Evening star., 1908-02-04
Several Teams Suffer From
. Loss of Star Players.
PROSPECTS ART BRIGHT
Several of Last Years Leaders Will
Be Handicapped.
OTHER MINES HAVE GOOD LOOK
Racing at New orleans-Big Local
Bowling Tourney-McFarland
Is No Champion.
OTHER MINES HAVE GOOD LOOK


less depleted by the losses of graduation,
bia and Yale seem likely to come forth as
leaders in their respective cliaues. though
at the present writing there is little to
disturb the position held by Princeton
and Harvard. for both have on hand ma
teriai for the most capable teams.
or the fifteen teams which occupy the
attention OF the public it is difficult to
classify the mines on last seasons play
ing. Brown. Cornell. Princeton and Har-
ward all. ranked at the top by reason OF
their victories over all others. Cornell
looked a leader for a long time. but
wind-,fp defeat bv Harvard reduced the
Ithacans' claim and improved the Grim
son standing. especially after the latter's
defeat of Yale Princeton did not meet
Cornell or Brown. but she established her
self by defeating Yale. Harvard and PENN
sylvania.
During. the coming spring the eastern
college base ball championship will be be-
tween Columbia. Cornell. Brown, Yale,
Harvard. Princeton. Pennsylvania, Dart
mouth. Williams. State. Lafayette and
Georgetown. and lust what are the pros
poets of these teams is the most interest
ing topic for the alumni of these institu-
tions and to college and base ball men IN
general to discuss.
Cornell's Big Loss.
At Cornell there is a big loss in Pitcher
Deshon, the South American wonder. who
never played base ball until he came to
college in the United States. Men who
will try for this seasons team and who
played last year are; Watson. captain
and first base: Reiber. second base; He'll
man. short stop; Eberling. right field. and
A4ll Cob
string pitcher of 1907, will occupy the
box. In addition there are Caldwell of
the subs and Barker and Goodwillie. fresh
men pitchers of 1907: Williams and Lally,
substitute catchers. out for Hastings old
Job: Fulton, Jones, Matchuer and Her
bold, all more OF less experienced inf1eld-
ers, and Judson. an outfielder. AS yet no
coacfr has been chosen, but an announce
ment Of the successor Of Danny Coogan Is
expected shortly.
with all her 1907 nine back. She has
Young. captain and catcher: Lee and
Bradtke. pitchers; Mittenberger, first
base: Schmidt. second base: Elmer. short
stop: Hays. third base; Shafer. left field /:
Smith. center field, and Tonking, right
Held, as her nucleus. In addition there Is
Kimball. left field in 1908; Hendricks,
FIRST baseman on the same team; Steven
son. captain and catcher of the fresh
man team, and Borchard, good second
haseman. Casework will begin In three
weeks and the schedule will be much
shorter than last year.
- star Pitchers With Tigers.
Princeton looks forward to a successful
campaign, SURPRISING last seasons, for
tho. reason that she has not lost Hey
nsiger nor Drews her star pitchers. With
these men will be Dillon, second baseman
and captain of the 1908 foot ball eleven;
Sides. third base: Vaughn, shortstop:
Wfster. right field, and Capt. Harlan,
left field. Dawson is likely TO fill the
catoder's vacancy caused by the gradua-
ton Of Cooney and Warwick is promising
for either the infield or outfield. Cage
work will begin next week, and Yale.
Harvard and Pennsylvania will form the
nucleus OF the schedule.
At Brown there are but four "B" men
in college out of eleven of last years
squad. Still, these four will form the
ba ckbone OF what promises to be strong
team. Capt. Raymond, catcher. and c. l..
Nourse. pitcher. form as strong a college
battery as any in the country. The other
Dennie. certer field. Among the most
promising of the new material are MINI
erly, first baseman OF the freshman; !;
ReEnier, its captain and second baseman; !;
McCiurty, shortstop; Bliss pitcher. and
Hennessey. catcher and outfelder. In
addition there is Buss. the subpitcher to
Nourse.
Hard Task for Jones.
Capt. Jones will have a hard task at
New Haven making up some of the
ground the Yale team lost last year in
losing to Princeton. Cornell and Harvard.
and breaking even with Pennsylvania
There is plenty OF material at New Haven.
Besides Captain and Catcher Jones from
Ia 20 ,in oil hao II
Week and Parsons, all first string pitch
ers; Gushing, first base: Sweeney, first
and outfleld; Williams. second base, and
Clifford, outfield. Merritt. pitcher: Philbin
catcher: Coy, first base; Wheaton, second
base; Fels, shortstop. and Murphy. CEN
ter field. are all candidates, having
earned their right after year on the
freshman team. This year Yale will make
no southern trip, as 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 a nine that de-
feated Yale and Cornell. and this season
the same staff will have eight of the
1907 varsity to work with. including
Hartford. the star pitcher; Currier. catch
er: Brennan and Slater, subpitchers;
Briggs. first base; Mccall. second base
Leonard, captain and shortstop. Simons,
~ a,
right field. comprise the old material.
For second string men and for old ma
terfal she will have Hicks and Lannigan
the freshman pitchers of last year: Hall.
first base; Anson. Slater and Founder.
all felders. Last season Harvard took
two victories from Holy Cross. the first
time in eight years.
ouakers in Good Hands.
After a series of disastrous seasons
Pennsylvania has returned to the pro-
fessional coaching system. and Arthur Ir-
win will again have charge of the base
ball SQUAD. The Red and Blue has plenty
oflast years varsity in evidence. but the
supporters of the nine look to the fresh
men to supplant 1t when the 1908 team is
picked Fennel Simpson and Brady of
her pitching force have returned. and
with them will be Chapman of the fresh
men and a new man named Spring Judd,
hrst base. is now out for the outfield
Brakaw. second: Cochran. short, and
Henry. outield. comprise the list. or the
freshmen there are Porte and Smith,
.catchers: Panels. the foot ball player first
base: Landrigan. second base: Wood,
snortstop. and Sfnylie. Burns and Thayer
outfielders. Regan. the quarterback, was
expected to cover the third bag but a re-
cent operation for appendicitis may pre-
vent that.
Dartmouth has practically all of her
1907 nine returning this year. but facul-
~ regulation barring al, men who played
summer base ball. not necessarily profess
sional baH lost for her six men. The
outlook for Capt. Glaze is none too bright
but there Is good material To fill the de-
pleted ranks
Penn State looks forward 10 another
good year. Last wear her most notable
victory was a seventeen-inning affair over
Cornell with r. Vorhis facing Deshon