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THE YALE FRES1-IMAN BLUE BooK 23 T1 B. roms Crew T. B. DENEGIQE. Cajnfaiii U1iiUe1'5ity Crew fIQIs-jj After several years of uncertainty and doubt, Yale rowing has at last found itself. A system has been established which, in the first year of its trial, proved successful. Rowing is a sport which requires that every man- give his all to it. There is no glamour to the months of hard work, no glamour to the long rows, there is no crowd of enthusiasts to cheer brilliant work each week, but everybody knows what a'crew's victory brings to Yale. p ' The present freshman class has come to Yale larger than any previous class and for this reason more is expected from the men of l9l7 S. and 1918. Let everybody do something for Yale and start right in doing it. Let everyone with any idea of rowing and any man who feels that he wants to do something, but is not quite sure what, come down to the boat-house and show what he is worth. Determinationand willingness to stick at it is what is required, and whether success be the eventual end or not, each man will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has made the man ahead of him so much better. Associations, friendships, and physical good may be acquired by the daily work which is bound up in a year's routine on the harbor. Everybody knows that it is not the men who have rowed before that make the crew from year to year but it is the men who show the right spirit and are willing throughout the whole sea- son to give their best for Yale. 7

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THE TYALF FRESHMAN BLUE BooK 25 Baseball L. S. MLDDLEBROOK. Cafvfailz UIII-Z'Cl'.9lf3' BaseI1czll'Tcfa111 fIQIg-jj Wiinter baseball practice in the cage will start about February 25. At this time there will be a call for battery candidates. The work for the men will consist in arm, back, and leg exercises, with light battery practice. The first general call for other than battery candidates will come about the First of March. The men will be put through a number of gymnastic exercises and out-door running. The work in the cage will consist in fielding, base-running, and general hitting with particular emphasis on the two latter. The squad will be cut before the tenth of March, and only those men retained who have demonstrated that they are possibilities for the University team. Only twoilield teams will be retained after this cut. It has not yet been definitely decided when the Freshman can- didates will be called out for winter work in the cage. The work for the Freshmen will be along the same line as that of the University team. During the season of l9l5 there will be particular attention paid to the class teams. lt is the wish of Captain Middlebrook and of Coach Quinby to make the class teams more than ever the step- ping stones to the University team. Although they will probably not be given winter practice, except the Freshmen, there will be a call for candidates for the class teams as soon as the weather per- mits. A more extensive schedule than that of last year will be arranged and the games will start immediately after the Faster vacation. It is the earnest desire of the coach and the captain that all who have played baseball will come out for one of the class teams, as in this way promising material which might not be able to remain on the University squad, will be given a chance to develop,