Word: cages
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Norton, who was Dartmouth's second baseman two years ago and who is now at Yale, was injured quite seriously in the cage recently and will be unable to play for some time...
...freshman candidates has not yet been cut down, but the men will be weeded out during the next few days. The men show improvement, especially the batteries, but the inability of most of the men to slide bases is noticeable. Practice will continue as usual in the gymnasium cage until the weather permits of outdoor work...
...dummy has been rigged up and put in the batter's box in the cage so that the pitchers may know better where to put the ball...
About 25 men are in regular training for the freshman nine now. The practice consists in stopping grounders and sliding bases in the cage, then light dumbbell exercise and a short run. Many of the men are very good on grounders, but few seem to know anything about sliding. The ground in the cage has been softened and evened and is in much better condition than it was at first. The candidates for the battery are doing work under C. Downer, L. S., and are fully equal to the average freshman batteries. On the whole there is a prospect...
...Yale nine are busy at work in the cage. The number of candidates has now been thinned out to twenty-four, six of whom are old men. Bowers and Case are the most promising of the candidates for pitcher's box. The former played on last years team but was not a brilliant success. Case is probably a better man and is doing excellent work in the cage. He did not have much of a chance last year as he was played in the outfield most of the time. Davis a freshman is a fairly good...