Show HARVARD IS FAVORITE Y IN COLLEGE BASEBALL j J Chances of Yale for Collegiate te Title Depends S ale Condition of Way i V I 1 on 01 i BY WALTER VALTER CAMPIN CAMP CAP S T I IN e din championship lip in baseball between Harvard Princeton and t Yale Harvard seems at this tl writing to hn ha have established a lend lead just as y vc e c predicted several weeks necks aro apo largely nr cly through th the fact Hint sli sh she has hus some hard hald up clean 11 on her nine and anc partly because the pich pitch J talent ome has been up more wisely developed and used than tinn has that a at Prince 1 ton or oi O. O Yale 1 Of or all al her pit pitchers lers Ute the Cambridge nine nine relies reles mostly upon Ar Mahan ralian who at tunes inclined to be bc a bit hit wild is cool and generally steady at the thc V critical moments Meanwhile his team is hitting hiting hard hord enough to fo keep him l m j J generally in jn ill the fhe lead At t Princeton the pitching staff has his Deyo a n really good man hut but the Princeton team behind him cannot hit hard enol enough h to do dothe 2 1 of or the Harvard team kam Hence the dt daira damage e that results from fron the tile tle Harvard tins has already lied had the tile satisfaction of cleaning up her Princeton series with wih two straight straight victories an and can Cn now take a rest and prepare for the he Yale series in iii eom comfort fort I L i Yale I Is a nine that early In In tile the te season season sea sea- alon a- a son lon showed remarkable promise but which has IH cd a veritable of or out In baseball Think of an Inning eleven lost same game to Cornell Cornel at Ithaca followed Colo at it t New cw Ha Haven Han n b by a n 22 to 5 S victory In Le Gore Yale has hasa a n wonderful shortstop with the best throw acro across the diamond that I r have seen secil In alt any college shortstop since the theda da day of Hutchinson back in the eighties That throw is invaluable in for tor It enables Harry Lo Le Gore to play playa a deep short and catch man after aCter man who feels that he a safe are It Then too L Le Gore is a clean up UP his home run against Pennsylvania enabling him hint to circle the tho bases before beCore the tho ball bal could coul 1 be bc even eYen fielded to the reia relay man let alone coming cominS anywhere near the in- in field feld True rue Lo Le Gore Goro I Is l liable blo to swing at atthe 1 the wide ones ones but no pitcher Is really real real- ly lr safe against his smacking one goodone good goodone one i In a game and If there are any any men menon menon menon on bases ah ahead al of ot Le Ie Gore when he ho lands on tho the ball fairly they ha have hase plenty plent of time to cross the plate Bush at first Is another hard hitter but there thero the danger stops for the rest of ot the thc nine need the thc wind behind the eed ball al to get any real long on ones s. s Bush us I is 18 also aiso a a. class man on ino bag hag with a 1 long long reach and ability to take In the short bounds and generally to cover coer the tho position well sell x j MILBURN MILBun at at se second ond is also aho a a good fielder and he and Le Gorc Gore are fast in bringing off oft the thc doubles whenever whenever when when- ever over opportunity offers oters Riley lUIey at at third for some unaccountable reason on Is not hl his former fomer self of or two years ears ago haying having hay hav ing lost lost hiJ batting His fielding at tm times s Is marvelous mar but not alwa always s steady However If It his batting would I return It would b be enough With the two Middlebrooks In the field CoM there Is Isa Isa isa a fn fine covering of territory for tor both are arc fast and when they conic come to the bat not even een a professional like Maisel can heat beat them In iii speed at getting to first and either will wil turn an nn ordinary ball bal to short Into Into a a hit much to the thes s surprise of the fielder who handles tho the ball cleanly and looks for tor tho the usual out out who has been filling up the the field the tho loss lose of ot Halne Haines Is not an outfielder and Is liable lable to drop the thc ball bal but Is isa a fairly good hitter r. r Hunter is a a good backstop stop Iid and ia a a fairly s safe safo fo hitter hiter But But when wIlen it comes comes to the pitching staff there has been heen no progress progress progress ress mac made in six weeks Way ay was good then and Is ls Isso so 50 still sun but hut is I being hit hi harder and passes more men at critical critical crit crit- ical periods has the m making making mak