Word: catching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This year the Melrose Baseball Club will be made up largely of Harvard men. Bates will pitch; Campbell and Knowlton, catch, and Gallivan will be at third base. Boyden also will probably play. It will probably be the strongest team the Melrose club has ever...
...Hammond has a tendency to catch ahead and breaks his arms too soon...
...feel much gratified at the number of men present last Friday and their interest in the matches, as well as at the excellence of the shooting. Every one wanted to shoot, so that the last two matches had to be hurried a great deal to enable the men to catch a much later car than they usually come down...
...baseball everything augurs well. Stearns, last year's pitcher, has been elected captain, and will pitch again this year. Upton, change catcher and short-stop last year, will probably catch; White, last year's second base, will play first; Anderson, a new man, second base; Owsley, captain of the Lawrenceville School nine last year, will very likely play third. Leland, a new man, will play in the outfield with Dickerman and Dalzell. The team plays a good fielding game, but are not very heavy batters...
...good back stop, and probably will be selected to fill Dann's position. McClung, '92, half back on the eleven this fall, caught on the Phillips Exeter Academy nine for four years. He is a heavy batter and can play in almost any position. If he does not catch it is probable that he will be given one of the out fields. Unless Stagg can be induced to alter his decision, Dalzell, '91, will pitch. He was substitute pitcher last year and can be relied upon to do good work, although he is a trifle wild in his delivery. McBride...