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Roche had followed starter Johnny Hansen to the mound after the former gave up five runs and seven hits in his four inning stint. Wally Coulson and Bill Caulfield sparked the Crimson attack in the third and fifth with two and three hits respectively...
...Varsity squad, will probably get the nod for the first pitching assignment of the season against Johns Hopkins. On the basis of his performance yesterday in an inter-squad practice game Godin has the speed and control which Samborski seeks to develop in the rest of his mound staff. Other hurlers on whom Samborski will rely are "Reds" Connolly, John Hansen, and Barry Turner...
Both squads are off for the south at the beginning of next week with the nine squaring off against Johns Hopkins on Monday and the lacrosse team meeting Drexel. Bill Connolly will probably handle the starting mound chores...
...Phoenix, Ariz., 54-year-old Walter ("Dutch") Reuther, great southpaw pitcher of the 1920s, marched out to the mound. His assignment: to make a pitcher out of the New York Giants' young Clint Hartung, who could put plenty of speed on a ball but not a wrinkle of a curve. Just a year ago in spring training, Hartung (then an outfielder) was hailed as the most promising rookie of the year; but when it became apparent early in the season that he couldn't catch a fly-ball, Hartung was converted into a pitcher. He wasn...
Bill Connelly will be back on the mound after a forced absence last year when he was declared ineligible by Ivy League officials. Also returning is fireman Ira Godin, who started or came in to save many a game for the 1947 Crimson squad, and Landon Clay. Receivers for these moundsmen will be at a premium--at least ones as good as the graduated Bill Hamlen--but Cliff Crosby and Web Durant are attempting to fill the bill...