The Fall Baseball.

The new plan for fall baseball practice which has been tried this year has been a great improvement over any previous one. About sixty-five men responded to the call for candidates, eighteen of them Freshmen. No members of the University team have engaged in the practice. The candidates were divided into two squads and each squad sub-divided into two teams. The two teams in each squad played several games with each other, and teams were picked later to play for a set of cups offered. Putnam's team won the cups on Tuesday, by defeating Marean's team in the fourth game of the series of five.

The fall's work has shown what the men could do in competition and their ability has been tested much more thoroughly than could have been done in ordinary practice. It will make the cage-work in the spring much more valuable, for the coaches have already guaged to some extent the ability of many of the candidates who will then come out. The coaches know the weak points of the men, and which of them, with special coaching, will make University material. By taking the Freshmen who come out as a criterion, they can also judge to some extent the ability of next year's Freshman team. Several of the Freshmen will be taken temporarily to the 'Varsity squad when spring work begins. Heretofore good players have had to stay on a large Freshman squad and have gained practically no additional experience until the squad was greatly cut down. This plan of fall baseball will probably be continued.