mak- kIng k- k ing Ing- Ingot of ot ofa a good pitcher picher and at times looks like the real thing g but hOt he h has s been yanked o out t. t so much as aa soon as as he shows shows' an any signs of letting up that he rather looks looks' for tor Pie Wa Way to come como comeIn In Inand Inand and e relieve him on on all 1 occasions s Th That t puts too much strain on tho the latter later h besides weakening weakening confidence co dence in himself so that the situation Is bad Harvard's Infield is it not potentially up tip to tha that of ot Y Yale le although Reed at short short showed well el in tho the Princeton at series des Individually Abb Abbott tr at second is brilliant though not as st steady ad as Milburn Miburn nor is Nash ash as good a as as' as Bush ReUh Reilly of or Yale has the call cal on fielding fielding field field- eldIng eld- eld ing over o Hardwick of or Harvard at third but bUl the Yale Yale- man Is not as a's as good a hitter hit hit- ter er Gannett ard and Frye e in inthe inthe inthe the outfield would have n e to o yield to Yale's former line up up lne-up of ot Haines nl es and Ea Eaton Easton ton b but t. t arc equal to to the Uie present up line-up and much harder hitters hit hit- Harto Harts Is Ss a good catcher and he ie too Is a harder arder hitt hitter r tJ than n H Hunter ot of Yale Mahan will probably be called caled I 1 upon to ta face e. e Yale and anel Way AVay will do his his pitching In- In Inthe in the first game same against him There Is not much to choose between them at this writing although a n month ago go goa Way a would have had the tho call cal de de- de Once more more the tho Harvard man man Is 11 the better beter hitter hIter although at times Way VaY connects for tor a lon long drive Thus on paper at ut l least the odds oads favor Harvard Harvard Haryard Har Har- vard yard and It Is something bf 6 a feather in the Crimson cap that they should havo lLIo h. D so come up and turned things their wa way when Yale started with the greater possibilities But YaI Yale men have had two or throve e encouraging signs lately for tor In the l last st Cpr cl game as as' as wen well as ns In hi the Pennsylvania ania contest the thc Blue nine gave gave- every e Indication of ot coming out of ot their batting slump and the tho way t they e dro droVe c the ball ban out in these contests con eon tests would have wc any college game ame If I settles down in th the next week Yale's possibilities will vill go go up fast and if their batting bating Is anything any any- wi n- n thing like as g good od as against the Harvard cannot make runs fa fast t enough to hold them But as as' as stated stated stat stat- ted t- t ed at the outset th they have made a record d for tor In out and playing and they y WUl UI nave laye 10 to nave nae 10 vo DOU oas cays in succession to from Cambridge 4 fc N June 2 Z the first delegation of or O 0 oarsmen went to the thc scene scene of at theann the the ann annual ml contest when lien two thirty oarsmen of ot Columbia university ty JOUrney Journeyed Jour JOUr- ney d to for tor th tho tho race that will wil take place on the Hudson Juno June 28 Much uch Interest centers about the tim possibility of ot a a. a crew from the cont coast Leland St Stanford university taking part this year cr In 1912 tho they made a ii I long tong journey joUrne only onh to finish last Jast but pluck pluck- liv Iv determined to come again Some difficulty Is b being experienced in rats rais ing InS funds for the trip but everyone hopes that the financial difficulty will wi be he bp solved for tor the thc crew crow Is Js a accredited wi with th being being a a first-class first one big and pow powerful rul but quite able ablo to pull their r rI I weight When 1 track athletes first fint came ame on from the coast several sC years yearn ago aJo there here was some ome skepticism about their ability but this skepticism speedily speedily speed speed- 1 ily disappeared In th the light of ot their s and nc since then in view of or the t tennis that have cone come from California there thero will willbe wl b ba be plenty ot or respect for tor this year years year's Stanford crew If IC It I comes east even en e before It Is seen upon eastern water oater For years when the crowd reached Poughkeepsie the they speedily made mad Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- nell nel the thc favorite and no wonder r after th the record that Courtneys Courtney's c crews ws w's hayson hays have on the Hudson finishing first ten times since 1900 I This Thi year there will 1 be bean