Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Getch laid down a perfect squeeze bunt to bring home the run that beat Columbia, 4 to 3, in the last of the ninth. But his tap, which went for an infield hit, came only a few pitches after another bunt call had almost quenched the Crimson's rally...
...rally nearly died when Botsford grounded to shortstop, but the Lion infielder was undecided whether to catch Botsford at first or Simourian at third and booted the ball to set the stage for Getch's hit...
...Kessler started and pitched effectively for eight innings until lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Bob McGinnis got the victory for pitching the ninth. Again it was a case of the Crimson's failing to hit in the clutch, as 11 men were left on base. The varsity's batting average now stands at about .240, and the team has been averaging less than six hits per game since it came north...
Bucking the Revolution. For the most part, farmers who reaped the high profits of the war years, paying off their debts and piling up capital assets, have been able to stand the postwar adjustment without real distress. The man hardest hit by the slump is the "new" farmer, who moved onto the farm after World War II when original costs were high. Such a farmer is Melvin Anderson, 40, who rents and farms 230 acres owned by a prosperous big farmer in Henry County, Ill., the "hog capital of the country...
From the farms the harder times have spread to the small towns in the farm country. Hardest hit are implement dealers, who do most of their business with farmers. Auto dealers have been hurt, too, but not nearly as much. Clark Sheesley, the Buick-Chevrolet dealer in Cambridge, Ill. is doing 75% less business with farmers than he was a year ago, but his total business is down a still uncomfortable-but much smaller...