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...Sheldon was attempting to work a pitchout. The Harvard backstop sensed the situation, however, and leaving his post behind the bat quickly cut off Barnatowich from first base, threw to Des Roches who had come up from third to cover second: when this effort failed, the Harvard third sacker tossed the ball to Wood, who chased down towards third base to tag out Cragan between second and third. Barnatowich, who had been safe on second, was out a moment later on an attempt to steal third. In Harvard's half of this stanza Ticknor flied out to center field...
...unnecessarily slow, the new combination worked smoothly. Another encouraging sign in that Des Roches, one of the Crimson's most reliable batsmen at the beginning of the season, has begun to connect again after an injury lay-off that apparently dimmed his batting eye. On two occasions, the third sacker protested a called strike and then, on the next throw, singled sharply...
...last year's regular third-sacker is unable to cover the hot corner, Mitchell will put in Rex, while Bassett will be used in right field, Rex's regular position. With DosRoches at third, Rex will be relegated to the outfield. Either MacHale or Page will be on the mound for Harvard, with Sheldon doing the catching. MacHale is gunning for his fifth victory of the season, while the Crimson backstop will be out to improve on his showing of Saturday, when he seemed hard put to it to handle Devens's fast ones, two of the pitches going...
...batting order will be taken over by Lupien, who has also replaced him as the leading hitter of the team. There is also a possibility that Mays, who was injured in the Penn game over a month ago, will get in for a few innings today. The Sophomore second sacker reported for practice on Monday and has been taking light workouts since then. With Nugent at second there is the possibility that Mays will go center field for part of the game...
Although the other positions on the team are far from decided Coach Mitchell has his starting infield pretty well in mind. Barry Wood is likely to be converted into a first-sacker and take over the place left vacant by the graduation of Prior. Mays is already far ahead of the other contenders for second and he will have Captain Nugent over at short to help him guard the keystone sack. Nugent played second last year and had McGrath as running mate, but McGrath is moving to the outfield and Nugent has shifted over to the shortfield. At third...