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...fifth--and the infielders shout encouragement to the pitcher and heckle the diminutive hitter. Cheers resound from the batter's bench--"Come on Dr. longball, hit another homer. "The infield, hearing this, takes a few steps back. The pitch: a swing. it's a hit, not a crackling liner that sends the second baseman diving. But rather a dainty dribbler that leaves the third baseman stymied in her shoes as the softball slowly scoots along the third base line and comes to rest not 20 feet from the batters...
...fielding behind him helped. Allard made a nice grab of a Gene Doucette liner in the first inning to save a hit, and second baseman Gaylord Lyman picked up a bouncer that had glanced off of Brown's glove, tagged a runner advancing from first and threw to Martelli for a sparkling double play to end the fifth...
...play of the day, however, belonged to Weller. With two out and nobody on in the sixth, and Brown's no hitter still a reality, the fleet flychaser ran halfway to Connecticut to flag down a Doucette liner to dead center. The ball probably traveled 400 feet, and Weller didn't get a great jump but ran and ran and finally caught up with it not far from the wall...
...first base. Wark has been behind the plate for every game this year, a yeoman effort...Defensive Play of the Day: With one out in the first inning and Columbia's Gene Larkin on second base, leftfielder Paul Scheper made a sliding, one handed catch of a sinking liner. "I always hold up the ball real quick, just like the pros," Scheper said after the game...Everybody got into the hit parade except for Wark, the number-nine hitter. Freshman Bruce Weller continued to excel in the leadoff spot, rapping out two hits in five at bats. At Soldiers Field...
Earlier, Princeton's Lockenmeyer had spun another of his head-shakers at the visitors. Harvard took a 1-0 lead in the third on two errors and a sacrifice, but the senior was untouchable, going 20 batters without a hot or a walk until Bauer's soft liner found turf with just four outs...