Word: cage
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...offset the slightly soggy ground and the chilly wind at Soldiers' Field as Coach Slattery's baseball squad took their last work-out of the week on the Freshman field yesterday. There will be no practice today, but on Monday, the whole squad, including the pitchers, will desert the cage for out-door practice...
...chance to see the whole squad in action outside will be welcomed by Coach Slattery who so far has had no opportunity to judge his candidates on a fair basis. Coach Mitchell also explained that while a pitcher may seem to be a world-beater in the cage, his fielding or batting may show up to bad advantage when he gets outdoors...
Nearly a dozen hammer throwers are now going through their preliminary drills each afternoon in the little-used corner of Soldiers Field behind the Stadium and the University baseball bleachers. And about as many pole-vaulters have been reporting for practice in the baseball cage on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to work from 7 until 8 o'clock by electric light...
...group of pole vaulters which drilled in the cage last night is fully as inexperienced as the weight throwers. The most promising prospects are men recruited from other events--R. L. Hyatt '24, a broad jumper; M. M. Atwater '26; and W. D. Mogey, a high jumper. L. O. Combs '26 who won his numerals against Yale last year is the only member of the squad who has held a vaulting pole in his hands before this year...
...University diamond aspirants had their first outdoor workout yesterday despite the chill east wind and the slippery footing. Coach Slattery took no chances with his pitchers' arms and had the routine pitching and batting drill in the cage as usual, but he sent the infielders and outfielders to the Freshman field for a brisk fielding session...