Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-26
Harvard Athletes
Prepare for Busy
Season Of Sports
Squads of the Various Sports Are
Already Hard at Work
Training.


BOSTON March @.-with the approach
of warm weather Harvards athletes sntici-
pate busy training season. A general
roundup OF candidates for varsity material
in all branches Of outdoor sports was made
this week. The men from the squads from
which varsity teams will be picked to rep
resent the Crimson this year on river, dia-
mond, track and field, the court and in
minor sports.
Naturally the most attention is being
paid to the three leading sports--rowing
base ball and track. The candidates are
being conditioned so as to be ready for
early competition, especially the base ball
and track men, who are scheduled to meet
rivals in the south during the Easter re-
cess. The lacrosse men will also invade
the south during the holidays.
| Coach Wray has his varsity and fresh
man crews on the river already, and Just
as soon as the boat houses can be made
ready the class crews will be put TO work.
Wray Is shaping his men so that they will
be in fine fettle when Harvard meets Cor
nell at Ithaca on May q, which is the
| Crimson's first big rowing feature. About
the middle Of May the annual races for the
Cornell cup singles will be held This event
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sity crews.
| From now on until the Easter recess the
base ball and track men will be busy. All
this candidates are doing outdoor work
now and will be put through a rigid
course OF sprouts before the coaches de-
eide upon the makeup OF the teams that
are to 60 south Twenty track men will
be taken to the land of sunshine While
In that vicinity the men will stay In Balti-
more as guests OF Johns Hopkins univer-
sity. The latter's athletic field will be
at their disposal until April 10, when the
Crimson men will go to Annapolis, where
they are scheduled to meet the Middies
in. dual track meet on April %. The meet
will serve one good purpose, and that II
1t will give the coaches an idea as to JUS
what kind OF material they may depend
upon for the Yale and intercollegiate meet,
later in the season. BY May 6 Coaci
Donovan expects to be able TO name tn
final makeup OF Harvards 1911 track men
The base ball men have completed thei
indoor training and are now learning tn
finer points Of the game on a real outdoo
diamond The work the man are nov
doing is a sort OF wedding out process
for the selection Of the varsity nine.
The makeup Of the team will be an
nounced several days before the Johnnie
leave Cambridge for the southern invasion
The squad Is scheduled 10 leave Cambridg
: on April IS. While in the south the Grim
son will meet Johns Hopkins and An
napolis The second Neam will not b
called outdoors until after he Easter va
cation. At this time the Letter series vii
be also started and will continue until III
end Of May. The series is open TO cand
dates who fail 10 make" any OF the uni
versity teams.
While the base ball and track teams ar
IN the south the lacrosse men will ais
be away from their home field. The
Easter trip includes games with John
Hopkins, Annapolis and West Point
As Harvard this year has the harde,
FOOT BAH schedule ever arranged for
a Crimson eleven the coaches feel that
Will be necessary TO make the spring trair
ing strenuous one An effort Is bein
made TO get out big squad OF candidate
The men will be taught the Fundamental
OF the game so as TO save lot OF time /
the fall Some OF the foot bail men are a
: ready practicing with the soccer men. :
, as to harden themselves and reduce supel
" fuous flesh
4 Marked activity Is also noted among N
tennis, fencing and rifle team candidate