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Coach F. G. Mitchell still seems to be experimenting with his outfield. F. B. Cutts '28, one of the regular Crimson moundsmen, who played right field for five innings Thursday, will once again be used in the outer regions, taking his post at left field. He has been hitting well of late, and, as the mentor of the nine is attempting to bolster up the team's batting, will most probably hold a position in the outfield fairly regularly. Either. E. R. Todd '29 or A. G. Whitney '29 will be in rightfield, while Captain H. W. Burns '28 will...
Coach Mitchell is fortunate in having a wealth of moundsmen to draw from. Headed by J. N. Barbee '28, one of the leading twirlers in college ranks last season, they include F. B. Cutts '28, Willard Howard '28, R. R. Ketchum '29, and R. M. Whittemore '29, all of them capable men in the box. Cutts' batting eye, which sent him into several games last season as a pinch hitter, makes him also a strong candidate for a post in the outfield when he is called upon to do mound duty...
...MARKS OF THE MOUNDSMEN Won Lost Ave. Booth 2 0 1.000 Howard 1 0 1.000 Molloy 1 0 1.000 Whitmore 1 0 1.000 Barbee 6 1 .857 Ketchum 3 1 .750 Cutts...
Both teams also boast powerful hitters, but they are not expected to give the opposing moundsmen much trouble. Three base hits will in all likelihood be frequent, but both teams in practice have shown a tendency to get picked off that base...
...years Barbee has been a regular guard on the University quintet, though in the past season he served the Crimson court team in two roles, as both guard and center. Besides being a star basketball player Barbee is one of the leading moundsmen on the University baseball squad, winning his letter last year as a regular pitcher for the nine. He is also president of the Junior class. He prepared for Harvard at the Carl Schurz High School in Chicago...