Word: cage
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University baseball squad has been improving slowly during the past week. The practice so far has been held almost entirely in the cage; but in preparation for the game with the University of Maine next Saturday, the team will probably start regular work on the diamond today...
...revolver team of the Rifle and Pistol Club won its third victory over Battery A last night in the cage on Soldiers Field by a score of 943 to 884. The individual scores were: Harvard--Bancroft, 186; Wright, 187; Shirk, 177; St. Gaudens, 196; Hodskins, 197; total, 943. Battery A--Blake, 188; Hale, 180; H. L. Rogers, 156; Chamberlain, 169; G. Rogers, 106; total...
...Rifle and Pistol Club will hold a practice match with Light Battery A in the Cage on Soldiers Field this evening at 8 o'clock. Harvard has won both of the two previous matches. Following is the Harvard team: J. H. Shirk '02, H. St. Gaudens '03, F. G. Hodskins '02, L. W. Wright 1L., P. Bancroft '03. The Battery team, including one substitute, is as follows: Blake, Rogers, Hale, Chamberlain, Rogers, Clark...
Baseball work in the cage during the last week has been hard and steady. The batteries have continued working principally for form and accuracy in throwing, with a gradual increase in speed. Batting practice, coached by Keeler, has been held every morning between 10 and 12, and for a short time in the afternoon. At present the main thing required is good form in meeting the ball. The men have a tendency to try to hit too hard, and do not time the ball well...
...Freshmen are going through practically the same work as the University squad, with the exception of batting, which has not yet begun. The outfielders began practicing outside the cage on Friday. The third cut of seven men was made on Saturday, which reduces the the squad to about twenty-five men. Devens and Carr have been helping Black in the coaching...