Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Lang '96 the best catcher in Brown is said to-have been unable to make the position on the Andover team last year...
...varsity nine was treated to considerable of a surprise in yesterday's game at Exeter. The home team put up a strong game; the work of Powers, Exeter's catcher, whom Andover protested was particularly brilliant. Repeatedly he caught men off bases by his quick, accurate throwing. At one time the bases were full with none out. Hapgood allowed himself to be caught napping off first and Trafford was equally slow in being thrown out between third and home and then the batter went out and Harvard failed to score. Harvard put in a substitute team. Corbett caught and Whittemore...
...section back of the catcher, a crowd of Georgetown supporters were gathered, and their actions would have disgraced any professional ball field. Besides this, some of the players themselves acted like anything but gentlemen. Such a team is out of place on a Harvard diamond...
...McCarty was a member of the Somerville High nine; Fuller, first base, played that position for Dalzell's Preparatory School, Worcester; Kingsbury pitched on the Cutler School nine of Newton; Haine pitched on last years Hopkinson School nine; O'Mally caught for the Boston Latin School: Henry was catcher on the Sing Sing team; Paul pitched on Hopkinson and Hayes played for two years on the Roxbury Latin School nine...
...probable make-up of the Dartmouth base ball team will be as follows: Catcher, Ranney; pitcher, O'Connor; first base, Tuxbury; second, Griffin; third, Claggett; short stop, Furgesen; out field, Smalley, Folsom and Dinsmore...