Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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About thirty or forty Harvard men were present yesterday at College Hill, to witness a rather exciting game between Harvard and Tufts. The opposing nine played a fairly good game, considering that their catcher and pitcher were hired especially for this occasion from the John L. Whiting team. The grounds were extremely poor, and the umpire, if possible, worse. The feature of the game was Choate's long uphill hit to right field, which secured him a home run. Other good plays were made by Foster for Harvard, and by Barkley and Chapman for Tufts. Smith's pitching was effective...
...will cover 2nd base, a very ambitious player. A. Duryea, '88, is a good and graceful short-stop. He may be unable to play in some games on account of serious illness in his family. 3rd base is filled by Blackmton, '87. In the field, Perry, '87, change catcher, will play left, Burden, '87, centre, and Wallace, '86, right. The prospects are for as good a team as we have had for the past two or three years...
...OPERATIVE SOCIETY. Attention of members is called to the fact that the society has in stock a complete line of rackets, tennis and base-balls, lacrosse sticks and balls, hammocks, catcher's gloves and masks. Ayre's balls are now selling at 40 cents each...
Fitzgerald, '89, is a good fielder, but bats poorly. He will probably play also as substitute catcher...
...following men are candidates for the Yale freshman nine. Dann, (who catches for the 'varsity), Wilkinson, and Kennedy for pitcher: Fitzgerald, Shelton, and Osburne for catcher; Smith, Greer, Mason and Noyes for first, second, and third bases, and short stop respectively, and Davol, Francke, and Fitzgerald for the out field. The men work well together and their batting is strong. Most of them will stay in New Haven during the Easter reress...