Word: cage
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...baseball candidates have now been at work in the Cage a little over four weeks, and some idea can now be formed of the ability of the men who make up the University squad, though criticism based only on indoor work must necessarily be more or less inadequate and unsatisfactory. The whole squad is making encouraging progress in base-running and sliding, and in general the work so far has been fairly satisfactory. However, more attention should be given to minor individual faults. The training table for the University squad will probably be started in about two weeks...
...work has been done in the cage, consisting entirely of batting and bowling on the cocoa mat. As soon as the weather permits, work will begin outside in preparation for the game at Lowell on April...
...rumor that pitcher Nichols of the Boston league team is to help in coaching the baseball team for the next few weeks is not true. Nichols has merely been invited to use the cage to get in condition for the league games...
...squads began baseball practice in the Cage yesterday afternoon. The work was light and consisted in fielding grounders, throwing and running. No hard work will be done this week. E. M. Lewis of the Boston team was the only coach present. Thirty-two more candidates handed in their names; of these, seven were put on the battery squad, two on the University, ten on the general, and thirteen on the Freshman squad...
...present, battery candidates will report at the cage at the following hours...