Word: sackers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Most of the batting strength of the home team is in the infield. Fitzgerald who covers the initial bag, and Phillips, keystone sacker, lead the Tufts offensive, while Ellis is among the best leadoff men in college baseball. Arlenson, the local catcher, is reputed to have a good arm, and pilfered hassocks should be a rarity this afternoon. The outfield of the home team is more or less of an unknown quantity...
...afield as the University team sent Hollstrom, Hanoverian mound ace, home with his first defeat of the season. Howard Whitmore '29, in the box for the Crimson, remained cool under fire, allowing only eight scattered blows. Two circuit clouts, by Captain G. E. Donaghy '29 and Stokes Indian first sacker respectively, furnished the fire works as the opposing hurlers fought out a closely-contested pitcher's duel...
...Prior '29, hard-hitting first sacker, is showing the way to his teammates in individual performances with the willow, having collected a .419 average to date. Numerically he is preceded by J. D. Dudley '31 with his mark of .438 but the fact that the latter has made less than half the number of trips to the plate renders him ineligible to a consideration for the leading position...
John Prior '29, first sacker on the 1928 diamond aggregation; leads the regular players with a mark of 470. This is Prior's first year on the University team. W. W. Lord '28, for two years a mainstay at the bat, trails with 428, while G. E. Donaghy '29, early season leader last year, ranks third, with a figure...
...took third on a passed ball. Creson walked and when Spears singled, Oliver scored and Creson moved up a base. Jones sacrificed and Owen hit, bringing in Creson and Spears. After McKibbon's single, Howard left, and Booth entered. He threw one ball to Russell, and the first sacker popped to Zarakov, ending the encounter...