Word: cooke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These lapses put pitchers Wally Cook, Ed Wadsworth, and By Johnson at a great disadvantage, and the 13 hits that the Gymnasts collected made things even harder for them. Disappointing as the pitching was, it should be said that only six Springfield runs were officially earned and that a good job by the Crimson fielders would have held the visitors to only one run for the afternoon...
Springfield pushed over three tallies in both the second and third innings off starter Cook, who was having trouble keeping his curve from hanging but deserved to be unscored on in each frame. In the second, Tom Johnson walked, moved along on a sacrifice and wild pitch, then beat Cook's pitch with a dramatic steal of home. A throwing error by third baseman Mo Balboni followed, opening the door for two more runs on a single and double...
...first question mark is Wally Cook, the lean sophomore right-hander whom Shepard has named to pitch for the Crimson. Top hurler on last year's powerful freshman team, Cook has the best potential on the pitching staff but was disappointing in last week's loss to Navy...
...hard to blame a pitcher, however, for being slightly off his form in his first varsity start before a hostile crowd, and Cook demonstrated his capabilities dramatically last Saturday against North-eastern when he came in from the bullpen with the bases loaded and struck out the batter on three pitches. By all odds, Cook should be in top shape today...
...pitching, Shepard thinks "it will start to improve now." Cook seems to have settled down, Ed Wadsworth has looked very promising, and the third will probably be A1 Martin. Though normally a first baseman by trade and a strong hitter as well, Martin alternated between second base and the mound for last year's freshmen and may well be the best pitcher on the team...