Word: cages
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...attention has been called to the fact that the freshman baseball candidates cannot be called out since there is no place in which they may practice. Before this year the candidates for this team used the cage in the Gymnasium, but now this cage has been floored over for the benefit of the Mott Haven team. It is right enough that the Mott Haven team should have a good place in which to practice starting. It is equally true that the prospects of the freshman baseball team should not be injured for want of a place where it may train...
...great credit for their success in arranging such a complete schedule and should have the hearty support of the whole college, especially in the matter of the additional games with Harvard and Yale. The new baseball men have been ordered by Captain Bradley to report for practice in the cage, while the old men will remain working in the gymnasium till the latter part of March, when the cage will be less damp and the professional coach, Earle, will have charge...
Yesterday afternoon Captain Dean decided to take advantage of the small amount of snow on Holmes Field and consequently had the baseball candidates out batting. After each man had had his share of practice, the regular work of sliding and starting was gone through in the cage...
...baseball and track men have for some time been working regularly in the gymnasium, and in a week or so active practice will be begun in the cage...
...varsity baseball candidates have now been practicing in the cage for about two weeks. The squad at the present time is so large that in order to give each man a fair trial it has been divided into two sections which practice on alternate days. So far the work in the cage consists of fielding grounders, sliding and base-running, followed by a short run and dumb bell exercise in the Gymnasium. As soon as the squd is reduced to a convenient size, the men will have a little practice in batting...