Word: caged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...university captains. The work of the teams will consist of exercise with the chest weights and Indian clubs, and a run of two or three miles each day. The tank will be accessible to the crew at certain hours, while the nine will have the use of the cage, and, in all probability, the New Haven skating rink, which will be of immense advantage during the winter months. The freshmen, since their football defeat, have been very anxious to get revenge on Harvard, and the manner in which they are going to work looks as if they might...
...candidates for positions on the nine other than those of pitcher and catcher have not yet begun training. Consequently the cage has not that animated appearance which it will take on a month hence when the men begin sliding to bases, practicing handball, batting, etc. The majority of the men will take up this work about the first of February. The candidates for pitcher and catcher, the names of whom appeared in a recent issue of the CRIMSON, are doing good work and making marked progress under the skilful instruction of Mr. Clarkson. Those with whom Clarkson is thrown...
...cage itself is in good condition. Captain Willard has caused to be hung around the wire sides of the cage a thick cotton cloth. The benefits derived are two-fold. The light thereby is kept within the cage, an essential factor in afternoon practice. In addition, this seclusion admits of closer application to duties, since the presence of a large crowd of commenters is sure to distract the attention of the candidates...
...will play again in the field, together with G. McClintock, '90, and the change pitcher or catcher. During the winter the candidates, twenty in number, will train under the direction of Captain Noyes and ex-Captain Stagg. The work will consist of batting and battery practice in the cage and light gymnasium exercise, and will continue until the weather permits outdoor practice
...cage for the University of Pennsylvania base ball team which was to have been completed during the holidays, was found at the last minute to come under the law which forbids the erection of wooden structures within the city limits, and it is, therefore, necessary to wait until a permit to build can be secured from the Department of Public Safety. No difficulty is expected in this respect, as there are no building near at hand, and the structure itself is not an extensive...