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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...
...given a substantial lead by Record, which assured him of the race, Munroe anchor man for the Crimson quartet was able to keep up a pace fast enough to establish a new Triangular Meet record of 3 min. 27 1-5 sec. for the one mile relay team. Hennessey, leadoff man for the University fought a fierce battle with E. B. Noyes of Dartmouth throughout his entire lap, finally handing over a slight lead to Cummings who was able to increase this over Alcorn of Dartmouth and Rosenthall of Cornell. Record, third man for the University team, receiving a lead...
Harvard placed second to Bates in the grilling two-mile relay, with Holy Cross finishing a poor third. W. C. Rowe '31, J. W. Fobes '32, David Cobb '31, and N. P. Hallowell '32 comprised the local contingent. The formidable Holy Cross threat was removed when Hegarty, Purple leadoff man, fell on the first turn. The last race, between Hallowell and Russell Chapman, Garnet anchor man, was nip-and-tuck all the way. In the last stretch Chapman, with his superior experience, forged ahead and won by four yards. The time was 8 minutes 2 4-5 seconds...