YALE SOUTHERN TRIP PROVES SUCCESSFUL

The southern trip of the Yale baseball team, which returned to New Haven Sunday night, was a decided success. The Blue team won five out of seven games, while one game was postponed because of rain. Georgia University alone, whom the University meets on April 19, was successful against it, winning both its games by close margins. In other contests, Yale was hard-pressed by Alabama and Florida alone.

The Elis this year followed-the plan that the University has adopted of going direct to their training grounds and remaining there the whole time. Coach Lauder in expressing his views on the trip, stated that the establishment of a permanent training camp is imperative for getting a team into the best of shape and is therefore much more to be preferred than the barnstorming tours that Harvard and Yale have made in the past.

Captain Bates injured

Captain Peters, the veteran first string catcher, injured his arm in the South Carolina game, but Kernan, who usually plays the initial sack, proved a good substitute.

The infield, composed of Kernan, Murphy, Aldrich and Hickey, is practically sure to be the regular combination. Aldrich has shown remarkable ability as a shortstop, where he has fielded in a brilliant fashion besides batting consistently better than 300. Murphy's speed on the bases is a great asset, and the fielding of Kernan and Hickey is very good, although the batting of these two is not quite up to the average of the rest of the team.

Sloan, Crane, Eddy and Mintener have comprised the outfield so far this year. Of these men, Sloan has stood out the most prominently both in batting and fielding. Eddy and Crane are developing into dependable fielders and powerful hitters, while Mintener's speed in fielding and on the bases, give him a good chance for a regular berth. A training table for 18 men was begun Monday morning.

Princeton has taken no regular southern trip this year. It has played three games, losing two and winning one. Coach Clarke of the Princeton team has tried several men in each position and has not yet settled on his line-up. Captain Fisher last year established a reputation as a steady and dependable catcher, as well as one of the heaviest hitters on the team. Since coming to Princeton his batting average has been consistently over .300. While Captain Fisher will do most of the work behind the bat he will be ably supported by Stinson, who last year caught on the Freshman nine.

Cook, with two years' experience on the University and a batting average of .320, will undoubtedly complete one more season at first base. Berg, 1923, will be his first substitute.

MacPhee Tiger Second Baseman

Second base will be filled by MacPhee, who is also a veteran of last year. He has proved an excellent fielder and his batting average is about .275. Gotshalk is considered one of the best fielders on the squad by Coach Clarke. He played on the 1920 second team but his hitting has improved so much since then that he is favored for the shortstop position this year. Weiser of the 1923 team has also shown up well at short.

There are three candidates for third base, one of them a letter man of two years' experience, who are doing almost equally well. At present Coach Clarke favors Gilroy of the 1923 team to replace the veteran Keyes at his old position, while Gorman, another Freshman of last year, is giving both players close competition.

Good Outfield Material

Watson, McNamara and McIllvaine have been playing the outfield. McNamara was a letter man of the 1920 team. He is a hard hitter and a good fielder. Watson is likewise steady in the field and is one of the fastest men on the bases.

Four men have shown up well as pitchers. Margetts, the best and most experienced of these, has played on the first team for two years and has a fine record. Harvey, Thomas and Jeffries have all worked well when called upon and it is expected they will develop into first-class material as the season progresses.

The University will meet Princeton for the first time at Princeton on May 21. The second game will be played at Cambridge May 28, and in the event of each team winning one game, there will be a third contest in New York on June 8 at the Polo Grounds.