Word: shortness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...entering freshman class. Among these are Trafford and Upton, the catchers, respectively of Exeter and Andover academy teams. Both of these men are now playing football but will be candidates for the nine at the beginning of winter training. One other promising man is Soule, '93, who has been short-stop on Exeter's team for two years...
...noticeable scarcity of pitchers and catchers. In addition to the men above named the following members and substitutes of last year's team are in college: Downer, L. S., McLeod, '90, pitchers; Willard, L. S., first base; Dean, '91, second base; Howland, L. S., third base; Corning, '91, short stop; Evans, '90, centre field; Linn, '90, right field; Cummings, '91, McKean, '90, Mumford...
...York, for a photographic telescope. The instrument will be made with a double lens, a new form not yet adopted by European astronomers, but considered by Professor Pickering far superior to single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will include a large area of the sky at once, and will also obtain images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering expects to accomplish as much as seventeen other observatories working together according to a plan recently matured at Paris. The lenses will...
...Bicycle club held a short meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss the protest of Mr. Rodemann against the award of the prizes to the winners of last Saturday's road race, on the ground that before the race four prizes had been offered by the clubs while only three were to be given out. It was decided that the club had offered only three prizes and that Mr. Rodemann's protest should not be considered. The Bicycle club meet was not a great success financially. Instead of a surplus of two hundred dollars which had been hoped for, after paying...
...Yale team will have Cushing right field, and McClung short stop. The nine will bat in the following order: Stagg, p.; Calhoun, 2b; McClung, s. s.; McBride, 1b; Noyes, 3b; Dalzell, c. f.; Cushing, r. f.; Poole, c.; McClintock...