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...years, Varney finally found himself playing catcher, the position that he will probably play in the pros. He may not have the quickest reaction to the steal, but passed balls and wild pitches have become a rarity in Harvard games. And few will forget the time a UMass batter tried a tackle on Varney and ended up sprawled across the plate...
...been thrust into the line-up as a sophomore to take Ray Peter's place, and for two years he failed to attract much attention. His trouble has been that he goes for the corners of the plate, wastes a lot of pitches if he gets ahead on a batter, and walks himself into trouble. But this spring' Nickens asse?ed himself in the GBL for a 7-1 record. And an All Star berth...
...straight victory, against one defeat. He now leads the American League in earned-run average (1.01), strikeouts (78), shutouts (4) and complete games (8). His approach is devastatingly simple: "I blow them down"-meaning he pitches fastballs 80% of the time. "I don't try to finesse a batter," he says. "I just try to hit the corners or jam a guy and break his bat. I enjoy breaking a guy's bat." He enjoys it so much that he runs to the mound every inning. Once there, he talks to himself constantly, rehashing each batter...
Cornell threatened for the first time in the eighth when lead-off batter Pilky walked and stole second. But Kelly bore down and got the next two batters on infield outs that did not advance the runner. Wlikeski ended the threat with a line shot right at short stop Art Serrano...
Hanging on to just a one-run lead. Harvard showed its nervousness in the ninth. The first batter got a break when Varney dropped a foul pop-up, but the Cornell hitter then lined out to second. Cornell got a second break when Pete Bernhard dropped a routine foul ball and that batter eventually walked...