Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first charge arose from the fact that the pitcher and catcher of last year's nine at Williams were graduated in June, and that Wilson, pitcher of Bowdoin, and Clark, a catcher of Brown, left their respective colleges last fall and entered Williams. The natural inference drawn by men in other colleges was that they were paid to come, or at any rate were influenced by some inducement or persuasion on the part of Williams. This, however, is not the fact. No offer of any kind was made to either of the men in question, nor was there, indeed...
...Clarke, catcher of the Williams College nine, has split a finger...
Eastman, the catcher of the Williams College nine, is a resident of Albany. Since the retirement of Finley, he is looked upon as his successor to the title of the best college catcher...
...especially at the bat, has shown marked improvement since the beginning of winter, and if Yale's prospects were good in the fall, they now, at the beginning of spring, are better than any college ever had before, not even excepting Harvard a year ago. Kellogg, who was change catcher last year, Sullivan, '90, and Hunt of the Law School have done excellent work at the bat during the winter, while the capabilities of Cross, Shepard and Brigham are well known. Hunt is a heavy man, weighing over 200 pounds, and is all muscle. He will play somewhere...
...addition to the regular men, there are also two possible candidates for the freshman team who are now training with the 'Varsity. Slade is trying for 'Varsity catcher. He was a member of the Adams Academy team of '85. He played on no team last season...