Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-18
COLLEGE BASEBALL,
Varsity Leaders Busy Preparing
For Spring Practice.
STRONG TEAMS IN SIGHT.


Harvard, Yale and Princeton Mines.
Crimson Has Few Places to Fill.
Ellis and Tigers Not So Fortunate.
Now that the baseball schedules for
1909 Of many Of the eastern colleges
and universities have been announced,
the undergraduates at these institu-
donS are beginning to survey with
more earnestness and attention the
prospects Of their respective teams for
the coming season. Several Of the
baseball squads have been called out
Tor the regular winter practice In the
gymnasiums. and each day the num-
Der of candidates is increased. With
the coming Of each season during the
tecent years the interest In the ma
tional game among the collegians has
materially increased. Professional
coaches have been engaged to instruct
the would BE- ball tossers in the finer
points Of the play ON the diamond
and as a result the quality Of the play
has been much improved over what 1t
was formerly.
This increased interest has had an
other effect. The managers of the va.
rious college and university ball teams
have enlarged their schedules, and
twenty and even more games predomi-
nate on the lists that have been turn.
ed out for next spring. Each year. too.
the schedules are getting harder. 1t is
the intention Of the managers to pit
their mines against combinations that
have gained regulations through their
prowess in past seasons. Falling right
In line with the idea in vogue among
the big league teams of the country.
many of the college squads Of the
north migrate on short spring trips
during the Easter vacation to the
southland.
OF all the big eastern colleges there
Is none that has brighter outlook
than Harvard. The graduation evil.
which annually eliminates from the
ranks of the eligibles some Of the vet
Grams. has only claimed two at the
Cambridge institution-Captain c. X.
Leonard, third base. and Harding, first
base. This leaves the crimson with
nucleus Of seven Of last seasons vet
Grams and several Of the players Of the
1907 varsity who failed to make the
first team last year. Besides this.
Christy Mathewson, the star twirler Of
the New York Giants, has been en-
gagged to coach the pitching depart
ment candidates during the early
spring work.
Neither Yale nor Princeton has near
ly as bright horizon as the one on
which the supporters Of the Johnnies
look. The ravages of graduation have
cleared the ranks Of the Ellis of seven
of its seasoned ball tossers Of 1908.
while the Tigers will be minus five Of
the players who last season won their
varsity "P." However, these facts do
not appear to have in the least put
damper on the enthusiasm of the or
ange and black or the blue supporters.
While they may not have very promis-
ing nuclei in point of numbers, still
the material which has reported for
what practice there has been up to
kind from which to develop strong
teams.
Included in the five men who are
lost to Old Nassau through graduation
are Pitchers Clark and 11eyniger
They will undoubtedly be hard to re-
place. 1t was largely due to the work
of Heyniger in the box last year that
the New Jerseyites had such Il sue
cessful season In II. Drew and w. o.
Wilson the Tigers have n pair of
twirlers who bid fair to develop into
excellent pitchers. if not the equals of
Clark and IIeyniger. In the infcld
the only position that is left open is
first base, which was cared for in 1908
by Fish. E. C. Sclby and S. Phillips
are both candidates for the place
Rightfelder Warwick is the only one
of the garden trio who is left Captain
Harlan and Wister both having COM
pleted their courses.
Despite the fact that many veterans
are lost to Yale by graduation. there
appears to be no dearth of material
from which to build varsity team.
1t will practically be necessary to de-
velop new intield, as Shortstop G. G.
Fels is the only member of last years
team left in this department. S. II.
Philbin appears to be the most likely
candidate for catcher. but first, sec
ond and third bases are still "for
rent" The pitching department re-
mains intact, and the blue varsity
promises to be as strong as any of the
other colleges in this branch. Both
c. e. Van Week and r. S. Rose, last
years twirlers. are still in college.
Present indications point to strong
outfield. Captain F. ]. Murphy will
play left, and II. NJ. Wheaton and ].
II. Mallory, vIo respectively cared
for the right and center pastures.
have returned and are again candi-
dates for these positions.