an added spice because of ot the fact that Cornell ba Has not won the thelast last two years years' and jn In n addition to this the success of or Columbia under unde Coach Rice in 1914 hJ has has' p put t the the stock of the Blue and anti White up a a good bit Pennsylvania's e good second last year to Columbia ColumbIa has also enhanced tho the interest In the Red and Blue Then too people are more or orless orless less sl skeptical of Syracuse whence some some- tales of woe have emanated because it has happened before that S Syracuse has overcome such obstacles and sent a a fast tait crew down to POl Syracuse Syra Sra cuse CURe carried off ott the crown In 1904 1004 1908 1903 and 1913 Stanford as Oe stated Ian In is Inan isan an unknown but an unknown with at least a coast record Hence the corn com com to give Ive Us a far tar more mor Interesting event than were the races of or tho the past decade when Cornell was as winning with wih such r regularity and er- er tat nty c r race on the Thames at New NeW THE I Lon London on this year Is going to bo be bothe the hardest t kind of ot a fight tight and that that too between crews that have hac already shown a superiority In short races races' to in any of ot the theother other cole college e crews cres in th the countr country Many an a time it Jt has been the tho case no rio matter mater what Individual opinIons opinions ions were as to the thc merits of or the crows crews rowing at t Pou and New Kev e London London Lon Lon- don don that earlier earler tests have uwe been de derogatory IC- IC rogatory to the tho fame of ot the New ew London London London Lon Lon- don oarsmen This year whatever value mn may come from Crom previous prevIous' victory over er crews like Cornell Cornel Princeton and Penn Penn- Yale and Harvard Har enjoy the benefit of or it It Yale has lias the tho prestige of ot ota ot a last years ears victory vietor over Harvard ard but there are area a a great gleat saw BW the Harvard second crew win In at Men lc hey ley who ho dont don't grant for a 0 minute that Yale Yae could have held the crew that Lund stroked on the Thames last July Julo And fome some of ot tho thomen men who won the victories vie vic tories there are In the H Harvard boat that will 11 try tn conclusions with Yale this year at New London Both crews are undoubtedly fast last this year ear and and the only mark of or advantage e at this writing Is that Yale has been together In their present order rather longer er than ha has has' Harvard Harvard In point of ot physique Harvard Harvard Har liar vard yard would look to have h e somewhat the tha advantage Altogether indications point to one of ot tho the hardest races that the tha New Xe London Thames las has las e ever er seen MEREDITH has h been en the tha I I bright star stat of ot the 1915 track season season sea sea- I son and Is one of or our greatest runners runner rUnnErs but it I does docs him no good to have as ns worshipers rs those who in their r excitement over his really remarkable running running wont went Into such ecstasies on the hitherto unmatched feat teat of ot winning the quarter and the half hal in the same samo day But what has become come of ot Wendell Wendel Goodwins Goodwin's records He Ho n not t on only ac accomplished gC- gC sc- sc this feat In hi 1882 at I the but but repeated repented It i In In I 1883 and nd again In 1884 1884 As far back backas as a's 1877 Hammond of Columbia won both the quarter and half halt and anthe the next year rear another Columbia Columbia man Burton won both events and In 79 Cogswell of ot Dartmouth won von hoth loth the events events In those days It was hardly less common common cornmon com corn comI I mon mon than it Is toda today today- for tor n a man man to win wili the and the and that re reminds reminds reO re- minds me that our old friend Evert Eert Wendell who has now lost the figure of ot a sprinter not only won the and but also the quarter mije I In j 1880 which proves pro by the records one I of or the most unusual of ot successes But when we Wc come to the matter mater of ot o time that Is a different thing and Merediths Meredith's performance c stands out with remarkable emphasis for tor h he equaled the record of or forty eight flat fat in tho th t quarter and while not reaching It I in the half hal showed an excellent performance J espe especially In view of the fact tact that he was Was badly ba boxed ed mit lt one time and nd it looked as a's though it would be difficult dICI i t cult for him to got get out of oC the pocket successfully |