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...Cling to Hope." For all his troubles, Mantle is still highly respected; wary American League pitchers walk him more than once a game on the average. Says Cleveland's Lane: "I still hate the s.o.b. when he gets up there at the plate. He could bunt .300, he has power to left and right, and he still has a good arm." Still a blur on the base paths despite his knee (he has stolen six bases in six tries this year), Mantle leads the majors in runs scored, with 51. Last week Mantle was red hot, led the Yanks...
Iouse Kasarjian opened with a walk an advanced to second on a bunt by Wadsworth which caught the B.C. infield off balance. An error by third baseman Ra Stebbins on a sacrifice attempt by Gerge Harrington then loaded the bases. Captain John Davis singled to center scoring Kasarjian and Wadsworth. Harrington then scored from first on a wild throw. A few seconds later Davis brought in the Crimson's final run on a passed ball...
...seventh, Kasargian doubled to center and raced to third on a wild pitch by Army hurler John Rindfleish. Coach Norm Shepard called for the suicide squeeze, and Harrington laid down a perfect bunt to bring Kasarjian across the plate...
Northeastern took a 3-2 lead in the seventh when leadoff hitter John Quinlin waltzed three feet out of the batters' box faking a bunt and managed to get nicked by a slow curve. After a sacrifice, he was brought home on a single by leftfielder John Erickson, who batted in three runs...
...fielder Mo Balboni followed suit with a shot to center, sending home the fourth run of the inning. The earlier tallies came on a single by captain John Davis and a throwing error on Charlie Ravenel's grounder, after Mouse Kasarjian had walked and George Harrington had popped a bunt single over the charging second baseman's head...