Word: bases
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Though the Crimson stickmen have showed fair ability in hitting safely, the vast majority of the bingles have been merely singles, and opposing pitchers have been able to keep down most of the extra base hitting of the Crimson artillery. Of the 55 hits made by the University nine, only six have been of the extra base variety. These six are evenly divided between doubles, triples, and home runs...
...becomes the big stick of the Harvard diamond men. Besides hitting at a clip of .380, the Crimson short stop is also the leader in other departments of the nine's offense. He has made the most hits eight; he has scored the most runs, nine; he leads the base-stealers with three thefts to his credit: and he is tied with Captain Todd and Zarakov for the most three-base hits and home-runs, respectively...
...goes, these runs were entirely wasted, for John Barbee was in fine fettle, both on the slab and as a batter. His single manufactured the only run that Harvard needed to win, as his good right arm yielded but three infield hits to the invaders. No Brunswicker reached second base, and only four left spike marks on the first sack...
Chase, substitute fielder on the 1928 nine, replaced the veteran Ullman at second base, and though the shift did not add to the team's attack, Chase made several hard stops around the mid-way sector, accepting three chances without the semblance of an error. Coach Mitchell also changed his batting order in the hope of improving the team's scoring power. Chauncey was moved up to the sixth place, Sullivan at the same time dropping to the next to the last post...
...base on balls, a passed ball, a wild pitch, and three errors were the Bowdoin contributions to their downfall in the first. The Crimson nine added a stolen base and four hits, so that when the dust cleared away, the score read Harvard 6, Bowdoin...