Word: batsmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University batsmen have accomplished the unusual in totaling as many runs as they do hits. Zarakov, veteran third-sacker, has hit safely seven times and he has also scored seven runs; Captain Todd, with six hits, also shows the same number of tallies to his credit...
...heavy hitting left fielder for the Crimson nine was the other slugging luminary with two clean drives. He also worked the opposing moundmen for two free trips. Malloy started on the hill against the Wentworth squad, but was relieved early and Ketchum was sent in to puzzle the visiting batsmen. The latter pitched good ball until the eighth when he faltered momentarily and Whitmore was rushed to the rescue...
After a long session devoted to the batsmen, Coach Mitchell picked two teams for the fielding session. Team A with Captain C. L. Todd, Jr. 26, in left field, showed a fair sprinkling of veterans. H. L. DeRham '27, behind the plate, and W. P. Ellison '27, in right field, are both lettermen of the 1925 team, while the remainder of the nine all have had experience on the University squad, Seconds or on Freshman teams...
Much of the credit for the victory should go to the Crimson battery. Herrmann on the mound kept the visiting batsmen helpless, allowing only four hits, and he would have let the invading nine down without a score had it not been for the loose fielding of his team mates. His battery mate, DeRham, celebrated his debut on the University nine by netting three hits in four times at bat, one of these a long home run into right field. He caught one man attempting to pilfer second base, and played an excellent game behind...
Both Linscott, in the Crimson box, and Hadley, the Brown pitching ace, seemed to completely bewilder their opposing batsmen. Each nine got a quota of three hits and it was only by collecting their safeties in the same period, coupled with Hadley's triple, that gave the visitors their margin of victory...