Word: stillings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ball after he has caught it. Randall who is trying for right field meets the ball well, but has a tendency to knock it in the air. Adams in the outfield is a hard worker, but his fielding is erratic. He has improved his batting greatly, but it is still weak at times. Colby is a good outfielder, but his batting needs improvement. Of the catchers, Mason is a good backstop, but a very weak thrower. He lacks ginger and is liable to be caught napping while on base. His batting is even. Elkins the other catcher has not been...
...enough advanced as yet to give any individual criticism of the men, but as a whole the squad is working hard and shows good spirit. The greatest weakness is in batting; in the field the men are beginning to develop team work with fair success, though their throwing is still unsteady. There are no very promising candidates for the battery positions. The strongest point of the squad is in base-sliding and running. With conscientious work, the play should show marked improvement by the end of the holidays...
...defense, the latter being especially weak at goal, point, and cover-point. At goal Leake is perhaps the most likely candidate, with the possibility of Hanavan, the other defense candidate, being forced out to point. At point Chaffee is doing poor work. Lehman at cover-point is still slow in starting and following the ball, and at the last moment may be replaced by E. C. Carter 2G. Except for these positions the defense is tolerably effective. In spite of the fact that the southern teams have a start of about three weeks' practice, the team should...
...leading editorial presents pointedly the arguments for giving upperclassmen preference in the assignment of Yard rooms. Another editorial assaults the much abused retaining wall. It seems a little uncharitable thus to abuse a work still unfinished, and to suggest as improvements features which we have been led to suppose were part of the original plan. The other classified contributions include two book reviews and three "Kodaks," including one of much merit...
...option on the new golf course at Waltham expires at the end of this week. $3,000 of the $1-.000 in cash needed to purchase the course still remains to be collected...