Word: puffers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dean's five-run flurry in the fourth put the Academy nine ahead. Puffer was found for six hits, two of them triples, and Samuels made a damaging error of judgment in right field which hurt the Harvard cause. The visitors added what proved to be the winning run in the fifth on a hit, two stolen bases caused by Puffer's failure to hold the runner close to the bag, and an error by Mann...
...Puffer's one bad inning and several atrocious errors, mental and physical, on the part of his supporters gave Dean Academy a 6 to 5 victory over the Harvard seconds on the Freshman Field yesterday. The undefeated visitors came near having their streak broken, as the seconds got a four-run lead in the first two innings and a ninth inning flare-up just missed reversing the outcome...
...second inning was the last one for pitcher Nolan. Mann singled with one out, and went to third on Puffer's single to left, the latter taking second when the left fielder mishandled the drive. Rice walked, filling the bases. Keene's tantalizing infield roller went as a hit, scoring Mann, and Puffer also tallied on a bad throw by the Dean third-sacker. Field was passed, filling the bases again, but Maher hit into a fast double play...
Harvard Seconds Dean Academy Rice 2b. c.f. Talbott Keene s.s. l.f. Smith Field 1b. 3b. Hickey Maher c. 1b. Hartnett Amsden c.f. 3b. Hannaford Chase l.f. r.f. Grantwood Donaldson r.f. s.s. Donovan Mann 3b c. Curry Puffer p. p. Ford or Nolan...
Coach Stewart's team, however, showed that an undefeated rival meant little when it topped St. John's School on Monday. Puffer will probably be on the mound this afternoon and the line-up will be the same...