Word: plays
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...second nine will probably play against the 'varsity nine for the first time this afternoon...
...Cady coming as it does just as the season is getting well under way is likely to prove a set back to the nine. The candidates have been under his supervision for the past few weeks and he had become well acquainted with their strong and weak points. Brown played with the 'varsity nine a game or two in the early part of the season. He will probably play at third. The makeup up of the rest of nine will be decided as soon as possible. At present there are about fifteen candidates but this number will be made much...
...practice which the nine was to gain from play with professionals this year seems to have resulted in little good so far. The work of the team in the first inning of yesterday's game was simply abominable; no excuse can be given for most of the errors which were made. Almost every man on the team seemed half asleep, and before they became awake again the game was lost. Even as it was there might have been some hopes of retrieving the poor work of the first inning, if the batting had not been atrocious. When a record...
...Knapp, G. P. Butters, W. H. Butters, from '89; R. D. Brown, Hawes, Livingston, Balch from '90 Van Rensselaer, Davis, Beer from '91; Nicolls, King from '92; also Sullivan and Henry, L. S. The men practiced batting and fielding, Captain Brown doing most of the coaching. The team will play its first game (an exhibition one) this afternoon with the Shamrock club of Cambridge. A number of men have been included in the eleven that will play today, with the view of testing their abilities. No serious practice has been possible as yet, owing to the lack of a suitable...
...good many of last year's team for one reason or another, will not play this year; but there will be some good material to select from, and the prospect for a good nine is encouraging. M. Luce, who pitched in all the important games last year, has sprained his arm, and even if he could pitch the 'varsity would require his services. T. E. Guerin, change pitcher on his freshmnn nine, may play again this year, and A. H. Brooks is also a candidate for pitcher. He played at North East Harbor last summer, and seems to have good...