Word: infielding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before the game there was a little preliminary work consisting of flies for the outfield and grounders for the infield...
Currier and Simons will form a nucleus for a good infield if McCall and Harding do not return. Briggs, Hall, and Hann, captain of this year's Freshman team, will be candidates for first base. J.C. Hamlen '09, R.W. Rowley '09, and R.S. Marshall '10, of this year's second team, and P.S. Twitchell '11 should develop into fast players and may secure positions in the infield. W.G. Carlisle, substitute catcher, will graduate, and his position will be filled by R.C. Brown '10, who was ineligible this year, and J. Sweetser '11. F.W. Kemble '08, substitute infielder on this year...
...last of the fourth the Holy Cross infield went up in the air. Aronson's grounder was fumbled by Carney, and as Mansfield got in the base-line, Aronson collided with him so that he dropped the ball. Larkin threw Lanigan's bunt wild, and when Currier bunted. Larkin's throw went past Carney, and Aronson scored, while the other two reached second and third. With nobody out Simons went out on a grounder to second. Harding bunted to pitcher, and Lanigan was out at the plate. Harding stole second, and Currier was almost out between third and home...
...whole the team is steady, but with the exception of the first four batters is not a heavy hitting team. The infield is fast, but the outfield is not first class...
...important change in the line-up of the University baseball team was made yesterday afternoon, McCall returning to second base, and F.A. Harding '09, captain of this year's second team, going to first in place of Hall. It is expected that these changes will cause the infield to work together better and will remedy the lack of team play that has been so noticeable in the last few games. McCall has played on the University team for two years, and Harding has played a very good game on the second team. Hall and Kemble played yesterday on the second...