Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These lapses put pitchers Wally Cook, Ed Wadsworth, and By Johnson at a great disadvantage, and the 13 hits that the Gymnasts collected made things even harder for them. Disappointing as the pitching was, it should be said that only six Springfield runs were officially earned and that a good job by the Crimson fielders would have held the visitors to only one run for the afternoon...
Springfield pushed over three tallies in both the second and third innings off starter Cook, who was having trouble keeping his curve from hanging but deserved to be unscored on in each frame. In the second, Tom Johnson walked, moved along on a sacrifice and wild pitch, then beat Cook's pitch with a dramatic steal of home. A throwing error by third baseman Mo Balboni followed, opening the door for two more runs on a single and double...
Until the seventh, varsity starter Byron Johnson had gotten by successfully on his control and slow curve, scattering eight hits and allowing only a pair of runs in the first inning. But during the last two frames his control faltered and he gave up two bases on balls and hit three batters...
...Huskies collected three more hits in the eighth on two hits, a walk and two hit batsmen--both glancing blows off the buttons. After Johnson forced the second and third runs across the plate, Wally Cook was called in to prevent further damage, which he did neatly by striking out catcher Tom Cangiano on a fast ball and two curves. The loss, the varsity's second against two victories was the first for Johnson...
...walk to George Harrington and a double by John Davis got the Crimson a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning. A wicked liner to second by Davis in the third inning was nearly turned into a triple play after walks to Harrington and Al Martin. singles by Johnson and Harrington and a walk to Davis loaded the bases in the fifth, but the Crimson scored only once when Harrington was thrown out at the plate trying to follow Johnson on Charlie Ravenel's single to right...