on the freshman
team In addition, the following material
is known and must be TeckOned with.
Dunbar, Cushman, Bomar, Schlafey, and
! Jefferson. This year Yale will take no
Southern trip. as she believes good, hard
work at home is more profitable.
| Pennsylvania. after a series OF dis
astrOus seasons. seems again likely to
put her boat in the hands of John Blake
| ley, her graduate coach of one season
back, She has plenty Of last years
varsity in evidence. but the supporters
| OF the nine look to the freshman TO
supplant it when the 1903 team is picked.
| Fennell, Simpson, and Brady, of her
pitching force is returned, and with them
will be Chapman, of the freshman, and
new man named Spring. Judd, first base.
/ is now out for the outfield, where he
should land a Job. Brokaw, second;
Cochrane, short, and Henry. ou1feld,
comprise the list. OF the freshman there
are Porte and Smith, catehers; Pauxtis,
the football player. first base; Lanorigan.
second base: Wood, shortstop, and