Word: masons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gave four men bases on balls, besides making a bad throw to Dickinson. However, he kept perfectly cool under the most trying circumstances, and with the exception of the three hits, Princeton could do nothing with him. He had the best kind of support from the entire nine, although Mason did drop two or three balls, for not a single fielding error was made outside the wild throw of Highlands - a rather remarkable circumstance, considering the tireless cheering and yelling of the Princeton men and their practice of our own class-game noise-producing tactics...
...magnificently. All of his chances were on balls that were unusually swift and difficult to manage, and his throwing was perfect. Frothingham had some hard balls to handle, but played steadily and with much judgment. Under the circumstances surrounded as he was by a hooting, howling mob of men, Mason did as well as could be expected...
...same fate. Mackenzie was hit on the foot and took his base, only to be caught between bases by Highlands and Hovey. Harvard then came in. Cook started off with the prettiest kind of a single, which lightly danced along the third base line to left field. Mason put another to left field, advancing Cook a base. Hallowell then repeated the performance, and Cook scored amid the enthusiastic cheering of the Harvard men. Frothingham hit to Young, who caught Mason as he tried to reach home on the poorest kind of coaching. Hallowell was thrown out at third on Hovey...
...third inning it looked as though Princeton would tie the score. Trenchard got as far as third, but was thrown out on Guild's hit. The next two men got out and left Guild at second. Mason hit a grounder to Ramsdell, and went to first while the fielder played with the ball. On a passed ball he got to second, and scored, on Hallowell's hit to Guild, who tried to throw him out at the plate unsuccessfully...
...make up of the nine is not yet definitely settled, but the following men will be taken: Dickinson, Frothingham, Cook, Hovey, Paine, Hallowell, Corbett, Highlands, Mason, Bates, Upton, Wiggin, Cobb and Soule...