Word: mercer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Ransom, Frank H, 8 Mercer circle...
...regularly or as substitutes last year. About six of the nine can be named with considerable degree of certainty, but the other places will be warmly contested. The candidates are now practicing in two squads, one of which has the gymnasium as its base of operations, the other occupying Mercer Hall, where a court for handball practice has been fitted...
...Princeton nine began work last week in the gymnasium. The candidates are not very numerous, but the material, on the whole, is very promising. In Mercer Hall a substitute has been found for the old cage in the gymnasium. At a trifling expense it has been turned into a first-class handball court. It affords a good place for battery practice...
...past few days, but most of the work has been almost entirely confined to the gymnasium. Princeton will suffer a great many disadvantages from the loss of the cage, which was destroyed by storm last Commencement, and which was expected to be of such service, especially in batting. Mercer Hall has been engaged as a partial substitute, and a court for hand-ball practice has been there fitted up. This will be a good place for battery practice, but the space is too cramped to allow any batting. It is likely that Irwin of the Philadelphia team will be engaged...
...outlook for a good nine this year at Princeton is very good. The candidates began training last Monday in the gymnasium, and although a very large number did not present themselves, the material is very promising. In Mercer Hall a good substitute has been found for the cage, which was destroyed last year. Although Mercer Hall is rather small, it is much better than the old cage in the gymnasium, and as it is out of the question to rebuild the cage this winter, Mercer Hall will have to suffice. The hall has been turned into an excellent handball court...