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...fielding was generally good. Willard was hardly up to his s andard on first, but at short Dean played a magnificent game, taking ten chances without an error. The base running was very poor. Only eight innings were played. Hawley pitched a very fair game, and the opposing team made but few hits off him. Appended is the score...
...effect of the spring trip of the nine has been to show that if Harvard is to put a victorious team in the field in the coming championship games a great deal of hard work must be done. The work of the nine agains professionals was, to say the least, discouraging, although, when we take into consideration all the disadvantages under which the nine played, not so unsatisfactory as many seem to think. The infield is very weak and the team as a whole bat very poorly, The great advantage of these professional games is to bring out the weak...
...column of the Philadelphia's would indicate. The fielding in this game, especially that of the infield was by far the worst during the trip. McLeod pitched in the second game at Philadelphia, and against the Bostons last Monday. He did very well considering the very heavy batting team he had to face. Henshaw caught in the first Philadelphia game, but not in his usual good form. The work of Howland in the second Philadelphia game and at Boston is well spoken of by the papers...
...first game which was to have been played with the New York league team, at Oakland Park, Jersey City was postponed on account of the wet condition of the grounds...
...second game arranged was with the Philadelphia league club. In this game Harvard played in very poor form and with an evident want of team work. Had Hawley received the proper support, Philadelphia would have only scored three runs in this game. The redeeming feature of Harvard's work was the fielding of Mumford, who accepted seven difficult chances in centre field without an error. Linn's fielding and batting were also good. Harvard's only run was secured in the eighth inning on a clean base hit by Linn and errors of the league players. The score...