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...constitutional also-rans in the American League, were having pitcher trouble again. They struggled through nine games before discovering a pitcher, Lefthander Mel Parnell, who could finish a game he started. Then the Sox promptly lapsed back into lackluster .500 ball. The New York Yankees, always strong on the mound, won all six games in their own stadium, then made themselves at home abroad by touching off an eight-game winning streak on the road. Two good reasons for the Yankees' success: Pitchers Vic Raschi and Ed Lopat, the league's leaders with four victories apiece...
...Wilson replaced Jim Jones on the mound for Army, and the Cadets folded. With two away in the fourth and Tom Cavanaugh on second with a double to left, Ed Foynes beat out an infield hit, Ralph Robinson singled, and White cleared the bases when left fielder Frank Winfield badly misjudged his harsh drive. Benny Akillian followed with a triple and came in on a bad throw by the right fielder...
Bruin coach Lefty Lefebvre has no such problem. Eager for a win over the Crimson, Lefebvre has his mound ace, senior Bill Hayes, ready for today's game. Hayes, a six-foot-two right-hander, slid a variety of curves and a good fast ball past Connecticut, Holy Cross, and Yale for a 3-0 record...
Stuffy McInnis will start Bob Ward, who defeated Boston University on two hits last Wednesday, while right-hander Jim O'Neil will take the mound for the Crusaders...
Since the whole top of the Crimson batting order bats left-handed with Ralph Robinson in right field, McInnis has been substituting righty Walt Greeley for Robinson to break up the southpaw-slugging string against left-handed pitchers. Robinson will start, however, with O'Neil on the mound. With Ed Foynes, who was injured last weekend, ready to play, there will be no changes in the regular Harvard lineup...