Word: hit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...visitors played errorless ball, and hit almost at will. J. N. Barbee '28 started on the mound for the University, but was relieved by Willard Howard '28 with only one out in the opening frame. Barbee's shoulder was apparently still bothering him, and his hurling was far from its best form...
Howard stemmed the tide for an inning or so, but in the fifth, Notre Dame got on to his delivery with a devastating vengence. Every kind of hit, from a single to a homerun, came off the bats of the hard-hitting sluggers from Indiana. Howard Whitmore '29, the next Crimson twirler to see action, replaced Howard. He allowed only three hits in the last half of the game, although two more runs swelled the Notre Dame total...
Besides this timely gesture with the bat, Dobens held the Harvard hitters in the hollow of his hand throughout the game. He allowed only four hits and struck out eight men. The potency of his spell is seen in the fact that although he committed every fault in the pitching calendar, the score was no larger. Three passes, three hit basemen, a balk and a wild pitch could not dim the glory of his hurling performance...
...Cutts '28, on the mound for the University, did a workmanlike job, and with any kind of support at the critical moments, might have won. He has already pitched 11 innings last week, and the strain told on him at times. As it was, he gave only five hits, but the Crusades hit with men on the bases...
...Barbee '28, star Crimson hurler who has been out with a lame back, appeared as a pinch-hitter for John Prior '29 in the sixth inning. He hit one a mile high to the infield and left the game...