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...contest took on its high scoring complexion in the second inning when a walk to Cliff Crosby started a chain of events that was eventually to net the Crimson ten runs on only four hits. Fifteen men came to bat in the 27-minute half inning and when it was over the keeper of the score board was trying to figure out how to put up the total. The Harvard box score: ab r h po a e Foynes, cf 3 3 1 4 0 0 Kobush, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kenny...
Captain John Caulfield, who got two hits for three times at bat, moved up to take over the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League batting crown from Navy's Gene Saylor. Caulfield finished the league season with a .438 average, 21 points higher than that of Saylor...
...Prince faded, Jockey Boland made his move with three sharp cracks of his bat. In the last 100 yards, Middleground collared the leading Lights Up, won by a clear length...
...runner was off with-the pitch; at the crack of the bat he was close to second base. Scampering now, he rounded second digging hard toward third, looking for the coaching signal. He got it: keep moving. He drove for the plate, scored the winning run, having high-tailed all the way home from first base on a single. By such precisely calculated hit & run tactics, the team voted least likely to succeed this year has been making the experts look with fresh respect on Manager Stanley ("Bucky") Harris and his Washington Senators...
...Grab a Bat. Sitting on the bench during a game, Harris is a holler guy a cheerleader full of the old college try. His enthusiasm is infectious, spreads to phlegmatic veterans as well as impressionable rookies. One second-stringer said last week: "Bucky tries so hard to win it seems a crime not to pitch in with a few yelps yourself." The same player, who makes his share of mistakes, added: "He never second-guesses a physical error, just never mentions them. But if you make a mental mistake he'll tell you about it privately...