Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PIANIST, a lean young man with a strangle lunar light on his face, surveyed the piano, placed his hands on the keys--I always sit on the left to see his hands--and, unbelievable as it seems, simply sat there without motion or sound. Well, the audience regressed from expectation to uneasiness; then, in crescendo of frustration, through irritation--it was hot, the air fairly visible--rumor (Is he stricken? Sane? Obstinat?) anger, shouting, disgust, and finally mass departure. What is music coming to...?" Only to renewal. The pianist, by refusing to "play," gave rhetorical expression...
Starting this afternoon's match is sophomore left-hander J. C. Nickens. Although the southpaw's statistics are not impressive, 4-4 for the season with a 3.18 earned run average, his last two performances have been encouraging. Against Brandies, Nickens struck out seven and allowed just two hits in a six-inning shut-out. At Brown last week, he limited the Bruins to two hits in seven innings of relief pitching...
Right fielder Varney had one of his best days at the plate. He added two singles and a stolen base to his credit besides the 340 ft. clout down the left field line...
Perhaps the most encouraging statistic of an otherwise dull game was Harvard's scoring seven runs with only eight hits. Previously, the Crimson had lost several games because it left numerous runners stranded on base, but yesterday Harvard delivered the big hits when it needed them and left only four men in scoring position...
Neither team mounted a sustained attack through the first five innings as the combined squads totalled just six singles. In the sixth, Pete Bernard walked and Varney sent his towering blast far over the left field fence. Captain John Ignacio advanced to third on a fielding error and two stolen bases, and Bill Kelly walked before second baseman Bill Cherry delivered the needed single that brought both runners home and established a 4-0 lead...