The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-23
YALE MAKES PLANS
FOR MINOR SPORTS
Varsity Swimming, Wrestling, and
Tennis Teams Already in
the Making.

New Haven, Oct. 22.--With Yale
once more actively engaged in ath-
letics, for the first time since war was
decla. ed, those in charge of the diff
ferent sports are beginning ito make
Plans for a busy winter. While ar
rangements Fer all the minor sports
are uncertain IS yet, 1t is proba Bile
that each sport will continue in one
form or another. Several of the
sports will be organized into intercIass
or inzter-battery contests, while SWIM
ming, wrestling, and tennis will be
represented with Varsity teams Any
hockey competitions will be out of the
question this year because of the con-
dition Of the arena.
In all probability the freshmen will
be represented by a. team in every
ule games with outside opponents, and
minor sport. These teams will sched-
the season will be carried on just as
has been the case In the past. The
Yale News made a canvass of the rep
resentatives OF the different sports and
ascertained the following facts:
The possibility of a hockey team
this year is out of the question. This
is largely due to the fact that no ar
rangement can be made with the
Arena. II is planned to organize class
teams, which will play scheduled in
terclass series. If possible, a fresh .
man team will be organized to COM
pete with outside opponents. All the
practicing for the team will be done
on Lake Whitney. The latter, how
ever. due to the weather. is an I'M
certainty: therefore. no definite plans
can be made.
las there is only one member of
last years championship basket ball
team IN college little has been done
about organizing this sport. There is
enough material to make up a good
team Ii such a course seems advisable.
In any case, class teams will be or
ga nized and a series of games played.
II, Is planned to have a freshman
basket ball team which will play a
sch edule OF games with outside teams.
DIR. Anderson places much value on
basket ball as an aid in building men
up physically.
Prospects for university swimming
and water polo teams are good. Four
OF last years championship swimmin;
team and all of last years freshma n
team have returned. With the excep.
ton of Captain Dexter, who Is with
the American ambulance corps in
France. most of last years water polo
team are available. Plans are also
being made for interclass meets. The
freshmen will have several men who
competed In the Yale interscholastics
last year.
last year both the university AID
freshman wrestling teams won the
Coach Winters Is very
anxious to repeat this. performance.
A freshman meet will be held shortly
in order that Coach Winters may get
line on the men. The university
will in all probability be represented
by q team In this sport. and the
chances for championship are very
good
Nothing definite toward organizing
a university tennis tea m will be done
until next spring. Manager Hammett
is already at work on ne1t spring $
schedule, and there seems no doubt
that the university VIII be represent
ed In this sport The tournaments
now in progress are mainly to get a
line on the men, especially the fresh
men, so that the selection of the uni
versity team next spring may be made
without delay"