Word: battering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Stewart, the captain of the Yale nine of last year played first base Monday, in place of Spencer and will probably fill the same position in Saturday's game with Columbia and perhaps for the remainder of the season. He is a very fine fielder and a good batter and will greatly strengthen the nine. Brigham, the left fielder of last season's team, has just returned from Europe, and as soon as he can get in practice he will fill his old place, Kellogg going to right field. - Globe...
...times during the winter on very pleasant days the exercise has been varied in so far that the candidates were taken out for a walk across country. There has been no batting in the cage, as the light is bad and it is difficult for the batter to see the ball. Owing to the small size of the cage very little fielding and throwing have been done. In this respect the Yale and Princeton nines have a decided advantage, as each team has been practicing during the winter in large, well-ventilated and well-lighted rinks, removing in a great...
...reported that Campbell, who entered the Law School last fall is an exceptionally good catcher, a heavy batter and a good all round player...
...placed himself in the front rank of college players. No Harvard player ever made as great a success in his first year as Henshaw did. Choate was catcher on his Freshman nine, and substitute on the University nine last year. He is a good backstop and a fair batter. The other three candidates...
...following are trying for the other infield positions: Wiestling, '87; Coolidge, '87; Loud, 87; Holden, '88; Gallivan, '88; Morgan, '89; Clark, '89; Young, '89; Mumford, '90, and Miller, L. S. Wiestling has played short stop for two years. He is a strong batter, and last season was the best base runner in the college association. He is a swift and accurate thrower, but he is not quite sure on grounders. Coolidge and Lord have played on their class team for three years. Batting has always been their weakest point, but in this they both improved greatly last year. Holden...