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Yesterday afternoon before leaving the team was given a short practice in fielding and batting. The work was carried on with excellent dash and speed, although the men were somewhat wild in their throws. Mahar, who may play on Saturday, was in right field, and Bradbury was at short-stop in place of Matthews who was given a rest...
Andover played with fair steadiness, with the exception of three errors by the right fielder, and two fumbles by the short-stop. At the bat, however, the men seemed unable to hit with any certainly, the four hits that were made being well scattered...
...second baseball squad is now composed of twenty men, eleven of whom will be taken to the training table, which will be started the middle of next week. Murphy, short-stop, Greenough, right field, and Fischel, first base have been dropped from the University squad and have joined the second nine. Adams, left field and Bolton, third base both of last year's Freshman team, are the most likely candidates for their respective positions. Parker, catcher, Lovering center field, and Marshall, second base were members of last year's team, so that, with the promising new material, the chances...
...While his batting work was fairly good, he proved very slow on the bases. Of the second baseman, Coolidge batted better than heretofore, but was not up to his usual form in either bunting or base-running. Skilton showed little improvement in any department of the game. Matthews at short-stop played more accurately in the field than in the practice this spring, but showed in his batting an inability to hit swift balls. Murphy did not play well either in the field or at the bat. At third base, Story was erratic in his fielding, but showed slight improvement...
Both the Princeton pitchers, Stevens and Underhill are effective. It is not yet determined who will pitch. Steinwender at second, Pearson at first, Meier at short-stop and Green as catcher, played against Harvard in the game two years ago. The first three are among the strongest batters on the team...