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Harvard will need all the hitting it can muster today when it faces lefty Steve Grolnic and the GBL champion-apparent Northeastern at 3 p.m. in Splinter Stadium...
When Harvard has a bad time with baseball powerhouses like Army, Navy, and Dartmouth, it can usually fall back on a tame group of seven colleges called the Greater Boston League for a share of local glory. But barring a miracle before the GBL season ends this week, the Crimson won't be in the top spot for the first time in five years...
...best Harvard can do is beat M.I.T. today and Northeastern Wednesday to wind up with a 5-1 mark that would normally take GBL honors in a breeze. But even should they be upset by the Crimson, the Huskies will pulverize weaklings Brandeis and M.I.T. and cop their first title in the GBL's 14-year history with an impressive 8-1 record...
McCandlish, who sports a 1.49 ERA second only to Grolnic's 0.78 in GBL games, has pitched some good games of late and should give the Huskies a real battle...
...sidelight in this week's games will be Bob Welz's bid for the GBL batting title. The Crimson's hot-hitting first baseman currently tops the loop with a .438 mark. John Dockery (.400). Jim Tobin (.400), Nell Houston (.374), and Dan Hootstein (.353) are also in contention...