Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Base balls, bats, catcher's gloves, masks and protectors...
...team were obliged to commence play in a pouring rain storm and on grounds upon which it had been raining steadily for two days. Around the catcher's, pitcher's, short-stop's, and baseman's positions were large pools of water...
...Yale team won the game. Harvard could not hit Stagg effectively, for although Harvard found the ball fifteen or more times the Yale fielders, both infield and out, were so sure that only three base hits were made. Stagg made one of his most remarkable records, and Poole as catcher, was all that any nine could desire. Downer did not do himself justice, and was hit badly, Yale making fourteen hits for twenty. The day was beautiful and a large crowd filled the grand stand and surrounded the entire field. Harvard was well represented by a delegation of over eighty...
...were inclined to interfere with each other, and the backing-up was not so strong as it should have been. The team as a whole, however, deserves praise for its work which was cool at critical points. The nine was unfortunate at the first in losing the regular catcher, who broke a finger. Bell filled his place creditably, but his arm was in such a condition that the Yale men stole bases with impanity. Hawley pitched exceedingly well. In the ninth inning he saved the game by striking out two men in succession with a man on third base...
...beginning of the fifth inning the freshmen were three runs ahead, but in that inning the Law school men batted well, and, aided by a combination of errors on the part of Ninety-two, secured three runs, tieing the score. The batteries were, Ninety-two, Spaulding pitcher, Hollis catcher; the Law school, Austrian pitcher, Thayer catcher...