Word: batting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...struck submissiveness, while "Red" stiles hung onto his hot stuff with well-nigh sublime efficiency. In the field, "Wild West" Ingram brought exclamations of delight to the lips of every beholder, and accepted the most difficult chances with utter sang froid. Prexy Graves was a demon at the bat, and scampered around the bags like a yearling gazelle; and "Duffy" Lewis came through with a three-bagger every once in a while...
Guild pitched the greater part of the game for the uninitiate. The girls say that he is baffling, but it wasn't noticeable yesterday. Bishop, behind the bat, handled the few balls that got by the editorial Ty Cobbs pretty well, but the rest of the team was uniformly poor. Mr. Twitchell umpired pleasantly...
Nash, who has the most consistently good record in all three branches, and has been to bat more than any of the others, is the leading run-getter with twelve tallies to his credit. Gannett ranks second with nine, and Fripp is third with seven...
...only three veterans left from the team which the University defeated last year, 3 to 2. W. G. Garritt, Jr., '17 will start in the box for the University, though E. W. Mahan '16 may be used later in the game. C. E. Brickley '15 is leading at the bat for the University with an average of .333 out of 18 time at bat...
...most encouraging feature of the trip was the University's work at the bat. Here Nash was the leader with four singles, two doubles, a triple, and two home runs, or a total of 19 bases in 26 turns at bat. Harte and Gannett also proved themselves strong hitters, while Hardwick, Fripp and Reed all did well. The pitching staff seems to be strong acting captain Frye appearing to do the most consistent work...