Word: batting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fortas, Memphis-born director of the Interior Department's power division. For Mr. Fortas it was a reward: a Yale Law School graduate, he has long and faithfully, often skillfully, served the New Deal-on AAA, SEC, PWA, as general counsel to the Bituminous Coal Commission, as bat boy on the Corcoran-Cohen team. Mr. Ickes will not find any difficulty in snuggling black-haired, esthetic-looking Mr. Fortas under his wing. He has long been in close contact with him in shaping Federal power policies, a subject dear to the Ickes heart. How long Mr. Fortas will stay...
...bat the Varsity proved especially potent, finishing its year with a 260 team average in League competition and leading the League with 100 hits. Five of the starting nine hit better than '250, Cleo O'Donnell topping the list with a 375 average. Mort Waldstein followed with .367, Harvey with 326, and Clay and Need Fitzgibbons tied at .333. Gerry Callanan's 265 was the fifth...
Individual batting was less successful for the Crimson with Mort Waldstein going hitless in two games and dropping from first to fourth place. He is still in the running for the Blair Bat but will have to do some heavy slugging to capture...
...other eight men with Crimson uniforms played their best all-around game of the season, in keeping with the quality of the pitching. For the third time this year they made no errors, and at bat they hit Harrison harder than ever before, although only 12 balls dropped in safely. Red Scully couldn't buy a base hit, going 0 for 6, but it took sparkling play by the Blue outfield to rob him of four extra-base swats...
Leading batters with more than 16 times at bat are: g ab r h rbi avg. Waldstein, H'rv'rd 6 20 7 11 2 .550 MacCoy, Princeton 7 25 5 13 4 .520 Bufalino, Cornell 7 22 5 14 4 .455 Harvey, Harvard 7 25 9 11 4 .440 McQuillen, Penn 9 34 8 14 10 .412 Governali, Col'bia 11 41 4 16 4 .390 Callanan, Harvard 6 21 2 8 6 .381 Zarod, Dartmouth 7 27 7 10 6 .370 McC'thy, Pr'ncet'n 7 25 8 9 6 .360 Clay, Harvard...