The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-05
BASEBALL WORK
BEING STARTED
Battery Candidates Already
: Loosening Up Arms in
' Gymnasium

Every afternoon now in the univer-
etty gymnasium M q see the CLEAN
Of the white horsehide as 1t shoots
from he pitcher to the catcher. The
work OF the battery candidates has
been going on now for some time.
The stiff muscles Of a few days ago
have been worked out and the twinRe
OF pain is now absent.
The baseball material il showing up
n Every indication points to a
horde Of candidates for positions on
the varsity. Many Of the varsity men
OF last a will find some very &C,
tive competitfon-wM find that there
Jobs are far from sinecures. From
now until the first day of outside
practice will be a spell Of anxiety for
the baseball mon. Spring can't come
too quick for them. -
G~ullickson. annexation artist in the
field of athletic sweaters and mono
grams. will be found a first base when
practice commences. The lad that
beats G%ullickson u of a job on an
athletic team will have to get up very
early in the morning. Reports have
1T that Glow. of last years Wisconsin
freshmen team. will make a try for
the place. The honor of pcrching on
secon base will be competed tor BY
at least three men. Blewitt, old uni
verstty baseball star and swat artist,
will make a strong bid for the place.
John Sad OF basketball fame. will be
very much in evidence when the var
sity noses are counted. Another con-
tender for the place will be Swenson
OF Lakota reported to be a very good
ball player hut as yet a stranger to
university baseball.
Third base candidates have not
pitched their hats into the ring as
yet. Sagen of last years team will
probably be a candidate for the place
again. Sagen played good bali last
year. Cavorting around the shortstop
station will be found Evans Of last
years team. t hitter by the way,
and Burfening, now Of the basketball
heard from.
There will be a wealth Of candidates
tor outfeld positions this year. The
most promising men in view now are
Dryden. Monson. Blewitt, Sad, Nell
raith and treble. All but the last
have proven their worth on the uni
versity diamond. treble. a freshman,
comes from Bowbells. Reports credit
him with some classy baseball play
Ing.
There will be more candidates. for
the man behind the bat" lob this
year than last. The probable candi.
dates are McIlraith. Monson and Gull
dickson OF last years team and Nc
'clintock Of Rugby to add spice to the
scramble. The scrambling will be
keen and hvely-for all are good mon.
The pitching candidates will be
many. The good M will be few.
Victor Campbell, dean Of university
pitchers, will again be on tho Job.
Vic ought to be better than last year.
If he wasn't 80 modest about It he
ought to be able to tell "Matty'
something about "fade-aways." Har-
rts Robinson will be right at the top
notch this spring. Robinson is steady
and reliable. Besides this. he has a
bunch Of speed tucked up his sleeve.
Two Of the new men who will be ar.
dent candidates are Norton OF Cava-
Her and Clyde Campbell Of the Ellen
dale Industrial school. Norton,s abili-
ty as q pitched nesds no. government
stamp to show that It is the real stuf.
Cool, clever and with speed and
dope" Norton ought to make a strong
bid for the slab. Campbell IL not a.
we'll known. He comes however with
a splendid record from Glendale.