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Yankee Spark. Henrich really took over as the Yankees' leader two weeks after the opening. It was a tight moment, and Pitcher Joe Page had been summoned from the bullpen to cool off the aroused Boston Red Sox. As Page began the long trek to the mound, Henrich stepped up to him and said: "You hold it and I'll win it." Page did his part. Two innings later, with the Yanks trailing, 3-2, Henrich picked up a bat and smashed a home run into the rightfield seats, with one man on base, to win the game...
...mound ace Brendon Reilly started the game for the alumni, but gave way in the first to Wallace, a wartime standout for Harvard nines. He gave up ten hits to the varsity but kept them well scattered except in the sixth...
Both Turner and his mound rival, lefty Charlie Murphy, got off to shaky starts and were hampered by infield errors. A double play got Turner out of possible trouble in the first inning and Harvard went to work on Murphy in its half of the inning. A bunt single by Mort Dunn, walks to Walt Coulson, Herbie Neal, and Cliff Crosby, a single past third by Ernie Mannino plus a wild pitch and a passed ball netted the Crimson three unearned runs...
Captain Jack Donelan will draw the starting assignment for the Yardlings. Coach Dolph Samborski announced last night. Donelan has compiled a 5-2 record on the mound this year...
...McInnis, including hard-hitting Captain Ivar Rosendale, who has batted in 12 runs. Left-hander Charlie Murphy, Amherst's top hurler with a 4-1 record, will pitch, which means that John Caulfield and Herb Neal will probably play left and right fields with a southpaw on the mound...