Word: field
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the freshman nine went into a semistrict training about a month ago. There are, as usual, a large number of candidates for the different positions, but it is much too early to make predictions about the quality of the nine which will represent Ninety two on the field this spring. The outlook is promising, and Captain Cady will probably evolve a fairly representative nine out of the thirty or more men trying for positions on the team. The candidates come from all sections of the country. Almost all have occupied positions on the nines of the schools from...
...baseball team will be composed of Hyneman, U. of P., pitcher; Lansing, U. of P., catcher: Dana, Princeton, 1st base; McConkey, Yale, 2d base; Price, Princeton, 3d base; Campbell, Harvard, short stop; and Durell, Princeton, Hunt, Yale, Cahill, U. of P., and Tate, of Holy Cross, in the field...
...ground will be leased for a period of five years; Mr. Nortion will give an option on the portion owned by him, so that it may be purchased at reasonable figures at any time before the expiration of the lease. The yearly expense of maintaining the field will be $1,000 and the taxes. It is thought that the surpluses of the different athletic organizations of the university will more than meet this expense, and any amounts in excess of sum required for yearly maintenance will be applied on the purchase of the ground. On account of the unfortunate result...
Trustees will be appointed to hold the land. The Athletic Committee will, however, have general charge of the field and will apportion its use between the different athletic teams...
...announcement that a new campus is to be added to the present fields which can be used by the students for athletic purposes solves a difficulty which has long puzzled those most intimately interested in the athletic success of our teams. The utter inadequacy of the present fields to supply the space needed for the proper development of the different athletic teams has long been apparent. To this cause, almost as much as to any other, may be attributed the poor success of Harvard in athletic contests during recent years. Teams desiring to secure outdoor work have been compelled...