Word: plate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princeton out fit, he will not hesitate to make shifts during the game. Wilson substituted for Richards at short, and Lackey, last year's first string catcher also got into the game, relieving Lewis, who worked against Harvard in the series opener. Lackey signalized his reappearance at the plate by collecting three hits in as many times at bat, and he is due to see action tomorrow should a pinch hitter at any time be in order. Goeltz and Handy followed Kellogg to the rubber against Swarthmore, and they will act as Kellogg's relief should the Tiger ace falter...
...unless Chase replaces Ullman on second base. Ullman was taken out of the Princeton game when he missed the signal from the bench on a double steal. Chase played a faultless game in the field on his first appearance and against right handed twirling is more effective at the plate than the regular second sacker...
Where sunburned ball-tossers earn their weekly wage, at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan, there was a new spectacle last week. The team was away. Some one had come and lined the field with white tape from deep outfield to home plate, where excited people stood waving rags, towels and handkerchiefs. If you watched closely, you would suddenly see flights of shadows whiz in from the outfield. They were spidery little animals with pinpoint noses, whittled bodies, pipestem legs...
...Lampoon, pitching with the fervor and skill of years' experience reached great heights, not to mention the home plate, with the pitch of excellence. But the legion of CRIMSON bats was as impenetrable as the Old Howard on Saturday night and victory perched not upon the Ibis's bough...
...getting four bingles in seven trips to the plate, Captain Todd passes Zarakov, University third sacker, for the lead in batting among the regulars who have officially opposed moundsmen more than 2 times. The Crimson clean-up man is now hitting for the respectable figure of 327, while Zarakov has dropped to .302, barely above the coveted .300 mark...