Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Before a strong Andover nine that rolled up seven runs in the first inning, the second University nine went down to a 11 to 5 defeat, on the Academy diamond. Phineas Tobe '32, Crimson pitcher who has held the mound successfully against all past opponents, did well against the schoolboys, but poor support by the rest of the team killed the Harvard chances...
Tobe and Sheldon will be the probable starting battery for Harvard. Tobe has proved very reliable on the mound, having been touched for very few hits during the entire season...
Twenty members of the Freshman baseball squad will travel to Exeter this afternoon to meet the strong academy team. The schoolboys have a powerful squad this year, despite the fact that they have lost by graduation Coombs, stellar pitcher who for four years held unchallenged the mound position on the schoolboy nine. Coombs graduated last June, and is at present playing at Duke University...
Sweeney, on the mound for the Providence team, seemed to have little trouble in subduing the Harvard efforts at batting, allowing six scattered hits which failed to bring the Crimson forces into a scoring position. The Brown team netted only six hits off Boyer, the Harvard hurler, but sloppy fielding and wild throws on the part of the Freshmen allowed the visitors to pile up their nine runs...
Coach Henry Swasey has picked Lord to start on the mound for New Hampshire. Lord pitched last year's game and held Harvard to eight hits, of which three were bunched in the first inning to put the Crimson in the lead. Hanna, Tilton, Redben, and Shea are the other veterans...