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Practically all the men on both squads were given an opportunity to show their form, as it is the wish of Coach Sexton and Captain Wingate to get a good line on the candidates as soon as possible. At present the infield candidates are being closely watched, since it is these positions that are expected to give trouble in filling satisfactorily...
...work of the afternoon began with the usual fielding practice, special attention being given the infield candidates. After a half-hour's drill in the elementary departments of the game, the men were divided into four teams, playing on both the University and Freshman diamonds, University men and Freshman practicing together. Five innings of ragged play satisfied the coaches, and then R. B. Frye '15, last year's Freshman pitcher, was put in the box. Coach Sexton and Captain Wingate picked as good a team as could be made up from the material at hand and several more innings were...
Another shift will probably be tried in the infield this afternoon, Wingate returning to third, and Desha going in at short-stop, his last year's position. Either Coon or Reynolds will play right field, and Milholland may be tried in centre field. Felton will probably start in the box for the University team...
...mainly of University substitutes was defeated by the Lawrence team of the New England League on the Freshman diamond by a score of 7 to 4. The Lawrence team hit the University pitchers hard in three innings and this coupled with a few errors on the part of the infield, gave them seven runs. In the seventh inning the University scored one run on a base on balls and a two-base hit by Coon; and in the eighth, three more on hits by Hoogs, Milholland and Reynolds. Hitchcock, Hardy, Bartholf and Tomes all pitched, Hitchcock and Tomes being...
...year's team, Babson and Wigglesworth, who would seem practically sure of their places on the University team. For the remaining field there are a number of candidates: Belton of last year's squad. Conant, F. H. Clark, Haas, and Reynolds if he is not moved up to the infield...