Word: backstop
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...Seconds were disbanded, and it is quite probable that Coach Mahan may use him this afternoon. He was used as a pinch hitter for Spalding in the last inning of Saturday's game, and when he dons the catcher's mask this afternoon, he will be the fourth Crimson backstop to be used this season...
Carlson, who has been an outfielder for three years has been shifted by Coach Gaw at the last minute to replace Crocker behind the bat. Carlson has had experience as a backstop, and with the recovery of Lawless, who has been out of the game with an injured shoulder, it was decided to have Carlson catch this afternoon instead of Crocker, a Freshman. Lawless will take Carlson's place in the outfield...
...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...