Baseball Practice

For nearly six weeks the baseball candidates have been working in the new gymnasium under Coach Keady, and are rapidly rounding into form for the southern trip, which will be taken during the spring vacation.

The advantages of the new gymnasium for practice have become more apparent as the work of the team has progressed. The entire west wing is given over to the baseball men, and nets have been stretched completely around the wing to allow batting practice. A full-sized infield has been laid out on the clay floor and practice is now a month further along than under former conditions when no fielding practice could be secured until the snow was entirely gone.

The squad, after several cuts, has been reduced until now thirty-nine men are reporting for freshman practice and thirty men are working regularly for positions on the varsity.

Ekstrom, Morey, Gammons, and Olsen are candidates for pitcher, and Alden and Steen are working behind the bat. Candidates for infield are Conroy, Rollins, Kennedy, Pfau, Donahue, Luhman, and Bennett.