Word: catching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Since Mr. Mumford has taken hold of the crew there has been a very noticeable change in the stroke. Mr. Watson taught the men a hard catch with the shoulders-one which was apparently so hard that the crew could not carry the stroke through. Although Mr. Mumford still insists on a hard catch, it is one that can be carried way through by the men. The result of thus applying the power all through is that the stroke is longer-the proportion of time that the oars are in the water to the length of time they...
Perkins at three, is the second heaviest man in the boat, weighing but a pound less than Sprague. Perkins slumps at full reach-at the catch, and at the finish-when he draws in his arms. He also rushes his slide...
Hollister at two, weighs 172 pounds. His chief fault is that he is slow in applying his power at the catch...
...pitching was a very easy mark for the Newton men who batted safely almost whenever they pleased. His support was exceptionally poor in every respect. The whole infield fumbled and threw poorly on almost every opportunity, and were only saved from more errors by several lucky plays. Scannell's catching was much inferior to that of Draper, and was rather careless at times. The outfielders were weak in returning the numerous hits which came in their direction, though they caught all the flies which fell into their hands. Warren's home run was made on a single which Rand allowed...
...second baseball game between '98 and '99 will be played on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mains, who pitched so effectively for '99 in the first game, will not pitch today. His place will be taken by Fitz. For '98 Daly will pitch and Slade catch. The following is the batting order of the two nines...