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...high school season had been in the single-wing--taking a direct snap from center,' said Wallace. 'But he really developed in spring practice and he's been even batter in our fall workouts. He has a chance to become one of the best running backs anywhere...
With the bases loaded and one away. O'Neill coaxed the Brandeis batter into grounding to Thomas at third. Thomas converted the play to an out at second, but Rick Wolff overthrew first in the attempted double play. Two unearned runs scored, shaving the Harvard lead to one run. Reliever Norm Walsh was called upon to stop the rally, and a strong job by the sophomore hurler extinguished the threat. Walsh finished up the game with an easy ninth inning...
...record made me much more careful with men on base. Even when we were ahead, with men on base, second, I would be throwing at the corners instead of the middle of the plate. But the most important thing in setting a record like that is getting the first batter of the inning out." Brayton added...
...seventh, and once again aggressive baserunning was the key factor. With one out, Bilodeau singled and continued to second when the leftfielder bobbled the ball. A wild pitch and a walk to pinch hitter Jim Stoeckel batting for Weissant put men on first and third for lead-off batter Vince McGugan...
Died. Zachariah ("Zack") Davis Wheat, 83, Brooklyn Dodger hero for nearly two decades; of a heart attack; in Sedalia, Mo. From his first season as a Dodger in 1909, Wheat's trademarks were a distinctive shimmy in the batter's box and a screaming line drive that earned him the 1918 National League batting title, a lifetime average of .317, and election to baseball's Hall of Fame. Once characterized as "165 Ibs. of scrap iron, rawhide and guts," Wheat set team records for total hits (2,804), games played (2,318) and times...