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Cricket further differs from baseball in that the teams bat straight through their lineups in an innings (always spelled with an "s"). The fielding team stays out on the field, faultlessly attired in white ducks, until it gets all but one of the batting team out. The last man cannot continue batting because there is no one to score runs with--so he retires to the pavilion, head unbowed, and is listed on the scoreboards as "not out." Each side has two full innings, and owing to the difficulty of getting a team out twice in the limited time between...
...course of an innings. Usually five or six men are needed to share the burden of bowling--a selection of fast and slow bowlers to give variety to the attack. But, since no substitutes are allowed, all but the very best of these bowlers must be able to bat pretty well too, or the team will be all bowlers and no good batsmen. The neat balance between strong bowling and strong batting is another of the rich subtleties in cricket...
This season's Crusader squad is slow a field but relatively strong at bat. Top men at the plate so far this year have been center fielder Art Moossman and shortstop John Concannon and the Cross has strength low in the order in co-captains Ralph Gabhardt and Bob Heon...
...Amherst baseball team that is adept at bat but unskilled in the field will take the field (Soldiers) against the Crimson varsity this after noon...
...change will be made in the lineup that downed the Terriers on Wednesday. Since Amherst is starting left-handed pitcher Willie Wilson, Crimson coach Stuffy Mcinnis plans to substitute sophomore Walt Greeley for Ralph Robinson in right field. Greeley bats right-handed, and his insertion in the lineup will break up a string of Crimson southpaw out fielders who bat in order...