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...training, but the baseball nine will not begin regular work until after the examinations. Of the twenty-three men who have signed thus far, about one-half are pitchers or catchers, and these meet Clarkson every afternoon at appointed times in the Carey Building. The dirt floor of the cage has been spaded to get rid of the frost, and a back-stop of netting has recently been...
...unfortunate that the baseball cage is so damp that the candidates for the nine are all complaining of its unhealthful condition. The water from outside finds its way inside so readily that the ground and atmosphere are filled with moisture, and the men who work there do so at more or less risk of catching colds. There is no way effectually to do away with this dampness within a reasonable cost, and we suspect that the baseball players will be forced to stand it the rest of this season. An attempt has been made to carry on the practice...
...freshman nine is already in training, as well as the crew. About seventy candidates went to work Saturday. Their exercise for the present will consist of short runs and light gymnastic work. After the first reduction in the number of candidates the men will have the use of the cage for a short time on Saturdays. Case, who played on the Andover team last year, is captain. Among the other candidates are Word and Ewing from Exeter and Rustin from Andover...
Work in the cage of the Carey Athletic building will begin on Wednesday afternoon. It will be arranged so that each man will be for a certain time under the coaching of John Clarkson. of the Boston League team. All the men will be given every chance to show their worth, but as soon as possible the second-rate men will be weeded out so as not to take the coach's limited time which may be more palatably spent on the most promising candidates. The men weeded out are not to be dropped, however; they are to devote their...
Arrangements will soon be made so that the short distance men can practice starting in the base-ball cage twice a week. A tug-of-war team will be organized as soon as possible, and every effort made to develop a winning team next spring...