Evening journal., 1914-03-27
BLUE BIRDS SEEM
TO SING PLAY BAL"
Springlike Weather Causes
Rush Of Athletes to Dia-
mond and Track
HARD PRACTICE TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
speeiaI DO ME EVENING JOURNAL.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, March 2T.-The good
weather Of yesterday and Wednesday
brought out many of the Delaware Col
lege track and baseball candidates.
Groundkeeper Rose has been working on
the new athletic field this week putting
: the finishing touches on before it Is
used permanently for the various sport
ing events. A final layer of cinders is
being put on the running track and Cap
tain Archie Dean of the track team,
who was out yesterday afternoon with a
number OF candidates to give it trial
reported the track in excellent condi-
tion. This last layer of cnders just
gives the necessary spring to make it
a fast track and consequently a num-
I Der of Delaware College running records
should be broken during the coming
season.
After this week both Coach McAvoy
and Captain Dean will be out each af-
ternoon with the track men as the day
for the relay races at Franklin Field,
Philadelphia. is drawing near and Della
ware is especially anxious to send a
| fast team there this year. The men
have had sufficient inside work for some
weeks and the outside training will not
only be a change but will be of great
benefit to them.
The men who were out on the track
with Captain Dean yesterday were;
Cranston, Marshall. j. Hastings, V.
Hastings, Huston, Derby, Bramhall. Me-
Neal, Pepper and Nealc. Captain Dean
/ led the squad around the track twice
making a mile and then gave them some
practice and instructions in starting
After this six of the squad ran 22O
yards fast and then went to the swim
ming pool. Huston a senior who has
PLAYED all of his three years in college
on both the football and baseball teams
is out for the track for the first time
He is a candidate for the 100 yards
dash. Huston is an unusually fast man
for n short distance and should make
the fastest candidates 20 some to beat
him. IL will take him some time how
Ger to get in shape, as he has not done
as much work as some OF the Other
candidates.
Derby, a freshman. who was out yes
terdav, comes from the Central Manua
School, Philadelphia, and has a goo,
stride for a runner. Coach AlcAvoN
will conduct the trials on April Is when
the relay team TO represent Delaware ai
Franklin Field will be selected. While
the work on the track was not COM
pleted yesterday afternoon it did not in
terfere with the practice. II viii be
completed and rolled by Monday.
While the track men were working
outside yesterday Manning and Miller
two of the high Jump men were getting
some practice in the gymnasium.
Captain Elmer Hocn also had some OF
the baseball candidates ON the new dia
mond for work out yesterday after.
noon The practice consisted principal
ilv of hitting fungoes and throwing the
pail around. There is considerable work
to be done on the diamond vet but as
the season does not open until April -
there is still plenty OF time to do 1t in
The portable seats were placed in posi-
ton back Of the home plate THIS week
"Buc<" Hoch. the pitcher and brother
of the captain has been working out
for week or mere every day that the
weather would permit. He claims his
arm feels much better than it did last
season. The baseball candidates nave
simply been going out this week TO get
an early start. but Coach McAvoy vii
: issue the first call probably next Mon
day and from then until the season
opcns there will be no let up in the
practice work. A number of the candi
dates had some batting practice yester
dav afternoon with "Buck" Hoch throw
ing them over. Those who took part
I'm this practice were Captain Hoch
/ Huston. ODaniel, Wilson, Marshall
Horsey and Doherty.