Word: platee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Junior Varsity baseball team will go after another win today as they play the B.U. Freshmen on the Varsity field. Bill Cunningham will pitch his first game of the year, and either Pete Tague or Stu Forbes will be behind the plate...
Chet Boulris had three safeties for the varsity, including a long wrong-field home run. George Harrington also made three hits, and center-fielder Charlie Leamy, usually no terror at the plate, contributed two triples to the losing cause. Singles by Mouse Kasarjian, Charlie Ravenel, and Doug Brown comprised the remainder of the Crimson's offensive efforts...
Meanwhile, by far the most active operative on the Tufts side of the field was coach Bob Meeham, who carried on a running verbal battle with the plate umpire that would have earned him a thumb and a shower in any professional game. His loud-spoken comments to the unfortunate arbiter included such pleasantries as "rabbit-ears," "Get into the ball game," and assorted profanities...
...matter of fact, there was some justice to his complaint. The Crimson had men on first and second, one out, and two runs in, when Chet Boulris lofted a pop fly at the plate. The Jumbo catcher missed the ball cleanly, it fell in fair territory, then bounced foul. This clearly made it a foul ball, but the catcher snapped a throw to third base for a force play...
...other athletic squads at most starting positions. Backfield men from John Yovicsin's eleven, Charlie Ravenel, Chet Boulris and Charlie Leamy, will be at left field, third base and center field, while basketball standout George Harrington will start at second base, squash player John Davis will be behind the plate, and hockey defenseman Mo Balboni will probably start in right field...