Word: cage
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the university nine commenced the winter training yesterday afternoon. They will practice in the cage an hour a day, and will pay particular attention to batting. They will be coached by Jesse Dann, the captain of the team, and by O'Rourke of the New Yorks, who is in the Law School. Dann, the great back stop, is to try his hand at pitching, so that in the event of any accident to Stagg, the regular university pitcher, there will be some one to take his place. The outlook for next season is considered here to be very...
...candidates for the battery of the 'varsity nine will begin work in the cage...
...story will be the base-ball cage, which will be ninety-seven by twenty-eight feet. The cage will be lighted from above and from the sides. The space on either side of the cage for about twelve feet will be devoted to a shaft for transmitting the light to the main exercise hall and to the cage. This is regarded as one of the distinctive features of the lighting arrangements, for while other gymnasiums are lighted by the side windows only, the new gymnasium will have both the side light and the light from the roof...
...Harvard nine is in daily practice. They have an ample cage to practice in where they "slug" bars sand-filled, and go through the other mysteries of "throw us a catch, Jimmy;" * * * Their battery, with few exceptions, remains unchanged. Phillips, last year's 3rd base in now captain, vice Beman resigned. Smith, (olim second base) is pitcher; his forte is "drops and curves." * * * The same men are on the crew this year, except Penrose and Starron. Mumford is captain, vice Storm resigned. - Harvard athletics in Cornell...
...order to get the best possible light, Prof. Richards of Yale, proposes that the cage of the new gymnasium there be placed on the roof...