New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09
At COLUMBIA
Lauder Intends to Do Most of
His Work on Field.
A PITCHING STAFF NEEDED
Varsity and Freshman Grew
Squads Begin Their Reg
ular Practice.

Baseball practice at Columbia will be-
gin on Thursday Of this week, when Billy
Lauder, the new coach of the Morning
side nine. will give the candidates for the
battery their first taste Of indoor work.
Lauder has a well planned system for the
development of his material that puts
greatest stress on the work done on South
Field. For this reason the indoor train
ing will have less Importance than usual,
but, nevertheless, Lauder wants TO get
the pitchers and catchers into condition
before the outdoor work begins.
Last season Columbia had practically
no pitching staff, and Lauder realizes that
he has task on hand to get together
twirlers who can be relied upon in this
seasons games. Ullrich and RothWeil,
who were the veterans OF the pitching
STAFF a year ago. are far below standard
and il Lauder uses them at all II Will
be as substitutes. The practice Tor the
first two weeks will be devoted entirely
TO developing pitchers, and 1t VIII not Dc
until after Washington's Birthday that
the general call for candidates VIII DC
Issued.
II is LADDERS intention TO limit INDOOR
practice TO three sessions week. put
as soon as the weather clears sufficiently
to permit OF outdoor practice he Will
shift the scene TO South Field ana tne
real work Of building up the nine Will
be done there.
Daily games will be held and careful
record kept Of the work OF the various
candidates. Those who have the pest
marks at the end Of the probation period
will be kept on the varsity squad, which
will be divided into first and second
teams.
In this way Lauder feels that he VIII
be able to keep a feeling OF competition
among the players until after the carry
season games, by which time he thinks
that he will be able TO settle definitely
upon a varsity combination.
Plans for the Columbia freshman and
varsity crew squads we're announced yes
teday by jim Rice. the coach OF the
blue and white oarsmen. Regular practice
for all candidates will begin tomorrow
in the rowing room in University Han
and will continue until March Il, when
the outdoor work will be begun on the
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ing machines have been set up In the
indoor quarters, and Rice will have ac-
commodations for more than one hundred
and fifty oarsmen.
Because Of the early Easter season this
year Rice has decided 10 omit the usuai
work of the Easter holidays and transfer
Il to later in the spring In the past the
Columbia oarsmen have rowed twice
day right through the Easter recess out
this year they will report for the regular
afternoon rows only. As It is not prob
able that the crew will so TO Annapolis
there will be no long out OF town trip Tor
the oarsmen until they leave for the
scene of the Poushkeepsie regatta about
June !. The fact that the regatta IL 10
be held one week earlier than usual this
year has made ii necessary for Rice To
shift his plans for the training season on
the Hudson, as he will be limited TO only
three weeks OF actual rowing.
1t is expected that the new quarters for
the crews will be ready on the old ice
house dock by the end OF May, and IL
will be necessary for the Columbia squad
TO use the barge as boathouse and living
quarters as in the last five seasons The
new buildings will occupy the extremely
casterly part or the dock property, and
Will be built along tho waterfront.