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...coming championship games a great deal of hard work must be done. The work of the nine agains professionals was, to say the least, discouraging, although, when we take into consideration all the disadvantages under which the nine played, not so unsatisfactory as many seem to think. The infield is very weak and the team as a whole bat very poorly, The great advantage of these professional games is to bring out the weak points of the team and especially to develop steadiness of play. The games during the recess have showed, that without incessant hard work we have...
...being worked. The batteries are much stronger than it was expected they would be. Hawley pitched in the first game at Philadelpia, and his work was much better than the base hit column of the Philadelphia's would indicate. The fielding in this game, especially that of the infield was by far the worst during the trip. McLeod pitched in the second game at Philadelphia, and against the Bostons last Monday. He did very well considering the very heavy batting team he had to face. Henshaw caught in the first Philadelphia game, but not in his usual good form...
...infield there are Orcutt, Carpenter (the captain of last year's St. Mark's team), Wheeler, Codman, Lockett. Howell, Fage, Ward, McKay and Spalding...
There are a number of good men trying for outfield positions. The whole number of candidates is thirteen. They are Ingalls, Neff, Woods, Whitney, Rankin, Lamont, Sawyer, Cummin, Jones and Riddle; while Viles, Grant and Wheeler will become candidates for the outfield positions if their services in the infield are not sufficiently appreciated...
...been able to get some idea of the kind of material which it will fall to his lot to train. The following are the candidates and the positions for which they are trying: S. E. Carpenter, Orcutt, McKay and Wheeler, 1st base; Lockett, Howell, Page, Spalding and Cady, infield; Ingalls, Neff, Woods, Whitney, Sawyer, Cummin, R. Jones and Riddle, outfield; Viles, Rankin, Hill, Churchill, Curtis, Grant, pitcher; Hollis and Bell, catcher. Of these there are several who have played on their preparatory school nines and the others all have more or less experience. Carpenter played first base...