Word: cage
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When it was decided definitely to transfer Harvard's athletic activity entirely to Soldiers Field the question came up as to what should be done with the old Carey Building on Holmes Field where the baseball cage was situated. It was decided that the Corporation should purchase it from the athletic authorities and convert it into quarters for the Architectural School...
...Corporation paid $15,000 for the old Carey Building and it was decided to devote the whole of this sum to the erection of a new cage on Soldiers Field. It was thought at the same time that Mr. Carey's name should continue in connection with Harvard athletics and accordingly the Athletic Committee petitioned the Corporation for permission to call the new cage the Carey Building. This was readily granted and it was decided to give the old Carey Building some other name agreeable to the Carey family. When the new cage is completed a tablet in memory...
...cage will be large enough to permit of throw from home plate to second and to give practice in base running. It will be 150 feet long by 60 wide and 30 hight in the centre. The frame will be entirely of steel filled in with bricks to a distance of five feet above the ground, the remainder being plastered on the outside and sheathed within. Netting will be hung at a distance of eighteen inches from the wall on the inside. In winter the cage will not only accommodate the baseball candidates but will also serve for the cricket...
...building will have to be heated by steam from the Locker Building and in order to make the boiler capacity sufficient for both it will be necessary to overhaul the whole heating plant. The foundations of the cage are now in and the steel work will be up the first of January, with expectation of completing the building by the first of February, when practice will begin immediately...
...company of twenty-five or over can be formed, drill will be held this winter in the new baseball cage on Soldiers Field. In this building two rooms will be set apart for use as an armory. There will also be a short range for target practice. In the spring, target practice will be held on an outdoor range, which is to be laid out on Soldiers Field. Guns and ammunition will be furnished by the government...