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Portable Baiting Cage

APRIL 1994
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Portable Baiting Cage
APRIL 1994

During the 1960s the chief groundskeeper for Dartmouth sports, Bill Heeremans '29, invented "Bill's Batting Cage," a lightweight, collapsible baseball backstop that could be moved and stored with ease. The cage is now standard equipment throughout the major leagues and the rest of baseball.

The Green groundskeeper caged a sport.