Word: willard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...WALDO W. WILLARD...
...Intercollegiate BaseBall Association was to have been held Saturday morning at the Parker House, but owing to the late arrival of the Yale delegation it was postponed until evening. The colleges in the league were represented as follows: Princeton. King and Hall; Yale, Noyes, Rogers and Calhoun; Harvard, Willard and McCoy. Mr. J. G. Rogers of Yale was elected president of the association. The championship for 1888 was formally awarded to Yale without protest. A schedule of games for the coming season were drawn up and will be announced later. The playing rules of the National League were adopted with...
...cage itself is in good condition. Captain Willard has caused to be hung around the wire sides of the cage a thick cotton cloth. The benefits derived are two-fold. The light thereby is kept within the cage, an essential factor in afternoon practice. In addition, this seclusion admits of closer application to duties, since the presence of a large crowd of commenters is sure to distract the attention of the candidates...
...dates have as yet been made with professional nines, though several are under negotiation. Captain Willard proposes to play three or four games of this sort on a projected trip to take place during the April vacation. If satisfactory arrangements can be made, there will be, in all probability, nine or ten games with professional clubs during the season. As there is no New England League of professional teams this year, our opponents will necessarily be drawn entirely from the league nines. This will necessitate the playing of such games before May 1, the date of the opening...
...meeting of the candidates for the positions of pitcher and catcher of the University nine was held last evening in the rooms of Captain Willard. There was no new material. The candidates for pitcher are Bates, '91; Kielty, '90; Luce, '91, and McLeod, '90; for catcher, Hale, L. S. S.; Henshaw, '89, and Howland, L. S. Hours will be assigned each man for practice in the cage, which will be begun immediately. In addition to the above, Captain Willard has undertaken to coach Perrin, Churchill and Bell of the freshman class, who are candidates of the freshman class...