Word: grounders
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...next inning, Tufts gave the varsity another run--the winning one. The Jumbo shortstop fumbled Bill Cleary's grounder and Matt Botsford followed with a long triple to left-center to drive home Cleary. Botsford thus continued his fine hitting, also collecting a single...
...fielding weakness then came to the varsity's assistance, as Matt Botsford got on with the third baseman fumbled his grounder. Two outs later Dick Hoffman belted a triple to left, clearing the bases. Hoffman scored on John Simourian's single...
...Tigers collected an unearned run off Ward in the third when a throw to second by catcher Bing Crosby soared into the outfield. Princeton outfielder John Easton then moved to scoring position in the next inning, reaching first on a sloppy play on his grounder and trotting to second when Crosby neglected to throw. He scored on a single by Ed Stimpson...
...varsity's only real threat was in the sixth. Cleary led off with a triple to left center, and Butters walked. At this point, Stedman came in and got first baseman John Maher on a grounder to the mound. Third baseman Jim Rahal hit sharply to short, but Jack Murphy's throw caught Cleary at the plate. With two on and two out, catcher George MacDonald lined deep to left for the final...
...eighth inning, as the tension rose, the Browns' Rookie Shortstop Bill Hunter made a diving stop of a hot grounder and threw out the base runner by a step. Bobo, who had already driven in three runs, enough to win his own game, heaved a huge sigh. In the ninth, the pressure finally began to unsettle Bobo just a little. He walked the first man on four straight pitches, issued three more balls to the next batter. Manager Marion was so jittery that he could not bring himself to go to tie mound to try and settle Bobo down...