Word: leadoff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chief punch in the Harvard lineup is provided by Art Johns as leadoff man and Lupe Lupien in the cleanup position who are both hitting well over .400. Fulton, Hoye, and Grondahl, all in the .300 bracket, should also worry Princeton's Lefty Farber, leading Tiger moundsman...
...fine leadoff man in Captain Art Johns, who hit for 362 in League contesis last season to rank sixth in the circuit. Reine Grondahl, the team's "money hitter," led the League in runs batted in last year. Jojo Soltz is almost as vicious a hitter as Lupien. Batting left handed, Gannett is a good "waiter." He had tough luck on the trip, connecting safely only four times out of 17 trips to the plate. Two or three times, safe landing of his smoky liners might have meant the ball game to Harvard, but each time they were hit directly...
With every member of the starting lineup with the exception of Charley Tesreau, son of Jeff Tesreau, and first baseman, hitting well over the .300 mark, the Indians are batting over .400 as a team. Georgie Hanna, pintsized Sophomore leadoff man, who is playing left field, is leading the hitters with ten hits in nineteen trips to the plate for an average of .526. Right behind him is Eddle Casey, center fielder and cleanup man, with ten hits in twenty times at bat for a .500 average, while Hal Longley, right-fielder, rounds out the heavy hitting outfield with...
Johnny Ware, batsman extraordinary and leadoff man for the Crimson will be out of the game with an injured knee suffered in the Princeton game on Thursday. Dick Fletcher has been moved over into the center pasture to take his place and Braman Gibbs will occupy his regular spot in right field...
Opposing pitchers are likely to find it difficult to pitch to Mike Hovenanian. The midget, selected as a prospective leadoff man, won't offer at a ball unless it's right in the slot, and he's so small that the moundsmen haven't much of a target at which...