Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
RAH-RAH BOYS START WORK
Dartmouth and Brown Look, For
ward to Most Successful Cam
paign on Diamond.
PRINCETON LOSES VETERANS

NEW YORK, March 1s.-The college
base ball teams have begun practice I'm
earnest. The pitchers have loosened
their arms with the preliminary battery
work and now the other members are
trying to find their batting eyes in the
dim light of the base bail cages.
Dartmouth is filled with glee at the
unusual prospects at Hanover. The Green
Mountain boys have always turned out
fair base ball teams. but the outlook this
year promises a championship team.
Dartmouth lost only three players last
year, Wanamaker. .Parrott and Baker.
These were all battery men and the In
field and outfield Is intact.
The most promising candidates are
Doyle. Eskeline. Perkins. williams. Ger
rish, Murphy. Osborn and Paine. The
weakness in the box is not as bad es 1t
was thought at first. for Holmes Doyle
ana Kent are showing some speed and
curves which do not seem so easy TO
solve.
Dartmouth. however. plans on develop
ing a heavy batting team to offset the
possible weakness Of the pitchers. For
this reason. batting practice is playing
an important part in the cage work. and
Coach HaZelton Is pleased with the prog
ress shown by his charges.
Brown, Dartmouth's old rival, Is also
trying out its base ball candidates under
the watchful eye OF Coach Harry Pat
tee. Pitchers seem to be scarce in New
England this spring, and a half dozen
twirlers are trying to persuade Pattee
that they are good enough to hold up the
honor of Providence.
The two men who have caught Pat
tees eye more than the others are David
son and Erickson. These two boys are
from Providence and they are making
good. Davidson is an infielder and
Erickson is a catcher.
Sullivan and Healy are also attracting
attention by their assortment OF curves
and speed. Brown has always been famed
for tn excellence of the twirlers and
Pattee is not worrying much.
Quite in contrast with the prospects of
Brown and Dartmouth are the chances
OF Princeton this year. Coach Bill Clark
has lost most of his good men by grad
uation, and he frankly admits he does
not know who are going to fiji their
places. His toughest problem is TO de-
velop an outfield.
Jesse Hoyt, who had first call on the
center field position, and was elected
captain, was forced to resign and give
up base ball because OF an athletic heart
briggs will probably get the job. as he
was substitute for Hoyt IN several games
last year. Either Tibbott or Corey, sub
stitutes last year. or Lee and Hammond.
members OF the freshmen team. will get
the other Jobs I'm the garden.
Veterans Are Back.
| Clarke rejoices In the fact that Dsyo,
/ Chaplin and Link are back again, and
I'm addition to these pitchers. there is
/ Warburton, who was ineligible all last
year. Thompson. who was a regular
freshman pitcher. will also help out.
/ Gill and Salmon have graduated. and
that will cause some shifting in the in
field. Kelleher II the only first string
catcher In college. and Douglass will
| probably move In from first 20 catcher,
while scully win take Douglass place.
Captain Law will be the second base
man and third lies between Shea and
| Hewlett.