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...varsity picked up its first run in the second inning when Charlie Ravenel walked, advanced to second on a fielders choice and stole third when an argument developed on the pitcher's mound without the umpire's calling time out. He scored on a long fly ball to centerfield by Mo Balboni...
This hit should have been no more than a double, but Boulris got the extra base by barreling into third baseman Tom Johnson, dislodging the ball from his glove and Johnson from the ball game, badly bruised. Boulris added the other run on a long homer through the right-centerfield gap in the eighth...
Died. Tris Speaker, 70, baseball's great Grey Eagle, centerfielder for the Boston Red Sox (1907-15) and Cleveland Indians (1916-26); of a heart attack; at Lake Whitney, Texas. When alltime baseball teams are named, centerfield automatically belongs to Tris Speaker, not so much for his .345-caliber hitting as for his matchless fielding. Figuring that 98% of outfield hits fall in front of fielders, Speaker took advantage of his speed, played in so close that he almost breathed down the second baseman's neck. He watched the batter's feet, knew where the ball would...
Opening the game in left field for the Yardlings will be Charlie Ravenel, who collected four hits in five attempts against Exeter and scored the winning tally in the tenth inning. Bob Forbush, who went four for five against Andover, will start in centerfield, and Charlie Lockwood will open in left. Stu Forbes will do the catching...
...centerfield, Russ Prouty of the Bruins got his feet tangled up and fell on his face while trying to field the hit. And all three men came around to score while the ball bouncd merrily on into the nether reaches of the field...