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...physical culturists have shown only mediocre pitching and very little hitting strength, though in the latter respect they outhit Amherst 10 to 5. In Minikin they possess a clean-up batter of no mean efficacy, for in eleven trips to the plate he has slashed out no less than seven hits of assorted sizes. Either Crowley or Beach will toe the rubber against the Crimson this afternoon, the latter having the only Springfield verdict to his credit...
...outfield, the University will be represented by Captain Todd, who will also assume the burden of clean-up batter, Ellison, a veteran of two Yale games, and Burns, Sophomore sprint star whose batting prowess and speed on the base-paths have won him the lead-off position on the Harvard batting array...
...next spring. Elkins, former St. Mark's captain, seems to have one of the infield berths cinched. Davis, a pitcher, is a former Choate athlete, and promises to win a position on Coach Davidson's corps of hurlers. The heavy hitting of Durkee won for him the position of clean-up batter on one of the fall teams. The former Greenfield High player is expected to be a strong competitor for the first base post on the 1939 nine...
...reading Popular Mechanics in addition to their old favorite Gazette. Spring fever got in the bones of the department and the order went out from headquarters to sweep down the gutters. As usual, prompt execution trod on the heels of the cleansing ukase. Supplied with bright new brooms, the clean-up squad arrived to find that certain streets below Massachusetts Avenue were lined with automobiles. Thereupon, the law enforcers cleverly realized that it might be well first to remove the cars. But what consternation pervaded their ranks when the autos were found locked and their owners either in class...
...fourth today. Cooley, the shortstop who sewed up the 1927 game with his home run in the ninth frame with two men on bases, will lead off again and McGill, who has been hitting for the highest average on the Worcester team, will be in the clean-up position...