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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fall baseball practice has now been going on for about two weeks, and in the favorable weather which has prevailed, a great deal of good work has been accomplished with the new material. Owing to the large number of men who have come out, the squad has been divided into four nines, with substitutes. Two nines play regular games against each other on alternate days, substituting players until each man has been given a chance. In this way the men get the best kind of training, that of experience in actual play on the field...
...work at present. In this, the effect of good coaching is especially apparent, great stress being laid upon the principle of having the fielders anticipate the play, and help each other out. The base running is rather poor, except in a few individual cases. Most of the men are inclined to be reckless, using no headwork, and lacking the quickness of decision necessary to good base-running. The batting is very weak, although the pitchers do not use great speed, nor many curves...
...pitchers, Coburn and McDonald appear to be the best, although each of them can easily improve. Milne and Jacques are the best behind the bat, and are both doing good work. Lewis is the only man who has shown any steadiness at first base, the other men seeming to lack experience in that position. For second base, Keene and Putnam are about equally matched, and each is doing excellent work, although Putnam is weaker at the bat. At shortstop, Wright, Coolidge and Gilles are fairly accurate and cover a good deal of ground. Lancey and Rowley are doing well...
...entries for the fall chess tournament are unusually many this year, thirty-one men in all having signified their intention to play. For the preliminary round these men have been divided into five sections, in which each man will play a one-game match with all the others, making his own arrangements for the matches. The results of these games must be handed in before October 21. The two men in each section winning the largest number of games will be qualified to enter for the final round. No prizes will be offered this year, as the object...
...following men have agreed to speak at the regular meetings of the club: Mr. Denman Ross, who will speak on "How Design May Come into Photography,"; Professor Charles Moor, who will speak on "The Artistic Element in Photography," and Professor de Sumichrast who will speak on "Failures and Successes." Papers will also be read at the meetings by club members. The next meeting will be held on November...