Word: backstopping
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...view of the announcement yesterday that Captain Prior is to appear again this afternoon in right field it seems likely that his shift to this position is to be permanent. Prior, who held down first base for Andover last year, has held down the backstop position this spring until the Worcester game on Saturday when he was sent to right field with Newell taking his place behind...
Prior is the regular catcher of the 1929 team. Last year he captained the Andover nine; he starred for Andover for three years, playing first base. This spring Coach Davidson shifted him to catcher. He is the second backstop to lead a Freshman nine in four years, J. J. Maher '26 having captained the Crimson first year team three years...
...were out when Todd dropped Higginbotham's Texas leaguer after a long run. Moulton walked after DeRham's muff of a foul had given him a life; Barbee, after handling Jenkins carefully, made the mistake of grooving what was to have been the third strike, and the Terrier backstop promptly plastered the ball along the left-field foul line for two bases...
During the infield practice H. L. deRahm '27 who caught in the second Yale game last year, took his place behind the plate. According to present indications the regular catcher's position seems to lie between him and Henry Chauncey '28, last year's Freshman backstop...
...another score. After Todd had flied out. Tobin got his second hit. Hammond walked, and when Burgess hit to third base. Tobin was an easy out at the hot corner. DeRham came through in time with a single to right field, scoring Hammond from second base, but the Crimson backstop was caught by a fast relay when he tried to take second on the play at the plate...