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...Crimson is far from overconfident, however, as the Hanoverians, despite their 9-2 defeat by Yale, are considered as powerful. Devens, who collected a 2-1 verdict over the Indians last spring, is slated for mound duty, but Coach Mitchell will keep MacHale in readiness to quell any Indian uprising...
...Harvard triumph was due to the fact that Page on the mound kept the Wildcat batters from connecting disastrously, either passing the players absolutely, or forcing them to hit weakly into the infield or to pole easy pop flies to the outfield. While at times the Crimson hurler seemed distinctly without control, throwing wide of the plate and alternately forcing the batters to duck hastily, each time he seemed about to load the bases for New Hampshire via the base on balls route the visitors failed to make any timely bingles, allowing Page to retire the side on easy outs...
MacHale, who toiled the distance on Tuesday, is a probable starter on the mound today with Page as an alternate. Either Dunlap or Stafford will twirl for the visitors...
...last year's regular third-sacker is unable to cover the hot corner, Mitchell will put in Rex, while Bassett will be used in right field, Rex's regular position. With DosRoches at third, Rex will be relegated to the outfield. Either MacHale or Page will be on the mound for Harvard, with Sheldon doing the catching. MacHale is gunning for his fifth victory of the season, while the Crimson backstop will be out to improve on his showing of Saturday, when he seemed hard put to it to handle Devens's fast ones, two of the pitches going...
Because of the weakness of its opponent, the Harvard nine had little opportunity to show its power. Northeastern used three pitchers and none of them were hard for the Crimson batters to solve. For the University team, MacHale was on the mound when play began, and with perfect backing by his teammates he held the Huskies to three hits. He was replaced by Devens in the sixth inning and the latter disposed of the remaining hitters allowing only one man to reach first base...