Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard, Allen's catching could hardly have been excelled. It was wonderful. Winslow's pitching was very good. His coolness at critical points has done more towards winning the last three games than the work of any other single player. Smith and Baker both played well. Our batting was quite heavy. Tilden, Winslow and Nichols leading. The nine certainly deserved the congratulations of last night...
...York firm, who makes so many lawn tennis goods, says of tennis during the coming season: "The Inter-collegiate Association have now adopted our ball, as well as the National Association, and all matches and tournaments will have to be played with it. This renders it necessary that all players should practice with the ball, so that they may be accustomed to it. This is more than a trade question. Putting aside the preference which an American player would naturally give to an American ball, the question of climate comes in. Ayres' balls are made for an English climate...
...freshmen interested in their progress and ultimate success should spare as much time as possible to go out on Jarvis and watch their classmates at work. Encouragement is what is wanted, and it can be given in no better way than by watching the nine practice. Each player is more likely to do better and play sharper if he knows that he is watched by the critical eyes of a number of spectators. The upper-class men will do their share, no doubt, but the chief interest must naturally be taken by the freshman class itself...
...worth, is a hard worker, good fielder, and excellent batter. Tilden is playing left field, and has had a great deal of experience in the game. He is not a hard worker, but plays a good game, and is a good batter. Wiestling is one of the best players on the nine, and is working hard for pitcher's position ; he bats well, and is a good runner. Potter is a fair player, but has not been tried in a game as yet. Power has played all winter in the cage, but has not been tried in a game...
...Simpson, another on the men chosen for the European lacrosse team, will be remembered as a billiard player on the Harvard team of last year...