Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-03
BALL SQUADS ARE
NOW PRACT|C|NG
COLLEGIANS HAVE PRACTICE
WELL UNDERWAY. AND WITH
FAVORABLE MARCH WEATHER
FIRST GAMES WILL BE PLAYED
ATTENTION ON YALE
REMARKABLE RECORD ACHIEVED
BY TEAM LAST SPRING DRAWS
CHIEF ATTENTION TO III THIS
SEASON.

tBB iNSrcidfcd PrcSs.l
New York. March @-Praciicr for the
college and university baseball squads
If the east Is well under way and before
the month Of March has run ~ course
the first games az the season will have
been PLAYED provided inclcmcnj weather
does not baIk the schedule makers. A. a
result ~ the indoor training ~ date some
idea If the relative strength ~ the larg-
rr institution mines j. available AMI The
colcbcs are already predicting ~" rl">c
series in the PLAY f"r INTERCOLLEGIATE hon
orS Chief attention ccntcrS on the Yale
prospects n present.
With one or two exceptions the Vale
team Of 1919. which won - games oui ~
~ played. j. intact. The loss ~ Riddcll
at first base leaves i gap in the inficld
but with the string of substitutes an
la-t years freshman team available this
position should be- filled without trou
bile. Another vacant position j. that ~
Schoficld. left field. Ia these two po-
%sitionS Vale l. weakest. All the other
members Of the team arc ia %coilcgc. Cap
tain blossom ~ hort. Cornish ~ second
and Reilly ~ third base from one ~ The
ver, hest inficlds II any college team this
season. Mildlchronk and I'umpcilv
will again play center aud right field.
respectively. The veteran pitchers are
';iic and Brown. both ~ whom can bc
counted on 10 equal The good work done
Last wear. Hunter will H. the %mainStaN
behind The bat.
The Harvard team. which had the dis
tinction II winning the only series that
Vale lost last season. will take the field
this spring with almost ~ MANY yctcr-
ans available a. the blue. But three reg
ularS were lost w graduation last wear.
In the pitching department FRYE and
Hitchcock form The nucleus ~ al ~
f~cctivc pitching staff. IN addition BOYLE
Macdonald and whitney are also prom
Using pitching candidates The position
Of catcher. left vacant y, the .ra,lua
ton of Young. viii hr filled ~ either
oSbornc Waterman ar Wallace.
AyrcS viii probably retain his puSi
ton IN first base. although Nash. captain
of last years freshman team. H. i likcl-
candidate hul Coach sexton may decide
Ia place Nash IN the outfirld ~ Al>up'S
place. clark will ~ III second. unless i,
H. deemed necessary a. use him behind
the bat. Ia that ease Harvey. Phillips
and Frippc Will hc the contestants far
the position. Captain Wiuuatc viii re-
main az >hurtSup NJ third base. one 81
the candidates mentioned for second ~
likely 10 fill the cap LEFT ~ The era,lua-
tion of Tonnes. Ganuctt should retain
his position IN right field and Hard
wick take care ~ The center iicll 4 mum
her IL new men will compete cor the
left field position the more promising
being Nash Curtis and MilhullInd
The Harvard 1911 team will be- hard
hitting org IMITATION iudeiug from the ~
crasc> ~ the men last year especially ia
the championship games. Most IT last
wears freshmen Who are irving fnr pu
>iiinn> this year were cool hattrr> "a
that the team should ~ ~ WAY ,nffcr
from The addition W these men a. the
ranks.
Al Princeton >c,cu mrmhrr> ~ the
l1l@ uiur are eligible fur positions this
spring. The, arr WALL butcher Wood
aud %tnpc.aul. pitchers. captain I:huld>
first base ,iiil. .ctuui hose. Green aud
Laird nuffirllrr~. Wood and Copeland
were the maiu>ta, ~ the pitching staff
last season. From last wears freshman
niue lamlrrtuu nr,r and Link are cN
lrctcd tn ~ Wcll r~prriall, ihr two iir<t
named. lichiud thr hIt krllrh.r. ~ the
unlrfr,tcl 1913 team. ~ likrl, IA ~ n
close ~'ruid CIV NJ WITT fur tfirhing hon
or, ~ fhr iurr'" Captain rhral~ " the
ou,l likrlt clulidii. fT first hose t;ill
second base lr~f ~rriug mn, H. shifted
a. hort %lrt,iUg Ft.lrhnrk prom iu"ui cor
thu kr,strnr position law and nkluc
both w NE freshmen iuti"ld. will al~n
hc strong ruu'ru'rr~ ter >rruud 80 short
Third base viii hc diftiruli 10 rover
shea nl1vrl ln rNyrt liugl, good game
last >priu. hut hi> ankle. which was
broken iu ollh1'l may keen him ont "
the eIwr For ihr n%utficil Green aud
Laird rreulnr~. Hrc available Hank.
4 substitute last season AMI llnvt. Click
AMI - a Peacock MI ~ freshman lire
should round urt irin likely material
Cornell Prur>'l,.nil Brown and vii
liam. aud 4 number ~ the other col
lrgc> 81 the east loom up ~, formidable
contcudrr> .ur diamond hAWrr> aUl M ~