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Apparently, Mager’s father knows best. Last summer, the infielder was one of three Harvard players on the championship team in the prestigious Cape Cod League. Mager played with co-captain Ben Crockett and junior Kenon Ronz for the Wareham Gatemen, driving in three runs in 15 games...
Crockett spent the summer pitching for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League, all the while continuing his negotiations with the Red Sox. The defending Cape League Pitcher of the Year, Crockett led the league with 74 strikeouts and threw three complete games with a 1.67 ERA. Along the way, he impressed plenty of local baseball observers...
Walsh brings a wealth of experience to Harvard baseball, having served as the coach of the Cape Cod League's Brewster Whitecaps in 1988 and the pitching coach of the Wareham Gatemen since 1991. He has also coached the Simonelli Oilers of the Boston Park League...
Died. James Leo ("One-Eye") Connelly, 84, who devoted a lifetime to gate-crashing and became a sports-page legend during the '20s; in Zion, Ill. One eye blinded in a boyhood boxing accident, Connelly masqueraded as a sandwich vendor, iceman, or plumber's helper to outwit gatemen and gain free admission. Before he retired at 65, he boasted that during his career he had seen every Kentucky Derby, all but three heavyweight-championship bouts, countless football and baseball games, on principle had never paid for or accepted a ticket...
...scout the eastern tracks and report in detail what was wrong with them. The findings: poor parking facilities, not enough elbow room in grandstands. So Doc ordered up the largest parking lot in the U.S. (215 acres of it) and an ultra-roomy grandstand. His attendants, ushers and gatemen were drilled in courtesy. Strub even handed out kindly advice to the uninitiated bettor, posted such warnings as: "Bet only what you can afford to lose, not what you hope...