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When it was decided definitely to transfer Harvard's athletic activity entirely to Soldiers Field the question came up as to what should be done with the old Carey Building on Holmes Field where the baseball cage was situated. It was decided that the Corporation should purchase it from the athletic authorities and convert it into quarters for the Architectural School...
...Corporation paid $15,000 for the old Carey Building and it was decided to devote the whole of this sum to the erection of a new cage on Soldiers Field. It was thought at the same time that Mr. Carey's name should continue in connection with Harvard athletics and accordingly the Athletic Committee petitioned the Corporation for permission to call the new cage the Carey Building. This was readily granted and it was decided to give the old Carey Building some other name agreeable to the Carey family. When the new cage is completed a tablet in memory...
...company of twenty-five or over can be formed, drill will be held this winter in the new baseball cage on Soldiers Field. In this building two rooms will be set apart for use as an armory. There will also be a short range for target practice. In the spring, target practice will be held on an outdoor range, which is to be laid out on Soldiers Field. Guns and ammunition will be furnished by the government...
...Varsity baseball squad which when first called out amounted to sixty men has now been reduced to two nines with several substitutes and the fall practice is ended. The spring practice will begin in the new cage on Soldiers Field about the first of January and only these men together with the battery candidates will be called...
...early completion of the changes. It has been found necessary for various reasons to alter the plans somewhat. In the first place, the widening of North Harvard street, which will be begun next spring, by the city, will cut off twenty feet from the field. The new baseball cage will be located between the Locker Building and the baseball field, nearer the street than was originally intended. The body of the building will be 105x60 ft., with projections on the ends which will increase the total length inside to 150 ft. This is done in order to give room...