Word: jumbos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pitcher's duel was in the offing from the beginning, as both teams placed their top hurlers on the mound. Del Rossi, who raised his season's won-lost record to 2-0, has been pitching consistently good ball, and Tufts' lefty Miles Nogelo is the Jumbo's primary pitching hope this season. The Elephants managed to complete only two games on their Southern swing this spring, but Nogelo was outstanding in a four-hit, 3-2 victory over George Washington...
Quieting the Tufts bats is no easy matter, either. The entire Jumbo infield is back, led by the first baseman Vandy French, a former Little League teammate of Del Rossi who looks like he still might to be in the little leagues (5 ft., 7 in., 148 pounds). All French did last year was hit .368, steal 20 bases, and pitch relief...
...outfield, though, it's a different matter. The only returning letterman hit .187 last year and Jumbo fans are hoping sophomore Dennis Orpen, reputedly a hot major-league prospect, can take up some of the slack...
...required because several days before, four men had been surprised while in the midst of a mysterious ritual inside Westham's 11th century church of St. Mary the Virgin. "The men were trying to communicate with evil spirits," declared Coulthurst. "They were chanting some sort of mumbo jumbo. They were definitely in league with the devil...
...Jumbo footballers and coach Bill Burnham devised the new formation during half-time, after the offense had been unable to move the ball during the first two quarters. On the Elephants' first play from scrimmage in the third period, halfback Tink Gunnoe slanted off tackle for 75 yards, and the game was all Eliot the rest...