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Some of the best pitching talent to be displayed in recent years has been uncovered in the month's activity under the nets. Jim Mains, right-hander from Boston has the fastest ball of any hurler on the lot, and his speedy slants have impressed Coach Samborski. Dave Riley, another rangy ace sports a vicious sinker and a measure of control, while Andy McCullough, another hopeful is steadier than any of the '45 pitchers to date...
...triple play in the fifth inning by the Hamblers saved the day for hurler George Cait. With the bases loaded, catcher George MacDonald caught a foul fly off the netting, and pegged to second sacker Guy Mell who tagged the Bellboy coming from first and touched the base to complete the triple killing...
Playing short against Holy Cross, Scully turned in several sizzling fielding plays, and accounted for one of the five Harvard hits. Gleason looked better than average around third, especially considering his inexperience. He also slapped a single off the Crusader hurler...
Another improvement can be noted, beside the fielding average--that is, flashier base-running. Although the box-score only credits the Crimson with two stolen sacks, this is due to the fact that in four frames the Holy Cross hurler disposed of the Crimson one-two-three, and in only one did he face more than four batters. The two bases Saturday added to the seven against Columbia a week ago show a definite up-swing in this department...
...Bruin hurler Walt Juszczyk won his third Memorial victory from the Crimson, pitching fair ball to scatter...