Word: cage
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These old courts, several of which are located on the site of the proposed baseball cage will remain in use all spring, as work on the new cage is not to begin until next fall, it was learned yesterday afternoon from Mr. Fred W. Moore '93, graduate treasurer...
That the new baseball cage will be built on the western end of the tennis courts at Soldiers Field has been definitely decided by the University Planning Board, according to an announcement made yesterday by Major F. W. Moore '93, graduate treasurer of the Athletic Association. Work on the cage will begin next fall and will probably be completed in time for winter practice next year. Five tennis courts will have to be sacrificed for the new building...
Several other locations were considered. One of these would have placed the cage directly between the tennis courts and the open end of the Stadium, but the fact that it would practically block the crowds leaving the Stadium and that it would interfere with the straight-away made this suggestion unfeasable. The corner of Soldiers Field nearest Anderson Bridge was another possible location. In view of the fact, however, that such a position would prevent the enlargement of the present locker building, which is urgent and a very possible occurrence in the near future, this also was discarded...
...most sanquine Crimson enthusiasts realize that the University nine faces a hard proposition this afternoon and tomorrow, when Georgia University takes possession of the visitors' bench on Soldiers Field. The southerners have been playing outdoor baseball ever since the Crimson started in the cage and they have already played an even dozen games. The game will begin at 4 o'clock...
...English versifiers. How will he find the atmosphere at the University of Michigan? It is more than probable that we shall never know; for Robert Bridges of England is a man of great erudition and reticence. He will seem a bit odd, I fancy, in his lion's cage in midwest America...