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...Carl Hubbell's spectacular screwball, Walter Johnson's terrifying fast ball, Bobby Feller's strikeout touch. Pitch for pitch, many of his contemporaries have what the trade calls "more stuff," pitches that are harder, faster, or trickier. But better than any of them now on the mound, Robin Roberts can put the ball where he wants. There is one precious-diamond word for him-control...
This evening the team will board a sleeper for Annapolis, where it will play a fair Middle nine. Southpaw Bob Kessler or Captain Ken Rossano will do the mound duties for the Crimson. The varsity must sweep both games if it hopes to make the first division of the EIBL. Navy, with a 3-3 record, is one of the two teams it must pass...
Byron Johnson will be on the mound for the freshman nine today when it meets one of its toughest opponents of the year, the New Hampshire freshmen...
...although the mound staff has been excellent, alone it will not be enough. Princeton, with a four game winning streak, will be the most powerful league foe so far, and should not again make the vital miscues which enabled the varsity to win last year and to defeat weak Brown Wednesday...
...main question mark lies in how well the Crimson can solve the slants of Army hurler Bill Shepard, a righthander. The Crimson squad, which figured to be a powerful hitting team, if perhaps weak on the mound and in the field, has been just the opposite recently...