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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Nine. | 4/1/1892 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1891 | See Source »

George, catcher, good hitter, but only a fair backstop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale and Harvard Freshman Nines. | 5/7/1891 | See Source »

...Merrill, Shattuck, Atkinson, Thayer, Odell, Bigelow, Hunneman, and J. Smith. There are now eight of the original freshman nine in college, of whom six will probably be able to play this spring. Downer or MacPherson will pitch, and if Litchfield can be prevailed upon to act as backstop, he will do most of the catching. The other candidates for catcher are Bigelow and Smith. For first base the candidates are Shattuck, Magee and Downer, if the latter does not pitch. It is as yet undecided who will fill the other positions on the team. Every one who intends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candidates for the Junior Class Nine. | 4/26/1888 | See Source »

...catcher and at the bat, placed himself in the front rank of college players. No Harvard player ever made as great a success in his first year as Henshaw did. Choate was catcher on his Freshman nine, and substitute on the University nine last year. He is a good backstop and a fair batter. The other three candidates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nine. | 1/26/1887 | See Source »

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