On account of the scarcity of veteran material Coach Pieper faces this season a more difficult problem in the development of the baseball team than he has met in the three years that he has coached the University teams. To get the best men for the vacant positions will require careful selection and training, and the probability f unusually strenuous competition in a large squad of candidates is the only favorable indication at present. Coach Pieper has had two very successful seasons, and we look to him and to Captain Lanigan to develop a winning nine even under less favorable conditions.