Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...field are Middlebrook, Falsey, and Hanes, with Vaughn as substitute, and Pumpelly as a dependable hitter in pinches. One of Yale's main sources of strength is that five of its players, Blossom, Falsey, Middlebrook, Cornish and Reilly have played in every one of the twenty-five games this season. The presence of these men give the team a steadiness which it would be hard to attain otherwise...
...been composed of R. T. Gannett '15, J. A. Millholland 14, and H. R. Hardwick '15. Gannett and Hardwick both played against Yale last season. Gannett has been fielding his position well, but his hitting has fallen off considerably since last season. However, he is an exceptionally good pinch hitter and may be relied upon when hits mean runs. Hardwick, who was one of the weakest hitters on the team last year, has shown wonderful improvement in this department and now stands well up in the list. Milholland was prevented from playing on the team last year because of sickness...
...class ball at New Haven earlier in the season but lost the game on account of the poor support from his team mates. In Captain Swain on third and Ainslee on second base, the visitors have two of the best infielders in collegiate baseball. Swain is also a heavy hitter, and on former occasions has caused considerable uneasiness for the Harvard pitchers...
...will be noticed that the cup is not necessarily to be awared to the best hitter, the best fielder, or the fastest runner, but rather to the man who combines his hitting and running abilities to the greatest advantage of the team. Should any complications arise the cup will be awarded to the choice of the baseball committee, the coach, and the donor...
Gannett was the heavy hitter of the day. He had four safe drives out of as many times at bat, one of which went for three bases. Unfortunately, two of his hits were made with the bases clear, so that they were unable to help in the scoring...