The Freshman Nine.

The candidates for the freshman nine are hard at work in the cage. Every day at two o'clock the pitchers begin their work under Keefe's coaching, each working for fifteen or twenty minutes. As there are fewer catchers than pitchers some of the catchers have to handle the shoots and curves of two pitchers in succession. The battery-work is decidedly above the average of freshman classes, and Keefe says that he hopes to have some very good pitchers before the nine gets to its out-of-door work.

At four o'clock the other candidates come in and practise handling grounders, starting, and sliding to bases. Then after a short run they go through chest-weight and dumbbell work in the gymnasium.

The list of men trying for the batteries is a follows:

Pitchers, W. V. Swords, I. W. Kingsbury, C. S. Stillman, P. S. Merrill, F. S. Huldekoper, E. K. Bowser, S. J. Johnson, R. Austin, A. A. Morton, and Otis.

Catchers: C. A. Flammer. F. W. Kiesel, M. G. Gouterman, A. A. Morton, J. Fairchild.