Word: backstop
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...freshman game at New Haven yesterday, the Yale nine won through heavier hitting and Harvard's weak backstop work. Scott's poor catching was due to a blow on the head from a bat. Harvard's only run came in the fifth inning. Murphy threw wildly to first and Garrison reached home before the ball could be recovered. The score by innings...
...when three men ran for a fly and no one touched it, and again when Hapgood ran into Paine. The noise which the "Tech" supporters made may however, have prevented the men from hearing the voice of the field captain. The encouraging features of Harvard's work were the backstop work of Scannell and the batting of Winslow. A game will be arranged with some strong team for tomorrow afternoon and as already announced the nine will play the graduates on Thursday...
...Carter, '95 (age 18), catcher, made a creditable record in the Staten Island Athletic Club Nine last year. He makes a good pitcher or first base man, but his chief strength is as an unerring backstop. He is a speedy thrower to second base...
Coonley is slow, fields his position well, bats fairly; Walker is a good backstop, accurate but very slow thrower, poor batter; Lighthall is careless, weak on ground balls, poor batter; Wadsworth is uncertain, very poor on ground balls, fair batter but tries to hit too hard; Wilder is a fairly good man but is so slow that he cannot be counted on; Cassatt fields his position very prettily but is not a sure man, fair batter; Phelan is a good fielder; Bigelow is slow and is inclined to go to sleep out in the field, good batter; Adams is very...
...reserved seats for the I. S. A. A. games have been sold, and two more sections have been reserved. The only unreserved seats will be those by the hospital and by the backstop...