Word: infielding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University team was outside for about two hours when they were put through a general workout and a long batting drill. After this, Coach Mitchell lined the men up for infield practice with two teams...
...based essentially on knowledge of the rules of the game. It contains a masterly tabloid exegesis of the law in such finical situations as a player's throwing his cap at a passing ball, two runners on one base, premature decisions (e. g., a bunt declared foul rolls fair), infield flies, balls batted out of sight. There is a catachism of 51 articles: "Don't be anxious, too quick, tactless, argumentative, vindictive, officious. . . . Remember the spectators. . . . Listen to reason. . . . Smile. ..." The crouching and erect postures are compared. The double-and single umpire systems are explained. Anecdotes abound. Upon the students...
Coach Claude Davison will call out all Freshman aspirants for infield and outfield berths on the 1929 nine this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The battery candidates have been at work for several weeks. This is the fourth year that Coach Davison has been the Freshman mentor. He will be aided this year by Coach Mitchell of the University team. Coach Mitchell will devote an hour each afternoon to the yearlings while the weather forces them to go through their periods of practice in the cage. When they go outside on to Soldier's Field, he will devote one afternoon...
...baseball season was officially opened yesterday afternoon in the cage on Soldiers Field when a large squad of diamond aspirants greeted Coach Mitchell for a short session of batting and infield practice. The University and Freshman pitchers and catchers are rapidly rounding into early season shape after two weeks work and should be able to keep pace with the remainder of the squad which was called out for the first time yesterday...
...Freshmen playing fall baseball, B. L. Elkins '29, R. E. Durkee '29, and G. P. Davis '29 are fancied most by Coach Davidson for his Freshman nine next spring. Elkins, former St. Mark's captain, seems to have one of the infield berths cinched. Davis, a pitcher, is a former Choate athlete, and promises to win a position on Coach Davidson's corps of hurlers. The heavy hitting of Durkee won for him the position of clean-up batter on one of the fall teams. The former Greenfield High player is expected to be a strong competitor for the first...