Word: downers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is material for a good nine, but there is need of a great deal of hard practice before anything like a strong team can be made up. Downer is coaching the nine at present. The first game will be played tomorrow afternoon on Norton's with Brown and Nichols...
...Caswell, Stevenson; for second base, Dreyfus, Phelan, and Dodge; for third base Lawton, P. W. Whittemore, and Worman; for short stop, Mills, Cassatt, J. K. Whittemore, Adams, and Wilder; for the outfield, Bent, Bacon, Bigelow, Floyd, and Winslow. Two of the pitchers are working under Keefe, the others under Downer. The best men are W. T. Smith, Reed, Webb, Coonley, and G. L. Smith. The good catchers are Bacon, Eddy, Walker, Boyden and McAdams...
...Many of the men are very good on grounders, but few seem to know anything about sliding. The ground in the cage has been softened and evened and is in much better condition than it was at first. The candidates for the battery are doing work under C. Downer, L. S., and are fully equal to the average freshman batteries. On the whole there is a prospect for a very good nine...
...Downer is coaching the pitchers. The candidates for pitcher and catcher have not yet been divided into pairs. The following practiced yesterday: Pitchers, Reid, Webb, Peters, Coonley, Orwig, G. Smith, W. T. Smith, and Brousseau; catchers, Boyden, Bull, Stein and Cornish. There are eight freshmen practicing with the 'varsity squad...
...Downer will coach the candidates for pitcher of the '95 nine today. All but battery candidates must be in the cage at 3.45 sharp...