Word: center
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fullback, Randall '05, and Nesmith and Nichols of the Freshman team last year, appear to be promising candidates. Among those trying for fullback are Meier '04 and Sperry '06; for ends, Montgomery '06, Jones '04 and Bartels '06; for guards and tackles, Bleakie '04, Coburn '04, Lehmann '05. For center, three good men are Sugden 1L., Upham '06 and Wilder '05, who is temporarily on the sick list. Carrick '06, who has been tried in the position recently, has shown little aptitude for the place as he is decidedly lacking in aggressiveness...
...last year's Yale team, Winslow, catcher, Barnwell, center field, Metcalf, second base, and Chittenden, first base, are again playing this spring. Bowman, a freshman from Hill School, is pitching, and with one or two exceptions, has proved most reliable. Yale has shown fair strength in batting, and occasionally, as in the Georgetown game, has succeeded in bunching hits very consistently. The strongest feature of the play, however, is the fielding, which has been almost unexceptionally very fast and steady...
Walter Clarkson '03 (captain), of Cambridge, pitcher and center fielder, played on the Cambridge High and Latin. School nine for five years, during three of which he was captain. In his Freshman year he was captain of his class nine, which defeated the Yale freshmen twice. He has pitched for two years previous to this one on the University nine. He is 23 years old, weighs 145 pounds, and is 5 feet 10 inches in height...
Alfred Stillman '03, of Brooklyn, pitcher and center fielder, entered College from Hopkinson's School, where he pitched on the school nine for four years, captaining the nine for one year. He played full-back on his Freshman class eleven, substitute full-back on the University eleven in 1900, and has played on the University nine for four years. He is 22 years old, weighs 175 pounds, and is 6 feet in height...
...coaching of the University lacrosse team yesterday afternoon Mr. Leighton paid especial attention to the work of the attack and as a result it showed considerable improvement. Hanavan was changed from the defense to the attack and Kibbey, who has been playing at center, took Hanavan's position on the defense. Bennett replaced Kibbey at center. This change resulted in a marked improvement of the spirit of the play and entire team work...