Word: cages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Inclement weather yesterday forced the baseball squad to retreat again into the cage. Even therefore if the weather undergoes a change and permits outdoor practice today and the opening game tomorrow, the team that will face Boston University on the diamond will do so with only a scant three days outdoor work behind it. The squad has been confined for an unusually long time this year and that it is suffering from its lack of diamond work was only too evident in the informal six inning game staged by Coach Slattery on Wednesday. As was to be expected both nines...
...Freshman squad in yesterday's practice showed unexpected power and indications point to a successful season. The fielders were given their first chance to show their worth outside while the battery candidates continued their workout in the cage. Coach Davidson will keep his rather large squad for some time in order to give every man plenty of chance to develop. By the time that the Freshman squad goes on its spring trip through Connecticut, the team will probably be reduced...
Practice for the 20 Freshmen who have signed up for interdormitory baseball will begin today at 4.15 o'clock in the cage at Soldiers Field. Training will be carried on there for about the first week, but it is planned to get out on the diamond soon afterward, as it is already in fairly good shape. Teams will probably be chosen a week from tomorrow; men who live at home being assigned to a dormitory. As the season does not close until May 25, the squads will be able to play for six weeks after the spring recess...
...University and Freshman baseball teams will have their first outdoor practice on Monday providing the weather and ground conditions remain favorable. Both nines are being rapidly whipped into shape by Coaches Slattery and Davidson by daily practice in the cage...
Since practice began the middle of last month the majority of the men who intend to take up baseball have signed up. J. C. McGlone, who has been busy in track, signed up two days ago and has been working out in the cage for the last few days. The only man on the basketball squad who is taking up baseball is J. J. Maher who has been playing right guard on the quintet and will be a candidate for first base...