Word: cage
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Because of the bad weather yesterday the practice was held in the baseball cage and was confined to a running signal drill. All of the first eleven men including Kendall, Ellis, Sawin and Kernan took part at one time or another. The execution of the line plays was quick and good, but on the end runs the men got in the way of each other and broke up the formations. The great fault of the team was playing too high, a failing which has marred the work during the whole week. The practice ended with some individual coaching...
...ushers for the Pennsylvania game must report at 11.30 on Saturday in the baseball cage where lunch will be served and badges distributed. Men must be prompt, since no one coming late will receive a badge. There will be no other meeting of ushers before the game...
...fall's work has shown what the men could do in competition and their ability has been tested much more thoroughly than could have been done in ordinary practice. It will make the cage-work in the spring much more valuable, for the coaches have already guaged to some extent the ability of many of the candidates who will then come out. The coaches know the weak points of the men, and which of them, with special coaching, will make University material. By taking the Freshmen who come out as a criterion, they can also judge to some extent...
...resulted in a victory for Putnam's team by a score of 7 to 2. The following men on Putnam's team will get cups: Manning, Dudley, Foster, Murphy, Lancy, Carr, Putnam, Stewart, Pieper, Leonard, and Frothingham. There will be no further practice now until the beginning of cage work in February...
...fall practice. The spring squad promises to be an exceptionally large one and any knowledge that the captain and coaches may have acquired during the fall as regards the playing ability of a man, will stand him in good stead when the weeding out process of the cage-work begins...