Word: cage
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with whatever teams it sees fit. The club's strong point last year was the work of its battery, both members of which are no longer in college. The nine will shortly begin practice in the gymnasium, which is fitted with all the appliances for such work, including a cage...
...managers of the University of Pennsylvania nine have succeeded in raising a loan of $4000 for the erection of a baseball cage. The cage is to be 220 feet long by 110 feet wide and about fifty feet high. The nine will begin practicing some time in February...
...strong efforts are being made to place a good representative team in the field this season. Wesleyan has never been active in this branch of athletics, but a new are appears to have dawned. The gymnasium is to be enlarged 75 feet, the space to be devoted to a cage for the practice of the nine. John Morrill of the Boston nine has been offered the position of coach, but it is offered the position of coach, but it is doubtful if he accepts...
...weeks of that term. By reason of the mild weather the baseball men have been practicing out-doors some during the past few days, but most of the work has been almost entirely confined to the gymnasium. Princeton will suffer a great many disadvantages from the loss of the cage, which was destroyed by storm last Commencement, and which was expected to be of such service, especially in batting. Mercer Hall has been engaged as a partial substitute, and a court for hand-ball practice has been there fitted up. This will be a good place for battery practice...
...outlook for a good nine this year at Princeton is very good. The candidates began training last Monday in the gymnasium, and although a very large number did not present themselves, the material is very promising. In Mercer Hall a good substitute has been found for the cage, which was destroyed last year. Although Mercer Hall is rather small, it is much better than the old cage in the gymnasium, and as it is out of the question to rebuild the cage this winter, Mercer Hall will have to suffice. The hall has been turned into an excellent handball court...