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...able to size up his men and to make up his mind what he has to contend with next spring in shaping up a well organized team. With the exception of a first baseman, Coach Slattery has one of the strongest, surest, and fastest infields in college baseball. The backstop position will be well taken care of by Austin Blair, '21, and R. H. Keegan, '23, the crack freshman catcher of last year. In addition to this, the outfield positions will be filled by any of the following men, all of whom have proved to be very reliable players...
...catching department, Peters of Yale, an old Exeter captain, is a more experienced player than Fisher, the Princeton backstop. Peters has been a powerful factor in the Yale offence all year, necessitating the shift of two other catchers, Holmes and Aldrich, to third base and shortstop respectively. Due to their inexperience in their new positions, the right side of the Yale infield is crude compared with the fast fielding Keyes and Trimble of Princeton. The other side of the infield is an even affair, with every prospect of stellar playing by McPhee and Cook, and Sawyer and Diamond respectively...
Among the Freshmen, R. P. Field and J. C. Watson, as pitchers, and R. H. Keegan as backstop have been showing the best form. At present the infield is picked at follows: 1b, J. C. Bancroft; 2b, C. C. Lee; 3b, G. Owen; s.s., C. C. Buell, s.s. R. Worthington and S. J. G. Nowak are also good...
...first goal came within the first five minutes of play, when P. Fisher '20 succeeded in getting the ball past the Andover backstop. The University's other two scores also came in the first period. Fisher soon repeating his performance and K. C. Darling '22 following his example just before the period closed...
With the exception of the choice of pitchers, Coaches Duffy and Reid will leave the line-up the same as at the start of the Brown game. A. Blair '21, who was been playing a steady game behind the bat in the recent contests will remain as backstop...