Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Princeton infield is one of the best in the circuit. It is headed by shortstop Jim Fairchild, 20-year-old Marine vet who played varsity ball in 1946 while a freshman. Fairchild, an outfielder on the Second Marine Division nine last year, stole 54 bases against reasonably tough opposition. Besides pitching, Dickman also emphasizes speed, and Fairchild has speed. He has already swiped ten bases and is aiming for a League record in that department...
Princeton has been averaging about nine hits per game but it has left a lot of runners stranded and has made several costly errors. The club's ranking hitter in 1948, Ray Thek, is back this year, having survived a sophomore rush which put four of the 13 returning lettermen on the bench. Walt Armstrong and Will Prior have been leading the Nassau hitting attack this spring...
...Crime, traditionally heavy favorites, will field a traumatic lineup. Wily staffers have filled the holes left by the loss of such stars as R. Sibley "The Cat" Ludenderff and "Mad Anthony" Carodny with new blood. The rags-to-riches nine will pit the skill of veteran receiver Backyard Stupor and hurler A. P. "Benjy" Farb against the speed of Olivoyl Quislin, who is the probably mound choice of the alien ibismen...
...matter of (1) size of the glass, (2) amount of foam, and (3) percent of Scotch blood in the bartender. Right now a keg of beer yields between 190 and 220 ten cent glasses. Cronin's uses a nine-ounce glass, one of the largest around here, and settle for 190 per barrel. The Wursthaus, on the other hand, employs an eight-ounce glass, and works every barrel for well over 200 servings...
...anybody has to finish in the cellar, and someone does, it can't be anybody but Dunster. Fumbling is the specialty of the Funster infield and sleeping is the specialty of the Funster outfield. Lowell capitalized on nine errors to beat Dunster, 10 to 5. Eliot has also used up its easy game, beating Dunster...