Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-22
HARVARD NEEDS PITCHERS.
Prospect for Crimson Nine Are Not of
 the Brightest.

Although practice for the fielding
 candidates out for the Harvard base
 ball team has been held but slightly
 over two weeks, work has been making g | very rapid progress. As a result of 1 the strenuous fall season and one cut
 thls spring the squad has been reduced to a good working size and the cage work is producing better results than | has been the case in many years This years squad, as far as preliminary cage practice is concerned, is far ahead l of previous years at the cores bonding | time. Another feature is the fact that no men on probation have been allowed 1 in the cage. The cage, which is over
 crowded at best, has therefore been 1 put to better use than ever before on
 account of the comparatively small i squad working there. A great deal of l individual coaching has been given the men, especially in batting and sliding. 1 The pitchers have been allowed to use l but little speed and curve on account l of the poor light in the cage, and this
 has been decided improvement over the work of former years when the pitchers have used speed and curves in spite of the poor light.
 The prospects are by no means as bright as has been, the case in many years, for there are few men on the squad who have had much experience.
 From the senior class there is but one
 man on the squad who has had two
 years experience on the varsity and
 there are only three who won their
 letters last season. Not one of these
 four players was a regular on alast
 years team. The class of 1914 has
 two regulars and three from the sec ond team of last season. The rest of the squad are men whose experience is confined to school or freshmen base bail. ecause Of this lack of exper- fenced material the prospects for a successful team must be considered somewhat uncertain It is a question now whether the men retained can ab- sOrb enough baseball Knowledge in the o-tT- ough coaching they are receiving at the hands of Dr. Sexton to bring the team successfully through the import ant games.
 Last years experience showed that i Harvard's greatest need was in the i way of reliable pitchers, and conse- i quently much attention is being paid l to developing those candidates who are | again, experience is lacking. Fe1ton, a 1 senior has pitched in a few games of | one season, and while at times he | showed ability in the box, he was er- l ratfc last year. He has plenty of speed | and good curves, but lacks control If l he can secure command of the ball he l should make one of the best college i pitchers of the year. Hardy. another : and was on the varsity squad two ! years ago. He won his letter last ! year, but with the exception of the l Brown game in which he did excellent 1 FOAhS AAc 4A0o 1AGHS lcSl0t LOT more than five or six innings Frye, who was captain of his freshman team last spring seems to be valuable material He played at Exeter three years and was one of the strongest freshman pitchers last season. What he will do on a varsity squad is problematical, and his work this spring will be watch ed with interest. Hitchcock, the foot ball tackle, is another of the pitching | squad whose work is being followed 1 carefully. He has speed but lacks ex- perience.