Word: batting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...island is said to harbor amphibians "of new and strange habits," species of insects "never described," 2,000 species of "strange and exotic" plants. Moreover, it "abounds" in anteaters, sloths, armadillos, peccaries, tapirs, agoutis, coatis, ocelots, jaguars, several kinds of bat monkeys and "black howlers...
Coach Slattery has decided to use Brown in the box with Cheek behind the bat. The erratic southpaw was a big disappointment in the Dartmouth game, Wednesday, but Coach Slattery still banks upon him heavily for service in the Yale series and he believes that a hard workout today will put him in first class condition. Cheek's throwing to bases and all around aggressive play Wednesday have given him the call to start today, but it is still a problem who will don the mask and protector against Yale. Samborski's batting is too potent a factor...
...Worcester showed again that the Purple nine is far superior to the Crimson, but it did not materially check Harvard's confidence for the coming contest with Yale. Saturday's fray was very much a ball game, and save for a single bad inning Harvard held her own at bat and in the field...
Only in these two rounds did Harvard look woefully bad at the bat. In the other innings Captain Jenkins and his men made Carroll pitch to the limit and constantly threatened to break open the game with a flock of hits. The very first inning presaged what was to happen all the afternoon. Campbell and Gordon singled sharply to the Purple outfield with one out only to be left on base when Todd struck out and Hammond rolled feebly to Gautreau...
...Harvard team has not yet been decided, because of the keen competition for certain places, but it is fairly certain that either Captain H. F. Fitton '24 or R. L. Hyatt '24 will be on the mound for the Crimson with F. I. Carpenter '24 behind the bat...