Word: macdonald
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Kessler's batterymate will be captain George MacDonald, the senior catcher who is one of the two returning starters from last year's team. The infield will consist of sophomores John Simourian at first base and Bob Hastings at second, with seniors Jim Murray at shortstop and Don Butters, the other returnee, at third...
Captain George MacDonald's first hit of the season was a home run against Quantico on Monday. As catcher, he was the only starting holdover from last year's team, looking out on an all-new infield of John Simourian at first, Bob Hastings at second, Jim Murray at short, and Don Butters at third. The new outfield, from left to right, included Dick Hoffman, Dick Fisher, and Matt Bottsford...
Against Richmond the next day, the team doubled its hit production to 12 and began to bunch them. Butters homered in the seventh to give the Crimson a 3-to-3 tie: in the eighth MacDonald singled and Bones MacKinney was given an infield hit when Richmond let his sacrifice roll. Fisher then walked, another base on balls, to Hastings forced in a run, and Bottsford singled home two more to win the game...
...MacDonald's mates added five hits to his homer, but the support they gave hurlers Ken Rossano, Dom Repetto and a sharp Joe Bernstein was erratic. Having practiced outdoors only twice previously, the fielders had obvious difficulty in judging fly balls and lost them...
Simourian, aside from sharp fielding around first base, led the varsity's batting attack with six hits on the trip, three against Richmond. Bottsford got three against George Washington and tied Murray with five for the trip. Butters hit the ball well and hard, but, like MacDonald, was confined to three safeties...