Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been on the team for the last two years, is the only man of first-class caliber who is reporting for practice. Several men have shown rapid improvement, however, and of these Harvey and Jeffries seem at present the most likely men to he retained as first string pitchers. Captain Fisher will again do the catching, and this end of the battery will be well taken care of. Stinson of last year's Freshman team will act as substitute for Captain Fisher...
Practice games are being held daily in the cage, and the first string infield seems to be fairly well settled. Kernan at first base, Murphy at second, Aldrich at shortstop, and Hickey at third base make a smooth working combination. Warren and Hawks are playing good ball, however, and stand a good chance of replacing some of the other men. The outfield has two veterans for a nucleus, Crane and Parsons, and there are several others out, of who Sloane, Eddy and Hoover seem to be putting up the best fight for third place...
Yale is represented by a championship team this season, and the chances for a Crimson victory are extremely slim. The Blue swimmers have chalked up several intercollegiate as well as world's records, and the regular squad is for the most part not making the trip, although the second-string men are nearly as good, and Captain Brackett is the only University man expected to place...
...Band now has sixty-eight active graduate and undergraduate members, and is so arranged that in case of necessity two bands can be quickly organized. An interesting and rather novel feature of the Band is the inclusion of a number of stringed instrument players in addition to the customary brass and woodwind section. The Band has eight violinists, three 'cellists, and two string basses. This section aids very materially in concert work by softening and rounding out the brass section...
Nine of the men reporting last evening signified they were pitchers, including Grosvenor Bemis, second-string pitcher at Andover last year, Lewis Gordon, two years on the Gloucester High School team and star of the freshman basketball five, and Henry Wheeler Jr. of St. George's. Of the four catchers, L. C. Larrabee has had three years' experience at Middlesex...