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Putnam was tried at centre field yesterday. He had no chances in the field, but he did well at the bat, making one sacrifice hit and a timely single. An inexcusable misunderstanding between him and the coacher, however, led to his being caught off first base in the third inning be a simple trick. Murphy again played well at second base, but he made the only fielding error for the team by poor handling of Never's grounder in the third. The infield played well other-wise, expect for slow handling of Blanchard's scratch hit between third and short...
...discipline in their work and right here is the basis of the other faults. The men seem to feel that it makes no difference how they play so long as they do not actually stand still; attention, and above all implicit obedience to the words of the coachers seem to be almost entirely lacking. The men refuse to play where they are told and there is a great deal of unnecessary explanation and parleying. The freshmen should learn as soon as possible that a coacher is not put in charge of a team for his own amusement...
...confined to the field work. There is the same irregularity of attendance which seems to dominate all the class football work this fall. One day twenty-five men will appear, and the next day only ten may be on hand. This is more dispiriting to a captain and a coacher than actual misplay when the men are out, for poor material is one step better than no material at all. It is marvellous with what equanimity a freshman team will persist in its childishness when all the football men in college are talking about it and frowning...
...Coacher Ferry says that Wesleyan will have the heaviest batting team this year they have ever...