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...Blossom '14, shortstop, is 23 years old, weighs 145 pounds, and is 5 feet, 9 inches in height. He prepared at Taft...
...batting orders follow: HARVARD. YALE. Nash, 1b. c.f., Middlebrook Wingate, s.s., rf., Hanes Clark or Fripp, 2b s.s., Blossom Ayres, 3b. 2b., Cornish Hardwick, l.f. 3b., Reilley Gannett, r.f. l.f., Falsey Frye, p. c., Mudge Milholand, c.f. f.b., Swihart Wifeman or Oshorn or Osborn...
Hunter has recently replaced Mudge at catch because of his greater accuracy at throwing, but the two will divide the Harvard series. Swihart has crowded Pumpelly from first base, the latter proving deficient in the handling of batted balls. The rest of the infield is composed of veterans--Captain Blossom at shortstop, Reilly at third, and Cornish at second, who have been the backbone of the nine all season...
...field are Middlebrook, Falsey, and Hanes, with Vaughn as substitute, and Pumpelly as a dependable hitter in pinches. One of Yale's main sources of strength is that five of its players, Blossom, Falsey, Middlebrook, Cornish and Reilly have played in every one of the twenty-five games this season. The presence of these men give the team a steadiness which it would be hard to attain otherwise...
Falsey has played errorless ball for over six weeks, and is the most reliable pinch hitter on the team. Reilly is one of the few who has recently fallen off both in fielding and batting. Captain Blossom is also in the midst of a slump, but it is an unimportant one, and he promises to leave a phenomenal record as shortstop behind...