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Brayton, pitching in the nightcap, will be trying to up his record from 3-1 and lower his already impressive ERA of 0.93. Park had planned to start Don Driscoll in the second game, but he re-injured ligaments in his ankle during practice. No replacement has been named...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Batmen to Meet Lions in Doubleheader | 5/1/1973 | See Source »

...association's account, the cow was not the culprit. The guilty party was a one-legged neighbor of Mrs. O'Leary, Dennis ("Peg Leg") Sullivan, who went to the O'Leary barn for a nightcap, lit his pipe and ignited the hay. As he tried to flee, his peg leg stuck in a floor crack. He discarded it and hobbled to safety by clinging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Commemorative Fireworks | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

...first game Bill Kelly's clutch pitching helped the Crimson survive a five-hit batting draught. Then in the nightcap, Harvard's hitting attack came alive in the late innings to rebound from a two-run deficit. Lefthander J. C. Nickers threw five innings of shutout ball to earn...

Author: By R. N. G., | Title: Kelly, Nickens Stop UMass Twice, 2-1, 4-2 | 6/2/1971 | See Source »

...Indians parleyed the six-hit pitching of Oz Griebel and the timely bat of outfielder Wayne Young to beat the Crimson in the nightcap 5-0, ending Harvard's 12-game winning streak. The split left Harvard solely on top in the Eastern League as surprisingly Princeton and Navy obliged the Crimson, dropping twin sets to Yale and Army respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Split Dartmouth Set and Keep Lead | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...nightcap, Vince McGugan opened the game with a triple and scored for a 1-0 lead that stood till the sixth. Brayton pitched himself out of jams in the third and fourth, and then he drove in two runs in the sixth to help his own cause...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Nine Routs Cornell Twice And Leads Eastern League | 4/26/1971 | See Source »

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