Word: afield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Healey showed the effects of a week's layoff, doling out eight safe hits and ten free passes to the visitors. He was constantly in hot water and was actually fortunate to escape with as little damage as he did despite the poor support which his mates gave him afield...
...Gannett returned to the lineup Saturday against Holy Cross and collected three hits in addition to playing a nice game afield. His return makes the Crimson well fortified in the outer gardens and may eventually and Sophomore Gone Levett to the sidelines. Fred Hockel played in Keyes place at shortstop throughout most of the Holy Cross game after Art Johns was driven off the mound back to his regular post at the keystone sack. "Snake" Keyes has been struggling with a rest batting slump which has found his average dipping down around 100 for the 11 contests he has played...
With Guy Meli shining at bat and afield warriors added a fourteenth victim to their long string Saturday as they aked out a close win over a surprisingly persistent Exeter nine, 3 to 2, on the schoolboy diamond...
...League contests, the Crimson have come to bat 214 times and have pounded out 60 hits for a 283 average average, good enough to pace the loop in this department. The boys haven't shown up so badly afield either, for they have handled 242 chances with but ten miscues. This record gives them a mark of .960, the second best fielding average compiled in the League to date. But for the Cornell debacle, the Stahlmen would be coasting along with an average about 20 percentage points higher...
Regular shortstop Keyes suffered a charley-horse when he crashed into Chief Boston at the plate Thursday before vacation, and played under a handicap in his sole appearance afield. He is expected to be close to top shape by the Columbia game Saturday...