Word: base
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cannot agree with our correspondent of yesterday in his bitter denunciation of the base-ball management. The gentlemen who form that management are doing everything in their power to get the faculty to allow our nines to play against professionals, and if it does not seem best to them to start a petition, we should not find fault with them for that and denounce them as if they were employing no other means to obtain the desired result. They are the best judges. As a matter of fact, we have been assured by the management that they have been very...
During the spring particular attention is to be given by Capt. Henshaw to efficiency in base-running and bating. The nets will be in use daily, and downright, earnest work will be required of every candidate...
...position of pitcher, Boyden, L. S.; Campbell, L. S.; Luce, '91, and Bates, '91, have presented themselves. Of these, the freshmen are showing up well. Boyden has good command of the ball and has all the curves under control Campbell, who played third base last year, has turned out to be a very good pitcher. He has great speed and his coolness, for which he was remarkable last year, stands him in good stead in this position. Henshaw, '89, Knowlton, M. S., and Howland, L. S., are candidates for catcher. Of the merits of Henshaw, nothing need be said...
Willard, last year's captain, will probably cover first base this year. His playing is too well-known to need eulogy...
...winter meetings are close at hand, and in consequence the gymnasium is crowded every afternoon. The number of candidates for the University and freshman nines has not changed, and the exercise remains the same-base-sliding, hand-ball and running. Yesterday, for the first time, the run of the University candidates was made out of doors. The wrestling class still continues, and many men are practicing on the rings and the parallel and horizontal bars. The work of the University and the class crews is unchanged, and the candidates for the Mott Haven team jump, vault and go through...