Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thing, though, that has changed dramatically since those early days is the tools of the trade. One of the most importan breakthroughs in the game was the invention of the catcher's mask by none other than the captain of the 1877 Harvard team, F.W. Thayer. The catcher's mask has remained Harvard's legacy to the great American pastime for 102 years...
...pitchers in those days fired the ball underhand, standing only 45 feet from the plate. A "cross-fire" was created by the pitcher moving along a six-foot painted strip from which he made his delivery. In short, before Thayer's brainstorm the lot of the backstop was "nasty, brutish, and short...
Harvard's baseball fortunes slipped until the arrival of Thayer, who was elected captain for the 1876 season while still a sophomore. In 1877, Thayer hit upon the idea of the mask for the team's catcher, James A. Tyng...
Four males attacked a freshman student at 1:05 a.m. yesterday between Thayer and Holworthy Halls...
Holworthy students suspect that either Thayer, the Lampoon, proctor Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld or residents familiar with the computer were responsible for the prank...