Baseball Practice Yesterday

The University baseball squad held a short outdoor practice yesterday afternoon on the Freshman diamond. Although the work in the Cage has been fairly satisfactory of late, yesterday's practice was very ragged, due chiefly to the wet condition of the field, which made fast fielding and accurate throwing impossible. For this reason no estimate of the present development of the team, or of the prospects for a creditable showing in the early games is possible. The work consisted entirely of fielding practice for the infield and outfield, the men lining up in the following order: Stephenson, c.; McCarthy, 1b.; McCall, 2b.; Simons, s.s.; Leonard, 3b.; Hellman, r.f.; Dexter, c.f.; Pounds, l.f.

Pitching practice for the battery candidates and batting was held as usual in the Cage. In this respect the men show some improvement, and despite the increased speed of the pitchers are hitting hard, and placing their bunts well.

During the early part of the week the fielding squad did regular work in the Cage, giving special attention to base-running. The usual fielding of grounders and second base work has also been practiced.

F. H. Burr '09 has been taken to the University training table.