YALE BASEBALL AND CREW

Yale is looking forward to a good season in crew and baseball. A good nucleus of veterans remain in each case, and the new material is seemingly strong.

In baseball the losses by graduation last year were Gile and Brown, pitchers, Captain Blossom, shortstop, Swihart, first base, Cornish, second base, and Falsey, left fielder. The loss of the pitchers, especially Gile, will be most seriously felt by the team. The men who still remain from last year's team are Captain L. S. Middlebrook '15, centre field, J. S. Reilly '15, third base, J. S. Haines '15, right field, N. M. Way '16, pitcher, R. V. Waughn '16, left fielder, D. H. Mudge '16, catcher, W. A. Hunter '15S., catcher, H. A. Pumpelly '15, substitute first base, and S. C. Handy '16S., substitute third base. Reilly is sure of a place in the infield, although he may be shifted to one of the other positions. Pumpelly, who filled Swihart's place at first base while the latter was sick, will be a good man for the job. Second and short will be a good deal harder to fill, and it is possible that Middlebrook and Haines may be brought in from the outfield. Hunter and Mudge are both excellent catchers, and Way was very effective last season. Coach Quin by expects to develop a team on the same lines as that of last spring, but upon the proper filling of the postions at second and short will hang the fate of the 1915 nine.

Fall crew was highly satisfactory. Development of the second-string and 1917 men was very necessary to the eight, as a larger percentage of men was lost by graduation in this sport than in either of the other two. The four-oar crew men remaining in college are Sturtevant 15S., number 5, Sheldon '15S., number 4, Low '16, bow, and McLane '16, coxswain. These men are good oarsmen, but on the whole do not quite average up to those who graduated. It seems fairly certain, however, that none of them will be displaced. The fairly strong Freshman eight of last year, together with those who played football last fall should make up a strong eight. Gilfillan '16S., stroke of last year's second, will be a strong contender for Appleton's position. Stillman '15, Bennett '15, C. Coe '15 and Harrison '15 all rowed on the junior eight, and with an extra year's practice some of them will undoubtedly be good enough to fill some of the vacant positions. The 1971 Freshman crew, while losing to Harvard, was still up to the average. The best of these men, Meyer, Atkins, H. Coe, and Coxswain Oliver will give the other candidates a good race for the vacant seats. A large number of men rowed last autumn, 130 taking part in the fall regatta. Many men who played football are expected to report for spring work, which will begin early in February when Coaches Nickalls and Giannini return.