Word: boxmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Amherst at Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock this afternoon in their twelfth contest of the season. W. B. Felton '19 will be in the box for the first time this year. Felton was the mainstay of the 1919 Freshman pitching staff and is one of the most experienced boxmen on the squad, but has not been used because he was rather wild early in the season...
...pitchers led in number of strike-outs, fanning 11 University players, as opposed to three struck out by the upperclass boxmen. On the other hand, the Freshman pitchers issued 10 passes, while only three Freshmen were given bases on balls...
...developing a strong pitching staff. Of the pitching candidates, none have shown extraordinary ability; no one man standing out above the others. S. H. Johnson, who has been in the pitcher's box for Team A in the practice games in the cage is perhaps the best of the boxmen, but is a trifle wild, and G. H. Brecker, who has been showing plenty of speed, has also experienced the same difficulty. Of the other men, Robinson, Washburn and Newton have the edge and any of these may develop into a first-string pitcher. Robinson is the only left-hander...
...Garritt, Jr., '17 and C. L. Harrison '18 around whom he should be able to build a strong pitching staff. Harrison was especially effective last year, winning from Yale in the game at Cambridge, allowing the Yale batters but four hits and will probably head the list of boxmen this year. The staff will be strengthened further by W. B. Felton '19 and F. L. Leighton '19, who were on their Freshman team, and are already proving efficient in the early battery practice...