Word: infielding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...experimenting Dougal Ward has been brought in from the out-field and placed on second base. This is an excellent move on Captain Brook's part; for Ward, though not a speedy man, is at all times perfectly cool and collected, which will help materially in steadying the infield...
Yesterday afternoon the fresman nine went through some light practice in fielding. Special attention was paid to the infield. The nine has improved greatly within the last two weeks, but there is still room for improvement. As a rule the throwing is much better than the catching of the team and the batting is still weak. Today the nine will play its second game with Groton School at Groton. The same men will be played as before, with the exception of Brown, who has the mumps...
...game was rather slow and uninteresting, but was nevertheless encouraging, as it was the best played game the nine have put up this season. With the exception of Whittemore's two errors, the fielding was swift and sure. The outfield had little work to do. For the infield Winslow and Stevenson put up the best games. The fielding of the former was very good, but he does not seem to know what to do when he reaches a base. This fault is noticeable with the whole nine, and by careless base-running and poor coaching to men on bases many...
...following is a list of the candidates: pitchers, E. L. Hill, A. T. Harris; catcher, H. A. Scott; infield, L. Williams. E. Dexter, C. Jenny, B. Gardner, H. Turner, C. F. Prescott, H. Anderson, E. Stevens, W. D. Walker, C. R. Blood, F. Lord; outfield, C. A. Martin, R. N. Begien, D. J. Fales, F. M. Weld, G. B. Abbott, W. W. Gill, W. L. Garrison...
...Johnston out on infield...