Word: hoss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...barrage seemed only to whet their appetites, for there was no let-up in the third as three more runs resulted from Ned Fitzgibbons's home run (welcome proof that his batting eye has returned after an almost disastrous slump), Heath's walk, and successive singles by Gallagher and "Hoss" Hamlen. Four successive blows in the next inning added two more runs as the rampage continued. After the opposition had registered three times in the bottom half of the fifth, the Harvard stick-swingers roared back with single runs in the fifth and sixth, and in the seventh again turned...
...Fitzgibbons and Hoss Hamlen took the home team batting honors. The lanky first baseman came back with some of the sparkle he had not shown since the spring trip south, totaling three singles, two stolen bases, and handling 11 chances with a lone dubious error. Hamlen, in his first Varsity game behind the plate, poled two hits to center in his four stands...
...Crimson tied it up in their half of the second when Thayer Drake singled and advanced to second on an error. Hoss Hamlen singled to center, scoring Drake, and was sent to second when Hoftyzer was forced. Vin Leahy's single moved him to third and Brooks Heath's fielder's choice sent him home...
...mound for the Crimson, but Jim Phelan is liable to see action before the day's hostilities are over. Only one change is expected in the starting Harvard lineup. Catcher Paul Delahoyde will be occupied with academic duties and unable to be ready for the "play ball." Sophomore Hoss Hamlen will thus get his break and crash into Varsity competition. Bill Barron, his competitor, has a broken finger that will keep him on the bench...
Paul Delahoyde will start behind the plate and Sophomores Hoss Hamlen and Bill Barron are sure to see action. Control specialist Warren Berg will start on the mound with Bill Hoftyzer ready to relieve him. The outfield seems likely to be veteran Bill Barnes in right, and Sophomores Jim Apthorp and Vin Leahy