Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-08
YALE BASEBALL
PROSPECT GOOD
NEW COACHING SYSTEM AL
READY PROVING HIGH.
LY SUCCESSFUL

NEW HAVEN, Conn. March T.
with an abundance Of veteran ma
terlal again available Tor the team.
new coaching system which Is al
ready giving every indication OF sue
cess. aud new cage sufficiently AIDE
uuate 20 supply the demands OF in-
door training Vale baseball outlook
This wear is unusually bright The
squads began training in the cage
over a month ago with an enthusiasm
which has seldom been socn at Vale.
u Is only through the successful
WORKING of the new system OF coach
Ink recently adopted that the great
number OF candidates are being CIV
600 proper attention over $50 mon
arr practising daily under the drcr-
ton Of Head Coach Quimhy, Assist
aut Coach Tommers and Captain
blossom ~
The squad this year is divided into
two rart. Judging from their pas
performances Boo baseball here, the
coach picked ont the 80 most prom
.s.ns candidates who make mp the
first university squad The seconi
squad includes an the other candi
dates who are in charge OF Assistant
Coach Tommers.
or the men who received thei'
'ulluia last season for playlne
against Harvard or Princeton no less
Than I / are trying tor places on th"
team again this year Besides ms
array OF veterans there Is an ahund-
a,cc at good material from last
wears freshmen nine which promises
20 make the competition for places
ON The team unusually keen Amons
these Reilly %. captain of his fresh
men team and Ripley pitcher 70
present appear almost certain OF
'ndu- positions on m" first team
Reilly win undoubtedly play thrc.
made vacant by the graduation ot
Captain Merritt last june Ripley
pitcher on the freshmen team here,
having distinguished himself hN
holdwing PrIucetous freshmen team
10 NO hits and no runs Should RID
les recover his last years form h."
win undoubtedly be- q big factor 90
making Yalc's team this season a
success
Ia spite OF the fact that no less
than five veterans OF last years var
gIty pitching STAFF are available for
use thar department is AZ presen,
giving the coaches much concern
Scott 13, veteran OF two seasons.
is a steady pitcher but is not at all
brilliant. $ Lehman las, Gle T.
and Dyer. ~ are brilliant at times.
but very crraiic should either o'
these mon succeed Ia dcyoIoplne
more control he would rank vel.
among the best college pitchers oi
the country
For catcher The same d.INnu.t
presents itself AN abundance OF ma
torial none of which approaches the
standard set hy Yale catchers IN past
years Cornish "a. has been move!
from the outncld where he played
last season. In the hope OF makine
catcher out of him Ills ueXperl-
,ucc still shows the need of much
development As be- is a -ood hat
Tor his presence ON m, team would
strcuethcu II materially EUrdet'r
'I3S. and Hunter a. while beinr
moro experienced catchors are weak
in batting
Tho other positions on the team
arr sur, 10 De- stronger than they
have been lu many seasons Both
mn,0dcr. aui oUtHcllcrs combine
good hi'fug ability with briluou
fielding. Three veterans. Ridcll
lbs uarpman 90. and Captain Bios
som 90. WIN probably be- found IN
their old positions a' first second
aud short all season with Reilly o.
ON third Thus tar shear &c. has
been giving every indication ol mali;
lur strong bid for one OF the Zoo.
field positions IN the ou'fIeld Yale
viii have Schoncld la and Niece"
'l3, OF last years team with az
abundance OF other good material
that promises 10 make the competl-
ton for places on The first team
exciting