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There will probably be no class games of base-ball at Yale this spring. The freshman nine has begun out-door practice...
...article in Sunday's Herald by Captain Ward on the training of professional base-ball players suggests many points that would apply as well to rowing, foot-ball and any hard out-door exercise. It is the general law of training clearly put before the reader. "The sum and substance of the whole thing," writes Captain Ward, "is that a base-ball player must recognize the fact that base-ball is a business, not simply a sport." And although college athletics are not looked upon as a business, yet the idea in Captain Ward's words is true...
...Yale nines have not yet begun out-door work; it is expected, however, that the field will be in suitable condition in a few days...
...snow still lingers provokingly on Holmes field. It is feared that it will be a week, at least, and perhaps a longer time before the nine, can begin its out-door work...
...handicapped by her opponents, Yale and Princeton. The two last have large and commodious buildings in which to practice hand-ball, etc., before the time comes to go on the field. The contrast is made greater by the fact that our nine, by its geographical position, is debarred from out-door practice until several weeks after our opponents. Besides this, the 'Varsity is compelled to give up our small cage to the freshman nine and to the lacrosse team some part of every afternoon. Again, the light is very poor, and effectually prevents any good ball work. All these things...