Word: backstop
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Among the men trying out for the backstop position are: Frank Crane '34, star center on the Freshman football team, who caught last year for Andover; J. M. Lockwood '34, captain of the Freshman football team, who headed the Gunnery School baseball team last year; J. W. Paul '34, star Groton backstop; and John Swarts '34, who played catcher two years for Milton Academy. A. S. Murphy '34, former Boston Latin School hurler, and J. V. Strong '34 of Rutgers Prep School are the only pitchers with outstanding records...
...Batchelder '31, catcher on the University baseball team, will be out of the game for at least a month with a broken right wrist suffered in the Pennsylvania game last Saturday, it was learned yesterday. The injury of the star backstop occurred, as far as it is known, in the third inning of the Quaker fray, and was not known until yesterday...
...Dudley '31 will again do the backstop work, while B. H. Ticknor '31, most consistent extra-base slugger on the team, will be in the cleanup position. B. H. Bassett '31, diminutive outergardener, will be the sixth sophomore in today's starting lineup...
...Crimson defensive will be greatly strengthened this afternoon when B. H. Bassett '31 one of the best ground coverers in Harvard baseball returns to his position in centerfield. He will in all probability, lead off. J. D. Dudley '81 will once more do the backstop work. The rest of the Harvard lineup remains intact for today's crucial clash...
...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...