New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-08
COLUMBIA BASEBALL
MEN ORDERED OUT
Early Practice Necessary to
Meet Unusually Long
Schedule.
EDDIE COLLINS WILL
COACH THE FIELDERS
Five Veterans of Last Year s
Team Form Nucleus of a
Promising Nine.

Baseball practice AT Columbia Will ge'
under way earlier this year than ever
before I'm order to prepare for the en-
ceptionaliy long schedule that has oeen
arranged for the nine. According 10 the
mans that were announced at the once
~ tbe graduate manager. all candidates
for the varsity and freshman teams are
70 report in the gymnasium by the MO
die OF next week, when serious WORK Will
begin.
Despite the fact that no coach has a.
vet been selected for the team the "o'N
&c 10 go ahead without delay Billy LaU-
der. who coached the Columbia nine idS'
sprlng. is still uncertain about taxing u'
the task Of coaching again this year. IN
,ho evcnt that he IS unable to take the
5oh Harry Fisher has lines out Tor sew
oral mon who have agreed TO handle the
Blue and White.
In addition. Eddie Collins. who PLAYED
@, Columbia before he joined the Atm
,etics has promised 20 put in week or
two before he goes South. getting 'he
rol,,,h,s felders ia trim. With the open
,n, earoe Of the season set for March %
the Columbia PLAYERS will have scarceN
more than a month in which 10 get reau' o
In view Of the cramped quarters IN the
cage In the gymnasium. pracuca"S Nv
>,orl, Of any importance can be done until
tbe team gets on South Field. Inc
nitchers. however. will he called out
Ieyy DAYS before candidates for the o'her
nositions and Will work out in the manu-
ball courts. .,,
Five veterans aside from the battery
will he available for the Blue and White
team. and as Smith and O'Neale. the star
twjrlers OF the 1918 nine, are In coNese'
The team should be one of the best CO
Iinbia has had. The greatest weakness
will he behind the bat Both Rosen anu
Nauov. who were the regular catchers
last wear. will not be eligible this sprlhs,
Franklin. who got on last years fresh
man team. will be available, but he nus
never had experience on the Narslt! anu
6 an unknown quantity. II looks mere
core. as if Columbia would have ma
soma one FOR the backstop position.
Tho nlavers on the 1918 team VINO are
available for the 1914 varsity are Nd'''
second base. captain, Friedrich snort
sion: Haaren, third base; keenan, out
oeld. and Buncke. infeld. There is also
some good material in the 1917 squad as
the series last fall showed.
The schedule that has been arranged
for the Columbia nine is the best WITH
ont execution, that the Blue and Nhlte
has had in years The absence OF the
usual game with Princeton is the only
weak SPOT in the list, but inasmucn as
there are TO be four games with Penn
svlyania and home and home contests
with Cornell. Syracuse and Fordham' IN
addition 10 games with Amherst. Colgate
Harvard and Yale. Columbia men are
well satisfied with the list
ARRANGEMENTS have been made with the
Park Department to permit the freshmen
10 practise on a special diamond IN van
ror,landt Park at least three times a
week This will TO a large extent obViate
the difficulties which have beset fresh
men teams in the past The youngsters
have had 10 give up the use of Soutn
Field when the varsity wanted TO prac-
yse. and as a result never developed any
-emarkable degree of team work.
IN line with the policy Of developing the
1917 team the management has arranged
cames with most OF the prominent pre-
naratorv school teams in the vicinity of
New York, and is negotiating for con-
lests with two Of the freshmen teams OF
he big SIX"