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Captain Jack Donelan will pitch for the Yardlings in his eighth mound appearance. His record stands at 4-2, with one tie. Donelan is neither very fast nor very tricky, but his control throughout the season has been remarkable...
...Godin will oppose Ted Griesinger on the mound and attempt to keep Harvard in the running for second or third place in the EIBL. Ed Foynes and Chuck Roche may appear in left and right field respectively if Amen tosses a left-hander at the Crimson. Otherwise, John Caulfield and Herbie Neal will play. ARMY HARVARD Stuff, cf Dunn, ss Metzger, lf Foynes or Mackmull, 3b Caulfield,cf Winfield, rf Rocheor Neal, rf Irons, c Coulson, 1b Galiffa, 1b Moffie, cf Lobe, 2b Huntington, 2b Dolan, ss Mannino, 3b Griesfinger, p Crosby, c Godin...
...hunting accident, he lost his right leg and (so the sport world thought) all chance for a future in professional baseball. But Monty had courage as well as a good right arm. Bolstered by thousands of fan letters and an artificial leg, he fought his way back to the mound. By 1946 he had begun again as a pitcher in the Class C East Texas League* and was baseball's "most courageous athlete" of that year. In 1948 he was in Hollywood, still pitching hard, as technical adviser for the screening of his life story...
Robinson and Thompson have won temporarily perhaps, the right to play when Donelan pitches. When Jack moves out to left field between mound appearances, however, it will still be a toss-up as to which of the two men plays right...
Spider Webb, John Simonds, and Dusty Cook, his mates on the mound, have also exhibited noteworthy control, but they have not shown up so well against good hitting as Donelan...