Word: backstop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pitcher's box is such a way that a ball coming from one runway cannot possibly strike the man who is pitching into the other By this device Coach Mahan hopes greatly to facilitate battery practice which has hitherto been carried on solely with the old type of backstop...
...right after one was out. Campbell hit in front of the plate and was out at first, Jenkins advancing: Gordon singled to center so sharply that Jenkins held up at third, but the Crimson leader kept on to the plate when Smith's throw went through Lewis to the backstop. Todd made a sure thing more sure by doubling to right, scoring Gordon with a superfluous run. Spalding made short work of the Tigers in the last half...
Princeton jumped away to an early lead. Three hits and a base on balls off Booth cost a run in the first rounds while a second trickled across the plate on a muffed throw by backstop Duchin. Two more bad errors and another hit gave Princeton two more markers in the second. Undeterred by his team mates lapses, however, Booth remained on the ground, and in the next inning have cut, and while the three were doing the Alphonse-Gaston act, the ball dropped safely. The scorers had no recourse but to give the batter a two-bagger. With these...
...also this season until the astounding performance of Gates against B. C., pitched a good game against the University last year, and he will be ready today for relief work. He may even be the choice as starting pitcher. Hanson, regular catcher for three years, is a smart backstop with a good reputation as a handler of pitchers...
Divisionals will again prevent Coach Slattery from using his regular line-up. Campbell will be replaced for the afternoon by Norris, the pitcher-infielder Samborski's crucial triple on Monday has won him the backstop position this afternoon in Cheek's absence. The outfield shift inaugurated on Monday worked so well that it will probably be permanent and A. G. Rogers will be in charge of center field. Captain Jenkins, with no divisionals, will be back at short again...