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...Yardlings meet a fair Northeastern team today in Brookline. Byron Johnson will open on the mound, with Larry McCully behind the plate. The in-field remains the same as in yesterday's game, with Tom Hoff at first, George Harrington at second, Maurico Balboni at third and Kasarjian at short...
Coach Norm Shepard will send Dom Repetto to the mound against the Jumbos' Allan Hyman. Otherwise, Shepard will stick with the same lineup that opposed...
Against Hampden-Sydney the next day, the varsity almost blew a 9-0 lead but hung on to win, 14 to 12. Dom Repetto held the home team scoreless for five innings, but Bob McGinnis, Matt Bottsford, and Rossano, who followed him to the mound, had more difficulty. Finally, the team's hitting attack which featured two home runs by Fisher, one round-tripper by Bing Crosby, and Stu Lavine's four hits, was enough to provide the Crimson with its second win this year...
Juniors Dom Repetto, a sidearm righthander with a good fast ball, southpaw Joel Bernstein, and Bob McGinnis, along with sophomores Dave Brigham and Don Hoffman also figure high in Shepard's mound plans...
...shoe factory, Connie learned his trade in a day when pitchers lobbed the ball underhand and catchers grabbed it on the first bounce some 15 ft. back of the plate. It was all too soft for Connie. His only equipment a fingerless kid glove, Connie walked out to the mound one day and told his pitcher to fire the ball overhand. The unexpected stunt almost started a riot among the fans, but the style stuck...