Word: base
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Golf gave one of Dr. Horace Gray's (Chicago) middle-aged patients a pain in the back. Then another patient came in with the same sort of ache at the base of his spine. And shortly a third. But the last was a polo player. The three were enough for Dr. Gray to decide that he had discovered a new recreational malady - wrenched backs in men between 35 and 45 - and he hastened last week to notify the profession. Quick swings of the polo mallet twist stiffened spines. In golf the cause is the "brisk, snappy twist...
...Dudley '31 will again do the backstop work, while B. H. Ticknor '31, most consistent extra-base slugger on the team, will be in the cleanup position. B. H. Bassett '31, diminutive outergardener, will be the sixth sophomore in today's starting lineup...
...field and leading the batting order of the graduate team is H. W. Burns '28, captain of last year's nine. He will be flanked in the other outfield positions by two more former leaders, George Owen '23 and C. L. Todd '27. H. L. Nash '16 at first base and G. E. Abbot '17 complete the quintet of captains who will start the game. The latter never really led a team in action because the year for which he had been chosen captain found the War interrupting intercollegiate athletics and closing his college baseball career...
...special park near the Ocean House has been engaged for the annual base-ball game, and those who wish to play golf will have the privilege of the North Shore Golf and Country Club at Salem. Dinner will be served at the New Ocean House at 7 o'clock...
...Three-base hits Pykosz. Two-base bits McGrath, Denaghy. Stolen bases Tickitor, Kearns, Trumbull. Sacrifice hits Dudley, Lazerek, Left on bases Harvard 7, Rhode Island Double play Donaghy to Nugent. Bits off Molloy 7 in 4 1-8 innings, off Whitmore 1 in 4 8-4 innings. Hit by pitched ball Molloy (Trumbull) Hurwitz (Gilligan). Struck out by Hurwitz 10, by Whitmore 4 by Molloy 1. Rase on balls off Hurwitz 6, off Molloy 2, off Whitmore 2, Winning pitcher Whitmore. Umpires McLaughlin and Kelleher Time...