THE BASEBALL SEASON.

The baseball season begins in earnest today with the first practice for the battery candidates. Exceptional preparations for the development of the pitchers have been made, and for the first time in several years a professional ball player will assist in the coaching. This seems to be a wise move and one which should result in far greater ability in the early games than is usually seen.

This year's contest promises to be an exciting and rigorous one. With two vacancies to fill, and possibly only one, the make-up of the University team should be settled early in the spring, and by the time of the first championship game Harvard ought to be able to send on the field an exceedingly good team, able to excel in all departments of the game. Yale is apparently handicapped by a lack of material, but a long schedule with several professional games and coaching by a professional player should make up for that deficiency.