Word: batting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...twice with Dick Snow, veteran of the visitors' mound staff who will oppose Harvard this afternoon, turning in a 2 to 1 teninning win. In fact, Coach Mel Collard has named practically an all-veteran lineup. Only outfielders Walt Anderson and George Boston, erstwhile Crimson athlete, are newcomers. Boston bat's in the cleanup slot...
...first time Joe DiMaggio stepped to bat, Dickson says he threw three perfect strikes ("Not down the middle-not to DiMaggio, ever. But they were good"). Umpire Bill Summers called each of them a ball-then apologized to the pitcher: "I'm sorry, Dick. It's that damned background. I can't follow the ball...
...layover should prove beneficial to two other cripples on the squad. Outfielder-pitcher Charley Roche, in doubtful shape Saturday due to a pulled leg muscle, will almost certainly be ready to play, while Cliff Crosby should by now also be set to lend his authoritative bat to the fray...
...until yesterday's intra-squad game at Soldiers Field, he hadn't been able in grip a bat. He was swinging away yesterday, though. Crosby played ball for Andover and matriculated at forward and guard for the Varsity five this winter. 'He's only a Sophomore...
Wally Coulson alone seemed to know the true worth of a bat. He singled hotly between first and second in the third to drive in the first run, and then dropped a clean liner into right over second base his next time up in the sixth. Charley Roche and Armie Essayen, the other locals to collect two safeties apiece, got one each on scratch hits...