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...Giddens '29, John Prior '29, E. J. Steptoe '30, and R. W. Turner '28 are possibilities to fill the backstop's berth left vacant by the graduation of Benry Chauncey...
...mound for the home team, it is possible that the Harvard mentor may decide to place G. E. Donaghy '29, a strong right-handed hiter, in right field, with R. C. Sullivan '27, another right-hander at short, J. R. Duchin '27 is the right-handed hitting backstop of the squad but Henry Chauncey '27, batting leader of the Crimson forces, may start, even though he swings from the first base side of the plate...
...today against Creson, the southpaw pitcher who will face the Crimson sluggers. It is possible that Lord will be replaced at first by Tobin, another lefthanded batter, while Duchin's liking for the left approach to the plate may conceivably cause his substitution for Chauncey, the righthanded first string backstop...
Henry Chauncey '28 regular backstop of the Harvard aggregation, still leads the vanguard of the batsmen, although his figure took a 13 point plunge during the week's play. A lone single was the total of his activities with the ash in the Georgetown tilt, and he failed to hit against Colgate. At Providence, I. R. Duchin '27 took his place behind...
...numerical batting strength of the squad, there has been an encouraging tendency on the part of the Crimson batsmen to hit in the pinches. E. R. Duchin '27, inserted into the Providence game in place of Chauncey when Smith's left-handed shoots proved too much for the regular backstop, got his first hit of the season by blasting out a triple with two men on bases. Zarakov's hit, already noted, brought that game into the Crimson's winning column. Chauncey, batting for Duchin in the final inning of the Alumni game, singled to bring across the tying...