Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...pitcher, among them Altman, Easton and Wilson. The most uncertain position is behind the bat, where it will be hard to replace Trenchard and Williams. Kelly is the most promising man for first base and Captain Bradley will play second. Gunster and Ward will probaply play third base and shortstop, The management will adopt the plan followed last year of playing Altman, Easton and Wilson in the outfield when they are not pitching. All are excellent fielders and as batters they will materially strengthen the team. The fact that ten games are to be played with Harvard and Yale...
...called on Saturday evening, have appointed James Dean '97 of Brookline, captain for the coming season. Dean was captain of the '97 freshman nine and played quarterback on his class football team the same year. Last year he was a substitute on the 'varsity nine at third base and shortstop...
...shortstop there are three new men, McVey, who played in the Yale game in Whittemore's place, Haskell who played on last year's freshman team and Mansfield who has done a good deal of playing on local teams before coming to college...
...short, which, though well stopped, landed him on first. He stole second, then Keator went to second and Rustin to third on a passed ball, third strike. Reddington fouled out to first and Carter knocked a long low hit to centre which brought Rustin in. A poor throw by shortstop allowed keator to score. Only once, in the fifth, did Harvard come within a point of scoring. Then, when one man was out, Highlands sent a hard one to center, who misjudged it, and Highlands went to third, and if properly coached would have scored. Carter struck out the next...
...field both sides played good ball, although each made four errors. From the Harvard point of view it was the best game the home nine has put up in Cambridge this year and this too with a second substitute at shortstop...