Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Putnam are about equally matched, and each is doing excellent work, although Putnam is weaker at the bat. At shortstop, Wright, Coolidge and Gilles are fairly accurate and cover a good deal of ground. Lancey and Rowley are doing well at third, but neither of them is a steady hitter...
...second base-Vincent, Haskell, Maguire, Farrington, Chandler, Holt and Davis; for third-Bergen, Clark, Litchfield, and Ewer; for short stop-Laughlin, Pote, McVey, Galbraith, Beardsell and Stevens. At second Chandler seems to be a better man than at short, which is his old position. He is a good hitter and fielder but is nervous and easily overtrained. Holt is an erratic batter and is inclined to fight the ball in fielding. The other candidates for this position are practically new men whose abilities can hardly be estimated at this time in the season...
...third, Litchfield, last year's substitute third baseman on the 'Varsity is the most promising candidate. He is a good fielder but only fair at the bat. Bergen, a Medical School man, is a hard hitter, but fields awkwardly and is slow in handling thrown balls. Clark, a Freshman and captain of the Groton School team last year, has proved himself a good batter and steady fielder. He is nevertheless very slow in getting the ball...
...being catchers and ton pitchers. Of the new candidates for pitcher the man with the best reputation as an all-round ball player is undoubtedly Haughton '99, who last year pitched for Groton, but formerly played first base. He is a man with a good physique, is a fair hitter, and pitches with considerable speed, but has no control...
Brown '98 caught last year for the freshmen. He is a good catcher and a fair hitter, but is inclined to be a little slow...