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Harvard showed considerable improvement in yesterday's game with Williams, over the work of the other games this week. Especially noticeable was the improvement in base running. To be sure, the catcher for Williams was not much of a thrower, but the men started much more quickly than ever before...
Sexton and Tenney was the battery for Brown, and certainly they made a fine pair. Sexton was quicker than thought in catching men off bases, and Tenney was a sure thrower to second. The greatest contrast between the two nines was in the base-stealing. Brown stole nine bases to Harvard's two. And it all seemed to be due to their quick starting, giving the men a fine lead...
Coonley is slow, fields his position well, bats fairly; Walker is a good backstop, accurate but very slow thrower, poor batter; Lighthall is careless, weak on ground balls, poor batter; Wadsworth is uncertain, very poor on ground balls, fair batter but tries to hit too hard; Wilder is a fairly good man but is so slow that he cannot be counted on; Cassatt fields his position very prettily but is not a sure man, fair batter; Phelan is a good fielder; Bigelow is slow and is inclined to go to sleep out in the field, good batter; Adams is very...
...champion weight thrower, J. S. Mitchell, has won over 300 first prizes and broken 52 records...
...Brokaw had proved for three years. Brown may be put at back stop He played in the field part of the time last spring. King, the foot ball captain for next year, will probably be changed from third to second. He is a brilliant fielder, but an unsteady thrower and the change will be a good one. Wright will again be at centre and Ramsdell at right field. The places then, which Captain Young will have to fill are catcher, first and third bases, short stop and left field. He will have a hard time to find such...