Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
SPRING FOOT BALL
Will Be Held by Only Three
Universities.
OLYMPIC SCHEDULE OUT
College Base Ball Coaches Have
Started Their Candidates
at Hard Work.
BY EDWARD R. BUSHNELL.

BY EDWARD R. BUSHNELL.
Present indications are that not more
than three of the big eastern university
foot ball teams Will hold preliminary
practice this spring. Yale. Harvard and
Princeton have already announced def
mite plans for their -cork PENNSYLVANIA
has not had any serious spring practice
Tor number of years, and IL Cornell has
any il viii be very little, inasmuch as the
new coach, DIR. Albert H. Sharpe OF Yale,
will not take charge of the Cornell oandi-
dates until this fall.
Yale has mapped out an impressive
spring campaign. The Ellis were greatly
disappointed that their 1911 season failed
to make amends for the disasters of 1910
The first move of the Ellis TO put their
foot ball team back at the front was the
action of Capt. Snalding IN ordering an
extended winter practice i'm the gymna-
SUM This was used to acquaint the men
with the new rules and to get in touch
with all the available material
hale has now in prospects "A real inno-
walton In spring practice. 1t is the play
ing or number of practice games be-
tween first and second team. This is
something that no big college team has
ever attempted i'm the past. chiefly be-
cause the players were not in the physi-
would entail. In order to make il possi-
bic fale's spring practice will have to be
longer than usual in order TO condition
the men properly. First OF all Capt
spaldlng intends that every member OF
his spring squad shall have n thorough
understanding of the new rules. After
| that there will be the usual preliminary
training, TO be followed by the practice
games suggested.
Capt. Wendell and Coach Haughton.
spUrred on by Yale's example, will con-
duct an aggressive spring campaign at
Harvard Their purpose will be to get
out as many of last years freshman
squad as possible, and to.give them the
men are c6nSratulating themselves upon
the prospect of getting Charles Daly.
| the greatest quarterback the Crimson
! ever had, to take charge of the quarter
| back candidates this spring and fall.
Mr. Daily was sadly missed from the
coaching staff last year. and some Har-
ward men attribute the poor work in this
department to his absence.
4. a. Smith. vino has been re-cneased
to coach the Pennsylvania team. has an
nounced that he will make no attempt 10
hold spring practice on Franklin Field.
There are two reasons for this. one is
that Franklin Field is too small to per-
nit its use this spring by any other
teams than the track and base ball
squads. The second is that the Pcnnsyl-
v3nia coaches have been unfortunate in
not being able TO arouse interest in
spring training among the players. Ef-
forts have been made at various times
to secure the use OF vacant fields ad-
joining the university. but there mas al
ways been a disappointing lack of inter-
est.
College Base Ball Men Start.
The University Of Pennsylvania was
the first big college team in the east TO
open the 1872 schedule. The Quakers
played the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis last week and won 10y the
score of to ) in a very well played
game. Pennsylvania men are congratu-
lating themselves that they did not at
tempt a southern training trip was the
custom of most colleges few years ago.
AS a matter of fact philadelphia has had
better base ball weather than many OF
the southern cities and the fact is as
sured that most teams did as much
practice by remaining at home as they
do taking an expensive training trip.
According to the present outlook Yale is
strong and Princeton weak in the same
positions. The Tigers are absolutely
without any first-class twirlers, while the
Els have an abundance of them Prince
ton has lost ex-Capt. Steve White and
Noodle, both of whom were unusually
good men Likewise Princeton has lost
Salmon. who had the making of one
of the best pitchers in college ranks, when
he joined the Philadelphia Athletics. This
developing an entirely new pitching
| corps.
Yale. on the contrary, has The largest
and best pitching staff ever developed at
this time of the year. There are at least
a dozen men who aspire to pitch Yale
to victory. This group includes Freeman.
Hartwell and Scott all OF whom pitched
regularly last year. Among the new men
who have already been attracting the at
tention of the coaches are L. l.. Brown, n
former University of Virginia pitcher and
Buster Brown, who pitched phenomenal
ball for the freshmen last year.
For the infield and out1ield Yale and
Princeton are pretty much on even terms.
With. the exception of one or two play
ers Yale has retained nearly every one
of her veterans and the same can be said
Of Princeton.
The success of the Pennsylvania team
seems to depend to a large extent upon
the development OF the pitching stall
The best men now in sight are Inlay ana
Clark both of whom have had two
years experience.
The Olympic Schedule.
The announcement of the Olympic
schedule of the Swedish committee last
week removes all fear which the Amer
lean committee had that the Swedes pro-
posed to arrange some of these events 50
that our sDrinterS would have diillculty
in doubling up for the 100 and 2oo meter
runs. and our middle-distance men lot me
800 and $50 meters runs. Lpparently tho
SWedes have arranged all the track
events with the object in mind or sails-
fying the greatest number OF competitors.