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...needlessly large, and had the freshmen put up even their average game they could have made the contest much closer. In the second inning for example, after two men had struck out, Whittemore made a bad throw of an easy grounder and allowed the batter to reach first base. Then McAdams aided Yale by one of his three pass balls and shortly afterward made a wild throw. Dreyfus in the left field had by this time caught the spirit of demoralization and fumbled a fly to his part of the field. McAdams had another pass ball, and all these misplays...
...judge a good bound on ground balls and weak throwing. His throwing to second is much surer than it was from third to first. He has too great a tendency to allow balls to go through him. This will be remedied by practice. He is a fair and lucky batter and fair base runner...
Norton, second base, covers a great deal of ground and is a sure thrower. He fields thrown balls and hard hits well, but is apt to fumble slow grounders. He is a good base runner and weak batter...
...that position. He does not as yet play the position as he should, but will improve with practice. He is quick to field ground balls and throws fairly well to first base. Is awkward in catching thrown balls and touching the runner. He is a weak batter and ordinary base runner...
Bliss, right field, fields well, but is a weak batter and only a fair base runner...