Word: shepards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Garibaldi is one of several sophomores that coach Norm Shepard is counting on to improve his team's 9-13 record of last year. Another is catcher Dick Diehl, who batted .353 on the trip and won the starting assignment behind the plate...
...rest of the lineup lists sophomore Jim Mullin at first base, captain Al Martin at second, Jim Morse at shortstop, and Billy Rogers at third. Rogers, a utility infielder last year, has temporarily beaten out sophomores Corky Cronin and Jim Combs, but the two youngsters figure heavily in Shepard's plans...
Coach Norm Shepard views the trip as a good chance to "evaluate the personnel" and "get into condition" since the team has been restricted thus far to work-outs in Briggs Cage. We're taking 25 players and I want to see them all play, he said...
...this point, Shepard is confident of his team's chances against this year's three strongest teams--Army, last year's pennant winner, Navy, and Penn--in the battle for the Eastern Intercollegiate League title. The Eastern League, in which the Crimson finished sixth last year, includes the Ivies and the service academies...
...second problem facing the Crimson, exceptionally weak hitting, has been eased by the promising early showing of several key players. Shepard still admits the lack of a good power hitter, but he thinks that the team can improve over last year's performance, which included three regulars under .200 and a top average...