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...built like a bull, with musculature that would make Atlas envious. He puts his 17-in. biceps. 27-in. thighs and 36-oz. bat to good use. When Ted Williams first watched Jackson swing, he said, "He's the most natural hitter I've ever seen." Williams, the hitter's hitter, has not been proved wrong...
...build leads to frequent muscle pulls-he sat on the bench for five days recently nursing a hamstring pull in his right leg-it also equips him with 9.6-sec. speed in the 100-yd. dash. But his game utilizes more than power and speed. "Reggie is a smart hitter," says the California Angels' Frank Robinson, one of only three players to win the batting triple crown in the past quarter-century. "This time you may strike him out, but next time he'll be waiting." In fact, Jackson goes to the plate with a plan for every...
...WHERE-WAS-BARRY-CRONIN-WHEN-WE-NEEDED-HIM TROPHY goes to Yale's Don Gallagher for throwing a no-hitter at Harvard while giving up 12 walks in a seven inning contest...
...Driscoll only came up with three of the finest pitched games in the last few weeks of the season. He blitzed Navy on a 9-0 two-hitter May 12, and then the following Sunday hurled the Crimson to the EIBL crown with a 5-3 pressure-packed win over Princeton. On Memorial Day, Driscoll tossed a 6-0 one-hit gem at a New Hampshire squad that looked like it didn't really belong on the same diamond with the Harvard nine...
...nine contests, or Mike O'Malley who stepped into the captain's shoes and pitched very good ball in spite of not getting the wins at first. Against Yale, for instance, O'Malley did not allow a single earned run only to have the Eli pitcher toss a no-hitter and O'Malley took a 2-1 loss on the chin...