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...reached third and Currier second. On Aronson's out to McCaffery, Currier drew a throw to second, allowing Harvey to come home. Currier scored immediately afterwards, however, when MacLaughlin hit safely to right field. MacLaughlin was thrown out in an attempted steal, and Dana ended the inning with a grounder to second...
...team, such as Leonard's base-running, and the fielding. Currier caught two men at second at critical times by swift, accurate throws, and played well behind the bat. Simons covered a large area at short stop, and made a remarkable one-hand stop of Shay's grounder, but his throw to first was a little low. His jumping catch of Mansfield's liner in the ninth stopped further trouble. Harding covered first in good style, and Hicks and McCall both fielded their positions creditably. In the outfield, Lanigan caught two long flics by fast work. For Holy Cross...
Leonard began the third inning by hitting a slow grounder to Barry. The latter came in fast and made a very swift low throw which bounded into the grandstand. Leonard almost had the ball beaten at first and came home on the play. Holy Cross tied the score in the fourth when, with two out, Carney hit over Aronson's head for a home run. Aronson misjudged the ball, and instead of running back, came in and jumped for it, but missed it by three feet...
...last of the fourth the Holy Cross infield went up in the air. Aronson's grounder was fumbled by Carney, and as Mansfield got in the base-line, Aronson collided with him so that he dropped the ball. Larkin threw Lanigan's bunt wild, and when Currier bunted. Larkin's throw went past Carney, and Aronson scored, while the other two reached second and third. With nobody out Simons went out on a grounder to second. Harding bunted to pitcher, and Lanigan was out at the plate. Harding stole second, and Currier was almost out between third and home...
Harvard's chances were wasted in the sixth, when Lanigan was caught off first, and Currier, after singling, neglected to slide to second, and was out. In the seventh, Hicks doubled, but was caught on Leonard's grounder to short...