Word: infielder
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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...
DeGraaf has won three and lost one game so far this year, his one defeat being a 3 to 2 decision at the hands of a strong Yale team which he lost in the ninth inning on a scratch infield single. Cornell's chief problem at the moment is the same as the varsity's: anemic hitting. Their only consistent batter is a Hawaiian first baseman by the name of Jim Shigikane who is the leading hitter on the team...
...made its seven hits count and capitalized on bases on balls to win its E.I.B.L. opener. Two runs came across in the home half of the second when Dick Fisher lined a single to left and advanced to second on Matt Botsford's sacrifice. Bob Hastings beat out an infield hit to shortstop and went to second when cadet Bill Cody kicked the ball into left. Being Crosby then brought Fisher home and Hasting to third on a sacrifice fly, and Rossano scored Hastings with a single to center...
There was a guy working out in the Crimson infield yesterday who would be pretty fine to have in uniform this afternoon. An experienced shortstop and a fine clutch hitter, this ballplayer would go a long way toward solving some of the problems that confront Coach Norm Shepard...
...Crimson jumped into the lead in the top half of the first inning when Bob Cleary walked and scored on Babe Simourian's towering triple to left center. John Getch then drove Simourian in with an infield out to give the Crimson a lead they never relinquished...