Word: cage
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the freshman nine practice in the cage, and use the chest-weights, running track, etc., on alternate days...
...with might and main. Neither has the Harvidian, whom a few moments ago we saw on the streets the ideal Adonis, that dignified appearance as he scampers about in his semi-nude, airy costume. Down in the basement the dull thud of falling tenpins is heard, and in the 'cage' prospective pitchers and catchers are preparing for the base-ball season. Shut up in a room with glass doors, into which eager eyes peer, the 'Varsity' crew, bare to the waist, with muscles standing out like whip-cords, bends to the oar. Five o'clock thirty minutes is the fashionable...
...freshman nine is now undergoing a systematic course of training in the gymnasium, under Capt. Burnett. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, work is confined to practice in the cage, the men going in from 3 to 5 o'clock in the two former days, and at 2 o'clock on Saturday. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the chest weights and running track are brought into requisition for the hour, from...
...University Nine may now be seen every afternoon at work in the gymnasium. The time between two and five o'clock, Monday, Wednesday and Friday is devoted to base-ball practice in the cage, the candidates being formed into two squads, one of which goes in at two, the other at three, and both of which are under the immediate supervision of Capt. Crocker. At four o'clock every afternoon both squads go through the chest weights, run on the gymnasium track, etc. Following is the list of candidates: Messrs. H. T. Allen, '86; Appleton, '84; Beaman, '85; Crocker...
...Lacrosse Club are now practising regularly in the cage in the Gymnasium...