BASEBALL

Coach Jeff Tesreau's varsity baseball candidates got their first taste of outdoor practice shortly after Easter vacation, when the campus had dried off sufficiently to permit regular afternoon workouts.

Owing to the loss of "Cuddy" Murphy, the Green mainstay in the box last spring, the pitching staff looks to be Tesreau's one serious problem this season. There are box candidates of every description making bids for regular berths with the nine, but few, if any, have yet shown anything like Dartmouth varsity calibre. Unless the present situation changes, it will probably be necessary for Captain Merritt to come in from his new position at third and take his regular turn in the box. Aschenbach, Blake, Dyer, Tracy, and Willard are others who are sure of at least a tryout in the early season games. Ross, a veteran of two seasons, will take care of the receiving end, with Crisp and Malmquist as capable substitutes.

With Robertson at first, Kopf at second, Maynard at short, and Captain Merritt at third, Dartmouth this spring has one of the fastest and hardest hitting infields seen at Hanover in recent years. Kopf, a sensation at short last year, has been shifted to second to make way for Maynard, who' has not been in college since his freshman year, when he starred with the 1920 nine. Captain Merritt, who can play any position on the diamond, will be used at third instead of in the outfield because of his good throwing arm. Robertson, captain-elect of the 1920 football team, has never before been available during a varsity baseball season. At bat he shapes up as one of the strongest sluggers in the lineup, and in the field he will exert a steadying influence on the rest of the infield.

Bruce, with two seasons' experience to his credit, will be back in center field, with Reese, Coach Tesreau's probable choice for leadoff man, in left. Browne and Grundman, both letter men, are fighting it out for the right field berth.