Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reported that there is a phenomenal catcher in the Law School who will try for the nine in the spring...
...round players - Stagg, '88, pitcher, and Cross, T.S., third base. The others can hardly be rated better than from medium to fairly good. The third best all round man is Noyes, '89 (short-stop), who is expected to step up alongside of Stagg and Cross. Dann, '88 S., catcher; Brigham, '87, left field and Sheppard, '87, right field, are strong fielders, especially Dann; but this trio are several notches behind the first three in batting ability and base-running. Kellogg, '87S, and Osborn, '88S., change catchers, and change fielders, who played last year, are not rated very high. Kellogg...
...candidates for the nine will begin practice on Wednesday next under the supervision of Mr. Ferguson of the Philadelphias. Only two of last year's team remain, Brownlee, catcher, and Larkins, first base and captain; also three substitutes, Mercur, King and Hutchinson. The material is good, but nothing astonishing...
Princeton men say that they could put a very strong nine in the field next spring if they can succeed in finding a good catcher. Brownlee, '89, who caught part of the season last year, is reported to have improved greatly and will probably catch again this year...
Thomas J. Gunning, the well-known League catcher, who left Boston College last term to attend Phillips Exeter Academy, has gone from the latter place to Holy Cross College, Worcester...