Word: pivots
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...work, practice has been given in bunting and base-slidding. The batting has continued promising in spite of an increase of speed by the pitchers, but the bunting is crude. Next week the pitchers will begin to use curves, and it is hoped that with the reduced squad simple pivot plays and catching men between bases can be commenced...
Next week more detailed work, such as sliding bases, pivot plays, and running men between bases will be started...
...afternoons, the squads have been drilled in ground balls, pivot and double plays: and in sliding and catching men between bases. Coach Frantz and Clarkson have done most of the coaching in these departments. The pitchers and catchers have also practiced every afternoon, and as yet no cut has been made in this squad...
...Clarkson. It has been designed to drill the men in the rudiments of the game, and get their arms and bodies in good shape for the first hard practice next week. In pursuance of this policy the men have been given practice in handling ground balls, and in simple pivot and combination plays; practice in base-sliding was held for the first time yesterday. The battery squads, which include both University and Freshman candidates, have been given exceedingly light work, and particular attention has been paid to drilling them in the correct form. The pitchers have not as yet been...
...shafting, similar to that used in mills, in place of the plain iron rods now in use in the old machines; by changing the bearings so that the weight box will run exactly parallel to the bars, and thus prevent lateral pressure, and by increasing the diameter of the pivot...