Word: infielder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...minus side, the defense has not been up to the standard usually expected of a Harvard team. Coach Shepard is not worried, however, as he thinks that the mistakes are due to his shuffling around of the infield while getting a look at all his players. Yesterday he said that once the team was set, he was sure the fielding would work itself...
...infield looks fairly well set with Ignacio, Dick Manchester, Jeff Grate and Bill Cobb. Manchester, at second, will provide the team with one of the best gloves in the league even though he lacks power at the plate. Grate, at short-stop, is also a good fielder and has a bat to match. At third, Bill Cobb has a .308 batting average and a strong...
Third base is the only unsure position in the infield. Shepard might find it necessary to use Cobb at catching as he did last year, should one of the other catchers prove inadequate...
...infield has tightened up into a solid defensive unit. A slimmed-down Joe Foy has picked up his defensive play at third base, and the double play combination of Rico Petrocelli at shortstop and Andrews at second has been one of the bright spots all spring...
...betting windows. The dogs, donned in colored, numbered blankets, leave the kennels and parade past the grandstand, and around the track to the starting blocks. Meanwhile, the unctuous voice of the announcer calls "Hurry, Hurry, Hurrrry--place your bets." The odds on the big boards in the infield flash rapidly with the changing whims of the crowd. Tension mounts as the hounds poise, leap, speed. The rumbling mob roars and fragments as the end approaches. The winning number lights up on the board and the favored of fate make their way to the "Collect" windows...