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Using a fire-engine red Jeepster, Greenberg hustled relief pitchers out of Cleveland's bull pen, got them to the mound in a matter of seconds compared to the ambling three to five minutes usually required. Less colorful, but equally timesaving, were two other Greenberg suggestions which the Indians now follow: 1) make a pitcher wait his batting turn in the "on deck" circle instead of in the dugout, and 2) make him go to the mound more promptly at the start of each inning. These stunts, the Cleveland management figured, had already cut the time of games...
Matt Forman, Holy Cross mounds man who was credited with both Cross decisions over Harvard last year, went eight innings before he was relieved by Dick Shellenbach. Forman limited the Crimson to eight his stint on the mound and was responsible for all the runs...
Working with a two-run lead, Crimson starter Barry Turner weakened in the ninth inning and allowed the Quakers to put the tying runs on first and second with none out. McInnis then removed Turner and Sent Crosby to the mound...
Should Brown he removed from the box, Yale Coach Pete Raynor would probably have to take Emerson off of second base and put him on the mound...
Crosby, throwing nothing but fast balls in his short stint on the mound, got the first batter to fly to Foynes, the next to ground to White, and the last to hit back to him. It would have been an impressive performance for the best of relievers, not to mention one who had never toed the rubber before...