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...batted out of the box, it is now a matter for comment when a pitcher lasts the full nine innings. "Best" pitcher of the year has been Robert Moses Grove of the Philadelphia Americans. A huge young man, Pitcher Grove propels the ball at such speed that few batters are able to time it correctly, and no matter how "lively" a ball may be it will travel no distance when the batter misses it. The Grove record up to last week-end was 16 won, 2 lost. Pitcher Grimes of Pittsburgh had the same record. Part of the Grimes effectiveness...
...Gilligan '31, right fielder of the University aggregation has passed both E. H. McGrath '31 and J. A. Prior '29, and is now the team's leading batter. Captain G. E. Donaghy '29 and B. H. Ticknor '31 are members of the 300 class. McGrath also stands as the leading base stealer, having pilfered 11 hassocks. Gilligan with 10 stolen bases, is a close second...
...Crimson batters tallied five runs in their half of the initial frame. Nugent walked, McGrath flied out, and Donaghy singled, sending the diminutive lead-off man to third. The Harvard captain stole to the key-stone sack just before Ticknor was handed a free pass to first. Whitney then banged out a safety, scoring Nugent. The next play produced two more runs. Gilligan poked a grounder at pitcher White whose throw home to cut off Donaghy went wide of its mark, letting in the third baseman and Ticknor, while Gilligan scampered to the hot corner. He subsequently stole home when...
...Brown Freshmen last Saturday, to gain a 4 to 0 verdict. Devens not only held the visitors to four hits and struck out 17 men, but he gathered four hits out of four times at bat. Reginald Fincke '31, with two safe blows, was the only other Crimson batter to get more than one safety...
Nugent was the leading Crimson batter, securing two singles, a double, and a triple out of five times up, but all the local sluggers outside of the battery improved their averages considerably...