DIAMOND CAMPAIGN OPENS IN CAGE WITH LARGE TURNOUT

The 1928 baseball season was launched yesterday afternoon at the new LeBaron Russell Briggs baseball cage, when the first practice for University and Freshman battery men was held. The veteran hurlers who reported for the first practice of the year were F. B. Cutts '28, R. R. Ketchum '29, Howard Whitmore '29, E. L. Malloy '29, and W. S. Hardie '30. The following aspirants for the catching berth, left vacant by the graduation of Henry Chauncey '27, reported to Coach F. F. Mitchell: R. H. Barbour '30, R. W. Turner '28, D. P. Donaldson '28, and W. W. Lord '28, who will give up his regular position in the outfield to make a bid for the backstop post.

The following Freshman battery candidates reported to Coach Claude Davidson later in the afternoon for practice:

Pitchers: E. B. Samborski, P. M. Sidel, Solomon Smith, M. F. Whorf, B. H. Ticknor, J. R. Bland, R. J. Leonard, William MacHale, and J. L. McDowell.

Catchers: E. L. Sims, C. F. Richards, and D. M. Puffer.