The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-28

New York. Feb. 2S.-Practlce FOR
the college and university baseball
squads Of the east Is well under way
and before the month OF March has
run It's course the first games Of the
season will have been played, pro-
vided Indictment weather does not balk
the schedule makers As q result OF
the indoor training to date some idea
OF the relative strength Of the larger
institution mines is available and the
/ coaches are already predicting some
close series In the play for intercol-
loglate honOrs. Chief attention CEN
tiers on the Yale prospects nj present,
owing to the remarkable record
achieved by the New Haven team last
spring,
with one or two exceptions the Yale
team Of 1913. which won 2S games
out Of % played. il intact. The lus9
Of Riddell al fret base leaves q ga
In the lnheid. l,uS with the string %
substitutes aud last years freshman
team available this position should BIZ
filled without trouble. Another vacant
position is that OF Schoheld. left
FIELDER In these two positions Yale
b. weakest. All the other memoers
OF the team are In college. Captain
Blossom at short. Cornish AT second
and Reilly at third base form one OF
the very best inhelds OF any college
! team this season. Middlebrook and
4 Pumpeliy will again play center and
4 riRht field. respectively. The veteran
pitchers are Gile and Brown, both OF
whom can be counted on 10 equal tn,
good work lone last year, Hunter
viii be the mainstay behind the bat.
The Harvard team. which had IN,
distinction OF winning the only serle,
that Yale lost last season, viii tax,
the field this spring with almost as
many veterans available as the Blue
But three regulars were lost by grad.
uation last year. In the pitching dc
partment Frye and Hitchcock form th,
nucleus of an effective pitching stan
In addition, Boyle, Macdonald an,
Whitney are ALSO promising pitch!ni
candidates. The position Of catcher
left vacant b. the graduation o
Young, will be nlled by either Os
borne. Waterman or Wallace.
Ayres will PROBABLY retain his Pc
sition at first base. although sash
captain Of last years freshman team.
II a likely candidate. but Coach Sex
ton may decide to place Nash In IN
outteld In AlsoP's place. CLARK VIII
be at second. unless Il IL deemed nee
{ essary To use him behind The bat. Il
that case Harvey. Phillips and Frlpp
viii be- contestants for the position
Captain WinEste viii remain al short
stop. Al third base. one of the can
didates mentioned Tor second Is likel
10 on the gap left By the graduatio.
OF Tones. Garnnett should retail
his position IA right field and Hard
wick take care OF center field. a mum
Der OF new men will compete for IA
. left field position. the more promisin
. being Nash curtis and Milholand.
The Harvard 1914 team will be
: hard hitting organization judgin
from the averages OF the men las
! year. especially In the championsni
. games. Most of last years frcshme
who are trying for positions this yea
: we're good batters 50 nat the teal
should la no was sumer from the ad
: dition of these men TO the ranks.
AZ Princeton seven members OF m
: 1913 nine are eligible for position
this spring. They are Wall. catcher
wood and Copeland. pitchers: Capital
: Rhoads, first case; GIN. secoud base
. Green and Laird, o~utneldeTs. Woe
: and Copeland were the malnstay +,
: the pitching stan last season. FroI
last years freshman nine Lambertol
; Deye and Link are expected to d
well. especially the first two namel
Z Behind the bat. Kelleher, OF the uI
3 defeated 1913 team. IL likely 10 be
> close second to Wall for catchin
: honors. In the inneld Captain Rhoaf
, IL the only likely candidate for hr
: base. Gill. second base last spTinI
! may be shifted TO short. leaving Pei
3 cock prominent for the keystone pos
, tion. Law and O'Kane, both Of a
freshman inheld. will also he stroT
c~ontenders for second or short. THU
, base viii be dinicult 10 cover. She
9 played an exceedingly good game la
: spring but his ankle, which ".
broken In football. may keep him OF
! OF the game. Fol the outheld Gree
r aud Laird. regulars, are availabl
! Hanks. a substitute last season. an
Hoyt. Giick and O. 4. Peacock OF n
freshman nine. should round GU I'M
: likely material.
Cornell, Pennsylvania, Brown an
: Williams and a number OF the oih
Z colleges of the east also loom up
formidable cOntenders for diamof
: honors and Il H. a certainty that d
! struggle Tor varsity baseball supreu
acy win be unusually keen. coluu
: bla has also entered the field with r.
. newed determination TO gain a pla'
: rmonE the leaders this season ar
. evidenced by the engagement OF ~
: Of the leading coaches Of the coui
try. With Billy Lush ana Andy coal
= ley In charge OF the candidates the
IA reason 10 believe that New Vol
university will be represented by
: strong team. Both Lush and coskl'
have had many years experience, bot
> IN professional baseball and az CO
. lcge coaches.