Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Brock was put in at guard on the first team yesterday after a long absence from practice. Another shift made was to try out Hoar at guard. He was naturally unaccustomed to his position, but played a pretty snappy game and broke through the second's line a number of times...
Hartford returned yesterday from a short vacation in the country where he has been since the Holy Cross game. A shift was made in the batting orders, McCall being changed from third in the list to fifth. The order was as follows: Leonard, 3b.; Briggs, 1b.; Currier, c.; Dexter, l.f.; McCall, 2b.; Simons, s.s.; Harvey, c.f.; Dana, r.f.; Hartford...
...shift will be made in Harvard's line-up today in an attempt to strengthen the batting. Slater, whose hitting in every game he has pitched has been excellent, will be in centre field in place of Harvey. Leonard will be kept out of the game again and Pritchett will be at third base. Briggs has not been in the fielding practice since the Bowdoin game, but will play today. Hartford will probably pitch, and either Mansfield or Dowd for Holy Cross...
...again for two or three weeks, owing to an attack of the mumps. This will prevent him from rowing in the Cornell race on May 30. Fish, however, who has been out of the crew since the Columbia race, returned to his place at 2. As a result another shift was necessitated in the order of the crew. Captain Bacon was moved back to his old position at 6, replacing Glass, and Lunt was moved from...
...Farley went into the boat at stroke, replacing Tappan, who with Fish, will be given a rest for a few days. Richardson was moved from 6 to 7, occupying the place of Amberg, who was put into the second boat at 7, where Morgan had previously been rowing. This shift of Amberg is in no wise due to his work in the race on Saturday, which was entirely satisfactory. The change was made in accordance with the advice of T. N. Manahan M.'98, the medical supervisor of the crew. It was deemed unwise to use Amberg in a four...