Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Nine needs a catcher...
...Beacons being such an improvement on the disgraceful exhibitions at New Bedford and Boston. The weakest point seems to be the batting, only one base-hit being made in the whole game, and many of the men seeming to be surprised into striking. Although we much admired the catcher's cool playing Wednesday, we doubt whether he has the requisite strength for the position; could not the catcher of the Beacons be induced to play? We also need at least one active man in the field who will cover a tolerable amount of ground and do well...
...second was irreparable. It is unnecessary for us to praise Howe's playing; the noble way in which he did his work has been recognized and appreciated by all of us. But had he played a thousand times better, Ernst would still have lacked that perfect confidence in his catcher that comes only from long working together. To this lack of assurance, rather than to any other cause, is to be attributed the number of base-hits made by Yale. That we were beaten fairly and squarely by far superior batting is an undeniable fact; yet, after the brilliant games...
...third on Funkhouser's errors, and scored on Thayer's base-hit; Thayer, by a wild pitch and good base running, reached third, but was left on Tyng's out by Hunt to Karge. After Nunn's strike in this inning, Funkhouser was obliged to retire from the catcher's position, and Snook was substituted. The game was interrupted during this inning by a heavy fall of rain, and time was called for twenty minutes. Princeton went to the bat in the eighth inning, determined to retrieve their fallen fortunes; Karge led off with a base-hit; Cutts and Clarke...
...would not have amounted to so much, we can safely say. For Yale, Lamb led at the bat and in the field, closely followed by Walden, whose play at second base was good. Thompson and Borie struck well, but the former did poorly at short. Ives, who is also catcher of the University Nine, hardly came up to the standard we had expected. The Yale Freshmen are a strong batting nine throughout...