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...batsman hits the ball in any direction, he runs to the other wicket and scores a run if he is not put out. Then, either he, or his batting partner, who stands at the opposite wicket, receives the next ball bowled and the game continues...
...cricket field has two wickets placed 22 yards apart in the center of the playing area. The wickets consist of three "stumps" stuck into the ground with two "bails," small wooden pieces, resting over the tops of the stumps. A wicket is "lost" when a batsman lets a ball thrown by the "bowler," go by him and hit one of the stumps, thus knocking off one or both bails...
...Bellino, a blocky catcher, was the leading Navy batsman, rattling out four hits in five tries and driving home four runs. Bellino is a potential All-America as a football halfback, and hails from nearby Winchester. Harvard originally had designs upon him, but he is one of that regrettably large group of local athletes who did not measure up to College admission standards...
...facts, ignored by one and all (including the low and callous Boston sports scribes), speak for themselves. Boston has the best left-fielder and batsman in baseball, Ted Williams, the best rightfielder in baseball, Jackie Jensen, the best third baseman in baseball, Frank Malzone, the finest clutch performer and general handyman in the league, Pete Runnels, plus a large number of reliable sidemen...
Vice-captain Eastment, an M.I.T. graduate student and former business school student from Australia, was the most effective batsmen as well as the top bowler for the Crimson. Opening batsman, Eastment scored 45 runs before being called out for putting his leg before the wicket. In bowling, Eastment took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Mills, the third Crimson bowler took three wickets for 12 runs, while Ali took one wicket for four until forced to retire with a shoulder strain...