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Deprived, by the elements, of an easy victory yesterday afternoon, the varsity baseball team will hope for better luck when it meets Dartmouth today at Soldiers Field. Game time...
Yesterday's contest was one of the wackiest affairs seen at Soldiers Field in quite some time. The Crimson had amassed a 9-0 lead, when a savage downpour practically washed the players off the field. The game was, at the time, in the top of the fifth inning and only three outs shy of being "official." It will be replayed, if possible, some time within the next week...
Crimson coach Norm Shepard apparently does not look on today's game as merely a "warm-up" for Dartmouth and Yale. He has selected his best pitcher, Ed Wadsworth, to work against B.U., and rates the Terriers as "a pretty strong team," with "a particularly fine pitching staff...
Throughout the season, lack of depth has been one of the chief factors in varsity defeats, and the Dartmouth game pointed this out more clearly than ever. While the Indians could put together three effective midfields with seven midfielders injured, the varsity made the trip with only nine midfielders. Further, the varsity had only four attackmen and four defensemen at Hanover...
Throughout the game the Yale tackling was magnificent, by far the best of any of the Crimson's other opponents. One Eli managed to break captain Hal Churchill's nose on a particularly hard stop. The Crimson played the entire second half with only 14 men, as forward Bob Shaunessey left the game early with a separated shoulder...