The Washington times., 1921-03-07
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.YALE'SPROSPECTS
ON DIAMOND GOOD
After Three Weeks In Cage Ellie
Exhibit Fast and Clever
Work.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. March L.
After three weeks showing In the
cage, the Yale baseball squad today
exhibited the fastest and eieverest
showing of any Yale team at this
stage OF the season In recent years.
Capt. Wilton Peters has been out OF
the practice because Of Q severe cold
the past week. and the coaching has
been solely under the direction OF BIZ
Lauder, who is entering his third sea-
con as ELI diamond director. Lauder
has been sizing up the squad care
fully and has already out lined .
MAKEUP for the season which oegfns
when the squad arrives in Macon Ga.
In three weeks. for . series OF siShs
games In seven days
A new inneld must bs dsvslopsd
and the cage practice has centered
upon this task a. much a. upon o.
working up OF now batteries. the
usual cage activity. Jim Kernan. the
former Syracuse catcher. has had the
call at first since the squad reported
He played frst alternately with his
Syracuse bAckstop daily.
PROMISING FInST DASEMAN.
Another promising hrst sacksr 10
Durant. of last years freshman and
former Andover teams. Sloan, of last
years freshmen. has been kept at SEC
ond most of the time. although Tom
Jones, :rother of Tad and Howard
Jones. he former Yale battery and
football coaches. was regarded as
fixture for the position He was In
5ured several weeks ago and has only
Just cast aside his crutches
Halcolm Aldrich. the football cap
tain, has turned over the winter
gridiron coaching to Head Coach Tad
Jones and has been regularly ~
shortstop the past three weeks In the
daily drill.
Third base is stin an open berth. al
though spike" Hickey. a former New
Haven high school player. has the
call Dan Kelly. who was freshman
third baseman last year, is ineligible
because of a scholarship complica-
tion. Bob Warren. the former fresh
man catcher. has been switched to
third, while Bill Hawkes.. brother Of
Ken Hawkes., who, with "Chick" Gar
land, won the intercollegiate tennis
doubles two years ago. fs being used
at both second and third. He has
temporarily given up tennis for base
ball
| GETS OUTFIELD BERTH
| Thorne Murphy, who was used In
the outfield aud infield last year. has
been assigned to regular outfield
duty. He has been out of athletics
since the football season ended be-
cause Of a faculty ruling. but has just
been declared eligible again.
| For the other two outfield places.
Lauder has been using Lang Parsons
and Paul Crane, last seasons regu-
lars. and indications are that Murphy.
Parsons and Crane, well-seasoned vet
| Grams, will form the outfield trio In
the games on the Southern trip.
Mike Eddy. the most valuable all
around player of last years team.
and Hoover, the former Hill School
star, have shown the best form since
the squad reported. and on the
strength of their hard batting may
| win q regular position.
| The pitching stan contains more
veterans and more promising reserve
players than any at Yale since the
dawn of intercollegiate baseball A
dozen players who look good enough
!, for intercollegiate matches have been
enrolled as pitchers. Frank Coke and
Howard Selleck clearly shade the
others. although Dean Robinson, the
other regular last season. Is not far
behind
SECOND STRING PERSONNEL.
The second string trio. consisting
of big Ed Kelley. who was given big
league offers while in Dean Academy;
Ted Chittenden, who pitched several
games last year, and Tom Symington.
freshman twirler last year, will all
probably be taken South. while Cooley
and Hartnett. formerly OF the fresh
man team, have developed fast
Two other veterans are Mike Eddy
the former Andover and freshman
twirler. and Jim Sloane. formerly OF
Washington and Lee. Because OF
their hitting they have been shifted
to other positions-Eddy to the out
field. Sloane to second base.
Behind the bat Jesse Damn. jr- has
been used during the illness OF Cap
tain Peters: Ruhm. who was also Q
freshman backstop last year. IL
dark horse backstop possibility.
Assisting In the coaching have been
pie Way. the former twirler. and
Jesse Damn. 's7. who was receiving
end OF the historic Stagg and Damn