New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
ATHLETICS IN BUD
UORk At COLUIBI4.
Rouing and Baseball Prospects
Hard to Define.

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Active preparations for the coming spring
season in all branches of outdoor sport
will he in full swing al Columbia Uni
versitv bv the end of the present week
The baseball men will begin their period
Of indoor training in the cage early IN the
week. while the crew and track candidates
have been practising more or less regularly
for q month or more. The soccer players
are busy getting endurance through long
runs for although South Field Will not pe
In condition for outdoor practice tor sew
eral weeks. the season begins early III
March II Is expected that lacrosse prac-
tice will begin with the baseball indoor
work for both teams use the cage for the
early season training
In track athletics Columbia has reason
TO expect a more than usually successrul
wear At the present time there are closs
TO seventy-five men in training Tor the
dashes and runs, and none of the teld men
have yet reported. II. G. Babcock, q soPh-
ornore, who scored Columba's two points
in the intercollegiate games last spring. is
still In college. Last fall Babcock urea Ills
hand at hl1rdling high jumping and pole
vsuItins in addition to broad Jumping III
which he was most successful last season.
and n is now believed that it is Wefers's
intention to develop him into an all around
man His work in the pole vault has peen
the most promising, for he has frequently
tanned the bar at II feet inches HIS
brother T S. Rabcock. the captain OF the
team is also a pole Vaulter OF no mean
ability Another man upon whom Weters
counts to do something in the tntercoI-
Iegiates is ". T. Roos, a freshman shot
putter and high jumper. Roos mas been
n,,+tine the shot around 42 and d feet in
rractice right along
The team seems TO be lamentabiJ weak
n, snrinters and middle distance men Ihls
wear Jacobs, 2 freshman, has been snow
ing III well in indoor games during the
winter, but he is untried so far IN OUTDOOR
running II Berna and Degruchy, the Two
hest distance men that Columbia mas had
IN many a DAY, are able TO catch up IN
their studies, the team viii be pretty Wen
provided for in the distance events
Although practice began fairly well altel
the rrid-year examinations last week. the
situation is practically unchanged lor lhe'e
are not enough mer. rowing at present to
boat two really good varsity eights, ana
there are lust enough freshmen to put an
eight and four on the water. me chahcsS
for a good crew are not bad at all TOT
4hare IS a wealth of veteran material
In 1907. when Rice was first in charge.
he had four varsity eights in the early part
of the season, and he shifted them around
drumming ont einapossibles'' here and there
unril he had Just the men he wanted 10
take TO Poughkeepsie. This year, however,
he has nor enough men 70 make three re-
spectacle squads on the machines even when
he lets freshmen fill i'll varsity places
Fifty men are needed for the varsity squad
and as many more for the freshman dlVl-
sion. It IS believed that the rowing ciuo
will take steps to get this number Of men
out although il will probably not be 4
simple task Some Of the alumni have
suggested that Z, committee of graduates BE
appointed 20 find out just what IS the Gauss
Of the lack of interest in rowing and 70
trv to stir the students UP 10 a sense Of
their responsibilities
As baseball practice has not begun. it is
hard 10 say with just what kind OF recep-
ton the call for candidates will be met.
baseball has never held prominent posi-
ton among the sports at Columbia, and for
that reason the team has probably lost in
student support. This year, however, the
pitching staff will be stronger than usual.
for in addition 10 Lee, who has been the
mainstay for two seasons Murchie. pitcher
on the ale freshman nlnS last year, anu
Sullivan, who was ineligible in 1909, will
be out for the varsity team. There are
also number of freshmen with good school
records. The infield has lost Moltenberser,
first baseman, while Shafer and Tonking,
outfieders, have been graduated The
coaching will again be in charge of Frank
Goodman '0S. head coach.
With practically the entire team that won
the intercollegiate championship last year,
the prospects for a successful soccer eleven
this season are particularly bright With
the exception Of +. Bilingsey. the forward
line is unchanged, while there are several
good substitutes TO take the vacant places
H. the backfield.
From present indications the lacrosse
team, which tied with Harvard for intercol-
Icgiate honOrs last spring. will be even
stronger this year. Only two men were
lost by graduation, and their places were
satisfactorily hlled in the fall practice. 80
that the team is practically chosen The
schedule has not been announced but it is
understood that it is longer than has been
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