Men who lave seen the nine play in their practice games so far, have criticised their play severely in one particular. They say that the base running is decidedly poor. Some of the men certainly do need to show a little more life in moving from one bag to another. In all the champion nines of last year, the men were conspicuous for their swift base running. More, the men were carefully coached while on bases, from the time they reached first until they had crossed the home plate again. No chance to gain a point was allowed to escape the notice of the vigilant coaches watching at either side of the field. Our nine seems to have need of much greater attention to this part of their preparation. When batting is their weak point it is especially important that every man who reaches first base should get around as fast as he can. We shall hope to see an improvement in the running and coaching this afternoon.