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...University baseball squad has advanced rapidly in the last week, aided by favorable weather and daily practice games. Each succeeding day Coach Sexton has gone farther into the details and fine points of the game. On Saturday when two picked teams played a fast 3 to 3 tie game of nine innings, good fielding and batting were the features of the contest. If the weather conditions remain favorable, a well developed nine should face Colgate on Thursday...
...second practice game of the year was held yesterday between two picked teams from the University squad. The line-ups were inter-changed to a great extent during the ten innings' play, but at the end, the team led by Coach Sexton was victorious by a 7 to 6 score. Several men were out for the first time this season. M. B. Phillips '15 who played in part of the Yale series last June, played at third base for three innings. F. G. Fripp '16 and H. L. Nash '16, both of last year's Freshman nine, got into...
Since the regular diamond is still soft, the second team field was used. The ground was rough, prohibiting smooth fielding. Coach Sexton kept the pitchers in check, and only a few curves were used. Six pitchers and five catchers were each able to get several innings of work. H. R. Hitchcock '14, one of last year's first string pitchers who has been hitherto ineligible will soon report for regular work, materially strengthening the pitchers' corps. In a few days the candidates will be divided into first and second squads...
...Coach Sexton's team--r.f., Gannett; l.f., Coolidge; 3b., Milholland; c.f., Hardwick; 1b., Starbuck; s.s., Harvey; 2b., Mason; c., Weatherhead, Curtis, Safford; p., MacDonald, Frye, Boyle...
...University baseball squad held its first outdoor practice of the season yesterday afternoon on the second team diamond. Practically all the candidates reported, enabling Coach Sexton to see the work of everyone under actual playing conditions...