The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-31
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball
 League

New Haven, Mar 31-The Yale nine, which finished third in the Eastern Intercollegiate league last year a shade behind Pennsylvania faces the new season still beset by uncertain pitching. Joe Wood, vet. eran coach of the Ellis, toiled all last season to whip his mound staff in- to winning form and did work won- ders with certain men, but unfor- tunately for Yale, all of the most promising men were seniors.
 Capt John H. (Red) Beyer, '30 is the only infield regular lost to the team, and Coach Wood is lock- ing forward to stellar perform Fay incent. 'Sl ,at first base and Albert J. Booth, Jr., '32, at short Edgar w. Warren, '32, is getting a hot fight at third base from Walter Kimball, '33, sensational performer on the freshman team a year ago. Alexander Fletcher, '33, another star on Clyde Engle's team last year, seems to have won the second base assignment.
 Fletcher and Kimball are from Newton, Mass, where they played for several years. Fletcher at sec- ond and Kimball at short. For a time this spring 1t seemed that even the versatile Al Booth might lose his job to Kimball, but Little Boy Blue, delayed in his baseball work by both basketball and football quickly es- tablished himself as the regular short fielder, once he had a chance to report.
 Two Outfielders Lost
 The Eli outer patrol has lost both Charles s. Snead, '31, and John M. Walker. '31, Snead through an un- fortunate accident to his eye in the last football season and Walker through his inability to report. Re- maining are Garfield A. Mckenzie, '31, and Fred J. Linehan. '31. These two veterans will be supported by Dudley Parker and Howard Burke, recruits from last years freshman squad.
 Joseph P. Maine. '32, chief under study to Hubert s. Aldrich, 80. be- hind the bat year ago, will do the bulk of the catching. Philip Allen, William Browne and Arthur Rogers from the freshman team are scram- bling for the second string berth.
 A roll call of the pitching corps shows Roswell H. Rudd, 80, N. Ed- ward Jennison, 80, and Wendell B. Thompson, 80. lost through gradua- tion. Rudd, third in effectiveness among league pitchers last year with an earned run average of 2.90, and Jennison bore the brunt of the pitching burden for Yale in 1880, but Thompson found little work to do.
 Remaining on the varsity squad are Angus Macdonald, '32, and AL bert T. Taylor. '32, a pair of south- paws. and William F. Newton, a right-hander. All of these men saw some service last year, and are be- ing looked to for most of the regular work this spring. Taylor, however, is out with an injury, which may incapacitate him for the season. George Wheeler from the junior varsity, Andrew Rogers, the pitching half of the freshman battery of Rogers and Rogers" and Ned Wheeler. another '3S man. from the first line of pitching reserve.
 Pitching the Problem
 On the eve of the opening south ern game against Virginia, sched- uied for tomorrow at Charlottes- vile, yaIe's chance in the league race seems to depend upon the abil- .ity of Captain Vincent tnd Coach Wood to find a really reliable pitch- CT, or two pitchers. among Mac donald, Taylor and Newton. Taylor. strapping fellow and football star, flashed everything but control in his appearance on the mound toward the end of the 1880 cam paign. If he recovers from his in- jury and can harness his fast one, a great part of Coach Woods pitch-' ing problem will be solved.
 Macdonald. Tayior's fellow left handler. is q slender youth, but sNf- ficientiy strong to make a varsity pitcher. Ieft-handers. when they are good, seem to enjoy marked suc- |cuss in college baseball, despite the