Word: cage
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Captain Ritchie and coach W. H. Murphy issued a call for baseball men in the middle of January. Since that time about sixty candidates have undergone the weeding out process. Practice was begun and continued for six weeks in a new temporary cage on Franklin Field, and the men practiced out of doors for the first time last week. There are now about twenty-five men playing and from this number will be chosen the regular 'varsity team and the reserves. Three regular players of last year's team have failed to return; they are Blakeley (capt.), third base; Voight...
...VARSITY BASEBALL.- 'Varsity squad be at Carey Building at 3.30 sharp. If weather is good be on Holmes as soon after 2.45 as recitations will allow. Battery candidates at usual hours in Cage...
...Varsity baseball candidates have now been working hard for three weeks in the cage of the old Carey Building...
...Carey Building is almost completed, and although it will be two weeks or more before the work will be completely finished, the cage will probably be in good enough condition to permit its being used next week...
...ground floor of the cage will be large enough to permit the regular throw from the home plate to second and base running. Needless to say, it is a great improvement over the old cage, which was so small that the men were greatly hampered in base running and batting and even in fielding grounders. The building is 150 feet long by 60 feet broad and 30 feet high in the centre, and in appearance is neat and substantial...