Second 'Varsity Nine.

A second 'varsity nine has been formed of which F. B. McKean '90 has been chosen captain. The nine will be run in much the same way as the Yale Consolidated nine which has proved so successful during the past two seasons. The primary object in the formation of the second nine is to give the 'varsity good daily practice It is very certain that the nine will be able to get much better practice from playing with the men selected for the second nine, than from many of the amateur teams with which it is customary to arrange games. A manager for the nine will be chosen, and, in addition to the daily games with the 'varsity, games will be arranged with strong out of town teams to be played on days when the 'varsity is engaged in match games. The work of the second nine will, in a great measure, supply the need of good practice games which the captains of the college baseball teams have felt so strongly in the past few years. The second nine can be relied upon to play a game far superior to many teams with whom it has been the custom for the 'varsity to arrange games. Practice with many of these teams instead of proving helpful, has often been demoralizing to the training of the 'varsity. The following temporary selection of men has been made by Captain McKean to compose the second nine: Bingham, '89, pitcher; Smith. '89, cather; McKean '90, 1st base; Wood '91, 2nd base; Bates '90, 3rd base; Curtis '92, short-stop; Codman '90, left field; Brown '92, centre field. Babbitt '91, right field.