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Some two weeks ago trainers pared a callous from the index finger of the pitching hand of Bill Connolly, the portly right-hander who was scheduled to be the number one hurler for Harvard this spring. The finger is now well enough for Connolly to use it again, but only if he is allowed to cover the tender spot with adhesive tape...
Meanwhile, Dummer pitcher Fritz Freeman set the Crimson down with three hits while fanning 12. A wild pitch paved the way for the Freshmen's only run off the talented left-hander...
...Right-hander George Emmons will pitch for the '51 forces, with Bill Rosenau on the receiving end. Ed Smith, Harry Cavanaugh, Hal Marshall, and Vin Morton will cavort in the infield...
With two-thirds of his starting outfield gone, Samborski also had to give up hopes of starting Red Connolly, his leading pitcher, who is still suffering from the after-effects of injections which cleared his infected finger. Right hander Ira Godin, released from Stillman on Monday, will be on the mound for the Crimson in the official home getaway, should the elements cooperate...
...play baseball. Although Jackie had played second base or shortstop all his life, he was handed a first-baseman's mitt and sent out to sink or swim at a new position -first base. Being right-handed was no help: first base is a left-hander's position. It is easier for a left-hander to throw from first to any other base, and easier to pick a man off the bag. Only a few great first basemen (among them the Cubs' Frank Chance and the Giant's George Kelly) were righthanded. But Robinson, with...