Word: bases
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...injury to Lord at Annapolis, the Crimson first-sacker would be opposing his brother, who plays second base for the Down-Easterners. To bin, a veteran of last year's campaign will hold down first for the University today, and is likely to do so for three weeks more at least, while Lord's leg injury is mending...
...early spring average, and has shown a steady improvement in defensive play. Last Saturday, the nine played errorless ball behind Puffer's tight pitching, and Coach Mitchell is confident that in the future opposing batters will have to hit solidly to be allowed the privileges of the base paths...
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...
...latter would abandon Chang. The week passed while these ticklish negotiations were in progress. Late despatches reported that Wu had refused to listen to Lu; and that the latter, having given up hope of holding Peking, was rapidly withdrawing all the Feng armies to their great northern base, Kalgan...
Wilkins. Safely returned to Fairbanks after their fourth hop over the 560 miles of desolate northern Alaska between Fairbanks and their advanced base, Point Barrow, Captain George H. Wilkins and Pilot Ben Eielson took on a load of freight heavier than ever-4,200 Ib. of fuel and food-and soared northward again. This time their radio was silent for hours that stretched into two days. The men in Fairbanks hoped it was only a wrist Wilkins had sprained during the second round-trip that was preventing him from operating the monoplane Alaskan's wireless outfit...