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Captain Johnson is Clean-up Batter...
Captain Johnson who is perhaps the leading hurler and batter on the Brunswick team, will hold down the shortstop position this afternoon. Two two-baggers and a triple made up his share in the Colby game and he will bat in the clean-up position. Robinson is just rounding into shape after a bad start this year. He is credited with the recent win over Bates and will try his offerings on the University nine this afternoon...
...seven weeks' extra training of these men combined with a dark day to confuse the embryo batter men at their first workout. There was a notable tendency on the part of the pitchers to put their full strength into each toss, and a rather hopeless batting record was the afternoon's result. Things are expected to run more smoothly, however, as soon as the rest of the aggregation has had more time to get into shape...
...Howes Burton '26 will contest for the other two positions. Rogers, a member of the 1924 Freshman team and of the University squad the following season, has returned to college after a year's absence. He should make a determined bid for a regular berth, as should Todd, leading batter of the 1926 nine...
...score four to three in the last inning and the bases full, a valiant slugger sidled to the plate to save the fair name of his team. Whether or not the umpire was crosseyed, he called the first two pitches strikes. The crowd howled for umpire blood, but the batter only entrenched himself more deeply and juggled his bat into a better position. Then came the next ball: a mighty swing, and Casey...