Word: platt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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YALE.The Yale nine is thought to be weaker than last year, as it has lost the services of Hopkins, Badger, Platt, Smith and Wilcox. Jones will pitch again and will be supported by Hubbard behind the bat. The change pitcher will be Booth, who pitched in the freshman nine year before last and who was thought at that time to be a phenomenon. Souther, '84, will be change catcher. Hopkins' placeat first will be taken by Childs, '83, while Camp goes from short to second, leaving his old place to Griggs, '83, an excellent short-stop and a heavy batter...
...McKee, '84; Stone, '85; Richards, '85; Griggs, '83. Waldon, '81, has come back and will occupy his old position as second base. Wilcox, the luckiest man in the college base-ball arena last year, has left college. The nine also loses the services of Smith, Badger, Hopkins and Platt. Hopkins' place will be hard to fill, but the vacancy at second base will be more than filled by the return of Waldon. The base-ball quarters at the gymnasium have been greatly enlarged and improved. The candidates began training January...
...Besides this, the Princeton club has engaged John M. Ward, the pitcher of the New York League Club to coach the men in their preparation for the coming season. The Yale nine - the present champions - will be weakened greatly by the loss of the three basemen, Hopkins, Badger and Platt. Hopkins is considered one of the best players in the ranks of the college clubs, and his retirement is keenly felt by the Yale men. Badger and Platt are good players, and it is doubtful if the club can secure their equals before the season begins. Bean, the pitcher...
...heavy rain. In a conference with the Yale nine our nine immediately offered to play off the game on the next morning, July 6th. To this the captain of the Yale nine objected on the ground that his nine could not be kept together until that time, inasmuch as Platt, the Yale third baseman, was to start for Europe immediately. Yale consequently refused to play the game although every argument was brought to bear by Harvard to induce them to do so. On about the fifteenth of July the New York papers contained an account of a game between...
Earned runs - Harvard, 2. Two-base hits - Hubbard, Bean. First base on balls - Yale, 6. First base on errors - Yales, 7; Harvard, 2. Struck out - Olmsted, Baker (3), Burt, Crocker, Bean, Le Moyne, Platt. Passed balls - Hall, 2; Hubbard, 2; Wild pitches - Bean, 2; Jones, 1. Time - 2h. 15m. Umpire - John Kelly...