Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they will not begin work for several weeks yet. Light practice in fielding and batting will continue till the weather permits out-door work. Judging from the showing of the candidates so far there will be no trouble in filling all the vacant positions with the exception of catcher. None of the men trying for this place seem to have pre-eminent ability, yet, on account of the great number of games scheduled, there ought to be several good men fully able to fill this position...
Brown '98 caught last year for the freshmen. He is a good catcher and a fair hitter, but is inclined to be a little slow...
...Faculty Athletic Committee of the University of Pennsylvania every member of last year's baseball team, except Captain Blakeley, third base, and Gorman and Grey, outfielders is debarred from playing this season. A large number of substitutes were also made ineligible for the nine. Among those debarred are Reuning, catcher; Schoenhut and Dickson, pitchers; and Goekle, Contrell and Avil, infielders. An investigation showed that these players had played on "summer nines" and in other ways had violated the University of Pennsylvania amateur rule...
...announced that the coach for the Princeton baseball team this year will be Earle, formerly catcher on the Chicago national league team. Beginning March 15, he will coach the team for a month...
...Dunlop '97, of Cambridge, fullback, prepared at the Brown and Nichols School. He played on his freshman eleven and on the 'varsity the same season. Last year he played in the Yale game. Was catcher on his freshman nine, and rowed on the sophomore crew last year. Age 22, height 5 ft. 10 in., weight...