Word: pitcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Emerson Dickman, former Red Sox pitcher who came out of retirement this season to coach the Tigers, claims that "pitching is 90 percent of college baseball . . . I want a tight defense and the best possible pitching." This sounds strange coming from an old American Leaguer, but Dickman, who worked for the Sox in the years just before the war, may have the pitching he is looking for in Bob Wolcott, Princeton's burler today...
Welcott, one of two seniors on a sophomore-dominated pitching staff, gained fame two years ago when he became the first pitcher in Princeton history to shut out Harvard and Yale in the same season. As a sophomore that year, Wolcott compiled a 5-2 record and was the League's most effective pitcher with a 1.08 earned run average. Last year he lipped to 3-8 and so far this season he has stopped Vilanova (no a three-hit shutout) and Muhlenberg, and has been beaten by Navy. Totally blind in one eye, Wolcott has excellent control...
Bayard Robb, Lowell pitcher who made his debut in the circuit yesterday, held the losing Elephants down to five hits, and allowed no walks. Eliot's Dick Saul (regularly the first baseman) did a reasonably good job of smoothing over the Mastadon pitcher-lack, but the Bellboys tapped him for eight safeties...
There aren't any deep, dark secrets about Winthrop's cherry little outfit, though. Mel Zurier is a fine pitcher. Catcher Tom Moseley and center fielder Clyde McKenzie are heavy hitters. Phil Clark and ex-Jayvee player Steve Davis are steady dependables...
Leverett fields an undistinguished team. The Bunnies have one good pitcher, Dick Reynolds, who was on the mound when Leverett tied Eliot, 6 to 6. The outfield is pretty efficient with Brad Bradbury and Whit Calkins, a former Freshman pitcher who is also dangerous at the plate. Will Brown is the most only fair...