Word: manson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Green has not fulfilled pre-season expectations, but will still offer the varsity a considerable challenge. This will be especially true, if pitcher Art Quirk gets the starting assignment. Quirk is an extremely talented athlete, who last week bested Brown's Dave Manson, 1-0, in a duel between the League's two top moundsmen...
...Brown pitcher, Dave Manson, scattered five Crimson hits and permitted only one baserunner to get as far as third. He displayed a good fast-ball and curve, but his main asset was remarkably fine control. By keeping his pitches at just about knee-height, he forced most Crimson batsmen to hit on the ground; and, in addition, he walked only...
...Manson now boasts a record of six victories against no defeats, and has allowed an average of less than 1.50 earned runs per game...
...Wadsworth of the Crimson pitched almost as well as Manson, but could not overcome the handicap of some atrocious early-inning fielding by his teammates. Only one of the six Bruin runs was earned...
Meanwhile, however, Manson had the Crimson batsmen hitting one grasscutter after another. All of these were readily gobbled up by the Brown infielders, who played with the grace and confidence of major-leaguers. They committed no errors at all, and reeled off two flashy double-plays...