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Battery practice for the candidates for the University and Freshman teams will begin under the direction of Dr. Sexton in the Hemenway Gymnasium this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The following candidates for the University team, and all Freshman candidates will report at 2.30 o'clock: R. C. Babson '12, H. A. Baker '12, R. Burrage '11, R. C. Clifford '12, S. M. Felton, 3d, '13, H. R. Howe '12, R. P. Lewis '13, R. G. McKay '11, H. E. Reeves '12, W. F. Stiles '13, J. A. Sweetser '11, H. H. Tryon '12. The following will report...
...McLaughlin '11, captain of the University team, and Coach Sexton explained briefly the purpose of the early training. Practice for the battery candidates will commence in the Gymnasium Monday...
There will be a meeting of candidates for the battery of the University baseball team in Holworthy 3 this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. C. B. McLaughlin '11, captain of the University team, will outline the practice in the Cage which will start in a few weeks. Coach Sexton will explain a course of work which will be held in the Gymnasium as a preparation for the practice in the Cage. This is the first time that battery candidates have been called out before reporting in the Cage, and as the work will start immediately, it is imperative that...
...Sexton has had all the experience which his present position demands and has made for himself a remarkable record both in and since leaving college. He played four years at Brown being captain in '92 and '93. He was a pitcher at college but also played second base and centre field. In 1892, when he was captain, coach and pitcher of the team, Brown defeated Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania, inside of two weeks...
After leaving college Dr. Sexton played baseball with various professional and other teams, including the Boston Nationals. In 1895 and 1896 he coached Michigan, and in both years turned out championship teams. For the last seven years Dr. Sexton has coached Brown with remarkable success. In 1907 all of the 20 games on the schedule were victories. Among the remarkable pitchers that Dr. Sexton developed at Brown are Lynch, Tift, Hatch, and Nourse...