Word: grounder
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Harvard did some highly competent fielding. Coulson made a brilliant play on Mills' sharp grounder in the third. Art Chartier opened the fifth with a triple and was run down between third and home two plays later when Ike Bevins grounded to Dunn. HARVARD (3) ab r h po a e Dunn, ss 3 0 0 1 2 1 Caulfield, lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 Crosby, c 3 1 2 10 0 0 Coulson, 1b 4 0 1 8 1 0 Howe, rf 4 0 1 3 0 0 Moffie, cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 Mannino...
...ball our mothers would knit for us. When we knocked the yarn apart, we'd pull it back together with black tape." Stuffy did his share of the knocking. In fact, his nickname resulted from it. Whenever the youngster would make a hit or come up with a hard grounder, the older boys he played with would yell, "That's the stuff...
...third, Jackie muffed an easy grounder. That was the last Giant to get to first base; Pitcher Barney started the double play that wiped him out. From then on, it was three Giants up and three down, as Barney's fast ball and tantalizing curve both clicked...
...strode to the plate against the Cubs and tapped an easy grounder to the pitcher. While the pitcher was taking his time handling the ball, Ashburn was streaking for first base-and got there before the throw. The home folks beamed. Then he stole second base (the first of three he stole that game). Richie beat out another hit by sheer speed. Said one Phillies' coach: "I know I sound silly, but he's the nearest thing to Ty Cobb on the bases I've ever seen...
Tackling a consistently strong prep school squad, the Yardlings were not able to score until the seventh when Ed Smith was hit by a pitched ball, moved to second on Ernie Wohler's sacrifice, and scored when the Andover shortstop muffed Harry Cavanaugh's grounder...