Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bill Hoftyzer will probably start on the mound for the Crimson, but Jim Phelan is liable to see action before the day's hostilities are over. Only one change is expected in the starting Harvard lineup. Catcher Paul Delahoyde will be occupied with academic duties and unable to be ready for the "play ball." Sophomore Hoss Hamlen will thus get his break and crash into Varsity competition. Bill Barron, his competitor, has a broken finger that will keep him on the bench...
...Mohawks brought out an array of diamond stars for the Fourth of July benefit for the USO. Third baseman Murphy was a B. U. Varsity player, shortstop Dave Todd made history at the University of Virginia, first baseman Mara starred at Dartmouth, and 36-year old catcher Jim Dudley once were the Crimson...
Princeton's young sophomore hurler, John Eide, was paired with Mort Waldstein of Harvard as the two pitchers chosen for the second team, giving the alternate aggregation a brace of south-paw hurlers. Stocky Lee Turner, Cornell catcher, was named to the backstop position...
Among the individual batters, Clay is third with a 429 average. Ahead of him are only Princeton Captain Bill MacCoy with 550 and Cornell catcher Lee Turner with 444. Bart Harvey, who is right behind Clay with a 412 average, is in a five-way tie for the most runs scored...
Bart Harvey knocked out half the squad's hits, totaling two for four times at the plate. Ned Fitzgibbons and Clay collected the Crimson's other two singles. For the Purple, catcher Buster Mills hit four for four and center fielder Johnny Bezemes slammed a two-run homer in the fifth...