Word: cage
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ABOUT THE CAGE.EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: Although I see your columns flooded with communications of complaint and advice, yet I think that the reader will agree, upon careful thought, that the scheme I venture to propose, is one worthy of mention. I refer to the base-ball cage in the gymnasium. As matters now stand, the men training for the batteries cannot practice while the candidates for the other positions are working. Thus as the cage is now in great demand by the 'Varsity and Freshman teams, the hours of the fielders must be shortened, in order that the others...
...have now been at work in the gymnasium since the Christmas recess. They pull chest-weights, exercise with wooden dumb-bells, run from five to ten laps on the track, play handball and practice sliding in the cage. The whole is under the immediate supervision of Captain Vila, who is an old hand at this business, having had charge of two nines previous to his admission to college. He sees that the work is done systematically, and that every man is present except those previously excused...
Candidates for the Williams Mott Haven team have already begun to practice in the cage...
...laugh loudly on subjects distasteful to those unfortunates who happen to be within ear-shot. Again, as though they had been unused to good manners at home, they toss food to and fro across the table as if they were ignorant of the fact that the faculty furnish a "cage" in the gymnasium in which to practice hand-ball. In truth, a cage seems to be the only suitable place for the majority of them. Now and then a man will toss a piece of cake in the air, and endeavor to catch it in his mouth when it falls...
...Bull, '88S.; Day, '88S., Hunt, L.S. While the new men required may show the necessary fielding ability, none of them have in their class nine experience shown any unusual batting strength. The need of developing batters is so universally recognized that the greater part of the time in the cage will be devoted to that work. Squads of six are putting in an hour's practice daily. Another cause of worriment is the lack of pitchers. Heyworth is not expected to develop strength enough to relieve Stagg, and the college is being searched for material. At this time Yale...