Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Goodwin, '87, is training for catcher of the Yale University nine...
Princeton hopes to win the baseball championship this spring. Five of last years' nine, including Moffat, pitcher, and Harlan, catcher, are still in college...
...Yale freshman nine has four candidates for pitcher, two for catcher, two for each of the bases and three for short-stop...
...pitching the ball, which will soon be learned by the rest of the team and consequently no good will come of the practice. I once heard an old ball player say "take an ordinary fielding nine, but all sure and hard hitters, add the finest pitcher and catcher in the league and it would beat almost any nine set before it. While this statement may be slightly exaggerated it has "much of method" in it for the strength of a team lies in its "battery" and its ability to hit good pitching. This ability can never be learned from...
...last year. The men are working hard and receive a thorough course in sparring from Professor Dole. In consequence the college expects some fine results on the field. The positions will in all probability be filled as follows: Harris, '85, pitcher and captain; Wheeler, '84, and Sullivan, '87, catchers; Gardener, '84, 1st base; Buffum, '84, 2d base; Marble, '86, 3d base; Taylor, '84, s.s; Hunt, '85, l.f.; Kimball, '85, c.f.; Stuart, '86, r.f.. Wheeler, Marble and Sullivan are new men. Hunt was catcher last year, now he takes a position in the field. During the spring vacation the nine...