The Washington times., 1912-03-10
FRANK QU|NBY CUTS
FIFTEEN PLAYERS
FROM YALE TEAM
Coach Clears Away Most Of
Deadwood Among
Candidates.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March l0-Head
Coach Frank Quinby, of the Yale base
ball nine, has reduced the squad from
siXty-five to forty players, ordering the
first and the most extensive cut-down
of the season. Most of the deadwood
was cleared away, and the remainder
will be kept intact I'll after the season
opens in three weeks. The squad has
been transferred from the gymnasium
10 a big roller skating rink for its daily
batting and battery practice.
Quinby faces a rosy outlook in point
Of strong. fast material. Last year the
material was tiptop, but the nine went
TO pieces the last three weeks of the
season. This season, with the installa-
tion Of graduate coaching. the baseball
men believe that their finish will be
more furious.
The pitching outlook is excellent. The
two Browns, Buster" the freshman
star last season, and c. E, the former
Virginia twirler, who held Harvard TO
one run in eleven innings two years ago.
are newcomers who look frst-class.
Sherman, a Hartford high school pitcher
who had an interscholastic strike-out
record rivaling that OF "Toots" Schultz
Of Pennsylvania but who was ineligible
last year shines as one of the new can
dldates OF promise.
Three Good Pitchers.
Hartwell, Scott. and Ed Freeman. the
three best pitchers OF last season, are
all on the SQUAD. The quintet forms
the strongest Yale pitching staff which
has begun a season in years. Quinby
says that he will drill the staff him
self instead of having a professional
10 assist him. Last years infield is
back for work. but complete outfield
will be developed. Jim Reilly will try
for first base, but Carhart, catcher, may
fight for the position. as Burdett forced
Carhart to a substitutes position last
season as backstop. Bennett will hold
second base, Captain Merritt will prob
ably again go to shortstOp, and Nc
CreCry. substitute last year will play
at third. Starkweather, the freshman
shortstop last season, will try for an
!nfield position. In the outfield MCGhie,
SCofeld. and Mclaughlin, all substi-
tuteS last season. are strong faVorites.
Mclaughlin, brother of the former Har-
ward captain, has not yet started to
practice, and there Is doubt of his play
Ing. Several of last seasons fresh
! man nine, notably Rapuano. a strong
batsman, will try for outfield places.
No Basketball.
Indications are that there will be no
basketball at Yale next season. The
| faculty permitted the game to live this
winter on probation, but indications are
that there will be little demand for il
| TO be allotted another year of life. Cn-
dergraduate interest in the game has
| been lost. and the sport has dropped to
an insignificant position at the uniVer-
sity The team kept its promise to the
| faculty, made last fall, that the game
should not be rough and violent, but
numerous fouls were called in every
match. thirty-six beipg the record in
| the final game of the season, when
| Columbia easily defeated the Blue last
! Tuesday
The Yale Ave won onlv a single game
| the past season, and finished in last
place In the intercollegiate race. The
! only game II captured was from Prince
ton. its rival for the cellar position IN
the league, and this occurred on the
which the winning point was scored
from foul.
Yale's other. winter sport, hockey
| closed a diss stpous playing season
financially. last week. The new home
rink was not half filed at any game
although such attractions as Harvard
| Dartmouth, and st. Nicholas visited
here. The Yale management would be
| glad to transfer next seasons home
! games to New York city. but is pre-
vented from doing so by the faculty
| requirement that allows no out-of-tOwr
| games except the five which the inter
| collegiate schedule calls for at the Ave
| universities in the league with Yale.