Word: bunting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principal Freshman trouble seemed to be their failure to bunt accurately in the pinches. Although they got only two hits from the Worcester twirler, Strickland, several men worked on to the bases and were not advanced...
...eighth Jenkins singled, through Dinsmore. Campbell bunted and both men were safe when Townsend foolishly threw to second. Gordon's bunt was poor and Jenkins was barely nipped at third. Todd hit to Dinsmore, forcing Gordon, but the Crimson left fielder beat the throw to first. Meanwhile Campbell was sprinting for home and he slid in safely with the tying run when Lewis dropped the first baseman's throw. Hammond was retired on a pretty play, Dinsmore to Dignan...
With this sort of support Spalding was tremendously effective, but even with mediocre backing he might have pulled through a winner. The Tigers filled the bases in the opening round on two hits and a pass, but failed to score. Dignan beat out a bunt in the fifth and stole second, where upon Spalding calmly caught him napping off the bag. These three hits and the four in the seventh were the only ones the Crimson twirler allowed...
...muff by Amsden paved the way for two Wentworth scores in the first inning, but Harvard came right back with four tallies on a hit by Rice a pass to Keene, a safe bunt by Field, and singles by Maher and Amsden. Brown immediately settled down and pitched good ball, allowing but two more hits in the six innings he worked, Field's double in the third and Keene's homer in the fifth, each of which produced a run. Thoran pitched the last two innings and his wildness cost...
Saturday, April 12--Agawam Bunt at providence...