The article on the prospects of the 'varsity nine, in Saturday's Record, makes pleasant reading for a Harvard man. This arctic weather, to be sure, is suggestive of anything but base-ball, yet it will be but a short time before the nine displays in the field the results of the steady and energetic work done in the gymnasium. The outlook for the crimson is very bright. Nothing ensures success like the consciousness of success already won, and the record of last year's nine cannot fail to stimulate to every effort the nine of the present year. With the men now trying for positions we have every reason to be satisfied. Enough men of the old team remain to form a splendid body to which the new material can be added. The new men, too, give promise of making a valuable addition to the strength of the team. But what argues best for the record of the coming season is the enthusiasm of the captain. Poor captaining has cost us many a game in the past, but of late a better era of things seems to have come in. New methods have taken the place of those found inadequate. New men have come forward to put them into practice. This year will witness the unfurling of the pennant won in '85, and, unless we are far too sanguine in our forecast, it will also witness the winning of the same pennant for '86.