Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fifty-four hits for 93 bases tells the story of the propensity of the team for long-distance hitting. Eight doubles, six triples, and one home run, registered by Captain H. W. Burns '28 make up the sum of the extra-base hitting...
Burns, who led the base-stealers of college nine's last spring, has pilfered three sacks in the four games played. Five other players have been guilty of one steal apiece...
Galapagos Islands (private recreation). Off the equatorial west coast of South America lie the Galapagos Islands, longtime home of quaint fowl and ancient reptiles, onetime base of buccaneer expeditions. Now Ecuador owns and the U. S. explores them. Most recent pryers about the islands have been William K. Vanderbilt II and his wife, trapping sapphire-eyed cormorants, penguins pompous as bartenders, Galapagos tortoises with leathery shells, fish whose pied throats pulsate languidly. Such catch Mr. Vanderbilt carried on his yacht Ara to Miami, Fla., where on an off-shore island he maintains his private aquarium and tropical bird reservation...
...infield which is expected to start most of the games is composed largely of veterans. Prior, understudy of J. E. Tobin '27 and Lord during the last two seasons will undoubtedly cover the initial sack whenever the nine takes to the field. Chase will be at second base while Sullivan, a regular on last year's team, will be called on to fill the part of shortstop, according to present indications. The hot corner position will most probably be held down by Donaghy, another veteran, who is brilliant, though often erratic in his fielding...
...came up to bat in the ninth inning two weeks ago, hit a home run, won a game against St. Mary's. Last week, against Oakland Technical High School, Catcher Fiedler came to bat again in the ninth. Two strikes were called on him. The runner on second base hung his head, looked at the scoreboard that showed the University team one run behind. The bat boy was picking up the bats, the pitcher pitched, Catcher Fiedler swung wildly, hit the ball, knocked it out of the lot. "Another Casey," chortled California freshmen...