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...Harvard representatives performed well, but pitcher Byron Johnson, shortstop Bill Rodgers, and outfielder Maurice Balboni must be singled out for heroes' honors...
...case Wadsworth should run into difficulty, Shepard can call upon either Wally Cook or Byron Johnson, two pitchers who have both done very well during the latter part of the season. Cook, indeed, saved the first Yale game with a fine fourinning relief...
...left before the end of the third inning. The pageantry and parading (including the jazz band of '34 and a bicycle-built-for-six manned by the class of '39) failed to inspire the Williams, squad, which committed five errors and managed only six hits off the pitching of Byron Johnson...
...Byron Johnson has performed steadily throughout the season (is also 4-2, with an E.R.A. of 3.08), and Wally Cook has made sufficient late-season improvement to give Shepard a trio of reliable pitchers. Cook was unimpressive in his first few starts, but his wins over Columbia and Holy Cross, plus an excellent relief-job against Yale have raised his stock considerably...
Norm Shepard has countered with Byron Johnson, a control specialist who looked good in beating Cornell last Saturday. Johnson is basically a relief pitcher, with a tendency to lose his effectiveness in the late innings when he starts, and Shepard had hoped to hold him in reserve for relief work against Yale...