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...candidates for the cricket team played out-doors for the first time, yesterday. They have been practising in the gymnasium cage, since the Christmas vacation, and are in pretty good form at present. Most of the old men and a number of the new ones were out. There is promise of a good team, and it is hoped that the eleven will go to Philadelphia, and play the University of Pennsylvania and other teams. The practice yesterday, consisted in bowling and batting. Following is a list of the candidates...
...SUMICHRAST.FRESHMAN NINE. - The following men will be on Norton's dressed to play the Cambridge High and Latin team at 3.45 sharp: Lighthall, Rogers, McAdams, Boyden, Read, Gilmore, Phelan, Dodge, Cassatt, Mills, Dreyfus, Worman, Brown, Bigelow. In case it rains all candidates will be at the cage at four sharp...
...Ninety-five should not turn out a good base ball nine. They have had all the opportunities of indoor practice which have been offered to freshman teams; it is only since the erection of the Carey Building, the that freshman teams have had such general use of the gymnasium cage. Now that they have got out-of doors, where the real finishing work begins, they are under the coaching of an experienced player. Everything but the lateness of the spring, is working with them to produce a good nine. It may be still a little early to judge...
...Yale batteries have begun training in the cage...
...pitchers as a rule are too light and lack speed. The catchers are good backstops, but as far as the work in the cage shows are poor throwers. The men as a whole lack snap and put very little heart into their work. They do not go in as if they realized that two important games with Yale and perhaps one with Princeton are to be played which can be won only by faithful and hard work. There is a tendency to shirk the sliding and running especially. About 18 men will be kept practising during the Easter vacation...