Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princeton Base-Ball Association has decided to erect a new stand on their grounds. The stand is to fill in the space between the club-house and the back-stop, and will be as large as the old stand...
This afternoon the freshman lacrosse twelve play their second game against the Everetts. The twelve did remarkably well in the game against the Cambridge juniors last Friday, and are to be congratulated upon the stand which they made against players so much more experienced in playing matches. But however much eighty-nine is to be congratulated upon the work of its twelve on Saturday, it should not rest satisfied until a team much stronger still is put in the field; one which will cast in the shade the work of any previous freshman twelve. This cannot be done unless more...
Says the Clipper in regard to Prince. ton's pitcher: "No one can catch the balls from Bickham's delivery when the latter throws his swiftest. In speed he excels every pitcher now on the diamond. But his pace is useless, as no one could stand the punishment involved in facing such a delivery behind...
Cover-point keeps the ball away from in front of goal very effectively. He has but one fault, he occasionally plays to the grand stand and lets his man get too far away from...
...athletic grounds is a well turfed diamond, and behind it a comfortable, covered grand-stand. The quarter-mile track surrounding the field has been put into excellent condition, and the candidates for the Mott Haven team exercise on it daily under the direction of their trainer, Pennell. They have three first-class men, Page in the high jump, Faines in the mile run, and Kohler in the bicycle race. Several other candidates are promising well, and some of the most sanguine spirits think that Pennsylvania's chances for the inter-collegiate cup this year are fair to say the least...