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...Freshman base ball candidates at Yale practice base running and sliding in the cage from 5.30 to 6 o'clock, and are coached by some member of the University team...
Candidates for the freshman nine at Yale are in training under the supervision of the members of the University nine. They are coached daily in base-running and sliding. No practice in batting is given on account of the poor light in the cage. At the rink, a building near the colleges, practice in passing and the work of the batteries is carried on. No men have been dropped as yet, but the number will be reduced in a few days. There is great interest displayed by the different candidates and some remarkable ability has been developed. The battery...
...candidates for next year's foot-ball eleven at Princeton practice regularly in the cage...
...athletics the men are working hard. The new base-ball cage is a great addition, and a model of completeness. In it is room for regular batting and battery work, throwing to second, sliding bases, and in fact, the work there is nearly as good as out-of-door practice. The whole inside is encased in wire netting, so that the batting can be as hard as out of doors. A rope netting separates an alley for extra battery work. Ferguson of the Philadelphias is coaching the men, and a very heavy batting nine is looked for. King...
...candidates for the Yale Nine have been training in the cage for about five weeks, The greater part of the training has been in batting, each man having a turn regularly every day. Captain Stagg is teaching the new nine. Of last year's team, Stagg, Dann, Spencer, McConkey, Noyes, Stewart and Hurst, and substitutes Heyworth, Osborn, McClintock and Wurtenberg are candidates again this year. The new men are doing very good work. Phelps, P. G., who played in his class team while in college is a poor batter, although a good fielder...