Word: baseman
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...third Eli star, first baseman and team captain Danny Costello, who batted .358 last season and led the team with 17 stolen bases, was hit by a car in the off-season. Although he's played in 18 of the team's first 19 games and hit .293, he just one stolen base so far this year...
Down one level from Navy and Cornell lie Army and Brown. The Cadets, who finished fourth in the league last year, have swept improved Columbia, 4-1 and 9-7, already this season Marked by good hitting (led by out-fielder Gary Donaldson, with a 400 average, and first baseman Tim Morris, also hitting 400 and with two homers), the boys from West Point may come up short when they have to rely on the pitching corps...
...mediocre pitching (team ERA: 5.78) will probably render them only a .500 team this year. Lack of depth and power will also hurt the Lions. If the hitting continues (they are averaging eight runs a game), though, Columbia could be a contender. Two juniors with .400 averages, second baseman Frank Antonelli and catcher John McGivney lead the team...
...sixth inning, when it finally got to Mike Torrez, who had shut them out for the first five innings. Left fielder Steve Kemp looped a double off the scoreboard to start the inning. He took third on a Greg Luzinski fly ball to center and came home when first baseman Tom Paciorek singled up the middle...
...freshmen, third baseman Scott Vierra and shortstop Tony (Coots) DiCesare, and a sophomore, second baseman Gaylord Lyman, will be worked around Bauer, manning whichever spots he doesn't. Bauer will probably open the season replacing the slick-fielding but weak-hitting (.170, two RBIs in 88 at bats) Lyman at second, and stay or move depending on Vierra's progress...