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Behind the spectacular two-hit pitching of Les Pitchford, the 1942 edition of Harvard baseball blusted its way to an over whelming 18 to 1 victory over Thayer Academy yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field...
With the Yardling ace setting the boys from Braintree down in order for the first five innings, it was not until the seventh frame that a Thayer man finally beat out a hit and reached first base. Even after this, Pitchford did not weaken and went on to finish up the game with a total of only two safeties and three walks charged up against him. In addition he whiffed 8 enemy batters...
...lineups: HARVARD '42 TUFTS '42 Lynch, 2b ss, McCabe Rice, cf 1b, Scopa Pitchford, rf 3b, Harrison Buckley, 1b cf, Arnold Parsons, c. lf, Mistretta Reddy, lf. c, Curtis Whittemore, 3b 2b, Manley Finogan, ss rf, Thompson Clay, p p, Whitlock
Feature of the '42 pitching staff is the fact that no matter which hurler takes the mound, the other two have sure outfield berths reserved, for both Pitchford and Reddy hit .300 or over on the training trip, with Clay close behind...
...well-functioning infield has Buckley at first, Lynch at second, Finogan at short, and Whittemore at third. With Clay pitching, the garden patrol finds Reddy in left, Rice in contre, and Pitchford in right...