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Starter Jim Walker wasn't exactly throwing smoke either. In the first inning he surrendered a leadoff single to Dave Singleton, a fielder's choice to Paul Halas, a double to Leon Goetz and a three-run homer to Harvard offensive her Dave Knoll before retiring the side. Not an auspicious start...
Pyle can offer a strong backstroke leadoff leg (possibly 53 or 54 seconds) and George Keim should fly well. Cooper has been a good anchor man all winter...
When Yale and Harvard last met on the baseball diamond, April 20 of last year for a doubleheader in New Haven, it was like an episode of the Twilight Zone. The Eli's Don Gallagher played Rod Serling, walking the leadoff Crimson batter in each of the seven innings of the first game (ending with a grand total of twelve walks) and pitching a no-hitter, Yale won the game...
...Crimson nine scored first as the second inning leadoff batter Joe Sciolla reached first on an error by Tufts shortstop Bob Berluti. Sophomore outfielder Tommy Joyce sacrificed him to second and Sciolla scored on a single by captain Dan Williams...
Walsh, who was a little shaky in the final inning of the Penn contest, was back to form Friday as he retired the next three batters and after allowing a leadoff walk in the ninth, took care of the last three Judges to preserve the decision for Harrell, who has lost only one game while winning five...