Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Clark, the captain and left fielder of the Princeton nine, has been so injured as to be obliged to resign his position. John Harlan, '84, the catcher, has been elected captain, in his place...
...Harvard catcher in the Brown game was a freshman. He and the pitcher of the freshman nine formerly were the battery of the very successful Racine College nine. '87, take notice and brace. [News...
...Domestics of Newark, last Saturday, to the tune of 11 to 6. The batting of Princeton was remarkably heavy. W. Moffatt, the new first baseman, and Edwards, who has been moved from first to second, covered their positions with much skill. The change battery, Dickey pitcher, and Shaw catcher, worked well together...
Litchfield is one of the catchers and is a very hard worker. He is apt to "rattle" at the critical points of the game and needs a great deal of practice ; he is a fair batter. Varick is a plucky catcher, but rather light for the position. He does not throw accurately to the bases and is weak at the bat. Baker has done most of the pitching for the nine, and does fairly well, he has good curves and very fair speed. He is very weak on "pop" flies, and also at the bat. It will take a great...
Aldrich, the Adams pitcher, showed up very well on Saturday, as a large number of the hits scored against him were due to the poor fielding of the nine. Pocock, the catcher, caught a plucky game, as he had a split finger...