Word: batting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Awarded yesterday for a second successive year to Thomas H. Bilodeau '37, captain of the nine, were the prized trophies, the Barrett Wendell Junior Trophy Bat and the Wingate Cup. Presentation of the two prizes, given yearly to Crimson players, took place in the Briggs Cage in the presence of the Varsity squad...
...best offensive man on the team, donation of the Wendell Trophy, a mahogany bat, is mathematically figured out upon the number of times the runner reached first base, his total stolen bases, runs, and sacrifice hits...
Never before had observers seen Franklin Roosevelt go so earnestly to bat for anything. It was an omen that the beginnings of the Supreme Court battle (see col. 2) were but a mild foretaste of what is yet to come. To those who believe Franklin Roosevelt is the shrewdest judge of political trends in the U. S. it meant also that the outcome of the battle is more uncertain than that of any which the New Deal has yet fought...
...behind the plate. Ulysses S. Lupien '39, now playing basketball, a long range hitting lefthander, is expected to take over the first sack. Fighting it out for second base will be Shean and Arthur L. Johns '39. Freshman captain, both of whom are fast afield but light at bat. Bilodeau plans to play shortstop, and either Frank J. Owen '37, veterau, or Frederick W. Heckel, 3d. '39, will complete the infield at third...
When he bet Actor Bing Crosby the he could beat him with a baseball bat, shovel and a garden rake, the match ende after one hole because Montague started off with a birdie, using the rake as putter. With golf clubs, he almost neve scores above the 60s. His best score : 61, made at Palm Springs, where he lowered the course record every day for four days in a row. Two years ago Golfer Von Elm said he had played golf with Mysterious Montague for a month without seeing him score above...