Word: infielding
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...days past the University team has held hard practices, but yesterday the entire infield was given a rest, their places being filled by substitutes, in the fielding practice. B. Wendell '02 coached the outfielders in catching long flies and fielding ground balls. In batting the team has improved slightly...
...gain any decided lead, errors and hits being equally numerous and scattered. When Harvard came to the bat in the first half of the eighth inning the score stood 4 to 3 in her favor, and it was already too dark to permit of accurate work by the infield. Hellmann was thrown out at first, but McCarty secured first on Peck's error at centre field. Dexter then singled, advancing McCarty one base. The latter reached third on a passed ball by Kibbey, and scored on Castle's single. Dexter was put out stealing home. Castle was advanced to third...
...condition of the field, which made fast fielding and accurate throwing impossible. For this reason no estimate of the present development of the team, or of the prospects for a creditable showing in the early games is possible. The work consisted entirely of fielding practice for the infield and outfield, the men lining up in the following order: Stephenson, c.; McCarthy, 1b.; McCall, 2b.; Simons, s.s.; Leonard, 3b.; Hellman, r.f.; Dexter, c.f.; Pounds...
...defeat was largely due to the excellent pitching of Skillen, who allowed only five scattered hits and struck out eight men. The University team seemed unable to bat with any confidence. Most of the hits were ground balls to the infield and were easily handled by the fast fielding of the opposing team. Although Castle allowed two hits in the first, fourth and eighth innings, his work as a whole was very satisfactory, as he allowed only two other hits, struck out seven men and gave but one base on balls. Tweed, considering his lack of experience in large games...
Yale scored a run in the first and in the fourth innings. Pritchett started the fourth inning for Harvard with a three-base hit. McNeil and Lincoln went to first on balls, and Fischel, hit by a pitched ball, forced Pritchett home. Thomas was out on an infield fly. Wendell's hit brought in two more runs, and Smith secured first on an infield hit, filling the bases. Stephenson forced in the fourth run by a base on balls. With the bases full three more runs were made by an overthrow of Whitaker and a single by Pritchett...