Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Five infield hobbles and a Brown righthander named Ken Moffat beat the varsity baseball team yesterday, 4 to 3. But the Crimson's fall to fourth place in Eastern League standings was the fault of neither pitcher Rufe Webb not of right fielder Ralph Robinson...
...infield, Samborski has "Gar" Cranney at first base. A good fielder, Cranney has been hitting well with men on the bases, and dragged a beautiful bunt against Exeter to score the second run. Frank Nahigian, a prime example of the steadiness of the Yardlings, plays second. Nahigian has fielded well and gotten on base a lot as lead off batter...
Harry Agganis, however, opened the last of the seventh for the Terriers with a walk. Following a force play and a fly ball to center, shortstop Don Russell kept the home team's hopes alive by beating out an infield hit. Skip Campbell then dropped a single into centerfield and when Dick Clasby momentarily fumbled the ball Russell came tearing all the way home from first to tie the score...
...seventh, with the Crimson still trailing, 4 to 3. Robinson led off with a walk and Johnson singled him to second. When Walsh beat out a bunt, filling the bases. B.U.'s coach Harry Cleverly drew his infield in for a play at the plate. A moment later Ben Akillian punched a ground ball through the left side, bringing in Robinson and Johnson. A long drive to center by Clasby, off a new Terrier pitcher, Norm Luoni, scored Walsh and ended the Crimson scoring...
McInnis was fall of praise yesterday for Maesaka's performance at West Point. "He took over that infield like a veteran," he said, "and that's what made the difference for us." The stocky Hawaiian, who has recovered from the broken ankle he suffered last season with the freshmen, handled four chances in the field flawlesly and contributed a single and a double to the attack, driving in two runs...