Word: base
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...positions, among them several who played regularly or as substitutes last year. About six of the nine can be named with considerable degree of certainty, but the other places will be warmly contested. The candidates are now practicing in two squads, one of which has the gymnasium as its base of operations, the other occupying Mercer Hall, where a court for handball practice has been fitted...
About twenty-five candidates for the university nine attended the meeting in Captain Willard's room last evening. Of last year's nine only four are now in college. They are Willard, first base; Henshaw, catcher; Howland, right field, and Quackenboss, third base. It is doubtful whether Quackenboss will play this year. The other candidates and the positions for which they are trying are as follows: Pitcher, Luce, '91, McLeod, '90, and Hawley, '89; catcher, Hale, L. S. S., Bell, '92; second base, Mumford, '90, Evans, sp., McCoy, '90, Wood, sp., Talbot, '89, Babbitt, '91; third base, Barney, '90; shortstop...
...literature, from the will of Ellen Gurney; and two wholly unrestricted gifts $22,000 from John Cowdin and $30,000 from William Perkins. In addition to these, H. R. A. Carey, Sp. '89, gave $25,000 for the building of five courts particularly for the use of the base-ball nine; and the class of 1856 $6,000 as a permanent fund for the publication in serial form of undergraduate and graduate contributions to classical learning...
...York base-ball club has arranged two games each in April with Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and it is their intention to offer a trophy to the college club making the best showing against them in the series...
...first prize for the high jump will be a cup, the base of which will be made of cut glass and the bowl, artistically arranged to fit in it. The prize for putting the shot will be an etched oxidized ornament which will stand about nine inches high. Both contests will be handicap and open to all members of the university, with a liberal handicap...